3/5 Questions

1. Lives Lost – How does Dotson use his stand up in the story? What techniques did he use to get sound bites from the children?
-He used it as a transition of scenes.
-Rule of threes

2. Cave Rescue – What is your favorite line of writing (open, stand up, segues or close) from Dotson in this story?
-The stand up techniques, without a doubt.

3. Ruby Bridges – How does Dotson use the five tools of a novelist (setting, foreshadowing, conflict, character growth, resolution)?
-His setting is the school
-He used forshaddowing when describing the kids
-He shows clips of angry people for conflict

4. Pearl Harbor’s Untold Story – What is the twist ending (surprise) in this story?
-The man who was in that camp created the USS Arizona Memorial