by boot | Feb 19, 2025
When Shin-chi makes a friend named “John,” the boys start stealing food from the school. Ask students: Are they justified in their actions? Why or why not? You may wish to create a debate in class and have students defend each point of view.
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
Ask students: How does Shi-shi-etko show that she is a caring and loving older sister throughout the book?
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
When Shi-shi-etko and Shin-chi are traveling to the residential school, the dust on the road hurts their eyes and noses and is said to be following them like a snake. On the way home from the school, the dust “rose around the cattle truck like a great big butterfly.”...
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
What miracle(s) happened in this story? How did Miriam’s understanding of miracles change or stay the same throughout the story? Before reading this story, you were asked to consider what a miracle is. How has your thinking about miracles changed or stayed the same by...
by boot | Feb 19, 2025
When Miriam and Kate go to the drive-in theater to see the apparition, Miriam wonders: Is what we did bad or good? Yes, we fooled people, but if it makes them happy and gives them hope and saves the motel and the diner, is that so bad? What do you think? Was their...
