The+Truth+about+forever

THE TRUTH ABOUT FOREVER
 -Brielle Droste, Hannah Lorman, Ceili Giglio, Sianna Luberto, & Alexis Neumann-

**Book Club Schedule**
 You should divide your book into 5 equal sections. For example, if your book has 100 pages, you should have five 20 page sections. You should read the appropriate section for each meeting.

**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).**

**Week One: May 6**

 Topic: Characters (Section 1 out of 5 of your text)

 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. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> **Group leader: Siana Luberto** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Macy is one of the main characters in our book. Macy is interesting because She has a very simple life. The story of her life before the book began was that she had a normal life until she suffered from the death of her father from a heart attack. We are drawn to this character because She has an interesting back round story and it is interesting to see how she is dealing with his death. Bethany and Amanda the girls that work at the library. We dislike then because they are jealous of Macy and are very mean to her while she is filling in for her boy friend at the library. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> **Group Summarizer: Brielle** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; text-indent: 0.5in;">In our group, we think that the book is a little boring, but we enjoy hearing about the different characters backgrounds. For example, Macy is a girl who is has a boyfriend named Jason who is going away for math camp. Macy’s dad died and ever since then, she has been known as the girl whose father died. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">** Key Questioner: Ceili & Hannah ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1.) Why do you think Bethany and Amanda treat Macy so poorly? Bethany and Amanda treat Macy so poorly because they are jealous of Macy’s relationship with Jason. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2.) Why is Macy so upset when Jason leaves? Macy is extremely upset when Jason leaves because she did not have anybody else to turn to after her father passed away. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3.) What does Macy not want to be known as? Macy does not want to be known as the girl whose father is dead. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4.) What does Jason say in an email to Macy that upsets her? In the email, Jason breaks up with Macy because of her dependence on him and how much he can commit to her. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5.) What was the first thing Macy noticed about the girl that came out of the van? The first thing she noticed about the girl that came out of the van was she had to scars, one along her jaw line and one by her temple. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6.) Why was Delia so flustered? Delia was so flustered because Christy was having a fashion crisis and made them late. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">7.) What does Delia offer Macy? Delia offers Macy a job at her catering business. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">8.) Why doesMolly point out the ellipsis on the napkin? Molly points this out because after forever there is an ellipsis and she believes it is saying that it is “like maybe it’s forever, maybe it’s not.” <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">9.) Why were they surprised when they saw Bert’s car? They were surprised when they saw Bert’s car because it was an ambulance. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">10.) How are Bert and Wes related to Delia? Bert and Wes are Delia’s nephews. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">** Quotation Finder: Alexis ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“I think it’s best for us to take a break from our relationship, and each other, until I return at the end of summer.” (Pg 57)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“ I am not a spontaneous person. But when you’re alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to open to suggestions.” (Pg 59)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“ Her daughter was still sniffling, and she was talking to her softly, as she walked to a metal cart by the side door, pulling out a tray covered in Saran Wrap.” (Pg 29)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“The afternoon dragged. The library was mostly empty, and I suddenly felt like I could hear everything: The fluorescent lights over my head.” (Pg 45)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“Thirty minutes later, I’d discovered a few things. First, every body does love meatballs. Second, most gobblers position themselves right by the door, where they have first dibs on anything you bring out, and if you try to sidestep them, they quickly move into grabber mode, although I’d yet to have to stomp anyone. And its true: you are invisible. They’ll say anything with you standing there. Anything.” (Pg 69)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**Week Two: May 13**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Topic: Language (Section 2 out of 5 of your text)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Assignment: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 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) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">The vocab is easy to read but it is a little slow. It doesn't use to many words that we don't understand, but some can be a little tricky. The grade level for this book should be about 8th grade. The content is a little older for some readers so a good age would be about 8th grade. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Group Leader: Alexis N **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%; text-indent: 0.5in;">This week we discussed “The Truth About Forever” through chapters 5-8. We talked about how Macy’s break up with Jason affected her. We believe her break up with Jason was something that was good for Macy. This is because Macy was dependent on him and she did not have many other people to talk to. Also, we discussed how easy the book has been to read. The group believes that this book is made for someone at our grade level due to the easy vocabulary. Lastly, the group talked about the amount of jobs Macy has decided to take on. In these chapters, Macy began working at the library and the catering company. We believe this is a positive thing in her life since she was not doing anything since Jason left.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Summarizer: Ceili Giglio **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">"I sat there, watching as he jogged down the street, disappearing into the yard of the house at the very end. A minute later an engine started up, and a Ford pickup truck pulled out to face me, then drove down the side of the road, bumping over the occasional tree root." (pg 91)
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Quotation Finder: Brielle Droste **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">"In the next room, I could hear the party: the clinking of forks against plates, voices trilling in laughter, strains of the piped-in violin music that the Lakeview Inn had played at my sister's wedding as well." (pg 98)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">" I went back down the hallway and looked up to the second floor. My bedroom door, which I always left closed to keep it either cooler or warmer, was open" (pg 107)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">"The front door slammed shut, responding to this, but Kristy hardly seemed bothered, instead just walking back to her closet and standing in front of it, her hands on her hips" (pg 118)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">"I could feel myself starting to cross back to my real life, bit by bit" (pg 104)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**Key Questions: Siana Luberto** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Why did no one on Delia’s street fill in the massive hole in the road? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">None of the people on her street filled in the whole because they believed that everything happened for a reason.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Why did Macy not go with Kristy in the Bertmobile? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Macy did not because she thought it was to much of a risk and she thinks that risks have not been working out for her lately.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Why could Macy not reply to the e-mail that Jason had sent her breaking up with her? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Macy could not because she still cared about him and could not write a e mail back with no emotion like he did.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Why did Bethany and Amanda not expect Macy to go back to work the day after her and Jason’s break up? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">They thought she would not come back because they heard about the break up and thought she would quit.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Why does Macy’s mom say that she should not work at the catering place over the summer? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Macy’s mom does not want her to work because she does not want her to be overwhelmed with her job at the library and now at the catering place to.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**Week Three: May 20**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Topic: Mood/Tone (section 3 out of 5 of your text)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Assignment: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 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? (B) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**Group Leader: Brielle Droste** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">1. What is the overriding emotion of this book? The emotion of the book is mixed feelings, happy and sad. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">2. What examples back up your claim? Since her boyfriend broke up with her while he was at camp. Macy was happy that she has 2 jobs though.

