11+Birthdays+(Frascht)

Mass, W. (2009). 11 birthdays. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.

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Amanda and Leo always share their birthdays and almost everything else. They have had some great parties, but at their 10th birthday party Amanda overhears Leo tell a friend that his mom make him have parties with her because she doesn't have that many friends she is devastated. Now, on her 11th birthday she is having a party while Leo is having a better one the same day. If this weren't bad enough, now the day is repeating over and over. Now she must mend things with Leo and work together to get out of this repeating day.
 * Summary:**

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 * Student Activities:**

1. How would you compare the fight Leo and Amanda are in to one you've had with a friend that made the days seem to drag on as one until it was resolved? 2. How would you write an alternative ending to 5 days in the history of America if you could go back and change them? 3. Where do you see Leo and Amanda on the 20th anniversary of their 11th birthday and what are they doing?
 * Discussion Questions:**

This student activity would be for a 6th grade class. After reading the novel 11 Birthdays the students will create 5 changes in another novel they have read that would hav fixed a problem or conflict if the characters in that novel could repeat a day from the novel. The students will present in small groups what changes they would make and why those changes would bring about the desired results.
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