Tuck Everlasting Lesson Plan

Winnie wonders if Mae cried for the man in the yellow suit. "In spite of her wish to spare the world, did she wish he were alive again?" What do students think?

Winnie thinks of a time she killed a wasp to prevent it from stinging her. It made her cry to see the wasp's body. However, she swats at mosquitoes in the boat with Miles without much thought. Which sort of death fits the man in the yellow suit with regard to Mae? Do students think she's sad to have killed him, even if he was going to take Winnie and sell the water? Or did she swat at him like a minor annoyance? Ask students to analyze how Mae felt in the situation as it happened, and how she may have felt were...