Chapter+19

**Pre-Reading Activity/Question:**
If Hope had to pick one person in Wisconsin who's the most important to her, would it be Braverman or G.T.? Explain your answer.

**Vocabulary:**
corruption (p. 169) plasticized (p. 172) grafting (p. 173) steadfastness (p. 175) geriatric (p. 175)

**Reading Lesson Topics:**
In this chapter, Hope gives G.T. her life story by going through her scrapbooks. The scene is from her point of view, and we don't know what G.T. was thinking. In this activity, students will write a poem for two voices based on this scene. Start with Hope sharing the different items from her scrapbook, and then students will fill in G.T.'s responses based on their inferences.
 * Infer Character's Thoughts**

Two-voice poem models: [|JBauerAS.TwoVoicePoemModels.doc] Two-voice poem task: [|JBauerAS.TwoVoicePoemHandout.doc]

**Writing Activities:**
G.T. doesn't say much when Hope tells him about her life, but he grafts a branch onto a tree as a metaphor for their relationship. Use details from the text to explain why Bauer chose this metaphor and what it means.