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Jerry SpinelliA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Short Answer
1. According to the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley, altruism is a quality used to describe our actions that “promote someone else’s welfare, even at a risk or cost to ourselves.” In your opinion, what is an example of an act of altruism? Why would someone engage in an altruistic act if they do not receive any benefit from it?
Teaching Suggestion: Altruism and Selfless Acts of Kindness are central themes of Stargirl’s behavior in the novel. The characters in the novel struggle to understand Stargirl’s motives for helping others; this short answer question should generate student discussion into possible motivations for Stargirl’s actions, as well as provide insight into her character. This question also connects directly to the Personal Response Prompt.
2. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describe bullying as “any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths, who are not siblings or current dating partners, that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance, and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated.
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