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 * Requirements**:
 * **PERSON A - GROUP LEADER** - This group member will be responsible for both keeping the group on task throughout the meeting as well as responding to the week's topical questions, listed below.
 * **PERSON B - QUOTATION FINDER** - This group member will be responsible for finding 5 important, meaningful quotations from their section of the text. They will also facilitate a discussion regarding these quotations.
 * **PERSON C - KEY QUESTIONER** - This group member will be responsible for providing 5 open-ended questions regarding the week's reading section. These questions, and their responses, will be posted on the group's wiki.
 * **PERSON D - GROUP SUMMARIZER** - This group member will be responsible for posting a thorough, two-paragraph summary of the group's Friday meeting, to be posted on the group wiki no later than the Sunday following the meeting.


 * Groups will decide appropriate penalties for group members who fail to uphold their responsibilities.**


 * NOTE: If your book club has three members, the roles B and C should be combined; if your book club has five members, two students should take the role of C (5 questions each).**

Topic: Characters (Section 1 out of 5 of your text)
 * Week One: May 6**

What makes them interesting? -how messed up Kristina's life has gotten What is their story or background? -The girl Kristina met a boy she calls buddy, and she told him her name is Bre so she developed an alter ego who she wanted Bre to be. She has also gotten into trouble and drugs. Why are you drawn to them? Conversely, are there any characters that you just cannot stand? Why not? -We are drawn to her because we want to see where she takes herself with her drug addiction, and alter ego. As of now in the story all characters are fine and don't annoy anyone yet.
 * Person A-Ryan MacNaughton**

The book we read is crank. Matt Lantry asked his questions to us. We all had a discussion on his questions. We discussed the parts of the book we didn’t understand that well. We talked about the way the main character and her life in the story. She has a very interesting background. Megan and Gina shared there quotes and said how they were important to the book.
 * Group Summarizer- Matt Velthaus**

1.) What are reasons why Kristina smokes and starts doing drugs? She started to do drugs because she feels that it is the only way for her to fit in with her new boyfriend Adam and her Dad
 * Questions-Matthew Lantry**

2.) What things cause Kristina to realize that here dad isn’t a prince that she always thought of him to be? Her father lives in a bad area and puts no effort foward to work. He also is involved with drugs

3.) Who is Adam and how does he act around Kristina? Adam is a guy that lives in the apartment complex that Kristina's father lives in. He's very caring and passioned towards her. However, he's bringing her down a bad road by indroducing her to drugs and sex.

4.) How long has Kristina not talked to or seen her dad, and why hasn’t she? Kristina hasn't seen her dad in eight years. The reason for this is her parents went though a nasy divorced and her mom thought her dad was a bad influence on both her and her older sister. 5.) What is Kristina’s new name, and why do you think she decided to call herself that? Kristina's new name is Bree. Kristina calls her self that because it is a new person who she can start all over with and have no past.


 * PERSON B - Megan Villone:**

Things went from weird to worse. I mean, there I was, snorting crank with my dad, my boyfriend, and his other girlfriend. Something is majorly wrong with that picture. Ellen Hopkins PG.102

 * PERSON B - Gina Dolson:**

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In school I was never confronted with drugs, surely never sought them out. But I wasn’t exactly clueless. As I watched, one thing became obvious. Where the party went, my dad followed. Ellen Hopkins PG.68======

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Leigh and I would huddle close under the blankets, whispering, as if the whispers of two little girls could blot out the barrage of hateful words beyond our bedroom’s thin plaster walls. Dad’s vicious slurred epithets came through too loud and too clear. Ellen Hopkins PG.36======

Assignment: 1. On your group's wiki page, describe the main characters in your text. What makes them interesting? What is their story or background? Why are you drawn to them? Conversely, are there any characters that you just cannot stand? Why not? (A) 2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page

Topic: Language (Section 2 out of 5 of your text)
 * Week Two: May 13**

**Quotation Finder-Ryan MacNaughton**

"I filled the sink with cold water, dunked my whole head under, counted to ten, came up, repeated the process" (Ellen Hopkins pg. 135) "But my insistent stomach won the day"(Ellen Hopkins pg. 151) Hopkins "I found a paper towel, let go a mighty blow and went to let him in, even though I knew I must have looked very much like my dead buried grandma"(Ellen Hopkins pg. 159) "I considered that as i considered my suitcase sitting empty and closed on the floor"(Ellen Hopkins pg.171) "Finally without tears, until her oldest son died, shootin' speedballs- just enough meth to stay wide awake for the heroin wide ride over the brink"(Ellen pg.205)

> She doesn't realize because after she almost get raped, she dose drugs again with Adam.
 * PERSON C - Megan Villone**
 * 1) Do you think that Kristina almost getting raped made her realize that crank can get her into troubles that she does not what to be in?
 * 1) Do you think that it is odd that Kristina’s father is so interested in her sex life and also supports her doing drugs?Yes, because he is allowing Kristina to put herself in danger and following in his foot steps by going down a bad road.
 * 2) Why does Kristina get so jealous when Adam talks about or goes to visit Lince? Kristina gets jealous because she likes Adam and she doesn't like when Adam talks about Lince because then he is not devoted to loving her.
 * 3) Why do you think Kristina allows Adam to give her the heart tattoo? She allowed him to give her the tatoo because she knows that she will never see him again but wants his love forever.
 * 4) Kristina says in the book that homecomings are strange. Why do you think she feels so left out of her family after she arrives home? Kristina feels so out of place with her family when she get home because they were excited to see her for the first minutes she arrived and then acted like she had never been gone and ignored her again.


