The Pinballs

Now that we have finished The Pinballs, what ideas from the novel do you think are most important? Think about the author’s purpose for writing the story. What big ideas and themes is she trying to get across?

We have been exploring the reading strategy, “Asking Questions”. Good readers constantly ask questions of characters, situations, and even the author as they read. Your questions may not always be answered in the text, but you are helping yourself better understand the reading when you ask questions. Based on where we are at in The [...]

In chapters 1-4, we meet the main characters of our story. Carlie, Harvey, and Thomas J are all foster children who come to live with the Masons. We also started exploring the reading strategy “Making Connections”. Good readers make connections while they are reading that help them better understand the text. There are three main [...]