What would be some pros and cons of possessing such knowledge? Would you like to have a Life Script? 4. Leo imagines what it would be like if everyone was given a Life Script that foretold everything that was going to happen. What does Leo imagine? Who does Leo think about? What do you learn about Leo’s father and brothers from this exercise? 3. He also suggests that the cast imagine people they knew when they were kids. Beeber is trying to get the cast to understand their characters better, he asks them to describe what their characters might have been like when they were younger. What does Leo’s father mean by this? How does Leo’s ability to use his imagination impact his life? 2.
Leo’s family call him by two nicknames, “sardine” and “fog boy.” How did Leo get these nicknames? What do these nicknames tell you about Leo’s family? Discussion Questions 6. What types of scenes might make up an average day? After you finish the book, discuss why the author formatted the story in this way. Discuss what a cast of characters might look like for your class or for their individual families. Explain to them that the front matter has been designed to look like a play, complete with a cast of characters and a scene list. Before Reading Ask your students to open the book. But in the play that is his life, Leo is ready to discover what part will be his. As an actor in the school play, he is eager for the curtain to open. His big, noisy family makes him feel like a sardine squashed in a tin, and they call him “fog boy” because he is always replaying things in his head.
but he dreams he is the biggest star on Broadway.
Replay Setting the Scene Leo may have been given a bit part in the school play.
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