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Acceleration Key Questions: Before Reading the Novel

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Key Questions: Before Reading the Novel 1. Why are you reading this piece of text? I am reading this piece of text because it looks interesting and I have to read it for English. 2. How will you read this piece of writing? What approach will you use? I will read this piece of writing with interest from start to finish rather than like a text book no interest and skim and scan it. 3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story? I see a subway train, a boy and a cat. These images may be connected to the story because the boy works at the lost and found underground in a subway station, the boy is the boy who works at the lost and found and the cat is the cat that …show more content…

4. What information makes Duncan decide to try and locate the owner of the diary. When Duncan finds out about the information that the stalker has a specific target and Duncan can identify who she is he decides to try and locate the owner of the diary. Section 3: Chapters 14-21 1. Before you begin reading this section use a dictionary to define the following vocabulary: * Agony = intense physical or mental suffering * Chloroform = chemical used to render unconscious 2. Why does Duncan decide to go to the police station across town? Duncan doesn’t want to turn it in because he says his finger prints are all over it so they will think he just made it up. But Duncan decides to turn in the journal because Vinny said that they can just check your handwriting and prove that it wasn’t you. 3. What nickname does Duncan give the owner of the diary? Why is this name appropriate? Duncan gave the owner the nickname roach this name is appropriate because he is like a cockroach he lives in the dark and no one sees them 4. Examine what Duncan did at the end of chapter 15. Did he make the right decision? Why or why not? Duncan took the book when the cops said to leave it. I think Duncan made the right decision because if he had of left it there they would have just put it in a fireplace or in storage or something and the

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