AMBER BROWN IS FEELING BLUE

CHAPTERS 7,8 & 9

CHALLENGING WORDS

annoying
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hopscotch
intentionally
mascara
nightmare
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poetry
pretending
stomach

SUMMARY

Amber Brown as a big decision—spend Thanksgiving with Mom and Max in Walla Walla, Washington….or with Dad in New York? She doesn’t want to choose but the decision is up to her.

--- Conversation Questions---

(1) / Recall what Brenda and Amber did all the way home.
(Answer) / Hopscotched.
(Follow Up) / Name other ways that you can get home.
(2) / Estimate how long you think it would take for Amber to go visit her dad in Paris, France.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Name the fartherest you have ever been away from home.
(3) / Imagine that you were Amber. How would you feel if you were in the situation she is in with her parents and Thanksgiving?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Think of a time that you were pulled between two people.
(4) / Recall what Amber named her paper.
(Answer) / THE OLDEN TIMES.
(Follow Up) / Do you know the name of your school newsletter?
(5) / Recall what decision Amber’s mom made about the problem with Amber’s dad.
(Answer) / That they would all sit down a talk when her dad returned.
(Follow Up) / How do you deal with conflict?
(6) / Recall why Amber and Brandi went to Kelly’s house.
(Answer) / They were going to paint their nails.
(Follow Up) / Name something that you do for fun.
(7) / Amber was afraid that she was going to have a nervous breakdown. Why?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Has anything ever happened to you that worried you so much you got sick?
(8) / Define “nightmare”.
(Answer) / A scary dream.
(Follow Up) / Recall a “nightmare” that you have had.
Activities
1. / Write as many finger nail polish names as you can. Make some up!
2. / Pretend you are Amber. Write a note to your dad about how you feel about his return for Thanksgiving.
3. / Make a list of ways that you can resolve a problem.
4. / Pretend you are Amber. Write a narrative about how you feel about having to choose between your parents for Thanksgiving.
Introductions
1. / Review chapters previously read.
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Book Title: Amber Brown is Feeling Blue

Author: Paula Danziger / Illustrator: Tony Ross
ISBN: 0439071682 / # of Text Pages: 132 AR: 4.0 LEX: 760
Building Oral Vocabulary
59 / giggle / 73 / decision / 76 / rhinestones
Prediction Questions
63 / What decision will Amber make?
73 / How do you think their talk will go?
83 / Will Amber have fun at Kelly’s?

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.