Synopsis: Here, we learn about a blackout that happens in New York City while they are standing in the room looking at the model. Ben introduces Rose to Jamie. Ben fingerspells to Rose that Jamie is his friend. Ben tells Jamie the story about Rose being his grandmother and they sit and enjoy the stars. In the pictures, we see an illustration of the same event that we are reading about in the book.

Text Teaser Video

The video gives a brief synopsis of a portion of the text without giving away too much detail to encourage students to continue reading the story.
Length of Video: 41 seconds

Picture Teaser Video

This video gives a brief synopsis of a portion of the picture part of the book without giving away too much detail to encourage students to continue reading the story.
Length of Video: 24 seconds

Discussion Question 15 Video (Pictures)

This video the question is posed, Why do you think it is important that Ben fingerspelled, MY FRIEND
Length of Video: 23 seconds

Pgs 588-629 Questions

This is a worksheet that asks questions related to the section that students have read.

Time to Complete: 20 minutes (approximately)