Thursday, November 7, 2013

Preview

Before you read: Please look at the front and back cover of Al Capone Does My Shirts and predict with one of the following questions:

Setting time and place:
 1. When does this book take place? What important events are happening in history during this time?
2. Where is Alcatraz? What is located there?
Characters: 
3. Why is Al Capone doing shirts? And what does it mean to be doing shirts? What do you think this title means?
4. Who do you think is talking about Al Capone doing their shirts? Would it be a prisoner or someone on the island?
Plot:
5. Why is the title just focused on Al Capone? Why might this be significant to the story?
Problems and solutions
6. What do you think will go wrong in the story? How will it be solved?

8 comments:

  1. Question #2
    I think it takes place in california and it is a prison

    -jacob

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  2. because he is the main character in this book

    ~kaylee~

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  3. QUESTON #4

    I think its the main charecter Moose talking. ~ #Taylin :)

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  4. question #6
    i think that one of the people that is in jail will escape and people from the jail will have to go and find him
    -sam-

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  5. QUESTION #6
    i think the main character will complain about alcatraz and then they will like it -cyrus

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  6. 1. When does this book take place? What important events are happening in history during this time?

    ~1935, President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
    ~


    ~Paytience

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  7. 3. Why is Al Capone doing shirts? And what does it mean to be doing shirts? What do you think this title means?

    I think he might be makeing shirts.

    -Ebony

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