<p>Angela’s Ashes Collaborative Activity (1)</p><p>Directions: Below is a question pertaining to the novel Angela’s Ashes. As you read, keep track of each place in the text that addresses some aspect of your assigned topic. Quote the passage (or paraphrase if it is long), and indicate the chapter and page number where it is located. NOTE; YOU MAY NOT TRADE TOPICS WITH ANYONE ELSE. You will meet later to discuss your findings with classmates who have the same topic.</p><p>Discuss the importance of community and the charity of strangers in this book. How does the kindness of strangers compare with the McCourts’ treatment by their relatives? Angela’s Ashes Collaborative Activity (2)</p><p>Directions: Below is a question pertaining to the novel Angela’s Ashes. As you read, keep track of each place in the text that addresses some aspect of your assigned topic. Quote the passage (or paraphrase if it is long), and indicate the chapter and page number where it is located. NOTE; YOU MAY NOT TRADE TOPICS WITH ANYONE ELSE. You will meet later to discuss your findings with classmates who have the same topic.</p><p>Discuss Frank's relationship with both his mother and his father. Do you think he prefers one parent to another? How do you know? Angela’s Ashes Collaborative Activity (3)</p><p>Directions: Below is a question pertaining to the novel Angela’s Ashes. As you read, keep track of each place in the text that addresses some aspect of your assigned topic. Quote the passage (or paraphrase if it is long), and indicate the chapter and page number where it is located. NOTE; YOU MAY NOT TRADE TOPICS WITH ANYONE ELSE. You will meet later to discuss your findings with classmates who have the same topic.</p><p>Discuss Frank’s relationship to Catholicism. Does this relationship change as the memoir progresses? How has the church helped and/or hurt him? Angela’s Ashes Collaborative Activity (4)</p><p>Directions: Below is a question pertaining to the novel Angela’s Ashes. As you read, keep track of each place in the text that addresses some aspect of your assigned topic. Quote the passage (or paraphrase if it is long), and indicate the chapter and page number where it is located. NOTE; YOU MAY NOT TRADE TOPICS WITH ANYONE ELSE. You will meet later to discuss your findings with classmates who have the same topic.</p><p>Discuss McCourt's experiences in school. Are you surprised to learn he became a teacher? Discuss do you think his experiences influenced him? Angela’s Ashes Collaborative Activity (5)</p><p>Directions: Below is a question pertaining to the novel Angela’s Ashes. As you read, keep track of each place in the text that addresses some aspect of your assigned topic. Quote the passage (or paraphrase if it is long), and indicate the chapter and page number where it is located. NOTE; YOU MAY NOT TRADE TOPICS WITH ANYONE ELSE. You will meet later to discuss your findings with classmates who have the same topic.</p><p>Women--in particular mothers--play a significant role in Angela's Ashes. Discuss how Frank’s mother struggles to keep her family together in the most desperate of circumstances. Angela’s Ashes Collaborative Activity (6)</p><p>Directions: Below is a question pertaining to the novel Angela’s Ashes. As you read, keep track of each place in the text that addresses some aspect of your assigned topic. Quote the passage (or paraphrase if it is long), and indicate the chapter and page number where it is located. NOTE; YOU MAY NOT TRADE TOPICS WITH ANYONE ELSE. You will meet later to discuss your findings with classmates who have the same topic.</p><p>Discuss some of the major choices or decisions Frank McCourt makes in the book and describe the outcome or consequences of these choices. Discuss the circumstances surrounding these choices and how they have shaped him. </p>