Ellen Foster a novel by Kaye Gibbons ASSIGNMENT I for February 13, 2009 pp 1 - 28 Remember to pick out one sentence, or paragraph from the week’s reading that you especially like.
Who is the narrator of this story?
What was Ellen thinking about from the very first sentence on?
Top of page 3, Ellen’s mother had just gotten home from the hospital. How did Ellen explain her mother’s sickness?
Also top of page 3, what was Ellen’s impression of a hospital?
Ellen is not crazy about her father. On pages 3 & 4, what are some of the ways she describes him?
There are chunks of description throughout the book of another life that Ellen lives. Can you give some examples from pp. 2, 4, & 5 ?
On page 9, how did Ellen’s mother die?
Middle of page 10, Ellen describes her method of falling asleep.
Bottom of page 11, What does BILL the Esso man say?
Middle of p. 14, Ellen is disgusted with her aunt Nadine and all the people who are in her house because of her mother’s funeral. How does she imagine she could “give them something to talk about.”
Top 15, what does Ellen say about her father’s role in mama’s death?
Middle 15, what does she think about the undertaker?
Middle p. 15 what does she think about the undertaker?
p. 16, What does aunt Nadine say to the undertaker and what does Ellen think about it?
Toward the bottom of p. 20, Ellen describes the preacher’s talk at the funeral. What does she say he “leaves out” and what does he “go straight to”?
Top 20, what is weird about Ellen’s friend Starletta?
Bottom 24, what crisis did Ellen resolve?
Page 25, what arrangement did Ellen’s father make with his brothers?
What effect did the arrangement have on Ellen?
How do you “play catalog”?
How did Ellen get her Girl Scout medals so quickly?
What was the difference between Ellen’s Christmas Eve dinner and her grandmother’s?
ASSIGNMENT I for February 13, 2009 pp 1 - 28
Remember to pick out one sentence, or paragraph from the week’s reading that you especially like.
Who is the narrator of this story?
What was Ellen thinking about from the very first sentence on?
Top of page 3, Ellen’s mother had just gotten home from the hospital. How did Ellen explain her mother’s sickness?
Also top of page 3, what was Ellen’s impression of a hospital?
Ellen is not crazy about her father. On pages 3 & 4, what are some of the ways she describes him?
There are chunks of description throughout the book of another life that Ellen lives. Can you give some examples from pp. 2, 4, & 5 ?
On page 9, how did Ellen’s mother die?
Middle of page 10, Ellen describes her method of falling asleep.
Bottom of page 11, What does BILL the Esso man say?
Middle of p. 14, Ellen is disgusted with her aunt Nadine and all the people who are in her house because of her mother’s funeral. How does she imagine she could “give them something to talk about.”
Top 15, what does Ellen say about her father’s role in mama’s death?
Middle 15, what does she think about the undertaker?
Middle p. 15 what does she think about the undertaker?
p. 16, What does aunt Nadine say to the undertaker and what does Ellen think about it?
Toward the bottom of p. 20, Ellen describes the preacher’s talk at the funeral. What does she say he “leaves out” and what does he “go straight to”?
Top 20, what is weird about Ellen’s friend Starletta?
Bottom 24, what crisis did Ellen resolve?
Page 25, what arrangement did Ellen’s father make with his brothers?
What effect did the arrangement have on Ellen?
How do you “play catalog”?
How did Ellen get her Girl Scout medals so quickly?
What was the difference between Ellen’s Christmas Eve dinner and her grandmother’s?
How did Ellen celebrate Christmas?