When Stars Are Scattered Ch 3

Look at this panel from Chapter 3. What does it tell you about the pencil supply at Omar’s school?

• The kids at his school have lots of supplies.

• The kids at his school can't go because they need to get water.

• Most kids at his school don't have pencils

After Omar decides to go to school, Hassan makes it even harder for him to actually leave. How?

• He throws sand.

• He cries.

• He says a word besides hooyo

Why is school in English at the refugee camp?

• They can only find teachers from England.

• Kids in the camp speak lots of different languages.

• Most kids will be relocating to the USA.

Omar says he wants to stay at school during lunch because the school has a real soccer ball the kids can use. What’s the real reason Omar doesn’t want to go home to eat?

• There's no food at home.

• He doesn't want to have to leave Hassan again.

• He's embarrassed to tell Fatuma he didn't learn anything

• Answer 1 & 2

• Answer 2 & 3

Choose one question below:

1. Omar shares what he learns at school with Hassan. Do you think this is a good idea or a waste of time (or something else)? Why?

2. Omar doesn’t know much English so it’s hard for him to understand his teachers. Have you ever had an experience like this? If school was the first place you heard a lot of English, what was it like when you first started?

3. Omar thinks he’s 11 but isn’t sure. Why do you think he doesn’t know his birthday?

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