The typical high school career and family life of Conrad Jarrett is painfully interrupted by the death of his brother, and his reaction further distances him from his parents. Students can’t help but be moved by the story of this family’s journey back towards each other and society at large. The topics of suicide, fate, isolation, love, and grief are presented masterfully and in all their complexity in this stirring novel.
With this Ordinary People Response Journal, you’ll have an amazing selection of writing prompts for every chapter in the book right at your fingertips.
Help your students form and express their own opinions with these personal writing prompts and essay topics.
This Response Journal will help you:
- prepare dozens of fun, ready-made journal topics that students will love;
- start every day with a quick reading response activity;
- give your students the perfect opportunity to develop good grammar habits.
Great teachers help their students focus on writing. With Prestwick House’s Response Journals, your students will:
- Learn to develop their own unique writing voice;
- Become confident in voicing their opinions;
- Build a personal connection to literature.
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