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    Nancy Garden's "Annie on My Mind": A Discussion Guide
    Nancy Garden's "Annie on My Mind": A Discussion Guide
    Nancy Garden's "Annie on My Mind": A Discussion Guide
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    Nancy Garden's "Annie on My Mind": A Discussion Guide

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    The purpose of this book is educational. I enjoy reading Nancy Garden’s "Annie on My Mind," and I believe that it is an excellent book for young adults (and for middle-aged adults such as myself) to read.

    This book contains many questions about Nancy Garden’s "Annie on My Mind" and their answers. I hope that teachers of young adults will find it useful as a guide for discussions. It can also be used for short writing assignments. Students can answer selected questions from this little guide orally or in one or more paragraphs.

    I hope to encourage teachers to teach Nancy Garden’s "Annie on My Mind" and I hope to lessen the time needed for teachers to prepare to teach this book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Bruce
    Release dateJul 22, 2013
    ISBN9781301424382
    Nancy Garden's "Annie on My Mind": A Discussion Guide
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    David Bruce

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He has also retired from teaching English and philosophy at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.SOME BOOKS BY DAVID BRUCERetellings of a Classic Work of Literature:Arden of Favorsham: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Alchemist: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Arraignment, or Poetaster: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Case is Altered: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Catiline’s Conspiracy: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Devil is an Ass: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Epicene: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Every Man in His Humor: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Every Man Out of His Humor: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Fountain of Self-Love, or Cynthia’s Revels: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Magnetic Lady: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The New Inn: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Sejanus' Fall: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Staple of News: A RetellingBen Jonson’s A Tale of a Tub: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Volpone, or the Fox: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s Complete Plays: RetellingsChristopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Retellings of the 1604 A-Text and of the 1616 B-TextChristopher Marlowe’s Edward II: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s The Rich Jew of Malta: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2: RetellingsDante’s Divine Comedy: A Retelling in ProseDante’s Inferno: A Retelling in ProseDante’s Purgatory: A Retelling in ProseDante’s Paradise: A Retelling in ProseThe Famous Victories of Henry V: A RetellingFrom the Iliad to the Odyssey: A Retelling in Prose of Quintus of Smyrna’s PosthomericaGeorge Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston’s Eastward Ho! 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and Cressida: A Retelling in ProseWilliam Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: A Retelling in ProseWilliam Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Retelling in ProseWilliam Shakespeare’s The Two Noble Kinsmen: A Retelling in ProseWilliam Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: A Retelling in ProseChildren’s Biography:Nadia Comaneci: Perfect TenAnecdote Collections:250 Anecdotes About Music250 Anecdotes About Opera250 Anecdotes About Religion250 Anecdotes About Religion: Volume 2Be a Work of Art: 250 Anecdotes and StoriesThe Coolest People in Art: 250 AnecdotesThe Coolest People in the Arts: 250 AnecdotesThe Coolest People in Books: 250 AnecdotesThe Coolest People in Comedy: 250 AnecdotesCreate, Then Take a Break: 250 AnecdotesDon’t Fear the Reaper: 250 AnecdotesThe Funniest People in Art: 250 AnecdotesThe Funniest People in Books: 250 AnecdotesThe Funniest People in Books, Volume 2: 250 AnecdotesThe Funniest People in Books, Volume 3: 250 AnecdotesThe Funniest People in Comedy: 250 AnecdotesThe 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      Nancy Garden's "Annie on My Mind" - David Bruce

      Preface

      The purpose of this book is educational. I enjoy reading Nancy Garden’s Annie on My Mind, and I believe that it is an excellent book for young adults (and for middle-aged adults such as myself) to read.

      This book contains many questions about Nancy Garden’s Annie on My Mind and their answers. I hope that teachers of young adults will find it useful as a guide for discussions. It can also be used for short writing assignments. Students can answer selected questions from this little guide orally or in one or more paragraphs.

      I hope to encourage teachers to teach Nancy Garden’s Annie on My Mind and I hope to lessen the time needed for teachers to prepare to teach this book.

      This book uses many short quotations from Nancy Garden’s Annie on My Mind. This use is consistent with fair use:

      § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

      Release date: 2004-04-30

      Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include —

      (1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

      (2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

      (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

      (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

      The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.

      Source of Fair Use information: .

      This is a royalty-free book, and I will let anyone download it for free.

      Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden

      Pages Before Chapter 1

      What do we learn about Annie and Liza in these pages?

