GRANNy TORRELLI MAKES SOUP - Sharon Creech
GRANNy TORRELLI MAKES SOUP - Sharon Creech
GRANNy TORRELLI MAKES SOUP - Sharon Creech
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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup<br />
Setting the Scene<br />
1. The preparation and consumption of food is an important<br />
element in the story. What role does food play in Rosie’s life?<br />
Granny Torrelli’s? The whole family’s? Can you give examples?<br />
2. Rosie describes herself as a tiger, a fox, and an ice queen to<br />
convey specific feelings she experiences. Which feeling is<br />
reflected by the tiger? The fox? The ice queen? Can you think<br />
of similar ways to characterize feelings that you face?<br />
3. Granny doesn’t just make soup; she makes sense. What are<br />
some of the secret recipes and “little miracles” that Granny<br />
performs (p. 112)?<br />
4. How does Bailey’s blindness affect his friendship with Rosie?<br />
What changes? What stays the same? How does their<br />
friendship differ from one between two people with sight?<br />
5. Why do you think Granny Torrelli still harbors sadness and<br />
regret over the loss of her friendship with Pardo? What do you<br />
think she would do differently if given a second chance?<br />
6. The experiences that Granny Torrelli dealt with as a young<br />
woman, such as her love for Pardo and her jealousy of Violetta,<br />
are very similar to those that Rosie and Bailey are facing now.<br />
Do you think Bailey and Rosie recognize these similarities? Do<br />
you think Granny Torrelli’s reminiscing helps Rosie and Bailey<br />
better understand their own feelings?<br />
Rosie’s lifelong best friend, Bailey, is blind. However, this has never mattered to Rosie—she has<br />
always found a way to get around any difficulties that have developed. But now that they’re in<br />
different schools and have different friends, both Rosie and Bailey find themselves jealous of<br />
the new experiences they’re unable to share together. They just can’t seem to get along at all<br />
anymore, and Rosie doesn’t know what to do to fix the problem. But Rosie’s Granny Torrelli<br />
does! With a dash of humor and a pinch of wisdom, Granny Torrelli helps Rosie and Bailey<br />
discover the recipe for a lasting friendship.<br />
Before Reading<br />
Much of Granny Torrelli Makes Soup centers around Rosie’s grandmother and the food that she<br />
and Rosie make together. Talk to your students about their extended family. Do they have any<br />
specific foods that they make together? What are they? Are they only made at certain times?<br />
Discuss how cooking together can make families closer.<br />
Discussion Questions<br />
7. Rosie spent a whole year learning Braille in secret to surprise<br />
Bailey. Why do you think she wanted it to be a surprise? Why<br />
do you think Bailey became so upset? And why was he okay<br />
with teaching Janine?<br />
8. Granny Torrelli tells Rosie and Bailey she cut Violetta’s hair<br />
because she was jealous that Pardo paid so much attention to<br />
the new girl. Do you think Granny Torrelli would have felt<br />
good if the haircut had made Violetta look ugly? Why are<br />
Rosie and Bailey so shocked that Granny Torrelli behaved like<br />
a “monster girl” in her youth (p. 106)?<br />
9. Rosie learns important lessons while preparing the soup and<br />
pasta with Granny; what does she learn from sharing those<br />
meals with the others?<br />
10. Rosie feels very protective of her friendship with Bailey. Why<br />
do you think she suggests to Bailey that they invite all the<br />
neighbors to the pasta party even though she usually likes to<br />
keep him to herself?
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