Touching Spirit Bear

Today we began discussing how people deal with anger. This is a major theme in the next work we will be reading-Touching Spirit Bear.

Students are to read chapter 1 for HW and complete the following assignment:

TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR
Chapter One
1. Cole Matthews knelt defiantly in the bow of the aluminum skiff as he faced forward into a cold September wind.
o Define the term defiant:
o What is an aluminum skiff?
2. Where is Cole being taken?
3. There were two other people in the boat:
o Garvey, who was _______
o Edwin who is ______
4. What did Cole do to Edwin to try to make him angry?
5. Who were the only people Cole could trust?
6. Who was Peter Driscal? What happened to him?
7. Cole hated his parents. His mom acted like a scared Barbie doll. Always__________________________ but never __________________. And his dad was a bullheaded ________________with a temper.
8. Nathaniel Blackwood is the _______________hired by Cole’s parents.
9. Why do you think Garvey kept visiting Cole?
10. What is Circle Justice?