Checkouts by cynthia rylant pdf

"Checkouts"
by Cynthia Rylant
Vocabulary List.

 Choices...Motivation...
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
What does that mean? Is it true?
"If I had any regrets, it's what I didn't do, rather than what I did..."
Why do people often choose not to pursue what they want?
Why is the anticipation of something often better than the actual thing/event we were anticipating?

Think as we read:
Why does the author not name any of the characters?
 

After...

• List all the possible influences that might have gone into her decision NOT to talk to the boy.
• Which do you think were most influential?

  Why?

Reading/Listening Check

1. The author's repeated use of the phrase "...moved her to Cincinnati" is supposed to have the effect of...a) emphasizing how much she hates the move.  b) emphasizing how little control she has over her own life.  c) emphasizing how much she hates the big city of Cincinnati.  d) emphasizing how much her parents d