Status Updates From Facts of Life: Stories

I'm reading this with my 8th graders - they don't like it lol.

One conflict was when Freddie was struggling in school. He was doing poorly in English and Spanish class, and his mom was suspicious of why. "'My mom better not see you,' Freddie said cautiously." "'She thinks you're the reason I got a D in English and Spanish.'" This would be a problem because Freddie would not be able to hang around Ryan as much. Freddie's mom is not happy about Ryan's influence on Freddie.

One part that was very sad is that Rebecca has family issues and money problems. I can tell that she feels very hopeless and upset about her life situation. ¨He demanded the cookie in her hand,¨ ¨´You got ugly cookies.´¨ ¨Rebecca´s heart sank.¨ ¨´They´re not ugly´ she muttered.¨ (137) This shows that since she has a tough life at home, other things get to her easily.

One important part is when Letty thinks that Miguel is using her for money. She thinks that because Miguel is always hinting that he needs money. On page 128 it says ¨He´s trying to use you and then drop you. She had left him that afternoon promising to think about the loan.¨ This shows that Letty knew that Miguel was using her because whenever Miguel would ask for something she would assume that its money.

One trait to describe Rachael is responsible. She is responsible because she is only ten years old and is already being the bigger person. On page 81 it says "She cleaned up the gooey mess, washed the grease-spotted floor, did a few dishes in the sink, and went to brush her teeth. This proves that she was responsible by cleaning the mess that was made instead of just leaving it like many other ten year old kids.

One conflict was when the new girl, Ana, that happened to have the same name as her became more well known than her. That made her jealous. In this story everyone started to pay more attention to the new Ana than her. On page 44 it says "'I'll take Ana Hernandez.' 'Not you-the other Ana. The new girl!'" This shows that the new Ana "stole her identity" and made the original Ana jealous.

So far this book has been really interesting and hasn't been about what i thought it was gonna be.Its also had some things that I could relate to and learn from.This book is truly "Facts Of Life"