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She has also sold hardware and pantyhose. Along with writing novels Elizabeth Scott has also been an editor and an office manager.

She majored in European Studies and met her future husband in her freshman year.

Both of her parents were teachers, which she ended up taking classes from both of them. Consider sharing the presentations with parent groups such as the PTSA or athletic boosters.Elizabeth Scott (born 1972) is an American author of young adult novels.īorn in a small town, Scott grew up near Hopewell in Southern Virginia. Have each group develop brochures and a PowerPoint presentation to share with the class.

Working in groups, have students research child protection laws in their community and tips for keeping children safe.

Write a brief narrative about one and why it is an important experience for a young girl.

Collect symbols for five experiences and present those to the class. Imagine you could give back some of the childhood experiences she missed. From the age of ten until fifteen she missed many childhood experiences. After comparing and contrasting the two pieces, have students write a poem or short story using stream of consciousness.

Have students read a classical poem or short story that uses stream of consciousness and compare and contrast style and the overall effect and mood of the two pieces.

Why doesn’t Alice leave, even though she has many opportunities to do so? How does Ray hold her emotionally captive?

Many children today are abducted, abused, and held in captivity - many are held for years like Alice, and when given opportunities to escape, they don’t.

Why do you think he did so? Why did he take a gun to the park instead of reporting his suspicions to the police? At one point when Ray is abusing Alice she thinks, “…the thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating.” What does this passage say about her resiliency and the way in which the story plays out in the end?.While most of the story is told from first-person point of view, what effect does the shift have on your responses to the story? What do you think the author hoped to achieve in shifting the point of view? In the first three chapters, Alice’s story moves from third-person point of view, to second, then to first.