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Paul FleischmanA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use this activity to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity.
“Continuing Stories”
In this activity, students choose a character and, using the author’s characterization techniques and the novel’s themes, create an original, continuing narrative that explores this character’s conflicts and experiences in the garden and community the following year.
Many of the characters’ stories are left with unresolved conflicts. For example, Fleischman never states whether Curtis’s efforts to win Lateesha back are successful, if Kim’s bean plants allow her to feel closer to her father, or how Maricela feels after giving birth. Choose one such character whose arc you would like to resolve or further explore.
By Paul Fleischman