SuitabookSnaggle Doodles
Patricia Reilly Giff
- Reading
- Pause after the group is introduced and ask what each member may want. Near the deadline, revisit whether listening, sharing or leadership has changed the group’s choices.
- Themes
- Working together: Emily’s invention group needs to develop an idea, but its members are not cooperating and Emily wants to be the leader. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Leadership and control: Emily wishes she were the leader, while Linda is called the bossy leader and cannot get everyone to cooperate. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Responsibilities under time pressure: Emily must help with the invention project while thinking of a wedding present for Ms Vincent, whose wedding is only a few days away. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The group conflict is presented through Emily’s wish to lead and Linda’s bossy behaviour, alongside worry about being the worst group. The intensity and resolution of these pressures remain unclear.