This book was about a young girl whose life was very mess up.
The Secret Life of Bees
By Sue Monk Kidd
“Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die”
Mary Jerome
March 29, 2012
The secret life of Bees
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life” (bible, proverbs 13:12) describe something that you long for. How can acquiring this change your life?
I wanted peace but now I really just the people of the world to not be stupid because every morning when I watch the news I dumb stories
March 30, 2012
People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life
-lily Owens
Agree or disagree and state why
I agree because people who just kill themselves just give up they don’t even give tomorrow a chance
April 2, 2012
The queen, for her part, is unifying force of the community; if she is removed from the hive, the workers quickly sense her absence.
Relate this quote to Lily and your understanding of Chapter 1
If lily goes missing her father finds her really fast
April 3, 2012
Describe the symbolism in the statement
“Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open”
The quote means that she should see life differently
April 4, 2012
“Loss takes up inside of everything sooner or later and eats right through it”
Agree or disagree with this quote and relate it to a loss you have experience
I agree with this quote because when you lose someone that’s all you can really ever think about
after reading April 4, 2012
Explain the significance of the jar of honey Lily discovers
Finding the nice store owner helped her find the honey with the black Mary on it
After she finds the black Mary she able to find the address
to the house where her mom could have got the picture from when lily gets the address and meets august and her sisters who then takes them in and that helps lily hide from T.Ray
April 16, 2012
May has a special place(the wall) where she can retreat to when she is upset. Use imagery, describe a place for yourself to experience peace.
A place for me would be a big white room with a really huge window. There would cabinets with paints crayons, beads, anything like that and I would be able to hear birds and nature. No parties no loud noises, just peace .
There would be a oven with recipes that I can make and no one to share it with. I would have my music and my laptop and my TV to see the news. I would be able to leave this room whenever I want to go outside and enjoy the clouds and I would smell good food
April 19, 2012
Describe a time when you wanted something or someone so intensely but deep down you knew it was wrong.
I wanted my neighbors to be arrested.
April 24, 2012
“ the hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters”
Relate this to your life and agree or disagree
Whenever I go to a store with my mom she’s says I can get something I want but when we go to pay for everything she doesn’t have the money to pay for everything so I leave what I want for her
But then later she complains about stuff so I make a big mess in the kitchen or bathroom and leave it to her to clean
April 25, 2012
How well do your parents know you? how well do you know them explain provide answers
my dad know I like animals my mom know what I’m allergic to.
April 26, 2012
“you can be bad at something….but if you love doing it, that will be enough”
Agree or disagree and explain why
I disagree with the quote because if you are horrible at something you can end up upset
Examine the cause and effect of lily’s trip to town with Zach. In addition May’s reaction to the truth.
If lily and Zach didn’t go into town that day Zach would have never gotten arrested
If lily told the police what had happened Zach may have hated her for telling but he wouldn’t have gotten arrested
And if they had told may in the being she might not have killed herself when she found out
May 1, 2012
“people can start out one way, and by the time get through with them they end up totally different “
Choose one character from the novel to support the this quote be specific
May was completely happy until April died. After April died May took the world sadness and couldn’t handle it.
May 2, 2012
How is forgiveness/acceptance a theme of this novel ? Explain using examples from the novel
Lily forgives T-ray for what he did to her because she know that T-ray missed her mom.
“Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die”
I choose the quote because I think that it applies to Everyone. Lilly needed Rosaline to help her with T-Ray. If it wasn’t for Rosaline T-Ray might have beaten Lilly just because she looks like her mother. T-Ray needed Lillie’s mom.
By Sue Monk Kidd
“Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die”
Mary Jerome
March 29, 2012
The secret life of Bees
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life” (bible, proverbs 13:12) describe something that you long for. How can acquiring this change your life?
I wanted peace but now I really just the people of the world to not be stupid because every morning when I watch the news I dumb stories
March 30, 2012
People who think dying is the worst thing don’t know a thing about life
-lily Owens
Agree or disagree and state why
I agree because people who just kill themselves just give up they don’t even give tomorrow a chance
April 2, 2012
The queen, for her part, is unifying force of the community; if she is removed from the hive, the workers quickly sense her absence.
Relate this quote to Lily and your understanding of Chapter 1
If lily goes missing her father finds her really fast
April 3, 2012
Describe the symbolism in the statement
“Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open”
The quote means that she should see life differently
April 4, 2012
“Loss takes up inside of everything sooner or later and eats right through it”
Agree or disagree with this quote and relate it to a loss you have experience
I agree with this quote because when you lose someone that’s all you can really ever think about
after reading April 4, 2012
Explain the significance of the jar of honey Lily discovers
Finding the nice store owner helped her find the honey with the black Mary on it
After she finds the black Mary she able to find the address
to the house where her mom could have got the picture from when lily gets the address and meets august and her sisters who then takes them in and that helps lily hide from T.Ray
April 16, 2012
May has a special place(the wall) where she can retreat to when she is upset. Use imagery, describe a place for yourself to experience peace.
A place for me would be a big white room with a really huge window. There would cabinets with paints crayons, beads, anything like that and I would be able to hear birds and nature. No parties no loud noises, just peace .
There would be a oven with recipes that I can make and no one to share it with. I would have my music and my laptop and my TV to see the news. I would be able to leave this room whenever I want to go outside and enjoy the clouds and I would smell good food
April 19, 2012
Describe a time when you wanted something or someone so intensely but deep down you knew it was wrong.
I wanted my neighbors to be arrested.
April 24, 2012
“ the hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters”
Relate this to your life and agree or disagree
Whenever I go to a store with my mom she’s says I can get something I want but when we go to pay for everything she doesn’t have the money to pay for everything so I leave what I want for her
But then later she complains about stuff so I make a big mess in the kitchen or bathroom and leave it to her to clean
April 25, 2012
How well do your parents know you? how well do you know them explain provide answers
my dad know I like animals my mom know what I’m allergic to.
April 26, 2012
“you can be bad at something….but if you love doing it, that will be enough”
Agree or disagree and explain why
I disagree with the quote because if you are horrible at something you can end up upset
Examine the cause and effect of lily’s trip to town with Zach. In addition May’s reaction to the truth.
If lily and Zach didn’t go into town that day Zach would have never gotten arrested
If lily told the police what had happened Zach may have hated her for telling but he wouldn’t have gotten arrested
And if they had told may in the being she might not have killed herself when she found out
May 1, 2012
“people can start out one way, and by the time get through with them they end up totally different “
Choose one character from the novel to support the this quote be specific
May was completely happy until April died. After April died May took the world sadness and couldn’t handle it.
May 2, 2012
How is forgiveness/acceptance a theme of this novel ? Explain using examples from the novel
Lily forgives T-ray for what he did to her because she know that T-ray missed her mom.
“Honeybees depend not only on physical contact with colony, but also require its social companionship and support. Isolate a honeybee from her sisters and she will soon die”
I choose the quote because I think that it applies to Everyone. Lilly needed Rosaline to help her with T-Ray. If it wasn’t for Rosaline T-Ray might have beaten Lilly just because she looks like her mother. T-Ray needed Lillie’s mom.