Brisa Martinez, Ashley Najar Period: 1 3-7-2013

1. What was your first reaction when reading the title of the story? (4 sentences)
Thinking she had died. Sad that she didnt get to do what she wanted because of the bullies. She could of become someone important in life. It was sad that she dint have friends.

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2.After reading the story, what does the author really mean when she writes that she died in the sixth grade? Did she really die? Explain your answer using examples from the story. (4 sentences). The author means that she was miserable. She felt like she didnt
exist. She wanted to die cause all the bullying. And she didnt have not even one friend to talk about her problems to.

3.How does the author describe herself before she died? Go back to the story and find adjectives that describe her personality. (2 sentences) She was in a cool crew. She was known by her crew a cry baby. Outgoing, compassionate, and smart was another description of her. 4. In the second paragraph the author says she flat-lined. What does she mean? Look up the word in an online dictionary and write the definition. Flat-lined means to die or
be so near death that the display of one's vital signs on medical monitoring equipment shows a flat line rather than

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5. How did The Crew influence others in school? Give specific examples that you found throughout the story. (4 sentences) the kids eventually wanted to be as cool as them. They would follow there steps in trying to be cool and showing they could do the same. People are just rood that they want to follow but not lead. Kids just get influenced by the words that go around. 6. The author mentions that the girls at the sleep over were 11 going on 17 then she states that she was content to be a kid for a while longer. How is it possible to be 11 going on 17? Describe some of the things the girls wanted to do that wasnt age appropriate. (4 sentences) The girls were growing up to fast. They thought they had a mind of an older persons who probly got them to do old age things. They wanted to show them they werent small an perfect age. Girls now a day just think its write to think like a women when reality they are just the age of a little girl 7. What were 3 specific negative effects the bullying had on the author? (4 sentences) Hitting, surrounding was one of the things that were mainly caused by bullying. 8. When did things finally turn around for her? What exactly

happened? How did she feel? (4 sentences) she was eventually sad that she didnt have friends to tell her stories. She was getting bullied and didnt want to say because she was afraid of having the wrong people as her friends. She stayed home schooled for a while and then she went back to school.