Monday, June 3, 2013

The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Schusterman


Chapters 1 - 2
Why is Jason upset with his life?  What is wrong with it?
Vocabualry:
"keel over" (1)
solemn (2)
obliterate (6)
fanatic (12)
premonition (15)
strode (22)

Chapters 3 - 4
What is an epidemic?  What do we know about the events twenty years ago in Billington?
Vocabualry:
observant (24)
fallow (25)
mosaic (30)
taunt (38)
delirous (41)
mandatory (43)

Chapters 5 - 6
How do Jason's parents react to his glove?  What do you think they mean when they say, "not from here"?
Vocabualry:
isolate (49)
midst (54)
enigmatic (54)
eerie (56)
aura (58)
urgency (60)

Chapters 7 - 8
How did Ethan really die?  Why did he need human genes?  Where did everyone get thier DNA from?
Vocabualry:
loomed (68)
conquest (71)
exploit (73)
enlighten (85)
grime (89)
intuition (90)

Chapters 9 - 10
What truth has Jason learned about himself and the others?  Why will he not be able to tell them?
Vocabualry:
isolate (96)
guise (99)
menace (109)
reluctant (123)
marauding (125)
confrontation (129)

Chapters 11 - 13
Do you think Jason actually has to break up with Paula?  What are the reasons for and against it?
Vocabualry:
reconcile (135)
quivering (138)
mason (142)
salvage (143)
revamped (151)
diabolical (154)

Chapters 14 - 15
How have Jason's actions changed everything?  What can he do?  Where can he go?
vulnerable (163)
epidemic (167)
strode (169)
grandious (120)
depraved (170)
morose (180)

Chapters 16 - 17
Wht choice does Jason make in the end?  What could be the outcome of this choice?
Vocabualry:
contentment (199)
meander (205)
integrity (206)
splendor (226)
awestruck (229)

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