Stargirl Book Group - Week 1

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Week One: Read pages 1-35

Vocabulary:

marooned (4)
noteworthy (5)
marquee (6)
narc (7)
plaited (8)
noncomformity (10)
saguaros (14)
perpetual (15)
aviary (16)
disdainful (21)
blithely (28)
morbid (30)

Questions:

1. Choose two vocabulary wors and look up their parts of speech an definitions in a dictionary. Write them in your journal.

2. Choose two vocabulary wors an write interesting sentences for each in your journal.

3. What are some things (3 or more) that Stargirl does that set her apart from her peers? (paragraph form)

4. On page 33, Archie says to Kevin, "If anybody is acting, it's us." What did he mean when he said this about Stargirl? (paragraph form)