      • These pages tell us that Liza — Eliza Winthrop — is a freshman architecture student at MIT.

      • Liza is 5-foot-3-inches tall, and she has short, brown hair.

      • Liza is thinking about Annie even though she hadn’t meant to think about Annie; instead, she had meant to begin writing a paper about the architecture of the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

      • Liza begins writing a letter to Annie, although she thinks that she will not mail it — at least not until she thinks about how she came to know Annie and what happened afterward.

      • The feeling of these pages is one of sadness. Liza is uncertain about what she wants to do.

      • We learn that Liza had written a letter to Annie earlier — when Annie was in her second week of music school — but that Liza has not written since. Now Annie — who has been writing — says that she will not write again until Liza writes her another letter first.

      • Liza lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York, while Annie lives in Manhattan.

      Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?

      Frank Lloyd Wright is perhaps the United States’ greatest architect. One of his most famous buildings is Fallingwater, a house in Pennsylvania that is partly built over a waterfall.

      Chapter 1

      How do Liza and Annie meet?

      • Liza and Annie have what movie critic Roger Ebert calls a Meet Cute. A Meet Cute occurs whenever two characters in a movie — usually a romantic comedy — have a meeting that is cute in some way. For example, in Notting Hill, Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant meet first in Hugh Grant’s book store (which sells only travel books), then later meet again when Hugh Grant crashes into Julia Roberts while carrying a large cup of orange juice, which he spills all over her.

      • In Annie on My Mind, Eliza has gone to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to think about a solar-house project. There she hears Annie singing, and when Annie stops, Eliza tells her not to. They introduce themselves, like each other, and pretend to joust with one another like medieval knights.

      • Liza and Annie do have fun together.

      • The two exchange telephone numbers and addresses.

      Write a character analysis of Liza based on what you learn from her first meeting with Annie.

      • Liza’s last name is Winthrop.

      • Liza makes the first move — she speaks first to Annie.

      • Usually, Liza likes to be alone in the museum, but she finds that she doesn’t mind if Annie tags along with her.

      • Liza listens to her English teacher, Ms. Widmer. She begins her story with the first important or exciting incident — that incident turns out to be meeting Annie, so we know that Annie is important to Eliza.

      • Liza likes going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she visits the Temple of Dendur and the American Wing.

      • Liza likes Annie in part because Annie is enthusiastic about what she finds in the museum. (Liza does think that Annie is a little strange.)

      • Liza does play-joust with Annie, but only after noticing that the only people around who can see her are a couple of small boys.

      • Liza almost calls Annie beautiful to her face.

      Write a character analysis of Annie based on what you learn from her first meeting with Liza.

      • Annie’s last name is Kenyon.

      • Annie likes going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

      • Annie likes to sing and to play-act. She is creative.

      • Annie wears a cape — possibly an artistic article of clothing.

      • Annie has long black hair.

      • Annie thinks that Liza is bright and clear (14), while she is somber" (14).

      Compare and contrast Liza and Annie.

      • Both are young girls. Both are 17, and both are seniors in high school. (I say high school girls and college women.)

      • As we learned earlier, before chapter 1, both will go to college.

      • Both are artistic. Eliza wants to be an architect; Annie sings and is involved in music.

      • Annie is less inhibited than Eliza. Annie can and will play-joust if she wants to. Eliza can do this, but she is self-conscious at first.

      • Both go to museums.

      What are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Temple of Dendur, and the American Wing?

      The Metropolitan Museum of Art

      The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 and houses many important works of art. It is in New York City’s Central Park. The Museum includes Rembrandts and Vermeers as well as Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. It also has a fine collection of Islamic art. In addition, it houses many other collections, including a collection of medieval armor and weapons.

      The Temple of Dendur

      In about 15 B.C.E., the Temple of Dendur, a shrine to the goddess Isis, was built. Today, it is part of the museum’s Egyptian collection. In 1963, the temple was dismantled and moved because of the new Aswan High Dam, which raised the water of the Nile River so high that the water would have submerged the temple. In 1965, the temple was offered as a gift from Egypt to the United States.

      The American Wing

      According to the website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ever since its establishment in 1870 the Museum has acquired important examples of American Art. A separate ‘American Wing’ building to display the domestic arts of the seventeenth–early nineteenth centuries opened in 1924; paintings galleries and an enclosed sculpture court were added in 1980.

      Chapter 2

      What do we learn about Liza in chapter 2?

      • Liza has a

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