Westing Game Essay

This essay assignment will be completed next Wednesday, April 13th, in class. You may use your notes, your characterization chart, and book as you write. This assignment must be typed and should follow the format rules for all typed assignments.

You will need to write three paragraphs:

In the first paragraph, you will identify the theme of The Westing Game and will give at least three pieces of evidence from the text which support your theme.


In the second paragraph, you will identify the conflict in the story and will also give at least three pieces of evidence form the text which support the conflict you've chosen.

Finally, in the third paragraph, you will choose a dynamic character and, using details from the text, explain how this character develops/changes over the course of the novel.

Questions to prepare for reading check, Westing Game chapters 15 and 16

1. How much is the prize worth?

2. What is the thing on which the five people in the driveway cannot agree?

3. Describe the interaction between Grace and Jake. What might this suggest about their relationship? (We will talk more about how the third-person omniscient point of view in this story gives us insight.)

4. What connection does George Theodorakis have to the Westing family (according to the photos examined by J. Ford and Sandy)?

5. What is the rumor about why/how Violet Westing died? How is this story connected to Angela Wexler?***2 pts.

6. What happens to Angela during her bridal shower?

7. What does Turtle thank Angela for when she sees her in the hospital?

Westing Game Chapters 11 & 12

Look for answers to the following questions as you read in order to prepare for your reading check on Tuesday. 

1. Who is Rosalie and where is she?

2. What does Theo propose at the meeting in the coffee shop?

3. What happens during the meeting that causes a panic?

4. Prediction question: Why do you think Mr. Hoo smiled when Mrs. Theodorakis said that they would have to close the cafe for a few days?

5. What is preventing Angela Wexler from helping the Theodorakis family from cleaning up?

6. What are Sydelle and Turtle fighting about at the bottom of page 70?

Westing Game Chapter 8 - Questions to Consider

1. What's preventing the residents of Sunset Towers from going out?

2. Why does everyone suddenly want to meet with Sydelle Pulaski?

3. What does Chris see at the Westing House when Angela and Sydelle leave?

4. What does Turtle believe she and Flora should do with their 10k? Why?

5. Why (specifically) does Mr. Hoo think of Grace Wexler as a bigot?

6. For what reasons does Judge Ford believe that Mr. Westing wasn't murdered?

7. Why is Angela (and why are others at Sunset Towers) so scared to walk around the building?

Chapter 7 - Questions to Consider

1. How are the "players" organized for the Westing Game?

2. What does each pair of players receive?

3. Name one unlikely pair and explain why you wouldn't expect the two players to be paired with one another.

4. Flora Baumbach tells a lie after the clues are dispersed; what lie does she tell?

5. What happens if one of the partners quits?

6. What does Turtle do with the clues?

7. Mr. Wexler says that life is "senseless" until... what? (3 things)

Westing Game reading, weekend of 1/29

Please read chapters 4 and 5 over the weekend. Your reading check will focus on the following things:

1. What did Turtle find at the Westing House?

2. What's one positive thing the newspaper wrote about Sam Westing? What is one tragic thing the article mentions regarding Mr. Westing's life?

3. Why are the residents of Sunset Towers being summoned to the Westing House?

4. What are Grace Wexler's thoughts as the residents arrive?

5. Is anything wrong with Sydelle Pulaski? How do you know?

Christmas Memory Winner

Tyler Smith

December 10, 2015

Christmas Memory

One Christmas morn Alyssa joyfully woke. She ran and tried to wake her father. Her father, replied groggily, and said “Five more minutes. She tried to wait, but she simply couldn’t. Her and her sister devised a plan to find out what they got. They realized that they could unwrap their gifts and then rewrap them.

They put their plan into action. The two unwrapped, opened and rewrapped their gifts. Finally their dad woke up and they went to “unwrap” their gifts. Alyssa was a little worried that her dad would find out. Their game started. They both acted very surprised. Later on her father did find out, but her plan did work.