Divergent Final Week Questions

Your final thinking book pages are due after March Break on Wednesday, March 19. Click here for the evaluation rubric.

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 8 Chapter 36
Has losing her mother changed Tris? Explain in a feature page.

Week 8 Chapter 37
Summarize this chapter in a feature page.



Week 8 Chapter 38
Why would Tris give Four the gun? Explain in a feature page.



Week 8 Chapter 39
What is the big message the author is trying to send by the ending of Divergent? Explain in a feature page.

Your final thinking book pages are due after March Break on Wednesday, March 19. Click here for the evaluation rubric.

Divergent Week 7 Feature Page Questions

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 7 Chapter 31
Describe the meaning of a ‘fear landscape’ in a feature page.

Week 7 Chapter 32
In this chapter the youth discuss what jobs they would want if their ranking was high enough. Create a feature page describing what jobs you would want as a teen or adult.


Week 7 Chapter 33
Create a feature page which summarizes the action in this chapter.


Week 7 Chapter 34
Create a feature page profiling the character Jeanine.


Week 7 Chapter 35
Describe the importance of mothers in this feature page.

OWA Persuasive Writing Task

Due: Monday, Feb 24

Click here for the project description.

Click here for the exemplar persuasive essays.

Click here for our notes on persuasive writing.

Divergent Week 6 Feature Page Questions

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 6 Chapter 26
Four says all 5 faction virtues can exist in a person. Design a feature page which describes someone you know who is like this.

Week 6 Chapter 27
Summarize this chapter in a feature page.

Week 6 Chapter 28
What do you think is the cause of Erudite's conflict with Dauntless. Explain in a feature page.

Week 6 Chapter 29
Design a feature page which shows what a Dauntless initiation party is like.

Week 6 Chapter30
What was the most important part of this chapter? Explain in a feature page.

Divergent Week 5 Feature Page Questions

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 5 Chapter 21
Design a feature page which summarizes this chapter.

Week 5 Chapter 22
Tris continues to learn more and more about Four. Design a feature page which describes what Four is like as a person.


Week 5 Chapter 23
Wakes up next to Four, likes him, in spite of the way he is. Explain the feelings Tris has for Four in a feature page.

Week 5 Chapter 24
Eric says Al was courageous for what he did. Tris believes he was a coward and prideful. Compare the two different ways of looking at Al’s death in a feature page.

Week 5 Chapter 25
Why is Tobias called Four? Explain in a feature page.

Divergent Week 4 Feature Page Questions

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 4 Chapter 16
In this chapter, Tris realizes how much Dauntless has changed from its beginnings. Describe this change in a feature page.

Week 4 Chapter 17
Tris constantly seems to have to prove to some Dauntless that she is not a 'stiff'. Have you ever felt this way? Describe it in a feature page.

Week 4 Chapter 18
Design a feature page of what you imagine a fear simulation would look like if it was designed for you.

Week 4 Chapter 19
In a feature page, design what you imagine the newspaper they were reading would look like.

Week 4 Chapter 20
In this chapter, Tris learns more about the dangers of being known as divergent, but she doesn't understand why it is so bad. What are some things in our world that society thinks are bad that you have never understood? Describe it in a feature page.

Divergent Week 3 Feature Page Questions

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 3 Chapter 11
Design a feature page which predicts what's beyond the city's fence.

Week 3 Chapter 12
What if the Dauntless initiates had plaed a different game in this chapter? Choose a game that would be a great one for Dauntless, describe how you think the rules of it would be for their faction, and explain what you think would have happened in a feature page.

Week 3 Chapter 13
What message or lesson was Four trying to send to Tris in this chapter? Explain in a feature page.

Week 3 Chapter 14
In what way has Tris changed in this chapter? Explain in a feature page.

Week 3 Chapter 15
Design a feature page which summarizes this chapter.

Our Divergent Choosing Ceremony

You have reflected on your aptitude test results. Tomorrow you will choose your faction. It is your choice.

If you choose Abnegation:

• At the end of our novel study, you will have to write a persuasive essay which explains the importance of selflessness.

If you choose Amity:

• At the end of our novel study, you will have to write a persuasive essay which explains the importance of love and peace.

If you choose Candor:

• At the end of our novel study, you will have to write a persuasive essay which explains the importance of honesty.

If you choose Dauntless:

• At the end of our novel study, you will have to write a persuasive essay which explains the importance of bravery, courage, and risk taking.

If you choose Erudite:

• At the end of our novel study, you will have to write a persuasive essay which explains the importance of knowledge.
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If you choose to be Divergent:

• At the end of our novel study, you will have to write a persuasive essay which explains the meaning of not fitting in.

Divergent Week 2 Feature Page Questions

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 2 Chapter 6
Design a feature page which explains the action sequence of Beatrice and the train.

Week 2 Chapter 7
Design a feature page which summarizes this chapter.

Week 2 Chapter 8
If you were to change your name and get a tattoo like Tris, what name and tattoo would you get? Design a feature page which explains it.

Week 2 Chapter 9
Design a feature page which explains the meaning of friendship like the kind Tris feels in this chapter.

Week 2 Chapter 10
Why do you think Dauntless makes initiates fight? Explain in a feature page.

Divergent Week 1 Feature Page Questions

There are 8 weeks in our Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study. Every week, you must:

• read at least a chapter a day from Monday to Friday (5 chapters in total)
• complete 1 of the 5 chapter questions which will be posted daily as a feature page in your Thinking Book.

Therefore, at the end of our 8 week novel study, you should have at least 8 feature pages ready to hand in.

Choose and complete 1 of the 5 below in your Thinking Books:

Week 1 Chapter 1
Design a feature page which explains the meaning of the 5 different factions in Divergent:

1. Abnegation - committed to selflessness, abstain from selfishness.
2. Amity - committed to peace, abstain from aggression.
3. Candor - committed to honesty, abstain from duplicity.
4. Erudite - committed to knowledge, abstain from ignorance.
5. Dauntless - committed to courage, abstain from cowardice.

Week 1 Chapter 2
Design a feature page which describes the emotions of the main character/protagonist Beatrice.

Week 1 Chapter 3
Design a feature page which tells us of a time your or someone you know didn't feel they belonged to any group.

Week 1 Chapter 4
Design a feature page which summarizes this chapter.

Week 1 Chapter 5
Design a feature page which explains the symbolism of blood in this chapter and in life.

Divergent Thinking Book Novel Study

We are going to read Veronica Roth’s Divergent together as a class.

You can read it:

Online for free at www.divergent.cc;
Or using a class or personal copy.

How much/fast do I have to read?

You must read at least a chapter per day (5 chapters per week; Monday-Friday).

What do I have to do in my Thinking Book?

Starting Monday, January 13th, there will be a new question posted on bapslee.com every day for 39 days (total chapters in the book).

Every week, you must complete at least one of the chapter questions.

Each weekly assignment must be completed as a feature page using one full page of your Thinking Book. There are 8 weeks, so you will end up with at least 8 feature pages.

So…

1. You must read at least 5 chapters per week.
2. You must complete at least 1 of the chapter questions from each week as a feature page in your Thinking Book.
3. You must be done reading and working on your chapter questions by March Break.

Click here for the evaluation rubric.

Get your own copy of Divergent!

We will begin a class novel study on Veronica Roth's Divergent. You will be able to read it for free online, or borrow one of a few class copies. If you want your own, buy it for sale on the iBookstore here or get it from a bookstore.