Acceleration Key Questions: Before Reading the Novel
Key Questions: Before Reading the Novel
1. Why are you reading this piece of text?
I am reading this piece of text because it looks interesting and I have to read it for English. 2. How will you read this piece of writing? What approach will you use?
I will read this piece of writing with interest from start to finish rather than like a text book no interest and skim and scan it. 3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?
I see a subway train, a boy and a cat. These images may be connected to the story because the boy works at the lost and found underground in a subway station, the boy is the boy who works at the lost and found and the cat is the cat that the man killed. 4. The title of the novel is Acceleration. What does it mean to accelerate? How do you think this connects to the story?
Accelerate means to speed up. Accelerate could be referring to the train or it could be referring to his increase of emotions. 5. Flip through the novel a) What do you notice about the format or structure of the novel?
Short chapters and it’s not illustrated. b) There are sections in which are in italics, for example chapter three. Why do you think the author has chosen to use italics?
The author has wrote like this because it is a journal entry he was reading. 6. You already know the story about Duncan and his quest to locate a serial killer. Make a prediction about how the story will end.
I predict that Duncan is going to die to save someone else.
Key Questions: A Scavenger Hunt 1. Eviscerate- To remove all organs in a body
Insomnia- difficulty falling asleep every night 2. What characters do you meet in the first 6 chapters of the book? Provide at least 1 detail for each.
Duncan- narrator
Wayne - Friend that works at dairy barn.
Dad- helped Duncan get his summer job
Jacob- supervisor at lost and found
Vinny- Friend with 3 fingers
Murderer- author of the journal 3.
1. Why are you reading this piece of text?
I am reading this piece of text because it looks interesting and I have to read it for English. 2. How will you read this piece of writing? What approach will you use?
I will read this piece of writing with interest from start to finish rather than like a text book no interest and skim and scan it. 3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?
I see a subway train, a boy and a cat. These images may be connected to the story because the boy works at the lost and found underground in a subway station, the boy is the boy who works at the lost and found and the cat is the cat that the man killed. 4. The title of the novel is Acceleration. What does it mean to accelerate? How do you think this connects to the story?
Accelerate means to speed up. Accelerate could be referring to the train or it could be referring to his increase of emotions. 5. Flip through the novel a) What do you notice about the format or structure of the novel?
Short chapters and it’s not illustrated. b) There are sections in which are in italics, for example chapter three. Why do you think the author has chosen to use italics?
The author has wrote like this because it is a journal entry he was reading. 6. You already know the story about Duncan and his quest to locate a serial killer. Make a prediction about how the story will end.
I predict that Duncan is going to die to save someone else.
Key Questions: A Scavenger Hunt 1. Eviscerate- To remove all organs in a body
Insomnia- difficulty falling asleep every night 2. What characters do you meet in the first 6 chapters of the book? Provide at least 1 detail for each.
Duncan- narrator
Wayne - Friend that works at dairy barn.
Dad- helped Duncan get his summer job
Jacob- supervisor at lost and found
Vinny- Friend with 3 fingers
Murderer- author of the journal 3.