| 1. | The characters in this book have different ideas about what should be written in the book. Why does this cause a problem? |
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| 2. | What are some of the rules that Lizzy tries to make? Why don’t Lizzy’s rules work? |
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| 3. | What do you think is the worst thing that happens? How do they finally solve the problem? |
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| 4. | Can you think of any other ways the class could have solved the problem? |
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| 5. | Would you like to have Ms. Wurtz as a teacher? Why or why not? |
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| 6. | Which of the students in the story do you like best? Least? Why? |
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| 7. | Have you and your friends ever written a story by taking turns like the students at the end of the book? |
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| 8. | Have you ever had to work on a group project with other students when it was hard to get along or agree? What happened? |
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| 9. | Keesha only wants to talk about and write about horses. Do you know anyone who loves one thing and one thing only? Are they easy or difficult to talk to? |
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| 10. | Why do you think Ms. Wurtz only read the journal at the end of the month? What do you think would happen if she had read it sooner? |
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