Roar Part 5

100-120

Rooster and Elma meet up with the strikers at the bowling alley.
Rooster let Tim take the scoring which was a bad idea.
The manager doesn’t want the strikers at his bowling alley.
Rooster asks Jayson to pretend like he likes Elma.
Jayson still believes that Rooster and Jolene broke up.

Who is Perry Mason?
Why did Elma agree to help Rooster?
Why did Jayson agree to help Rooster?
Why doesn’t the manager want the strikers at the alley?
How many times have the strikers been to the bowling alley?

Hysterics-a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
Turmoil-a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet

There is a man vs man conflict between Rooster and Elma.
Bang!!(pg 118) Onomatopoeia

1. In these pages Rooster Jayson still believes Rooster and Jolene have broken up and know thinks that Rooster and Elma are going out.

Roar Part 4

80-100

1. Puffs tricked Jayson into believing that Rooster and Jolene had broken up.
2. Rooster is paired with the principal’s daughter Elma to help him with the strikers.
3. Puffs dream girl’s boyfriend has his school books.
4. Elma is an obvious overachiever.
5. Elma is very aggressive.

1. Why is Elma so aggressive?
2. Why did Rooster make Elma believe Jayson liked her?
3. Why does Elma believe Rooster?
4. Does Elma like Jayson?

1. Debilitating-to make weak or feeble
2. Subtley-a dish
3. Indignant-feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

1. Foreshadowing when Elma tells Rooster about the hero cycle.(pg.91)
2. “The Jay-dog doesn’t dig it.” Alliteration (pg.95)

1.In this pages Rooster tries to get Jayson to come to the bowling alley so that he can hangout with Elma.

Roar part 3

60-80
Rooster meets the strikers, who are the people he is going to be working with.

Even though Rooster tries to throw the interview he still gets it.

Rooster makes a connection with everyone there expect one of the strikers named Percival.

After the interview Rooster went to Puffs house.

While at Puffs house Rooster gets drunk.


Why did the strikers pick Rooster for the job?
Where is Puff’s father?
Why didn’t Rooster want the job?
What is the common house?

Invoices-A detailed list of goods shipped or services rendered, with an account of all costs; an itemized bill
Despondent-feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom
Tentatively-of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental

“He’s on his third drink already and I just got the bottle out.” (pg.76) Exaggeration
There is a man vs. society with Rooster.

1. In these pages we learn how Rooster deals with his first day on the job with the strikers.

Roar part 2

20-40

1. Rooster has only two friends Jayson and Puffs.
2. Puffs is called Puffs because he was a little guy, built like a pillow, with soft stubby arms and legs sticking out.
3. Rooster has a girlfriend named Jolene.
4. Rooster and Puff played a trick on Jayson by making him believe he had a secret admirer who was a stripper/ real estate agent.
5. Jolene’s parents don’t like Rooster.

1. Why does Jolene like Rooster so much?
2. Why doesn’t Rooster get his act together so that he can graduate with his friends?
3. Why is Rooster mean to Jolene’s sister?
4. Why does Jayson talk in third person?

1. Cocksure (pg.23) -Absolutely sure or certain; Stubborn
2. Adorning (pg.34) –To be an ornament
3. Tobogganing (pg.24) –To coast, travel

1. The story is written in third person point of view.
2. Rooster is the protagonist in the story.

1. In the next 40 pages we learn how Rooster and Jolene met and how his relationship is like with her parents.

Roar!!!!!

1-20

Rooster the main character is a punk.
Rooster is a senior who might get kept back.
Rooster loves bothering his school counselor Mrs. Gloria.
Gloria is the school counselor and English teacher.
Rooster’s father died and he lives with his mother and step-father.

Is Rooster his real name?
Why did his parents name him Rooster?
Why is Rooster such a punk?
Why did Principal Helmsley decide that Rooster should be doing the community service job.

Delirium (pg.9) - A temporary state of extreme mental excitement, marked by restlessness, confused speech, and hallucinations.
Ravine (pg.14) – A long deep hollow in the earth’s surface.

A simile in the book is when Rooster compares his friend to a pillow. (pg.19)
A flashback in the book is when Rooster reminisces about when he first met his girlfriend and friends. (pg.19)

1. In the first 20 pages Rooster and his friends are introduced and we learn that he
only has two friends, Jayson and Puff.