 * Questions- Gina Dolson**

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1. Why do you think Kristina was so drawn to Adam? Kristina was so drawn to Adam because much of his life story was similar to hers and also he was the only boy who had ever loved her as much as he did. =====

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5. When Kristina got home why do you think she wanted to take the role of Bree more then Kristina? She feels as if everything is so ordinary and she's nothing when she is Kristina. However, when she's Bree life is exciting and there's not a guy out their who doesn't pay attention to her =====

**Group Leader- Matt Velthaus**
Is it easy to read? It is a quick read but it is written in poetry style. The book is about 500 pages, but since it is in poetry form it is a fast read. You really have to think about the book to understand what is happening. Does it use a lot of words you don’t understand? This book uses words we can understand. Most of the words we can understand, there a few here and there we can’t understand but we can figure them out. What grade level do you think this book is written at, and why? This book is written at high school level, because it talks about drugs and it is a book that is harder to understand so it wouldn’t be good for the younger grades.

Assignment: 1. On your group's wiki page, discuss the type of language that your book contains. Is it easy to read? Conversational? "Classic"? Does it use a lot of words you don't understand? What grade level do you think the book is written at, and why? (B) 2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page

Topic: Mood/Tone (section 3 out of 5 of your text)
 * Week Three: May 20**

Assignment: 1. On your group's wiki page, discuss the mood or tone of your book.What is the overriding emotion of this book? What examples back up your claim? The mood of the book is depressing, Some examples of this is as Kristina falls more into the addiction to drugs, the more depressing it becomes. Another thing that shows the depressing mood is that Kristina is drifting away from her friends, family, and people who care about her and continues to go deeper into drugs and bad people. 2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page
 * Group leader: Matthew Lantry**

Our group discussed the theme of the book this week. Crank is a very complex and depressing story. Occasionally we have to re-read or go back to make sure the entire group grasp what the author’s trying to get across. Another topic that we continue to talk about through out the three weeks of book club is Kristina’s alter personality. She has been switching back a further between the real Kristina and her alter ego Bree. Matt shared his quotes through pages 210-320. Ryan was absent so we were unable to discuss questions.
 * PERSON D - Megan Villone**

This week our book club talked about Kristina and her other personality Bree. We also talked about how our book is very depressing, but makes you keep wanting to read more. Matt read us his quotes and we talked about what they mean and the importance of them in the book. Ryan was sick ad we could not answer his questions.
 * PERSON D -** **Gina Dolson**

Topic: Themes/Images (section 4 out of 5 of your text)
 * Week Four: May 27**

Assignment: 1. On your group's wiki page, discuss the themes and images that your book contains. What are some of the images that are used? What do they seem to represent? Why do you think the author uses these images to convey his or her meaning? 2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page

"He didn't look so perfect anymore. his nose had a bump and his eyebrows almost joined. and of course i knew what he was made of." (Ellen Hopkins pg 345) "If you happen to see my dad again, tell him not to bother keeping in touch. He's a shit and i hope his new girlfriend gives him herpes. Or worse" (Ellen Hopkins pg 351) "Have you ever actually felt one up on your mom? What an exhilarating feeling" (Ellen Hopkins pg 369) "Mom and Scott believed they'd bitten the bullet. Little did they know i hadn't yet fired off the round" (Ellen Hopkins pg 385) "We always went on weekends and I always begged for more, so it would have looked pretty damn suspicious to say I didn't want to go. Besides, I did want to go. I just wanted to go high" (Ellen Hopkins pg 392)
 * Quotes- Matthew Lantry**

Topic: Responding to the Text (section 5 out of 5 of your text)
 * Week Five: June 3 (LAST MEETING)**

" That's what i became that day. A dealer. i had just taken a very big step up in the hierarchy of the monster" PG 477 (Ellen Hopkins)
 * PERSON B - Megan Villone**

"I needed more and more just to get through the day. More and more just to feel okay" PG 478 (Ellen Hopkins)

"Tears. An ocean of tears. And a baby, a boy, afloat in the salty sea. He cried out to me. Could i swim solo? would i drown saving him?" PG 483 (Ellen Hopkins)

"I did slip once or twice. one tiny snort was all it took to satisfy desire so deep it snatched my breath away."PG 526 (Ellen Hopkins)

"The monster will forever speak to me. And today, it's calling me out the door" PG 537(Ellen Hopkins)

Assignment: 1. On your group's wiki page, discuss your final reflections on this book. Would you recommend it to peers? Why or why not? Has this topic been discussed more/less effectively in another book or books? Should this book be considered for the school's curriculum? (B) 2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page