What did Wes’s mom get into after her divorce? She got into Natural foods censing body and life stuff.
 * Questioners Siana and Ceili**

What does Macy tell her mom about taking both the catering job and the library job? She told her she needed extra money.

Does Macy want to go to a party with Wes if so where is the party? Macy decides to go to the party this time and the party is in Lakeview.

What was Macy’s sister known to do? She is known to cheat at games and sneak out.

Why didn’t Wes get sent to Myers School? Because he broke into a house and the neighbors saw and called the cops.

Who was the first person that she told the story to about her dad dyeing? She told Wes she could not believe that she was telling him.

What did Macys mother love to do? She loved to sit at the back of the beach house and watch the beach for hours.

What was Macy getting used to while she was Hanging out with Wes? She got used to girls checking Wes out and giving her dirty looks just for being with him.

What has Macy learned? She learned not to car about what Betony and Amanda say about her.

What Did Kristy compare Wes and Macy to? She compared then to the paperback romance forbidden. She compared them to this book because her and Wes cant be together but that exactly why they want to be.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**Week Four: May 27**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Topic: Themes/Images (section 4 out of 5 of your text)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Assignment:

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">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? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Within the Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen the theme would be that nobody is perfect. When this novel began, Macy was dependent on her boyfriend and did not talk to many people. She also did not want to be known as the girl whose father passed away. In other words, Macy wanted to be perfect. Which she found out was impossible once she got to know Wes and Kristy. One of the images the author uses is the hole in Delia’s street. Delia does not want to fill this hole because things are meant to be imperfect. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Ceili Giglio **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Brielle Droste - Key Questioner


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why did Caroline throw herself into her beach project? She wanted everything to be right. She wanted the window treatments, skylights, and fireplace to be perfect.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Who is Macy’s mother meeting for the first time? She met Kristy for the first time. She touched her face and introduced ourselves.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What was Kristy and Macy’s mom talking about? They were talking about car accidents.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why is Macy mad at her mother? Her mom took away all of her dad’s stuff away from her.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Where did Macy see her dads memories? She saw them everywhere she went. Everything reminded her of her Friday.

**Quotes: Siana Luberto** 251-316

“ All the things we loved about the beach house, she said, would still be there. It was, she said, what my dad would of wanted.”(251)

“ Me, I’m more of a lie-by-the-pool-drinking-something-with-an-umbrella-in-it kind of girl.” (254)

“ I’d never spoken up to say otherwise, so I had no one to blame but myself.” (259)

“If only, I thought, it was that easy for me.” (268)

“ And with Wes right there, holding the door open for me as I walked out into the light” (276) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">**Week Five: June 3 (LAST MEETING)**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Topic: Responding to the Text (section 5 out of 5 of your text)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> Assignment: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 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) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">2. Person B should share and discuss their selected quotations, using Save The Last Word techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“And as I held her, I kept thinking back to that night at the clearing, and what I’d told Wes. //For Once, I’d just let her know exactly how I feel, without thinking first.// Finally, I had” pg. 352 paragraph 4
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">Ceili Giglio **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“Everyone was looking at me. Once, I thought, my life was private. Now the entire world was into my business, if not my heart. But, I thought, looking across their expectant faces, this wasn’t really the whole world. Just mine.” Pg. 359 paragraph 1

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome.” Pg.369 paragraph 6

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“But now I finally felt I was on my way. Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began in this moment, with Wes, in a kiss that took my breath away, then gave it back-leaving me astounded, amazed, and most of all, alive.” Pg. 370 paragraph 3

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;">“That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.” Pg. 374 paragraph 3

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">3. Person C should post the meeting summary on the group's wiki page after class. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> 4.Person D should share his/her questions with the group, as well as post the questions on the group's wiki page

Key questioner: Siana Luberto

Our group’s final reflections on this book were that we did not find the book to interesting. We would not recommend this book to our peers because we feel as if it would come across as boring as it did to us. The topic of this book kind of dragged on and we though that in other book the topic of a teen age girl going through a tough part of life has been displayed better in other books. We do not think that this book should be considered for the schools curriculum because it would not interest many people.