Basketball Abuse

Parties

Drinking

Guilt

Best Friends

PainAnger

Therapy

Girlfriend

Drama

Annoying Parents

Guns

Captain

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young

adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human

values.  

1. Most people know when they are too drunk to drive.

2. Young people should always go to their parents first with a serious problem.

3. Time heals all wounds.4. If you really love a person, you should be

willing to see him or her through any problem.

5. A person can come out of a state of depression by having a positive attitude.

6. People are treated differently because of their race.

7. Guilt serves no constructive purpose.8. People who take their own lives are brave.9. People who take their own lives hurt nobody

but themselves.10. It is more difficult to forgive yourself than to

forgive others.

True/ False

Choose one Statement you are passionate about, and explain why you agree/disagree in your journal

Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper

Predict why you think this novel is called Tears

of a Tiger.

Essential Questions

How destructive is guilt?What are the effects of

guilt?