Before You Read:
- Have you ever been to sleep-away-camp?
- If you've never been to camp, have you ever spent more than one night away from home?
- What kinds of feelings might you experience if you were to spend many nights away from home? (no, not pure joy--think negative. What is it called when you miss home a lot?)
- Use the pictures on the front of each card to infer what the card will be about.
- After reading each postcard, decide what the author's purpose is (to inform, persuade, or entertain). Each card will have a different purpose.
- How did Michael's attitude about camp change?
- What is the theme of this book?
- Why did the author create this book the way that he did? What was his purpose for using the postcards rather than just writing a story?