A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

A Mango Shaped Shape
By Wendy Mass
Read A Mango Shaped Space. Write a short summary and answer the following questions.
Prologue:
1. Gawked
2. Summary:


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3. Whywas Mia sent to Principal Dubner’s office when she was eight years old?

Chapter 1:
4. Parched
5. Morbid
6. Ravine
7. Superstitious
8. Mottled
9. Tentatively
10. Summary:





>11. How does Jenna’s mother give her gifts from the grave?
12. What is a PIC mission?



Chapter 2:
13. Dearth
14. Supernova
15. Summary:





16. What does the author mean “windows to the soul”?


Chapter 3:
17. Summary:







18. What is cheerleader phobia?


Chapter 4:
19. Summary:







20. Mia doesn’t tell anyone about her synesthesia: not even Jenna. When the truth is revealed, Jenna’s response surprises Mia. “Maybe you don’t know what a best friend is.” How would you describe Jenna’s reaction? Do you think Jenna is just in her feelings?


Chapter 5:
21. Mahogany
22. Syndrome
23. Epilepsy
24. Betrayal
25. Voodoo
26. Vixen
27. Summary:



28. What does the psychotherapist think is wrong with Mia? Why does she think that?


Chapter 6
29. Synesthesia
30. Summary:





31. Why are Mia’s classmates asking her what color their names are? How did they find out?
Chapter 7
32. Limbic system
33. Summary:




34. How did Mia feel when she logged on to the Synesthesia website?


Chapter 8
35. Grudgingly
36. Summary:




37. How did Mia use her synesthesia to cheat on her math test?

38. Do you think she was wrong to do this? Why or why not?


Chapter 9
39. Mesmerized
40. Summary:




41. When Mia’s friendship bracelet gets snagged on the door latch and a thread rips, how is that symbolic of Mia and Jenna’s friendship?
Chapter 10
42. Vehemently
43. Oblivious
44. Profusely
45. Summary:



46. Describe the results of the acupuncture session.


Chapter 11
47. Ecstatic
48. Pheromones
49. Summary:



50. How long did Mia’s new “powers” last? Why?

51. Why does Billy’s mother say “I’m so sick of that ‘colors’ nonsense?”


Chapter 12
52. Vestige
53. Summary:



54. What causes the colors to explode in Mia’s second visit to the acupuncturist?

55. Why is the family eating Tofu loaf instead of turkey?

Chapter 13
56. Summary:





57. Why is the book called A Mango Shaped Space?

58. Why do they need the helicopter to take Mango to the vet?


59. After Mia loses Mango, she realizes she has also lost her colors. How does this loss help Mia realize how important her synesthesia is to her?

Chapter 14

60. Summary:




61. Why does Mia think she killed Mango?







Chapter 15

62. Summary:




63. Why does Mrs. Henkle come to Mia’s house?

64. Who else in the story “sees” colors?


65. When do Mia’s colors come back?

66. Do you wish you had synesthesia? Why or why not?

67. Did you like the book? Why or why not?















Additionalactivities:

There is a new trend in reading: book trailers. It seems that lately book trailers are popping up on all of the video sharing sites. The book trailers give students just enough information to leave them wanting more.

A bookcast is a ONE-TAKE (no editing) short film that can take many forms, but is always used to encourage people to read the book. Bookcasts are also known as book trailers or video booktalks-- basically less fancy versions of the videos that Scholastic sends along with the Book Fair to encourage kids to buy/read the books at the fair.


“Bookcast”: Making a Book Trailer for A Mango Shaped Space
What is a “bookcast” or “book trailer”? A bookcast is like a movie preview, only for a book. You can be as creative as you want to be, but your bookcast has to make other people want to read the book. Don’t give away the ending, but try to reveal the “good parts” to make people want to read more!
Ideas (Use one of these, or CREATE YOUR OWN!)
• Do a skit of an important scene in the book.
• Have one person read dramatically from the book while other people act it out.
• Draw pictures or write words and film those!
• Sing a little song or rap about the book.
• Do a pretend “news story” about the book.
• Have someone in the group play a dramatic song on their instrument while showing pictures or reading.
RULES
1. You have ONE class period to plan your bookcast and ONE to film. Don’t waste time!
2. You will need one person to be the CAMERA OPERATOR, so that person cannot be in the video if you decide to do a skit.
3. Don’t give away the ending!
4. BE CREATIVE!

RUBRIC
Your bookcast should be
Creative (25 points)
Persuasive (25 points)
Informative (25 points)
Presentable (25 points)