Today's Thoughts.....

Chapters 11 & 12
- The class got new seats

- Ally sits besides keisha

-Ally told herself to shut her mouth and not say anything at all

- Ally is scared of the school cafitiria

- Jessica and Shay wanted Ally to sit with them so she did

- Jessica was making fun of Albert

- Ally feels small
 (her emotions are loneliness, sadness, claustrophobic, anger, confused)

- Ally said Albert's shoes look dopey
  (Ally said this to fit in)

- Albert doesn't care what people think of him
 (WE LOVE THIS!)

- Ally said she has no friends

- Keisha said "I wish I could draw like that"
 (This made Ally feel proud of her drawing. She is not used to compliments)

- Ally is a gift, waiting to be unwrapped! She just needs to find the right people to unwrap her!

- Ally thinks her hair is boring

- Ally sees stuff that others can't see

She said I would like to help the girl on the train 
-We think Ally is either imagining herself or Shay. Perhaps Shay is afraid of Jessica and can't be herself.
- We would give the girl on the train advice to tell people what she really wants (being herself)

Ally is peer-pressured into making fun of Albert.
Ally is stuck in the middle between two groups. She desperately wants to belong.

Predictions:
Why do you think Albert is covered in bruises???
- Parents?
- Shay and Jessica?
- Homeless?
- Self Harm?
- Bullying / Physical Violence?