Crank+by+Ellen+Hopkins


 * Kristina is your average teenage girl who lives with her mother and stepfather and lives a fairly uneventful life. One summer, she goes to visit her biological father. While there, she reconnects with her father, meets her first love, and finds her last love. The monster. Crank. Once she begins using Crank, her life spirals out of control and she is forever changed. She returns home with her addiction and ends up being raped by her so called boyfriend. She dates a nice guy, but he leaves her and the monster behind for college. She becomes pregnant and in the end gives up the monster for her son. **


 * Hopkins, E. (2004). Crank. New York, NY: Margaret K. McElderry Books. **
 * See if you can find the answers to the Cyber Hunt! **




 * For a great way to integrate vocabulary into your lessons or to highlight important words in your book, go to: [|Wordle] **


 * My example of a Wordle for the book: **


 * [|Crank Wordle] **


 * Phrasr is a fun way to illustrate a line or lines from your book. Great alternative to a normal book report at [|Phrasr] **


 * My example of a Phrasr for the book: **


 * [|Crank Phrasr] **


 * Students can create a mock facebook page for a character of the book. **


 * My example of a mock facebook page for the book: **



Pros and Cons of Technology Strategies Can be personalized with fonts and colors to match the book or student. || It is difficult to save this type of project. It is best done in print form. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Limited uses in comprehension. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It is very easy to use. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Photographs are limited and students may not be able to find the right one that they are looking for. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A template is easily created and can be given to students to then create their own. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This may be difficult for those students who do not have a facebook page and may not be familiar with the format. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students must be able to manipulate Microsoft Word and be familiar with importing photographs into a document. ||
 * **<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Strategy ** || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Pros || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Cons ||
 * **<span style="color: #651565; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wordle ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is an easy to use way for students to highlight vocabulary from the book.
 * **<span style="color: #651565; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Phraser ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students can find an important phrase from a book, poem or create one of their own.
 * **<span style="color: #651565; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Facebook ** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">For those students who are very familiar with facebook and will be able to really have funwith this project.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Strategies Paper: **