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Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney Sixth Grade Discussion Forum

This is your place to share your thoughts about this book. Visit this site at least seven different times to write about the sections of the book. Click on the Discussion balloons, then click on Discussions #1 - #6 to read your classmates' comments and add your own.You may also begin your own discussion in the Additional Topics section. Everyone is interested in what YOU have to say!

1a--Please respond to all or most of the discussion topics for each section, as well as to at least one of your classmates' comments (unless you are the first one to post).1b--Even if you have read ahead, please DO NOT spoil the book for others by discussing anything beyond the pages covered by each discussion topic.1c--Respond by 9:00 p.m. the night before they are due. 1d--You may also add additional topics or questions that you would like the class to discuss. 1e--You may not be the first one to make a posting for more than one section. 1f--For at least three postings, try to post after at least six classmates have written their comments (if possible).. 2a--If you are not the first one to make a posting, you must read the discussion topic and the postings, and then respond. 2b--Your entry may be a response to several postings at once. 2c--Be sure to indicate to whose postings you are responding.

3a--Your required postings must be at least 8 sentences long, and all sentences must be meaningful.3b--You MUST write __"RP" for "Required Posting"__ at the beginning of your entry in order to receive credit for it.3c--Be sure to explain your ideas fully, write complete words and sentences, proofread and check your spelling.3d--All postings will be graded for content and writing. 4a--__By May 31__, you must rejoin the discussion at least once, and respond to comments others have made about your posting. 4b--If no one has commented on your particular posting, you must respond to other people's comments.4c--You will earn BOOKMARKS for any extra postings you write! Extra postings can be shorter, but they should be at least four sentences.4d--Be sure to write __"EP" for "Extra Posting"__ at the beginning of these extra postings, in order to receive credit for them.

= Poetry Writing =

5a--Caroline B. Cooney is a gifted writer who uses words in exceedingly powerful, lovely and interesting ways. As you read, look for similes, metaphors and figurative language, and highlight passages that catch your eye.

// __**Examples:**__ // // p. 35, "Curses poured out of me like lava from the spout of a god." // // p. 42, "This man's beard raged over his cheeks and jaw like a bad temper." // // p. 130, "I stood like bones inside two princesses I had never been." // // p. 216, "The days leaped forward and winter was flung aside." //

5b--By __Monday, June 3__, use at least two of Cooney's phrases to create an original poem of at least 10 lines. 5c--You may not use more than one of the phrases listed above. 5d--Write on any topic you'd like using rhyme or free verse. 5e--Underline the phrases that came from the novel. 5f--Email the poem to me for editing. 5g--When it is ready, post the poem on the Original Poetry-2013 page.