Friday, June 7, 2013

13RW Week 4 Discussion


This site is where trivia and discussion questions will be posted for the summer reading club. Feel free to post questions or your observations or comments about the book. Please remember to keep posts school appropriate. Please be considerate of other readers who may not be as far along in the book as you. If you post something with a spoiler in it, at *SPOILER ALERT* to the beginning of the post.

Trivia Questions can be found here.

This blog is for the Cassette 5 Side B, Cassette 6 Side A & B, Cassette 7 Side A, and The Next Day. For the discussion, chose one and answer it in the comment section of this blog. Feel free to comment on other's answers. This book is full great issues to discuss.


Discussion Questions: Choose one


Cassette 5 Side B: Why do you think Hannah did nothing to stop the rape? How do you think you would have reacted?


Cassette 6 Side A:  How is Tony connected to the tapes? Have you ever been put in a situation that was similar to Tony's? One where you had to keep a secret that you didn't want to know?


Cassette 6 Side B: If you knew someone was thinking about committing suicide, what would you say to them?

Cassette 7 Side A & B and The Next Day: Why do you think Mr. Porter didn't go after Hannah when she left his office?

End of the Book Bonus Activity: This book focuses on a lot of negative emotions and hurt feelings and of course death. Hopefully the book has you thinking about how your actions and words affect those around you. As a bonus activity and one more entry into the prize drawing, pick one of the following projects to complete. This needs to be complete and turned in to me by June 30. If you choose a physical project, email me so we can meet up to turn it in. If you do something on the computer, you should be able to email it to me or email me a link.

Project 1: Make a collage of the 13 people you are most thankful for with a description of why you are thankful for them. (This can be done on paper or electronically).

Project 2: Make a video or a presentation of the 13 people you are most thankful for and explain why you're thankful for them. You can do quick interviews or just show pictures. This is very open and can made any way you want.

13RW Week 3 Discussion


This site is where trivia and discussion questions will be posted for the summer reading club. Feel free to post questions or your observations or comments about the book. Please remember to keep posts school appropriate. Please be considerate of other readers who may not be as far along in the book as you. If you post something with a spoiler in it, at *SPOILER ALERT* to the beginning of the post.

Trivia Questions can be found here.

This blog is for the Cassette 3 Side B, Cassette 4 Side A & B, and Cassette 5 Side A. For the discussion, chose one and answer it in the comment section of this blog. Feel free to comment on other's answers. This book is full great issues to discuss.

Discussion Questions: Choose one

Cassette 3 Side B: Have you ever felt like a person was using you? Why were they using you? How did it make you feel when you figured it out?

Cassette 4 Side A:  This chapter talks about some of the warning signs of people that are thinking about suicide. What are some signs that were mentioned and which one did Hannah display?


Cassette 4 Side B: Hannah uses poetry as an outlet for her feelings. What do you do when you are upset or feel overwhelmed?

Cassette 5 Side A: In this chapter Hannah talks about how Clay's reputation is "good". She says she became "obsessed" with finding out more or hoping to hear something bad. Have you ever felt like someone's reputation is too good to be true and perk up when you hear someone talking about them? Without saying names describe the situation.


End of the Book Bonus Activity: This book focuses on a lot of negative emotions and hurt feelings and of course death. Hopefully the book has you thinking about how your actions and words affect those around you. As a bonus activity and one more entry into the prize drawing, pick one of the following projects to complete. This needs to be completed and turned in to me by June 30. If you choose a physical project, email me so we can meet up to turn it in. If you do something on the computer, you should be able to email it to me or email me a link.

Project 1: Make a collage of the 13 people you are most thankful for with a description of why you are thankful for them. (This can be done on paper or electronically).

Project 2: Make a video or a presentation of the 13 people you are most thankful for and explain why you're thankful for them. You can do quick interviews or just show pictures. This is very open and can made any way you want.

13RW Week 2 Discussion


This site is where trivia and discussion questions will be posted for the summer reading club. Feel free to post questions or your observations or comments about the book. Please remember to keep posts school appropriate. Please be considerate of other readers who may not be as far along in the book as you. If you post something with a spoiler in it, at *SPOILER ALERT* to the beginning of the post.

Trivia Questions can be found here.



This blog is for the Cassette 2 Side A & B and Cassette 3 Side A. For the discussion, chose one and answer it in the comment section of this blog. Feel free to comment on other's answers. This book is full great issues to discuss.

Discussion Questions: Choose one



Cassette 2 Side A: Have you ever been a part of a rumor that messed up a friendship? Without going into too much detail, were you able to fix the friendship or did the friendship end?


Cassette 2 Side B:  What does Tyler take away from Hannah? Why was taking that away significant for Hannah? Do you think it would have affected you in the same way?


Cassette 3 Side A: Have you ever felt like a person has used you? Why were they using you? How did it make you feel?


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

13RW Week 1 Discussion


This site is where trivia and discussion questions will be posted for the summer reading club. Feel free to post questions or your observations or comments about the book. Please remember to keep posts school appropriate. Please be considerate of other readers who may not be as far along in the book as you. If you post something with a spoiler in it, at *SPOILER ALERT* to the beginning of the post.

Trivia Questions can be found here.

This blog is for the Prologue, Yesterday, Cassette 1 Side A, and Cassette 1 Side B. For the discussion, chose one and answer it in the comment section of this blog. Feel free to comment on other's answers. This book is full great issues to discuss.

Discussion Questions

Prologue and Yesterday: One hour after school: Discussion for Prologue and Yesterday: How does Clay react to receiving a box of tapes from a girl that killed herself? Do you think your reaction would be similar? Would you listen to the tapes?


Cassette 1 Side A: How did Hannah’s reputation get started? Do you think this is common in school? Do you think you would react the same way Hannah did?



Cassette 1 Side B: Alex created the list for the “Freshman Class - Who’s Hot/Who’s Not”. Do you think Alex thought about how the girls on this list would feel? How would you react to being on a list like this? Do you think Hannah overreacted?