After reading a few chapters from Larger-Than-Life LARA, written by Dandi Daley Mackall, I am so interested in Laney. The book is written in first person from Laney's perspective. Dandi does an amazing job of bringing this character to life, which we discovered as we discussed it in class, and students wrote about it in their Online Journals.
The things we know about Laney include:
1. Tomboy
2. Poor
3. Not always nice
4. Sarcastic
5. Actress/liar to stay out of trouble
6. Blurter
7. Has a mom's responsibility at home (because her mom left)
8. Runs fast (athletic)
9. Likes plays, especially Shakespeare
10. Loves baseball, but the boys will not let her play
11. Lives in old rundown house with peeling paint on the outside, that is dirty and all lime green on the inside
12. Three mean brothers that beat her up, and skip school
13. Tough, can stand up for herself
14. Mom left and never came back and Laney wonders about her
15. Has a shoe glued to her bedroom wall from when she won a race and everyone cheered for her
16. Has to deal with her dad that is a drunk, has a bad temper, steals cable TV, fights all the time
17. Likes to write
18. Good imagination
19. Her bedroom is in the attic which she shares with her dad, cut in half with a blanket as a curtain, with a mattress on the floor
20. Low self-esteem
21. Digresses (can't stay on topic)
22. In the back of the crowd, on the edge, wants to fit in with only one "sort of" friend
23. No real role model
24. Collects books, some that the library was throwing away
25. Doesn't ride the bus because Joey and other kids are mean to her
26. Family has a bad reputation
27. Mature for her age, takes care of herself
28. Fourth grade
29. Lives in Paris, Missouri
1. Tomboy
2. Poor
3. Not always nice
4. Sarcastic
5. Actress/liar to stay out of trouble
6. Blurter
7. Has a mom's responsibility at home (because her mom left)
8. Runs fast (athletic)
9. Likes plays, especially Shakespeare
10. Loves baseball, but the boys will not let her play
11. Lives in old rundown house with peeling paint on the outside, that is dirty and all lime green on the inside
12. Three mean brothers that beat her up, and skip school
13. Tough, can stand up for herself
14. Mom left and never came back and Laney wonders about her
15. Has a shoe glued to her bedroom wall from when she won a race and everyone cheered for her
16. Has to deal with her dad that is a drunk, has a bad temper, steals cable TV, fights all the time
17. Likes to write
18. Good imagination
19. Her bedroom is in the attic which she shares with her dad, cut in half with a blanket as a curtain, with a mattress on the floor
20. Low self-esteem
21. Digresses (can't stay on topic)
22. In the back of the crowd, on the edge, wants to fit in with only one "sort of" friend
23. No real role model
24. Collects books, some that the library was throwing away
25. Doesn't ride the bus because Joey and other kids are mean to her
26. Family has a bad reputation
27. Mature for her age, takes care of herself
28. Fourth grade
29. Lives in Paris, Missouri
So far in the book (after only five chapters), I think Laney has become Larger-Than-Life. We know so much about her that it seems like we know her well--even that she lives with us.
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2 comments:
I think she is a really has different emotions like she can be happy one moment then she is sad.
Its funny we are only 5 chapters in the book and we already know 29 things about her. But her dad scares me I am glad my dad is`nt like that I mean who wants to chase their kid when they are drunk.
Her brothers seem really anoying and unwilling like Matt who will go to school when he wants to. The other ones are exactly like someone I know. I feel bad for her haveing to put up with her brothers.
My best friend deals with "being the mother". So yes I know how she feels. I aways think to myself... does her/his mother care that she has to do everything? Does her/his mother even know ? I mean "hello", that would be like having no childhood. Almost like torture.
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