Independent Reading: Looking for Alaska

Reading Skills (Continued)

Predictions:

1. I predict that something is going to happen between Chip and Miles because they are both going through a difficult period in their lives. Temptations, anger, and frustration may all be tested.

Questions: (For John Green)

1. Why are the chapter titles a countdown?
2. What was the reason for the title, Looking for Alaska? How did you come up with it?
3. What was the easiest and hardest part of Looking for Alaska that you had to write?

Connections:
Text to World- A connection with LFA and the world would be the constant doubt and nagging of teenagers and their lack of ability to become any thing successful. This weight is felt by many, if not all, of the characters in LFA.

Text to Text- Chip from LFA reminds me of Charlie from The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. This is because Chip and Charlie are both troubled teenagers with personal problems and family matters. Alaska from LFA also reminds me of Sam from Perks because they are both teenage girls that come off as wild, free, crazy, and beautiful, but have simply been hurt too many times.

Text to Self- A connection from LFA to my own self would be the comparison in age. I am a teenager as well and I am able to understand some of their feelings and emotions as well as rash actions.