Read more about Sharon Creech:
http://www.sharoncreech.com/
We have discussed changes in our lives today. What made us stop and think about our lives. Where these changes life-changing or short-lived? For Sharon Creech, the Newbery award changes her life in many ways. She worried less about: getting her books published, about the public being able to find her books, it forced her to learn to speek in public, and to enjoy her freedom as a writer.
Chapter 1:
A Face at the Windown
Vocabulary:
plucked - taken away from what she knew, her famliar surroundings and the place where she grew up
jammed together - the houses were build close together
Homework:
Write an essay about your life-changing experience.
READING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL: Explanations of new vocabulary words for the deaf/hard of hearing students and a reminder of homework assignment
