(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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What aspects of Annie's experience resonated with you? What aspects of her experience felt new or unfamiliar?
Can you talk about The universality and individuality of Annie's experience
Is leaving home an essential part of growing up?
How do you interpret Kincaid's phrase about departure "as a means of personal liberation"? To what extent does Annie embody this idea?
Does Annie ultimately defy or carry on her mother's legacy? How so?
What is The end-result of Annie's many identities
What other literary characters have you encountered who also felt it was necessary to cut ties with their family and/or homeland?
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How did reading the poem "In the Waiting Room" and the excerpt from "A Small Place" support your understanding of certain critical ideas in the text?
What is something you would change about the novella?
How does Annie's character development affect those around her, from her family to her peers to her larger community in Antigua?
What did you like about Annie John?
What was your biggest takeaway from the book?
To what extent is Annie an objective narrator? To what extent does her perspective distort the reader's experience?
Annie John is in 1st person. Why? How does this narrative style enhance the critical ideas and themes in the novella?
Annie tries on many identities throughout the novella. Does she eventually achieve her own selfhood?
You see someone being respectful of another person's opinion.
What did you dislike about Annie John?
Explain how Annie John is a Bildungsroman book.
What chapter impacted you the most?
What's Annie's emotional state overall in the novel?
What is The relationship between leaving home and growing up
How would the novella be different if it was narrated in the third person? If it was narrated by Annie's mother?
To what extent is Annie's coming of age universal? To what extent is it a product of her personality, family, and environment?
What steps does Annie take to arrive at and assert her own selfhood?
