5. Stone cold

Here you will find everything that has to do with the novel Stone cold by Robert Swindells.

Stone Cold by Robert Swindells

 

This semester, you are going to read the novel Stone Cold by Robert Swindells. We will spend two lessons per week reading, but if you do not meet the weekly reading goal, you have to read at home.

 

Every week we will have a book discussion in small groups where you discuss the book. The lesson that your group doesn’t have a book discussion, you are going to read in your book. Prepare yourself by answering the discussion questions and feel free to bring a question of your own.  I will be listening, but you are going to do most of the talking.

 

Week 11, you are going to have a book exam on Dugga. The instruction for the exam will be given to you the lesson before. Your final grade will be based on both the exam and the book discussions.

 

Week	Lesson 1	Lesson 2	Lesson 3
6		Intro	Read
7	Read + answer “Discussion questions 1”	Book discussion group 1-3 Have read until at least p. 35	Book discussion group 4-6
8	SPORTLOV	SPORTLOV	SPORTLOV
9	Read + answer “Discussion questions 2”	Book discussion group 1-3 Have read until p. 66	Book discussion group 4-6
10	Read + answer “Discussion questions 3”	Book discussion all groups Have read until p. 99	Project: help the homeless
11	Read	Book finished Prepare for book exam	Book exam on Dugga

Discussion questions 1: p. 1-35

 

1. Who are Link and Vince? Describe them!

Link:

 

 

Vince:

 

 

2. How did Link end up homeless?

 

 

 

 

3. What does the speaker in the “Daily Routine Orders” call himself? Do you think this is his real name? Explain.

 

 

 

 

4. What do you think Shelter is planning to do?

 

 

 

 

5. “I can’t turn garbage into men anymore, but I can clean up the garbage, can’t I?” (p. 12). What do you think he means by this statement?

 

 

 

 

6. What do you think about the book so far? Is it easy or hard to read? What do you like? What don’t you like?

 

 

 

 

7. Link is 16 years old and homeless – why is no one helping him?.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discussion questions 2: p. 36-66

 

1. Describe the “trap” that serial killers fall into, according to Shelter. (p. 37)

 

 

 

 

2. Who is Ginger? What does Ginger do to make money?

 

 

 

 

3. Do you think it is a good thing that Link met Ginger? Why?

 

 

 

 

4. Shelter meets two homeless boys that are begging, who do you think they were? And what do you think Shelter is planning to do with them if he meets them again?

 

 

 

 

5. Link tries to get help from the DDS ( = . What is their decision? What do you think about that?

 

 

6. How many “recruits” does Shelter have now? How does he have the bodies arranged?

 

 

 

Discussion questions 3: p. 67-99

1. What happens to Ginger?

 

 

 

2. How did Shelter trick Ginger?

 

 

3. Why does Link want to be by himself on the street?

 

 

 

4. Where is Gail from? Why is she homeless?

 

 

 

5. Why do you think Link helps Gail – even though he said he wanted to be on his own?

 

 

 

6. What seems to be the hardest thing about being homeless? What everyday experiences are homeless people missing out on?