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= This Month's Adolescent Literature Theme =

This months project:
Today's adolescents face many deep and dark issues. No adolescent is immune to every issue. Eating disorders, blended or divorced families, drinking and drug abuse, depression, suicide and death of a friend or family member are all very real issues that teens experience in some way, shape or form at some point during their adolescence. We can use literature to evoke emotions and open communication amongst teens on these types of tough topics. In the book, Wintergirls, the main character Lia, lives through many different types of common issues affecting teens today. Eating disorders is the main focus, but Lia also deals with divorced parents, blended families, the death of a close friend and the inability to feel connected at school or home. In the book, The Absolute True Diary of a Part Time Indian, the main character, Junior lives with bullying, poverty and alcoholism. Like Lia, Junior lacks a connection at school and does not feel like he belongs.

Each student will need to complete the following:

 * 1) Choose a book, a theme to create a wordle on, then post it on the wiki.
 * 2) Blog: Create 2 deep questions to post, then choose 3 other questions to answer.
 * 3) Final Project or Group project: Each student will either work in a group or independently on a project of their choosing (choices under Digital Response), then they will post their final project on the wiki.