Noticing Sentences

Note- Since this is part of a series, there may be spoilers for the SERIES, even if they are not spoilers for this BOOK. World-building There are lands across the ocean that no longer exist, now either frozen over or sand swept, flattened by the wrath of a few and the ignorance of the many. p8 bombs discussion- note on p 8 weather/ catastrophe p9 I am particularly concerned by man-made climate change, an easy trap to fall into, especially for advancing societies. p11 How could servants create such beauty and still be considered inferior? They are capable of wonders different from our own. p64 Because the war is not a war at all. It is an extermination. p108-109 Silvers aren't used to being denied anything, and they don't react well to hardship. p225 Shade Some texts vary in quality of preservation, and to my surprise and chagrin, many seem to disagree on the severity or magnitude of events, particularly those regarding climate.  p10 "And fewer Silve...

I think it would be interesting to discuss how students feel seeing this-- have they ever thought about all of the people who learn the "breaking news" about someone they know, someone they care about, this way. I think these panels would be good to discuss the effects (from the pages before) of people and events on our lives. And also the medical issues on this page in light of articles like the one about Serena Williams and her birth story. This one is good for the "All Lives Matter" thing. The way the media draws conclusions and the information they choose to share is always a good discussion.

"The same Negroes and their descendants are upon it who tilled it as slaved," Van de Graaff wrote to a friend. The Gee's Benders continued to "work like slaves for the white people," said Loretta Pettway. p7 [regarding share-cropping] In 1932, one of the white merchants died without leaving records of who owed what. In the fall, his widow sent henchmen to Gee's Ben to collect from the entire community. The men swept in and took everything of value... p15 She said, "I going to take his work clothes, shape them into a quilt to remember him, and cover up under it for love." p25, 27 "It was... like you walk into a room and ain't no light on, and you turn on a light in the darkness-- that's what Dr. King meant to us. He turned on a light for us." p29

Illinois connection! Love it! Humor If those guys couldn't tell the difference between a friend and a girlfriend-- well, that made them too dense to be worth worrying about. p33 Description Kenny only had two volume levels: whine and yell. p37 (also, use of a colon) She was the kind of teacher who made you wish you could have her every year for the rest of your life. p77 Race Discussions p77-79 mom and Mrs. Roberts p84-86 meeting Mr. Dixon Most of the time, my mom was a very nice person. I hated thinking of her as someone who might be prejudiced against black people. p80 Mr. Dixon and food-- 163-166 I wondered if thinking about this race stuff too much made you see it in places where it didn't exist. But then I wondered the opposite: Maybe it existed all the time, and you only saw it if you were really thinking about it? p181 Maybe everything in life had its messy bits. Things other people didn't see. Or didn't know they didn't know. Or didn...