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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

El Deafo


We've been discussing the book with our table groups.  Now it's time to branch out and find out what others that are reading this book think.  Take some time to think about a part of the book that would make for a good discussion.  It can be any part from the beginning to the part you read for today.

Tell about the part you read, give your thoughts about it, and invite others to share their thoughts too.

Here are some discussion stems.  Choose one of the following or make a similar type of post.

I want to talk about the part where __________________.  I thought _____________________.  What did you think?

The part that I thought was most interesting so far was _____________________________.  I think _________________________________________.  What did you think?

48 comments:

  1. I want to talk about the part where she starts to imagine herself as a superhero. I thought that was interesting, and I was wondering if she just imagined it, or if she like drew it down somewhere. What do you think?

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    1. I was wondering the same thing, I think she was imagining it because of when she accidentally kicked her mom it was because she was imagining something. So maybe she was imagining herself being a superhero.

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    2. Yeah, well maybe she was acting the superhero stories out, and that's why she kicked her mom. Or she could have just imagined it, but then why did she not realize it, and then kick her mom?

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    3. I think she was just imagining it all and got a little bit too into it.

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  2. I want to talk about the part where her mom took who to a church. I though it was kind of rude how her mother told the whole group her daughter was deaf. I don't think she wanted people to talk to her really loud and really slow. What did you think?

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    1. In a way, I agree. Cece likes it better when people don't know that she is deaf. Her mom told everyone right away. But also, maybe she was trying to show her that she didn't have to be embarrassed about it. And, I think it would be better for her if she told the people to stop talking like that.

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  3. I want to talk about the part where Mike and his family moved in a couple houses down from where Cece lives. I thought it was interesting that Cece actually liked someone because she really doesn't express feelings for anyone. What did you think?

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    1. I agree. Besides Mike, she didn't ever really express her feelings towards anyone. I think it's weird how she doesn't talk about how she feels about her family more often.

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    2. I agree with you. Because she never really expresses feelings for anyone including her own family. I was thinking that maybe she's not very good at expressing her feelings very well. But I'm not very sure.

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    3. I thought the same thing when I read it. I also thought it was funny when she was losing her vision and then when she looked at Mike she could see him crystal clear.

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  4. I want to talk about the part where her mom took her to a place to teach her sign language. I thought it was kinda cool because she can learn how to use sign language. what do you think?

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    1. I agree and think that it was a good idea to teach her sign language because then cece has more ways of communicating.

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    2. I agree I don't get why Cece hates when people do it, they are just trying to communicate with her in a different way.

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    3. I agree with you. I think it will be more useful for her at school, other public places, and especially when she gets older. But I really don't know why she hates it so much. I think she should at least try it.

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    4. I thought that it could bbe useful for her to learn sign language. Wouldn't it be an easier thing to do other than reading lips?

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    5. I agree the only part I didn't like was that her mom said that Cece was deaf. Otherwise I would be fine.

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    6. I agree that it is not a bad idea to learn a sign language but she did not want to be there.

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  5. The book El Deafo is buy far the best graphic novel I have ever read! The part that I thought was most interesting was when she made up " El Deafo". I like how she ties her own life into this made up superhero but is still making it funny. What do you think?

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    1. I agree because mostly this whole book is about her, and I like how she added the superhero part because it adds a little more fun to the book.

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  6. i would like to tak about the part where her friend laura let her get bite by her dog and laughed at it do you think she ment to do it or was it just an accident,

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    1. I think that she meant to do it otherwise she wouldn't be laughing at her she would ask if she is okay. Also, Laura told her dog to get them.

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    2. It was definitely on purpose and you can tell because Laura was laughing at her.

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    3. I agree that it was on purpose because she told her told dog to go get her and then the dog bit her and laura was laughing at her when the dog it.

