There are many text connections in Shattering Glass. A text-to-world connection in the book is that every high school has nerds or kids who aren't popular. Other students pick on these kids who aren't "cool" to make themselves feel better. This happens in the real world as well as in Gail Giles' Shattering Glass. The weird thing about the book is that some of the most popular kids in school decide to help Simon Glass change his image. He goes from scrub to pub with the simple help of four high-end boys. This doesn't happen often in the real world.
A text-to-self connection I made to Shattering Glass is that there are many kids who aren't "popular" in my high school. They occasionally get picked on also, just like Simon Glass at the beginning of the book. Something I could do to make a larger connection to Shattering Glass is to introduce myself to these kids who are shy or not "cool".
Good connections I thought they helped understand the book a lot.
ReplyDeleteI really like your text to world connection that you made in the book because there truly are "nerds" at every school getting picked on by the people who think they're "cool" and funny but really aren't
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