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Danielle C- The Glogger/ Questioner Brittany K- The Wordler/ Questioner Catherine K- The Director/ Questioner Josh H- The Talker

Brittany- Questions

1. If you were Andy would you ever be able to forgive yourself? 2. If you were Keisha would you blame yourself for Andy's suicide? 3. If Keisha hadn't broken up with Andy do you think he would have still committed suicide? 4. If Dr. Carrothers had not gone away do you think Andy would have committed suicide?

http://www.alcoholalert.com/drunk-driving-statistics.html

http://m.psychologytoday.com/basics/suicide

Catherine- Questions

5. If Andy and Robbie had lost their game, do you think they would have thought twice about what they did? 6. If you were Keisha, you'd you be able to handle all of Andy's problems? Would you have broken up with him earlier? 7. Do you think Robbie would have wanted Andy to kill himself? Why? 8. Do you think if AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) was something Andy could do, would it help him?

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Danielle- Questions 9. Do you think Robbie would have blamed and been mad at Andy for the car accident? 10. Do you think Andy's parents are going to blame themselves for Andy's suicide and wish they had helped him with his problems? 11. How will Monty be affected by Andy's suicide? 12. Do you think Andy would have not committed suicide if he stayed in therapy?

Links:

http://www.dontserveteens.gov/dangers.html

http://glendon.org/index.php?pageid=7

http://www.pamf.org/teen/life/trauma/

Brittany Wordle-

I chose the word tears to use in my wordle. I chose it because throughout the book many people shed their tears. When Robbie dies people cry and when Andy commits suicide people cry. Another word I chose was hope. I chose hope because in the book Keisha hopes that Andy wasn't hurt in the car crash. Also, BJ hopes that Andy doesn't go to hell for shooting himself. In the wordle I included the word drinking. I included this word because since Andy was drinking they got into a car crash killing his best friend, Robbie. I also chose the word forgiveness. In the book Andy begs Robbie's parents to forgive him. BJ begs the lord to forgive Andy so he does not go to hell. Another word I included is the word letters. Throughout the book there are many important letters written to different people. Andy writes a letter to Robbie's parents for forgiveness and everyone writes a letter to Andy after he dies. In those letters everyone expresses how they feel now. An important word I chose was crash. I chose this word because all of the events in the book are caused by the crash. Robbie's death, everyone upset, Keisha and Andy's break up, Andy's depression. Depression is another word I used. Andy was depressed because he killed his best friend causing him to kill himself. Another important word is blame. Andy blames himself for the crash and he feels guilty. The last word that I chose was dreams. Andy once had a dream that Rob was talking to him. Monty had dreams that one day Andy would teach him basketball, but that dream died when Andy killed himself.

Catherine- Director

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Danielle - Glogger

http://dc283.edu.glogster.com/tears-of-a-tiger/