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    4. i agree it was on purpose but when laura said gaet them her little sister was playing with them so do u think the dog would'ob=v git her to and do u think laut=ra would be lauging at her younger sister for being bite by the dog

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  7. I want to talk about the part where she lost her hearing in the begining of the book.I thought it was interesting that they used her real chart in the book.What do you think?

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    1. I agree with you and also found it interesting when she lost her hearing because of meningitis.

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    2. I think that it is crazy that they still have the charts.

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    3. yea i agree but i think that they should'ov used more real evadience, for the book,like when she lost her hearing aid i think they could of just used more reasoures

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  8. I want to talk about the part when They have to move houses i thought that it was weird why would they move if cece had a school with people like her in her small town.

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    1. I agree it didn't really improve anything, she probably would have improved more at the old school than this new one.

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    2. i agree to but why would'nt she just had stayed in the class with everyone like her or at least when to a school like that so she feels like she is welcome and doesn't want anyone to think she is wierd

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  9. I want to talk about the part where Cece went over to Laura's house and Laura played a trick on Cece into thinking they were playing a game but, instead told her dog to bite Cece. I thought that was very mean of Laura, why would she do that and does she do that to all of here friends or just Cece because she is deaf? What did you think?

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    1. I think that Laura does that to all her friends for the reason that when Cece is listing down reasons to be Laura's friend on page 49 she puts down that Laura doesn't mind Cece's hearing aids Making me think that Laura wouldn't have told the dog to bite her just because she has hearing aids.

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    2. I don't think Laura does that to all her friends because if she did she wouldn't have any
      friends. But if she wouldn't have let the dog bite Cece maybe Cece would still like her.

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    3. maybe lura felt like cece eas dumb so she felt like she would'ov been dumb emough to pay etantion but cece is not dumb just because she has a hearing aid she is just like us but different

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  10. I want to talk about the part where Cece's mom took Cece to a sign language class at a local church. I thought that it would be helpful for Cece to learn sign language. Even though she didn't really want to. What do you think?

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    1. I think she should have gotten it the first day she lost her hearing in the hospital.

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    2. I was thinking that too because it would be helpful for Cece to learn sign language so that sometimes she wouldn't have to wear the phonic ear.

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    3. i agree it would be helpful because onw day when she need to talk to someone and she loses her hearing aid she will need to know sign language to be able to communicate

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  11. I want to talk about when Cece is running from Martha and hurt her eye. After that Martha didn't even want to go by Cece. Do you think that she should avoid Cece?

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    1. No, because she should keep trying to talk to her other wise after a while if they don't talk they might not be friends anymore.

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    2. No,because if she does not talk to her anymore that is going to make their friendship drift away faster that it it right now.

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    3. No, because it was just an accident. It really wasn't anybody's fault and Cece was fine after it happened. So I think Martha should talk and be around Cece again.

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    4. No, it was not her fault and she shouldn't be hiding and running away from Cece because of an accident. I think that they should become friend again.

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    5. No, they should try to talk i mean after cece told martha that it wasn't her fult she felt bad and i think that martha knew after a while that it wasn't her fult maybe when she thoughtabout it she didn't want to talk about it because if they hadn't been running it wiuld never happened but it was an accident but martha didn't take it as one till later

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  12. I wanted to talk about when her mother took her to learn sign language when Cece clearly didn't want to learn sign language. I thought that it was interesting when Cece kicked her mother in front of all those people. What would you do if you were Cece?

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  13. I want to talk about the part where mike found out the she has a super power aka (micro phone atached to teacher so she can hear) nd mike asked her to listin for the tacher coming back to class so the kids could sit down and get back to quite math and when she suceed i wounder how she felt and what she would'ov fekt if sh failed whoulf everyone hate her for getting them into trouble or forgive her tell me what you think

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  14. I want to talk about the part where Cece got her bendable pencil. And then that kid Johnnie broke her pencil and then later when they got to school Mike Miller made Johnnie apalagize to Cece.I wondered if Mike miller felt the same way as Cece does to him.What do you think?

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