Character Insights from Flashdrafts

Front

Rachel's mom is worried about her and doesn’t understand that her voice isn’t lost. Rachel knows that she can find it and she can speak when she is ready.

Back

Rachel's voice is not lost.

Front

Sean doesn’t like to go home because his dad might still be sleeping it off and Darlene sometimes bothers him. He often goes outside into the woods. He wishes he had a dog and would like to spend time with Rachel.

Back

Sean prefers the woods over home.

Front

Jasmine wants to be a wife and a mother and stay at home with her kids when she grows up. Jasmine loves children.

Back

Jasmine's aspiration is to be a stay-at-home mom.

Front

Bastian is worried about his dog having to go into Quarantine. He appreciated his teacher.

Back

Bastian cares for his dog.

Front

Missy compares their situation today like being orphans. She knows they need to help each other today since they don’t have a teacher.

Back

Missy feels a sense of responsibility towards her peers.

Front

Define the vocab. word using context clues and/or a dictionary: "He sat staring out the window at a huge billowing cloud rushing against the blue sky."

Back

billowing – to swell out, puff up, as by the action of wind.

Front

Write the type of figurative language used in the following Chapter 14 excerpt: "... licking me and their tongues were like sandpaper."

Back

simile

Front

Reflect on why Jessica said no one was going to like what she wrote.

Back

Jessica wrote about how her classmates are not prepared to be alone if a fight breaks out or if someone has a seizure. Her classmates won’t like this because they don’t want their fun to be spoiled.

Front

Identify the type of figurative language in this sentence: "The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break."

Back

metaphor

Front

Define the vocab. word using context clues and/or a dictionary: "The eerie silence was shattered by the piercing scream."

Back

eerie – strange and frightening.