Fuzzy Mud Lesson Plan

Why is Tamaya embarrassed at the end of Chapter 1? What does she mean when she says, “When did it become bad to be good?”

As Tamaya and her friends get older, social expectations at school begin to change. Tamaya has difficulty understanding why her friends are so fascinated by one of the far-fetched stories one of the boys is telling and notes that when they say something is “disgusting,” it is now a good thing. Breaking rules is suddenly a positive, and so Tamaya is called a Goody Two-shoes when she points out that going into the woods is not allowed. This is what she means when she asks, “When did it become bad to be good?” Students will recognize this sort of behavior...