Speak 4 Questions

SPEAK 4
Discussion/Study Question
pp. 141-198


1. Discuss the evolvement of the name of the Merryweather High mascot and the debate over each name.

-There high school isnt doing right.

2. What draws Melinda and Ivy together?

-Art class drives Melinda and ivy together

3. Do you agree or disagree with “Ten More Lies…” Why?

-I agree with the "ten more lies..."because they try to make it seem like high school is so easy which it is not.


4. Describe Melinda’s inner turmoil when she discovers Rachel is dating Andy. What should she have done? Did she do the right thing?

-She peobley should habe told Racheal when she first found out they were dating, she doesn't want the same thing to happen to Raechel.

5. What is the symbolism of Mr. Freeman’s statement, “…trees are flexible, so they don’t snap. Scar it, give it a twisted branch-perfect trees don’t exist…Be the tree” (p. 153).

-That nonody is perfext that you will always have something wrong with you, but you should always strive to become better.

6. How does Melinda begin to assert herself and find her voice?

-When she finds that girls were responding to what she write in the bathroom stole, she know that her opinion and how she felt about Andy was right, baceasue other peole felt the same.

7. What happens when Melinda decides to talk to Rachel?

-Racehal doesn't believe her and tells her she is jealous that he is taking her to prom and calls her a liar.

8. What do the entries under Melinda’s initial graffiti in the bathroom reveal?

-That she isn't the only ont that has a problem with Andy.

9. What is the correlation between Mr. Sordino’s treatment and explanation of the diseased tree with Melinda’s “survival?”

-If you let go of the bad part it becomes better

10. What happens at the Prom?

-At prom Racel and Andy got into an arugemnet. Andy was pusing himself on to Racheal while they were dancing, and from that point Racehal know that Melinda was telling the truth.

11. What is the resolution to the story?

-Melinda finds herself when she speaks and tells herself "No" when she has the choice to kill the guy that ruined her life.