Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon - Novel Study

This 25-page novel study for Rachel Lynn Solomon's Today Tonight Tomorrow is built for high school readers—grades 9–12—and takes the book's actual arguments seriously: who decides which books count as serious, what ambition costs when it's measured against someone else, and how much of yourself you hide to stay likable.

Includes:

• Summary and noteworthy facts, including the two Richard Linklater films behind the novel
• Eight discussion questions and a themes overview
• Five essay and five short answer questions
• Book-specific tips for adults sharing Today Tonight Tomorrow with learners
• Story structure basics with fill-in-the-blank sheets
• Literary devices—epistolary elements, motif, foreshadowing, dramatic irony, and symbolism—with definitions, practice, and an answer key
• Sixteen creative activities, including:
  • Eighteen Hours—what a single-day structure demands of a story
  • Between the Chapters—write the interstitial documents Solomon uses so well
  • Map the Night—chart Howl across Seattle
  • In Defense of a Guilty Pleasure—argue for something you've been taught to be embarrassed about
  • What Rowan Didn't Say—write the confrontation she never has
  • Sign My Yearbook—the confession, and why it lands where it does
  • Build Your Own Howl—design a scavenger hunt for your own school
  • The Guide, Version 2.0—rewrite Rowan's freshman rulebook
  • Chapter One—open the romance novel Rowan is too afraid to show anyone
  …plus Going Viral, Text Me Back, Change the Genre, A Different Perspective, and two advice columns!

A note for adults: Rowan and Neil sleep together near the end of the novel. The scene is consensual, briefly written, and preceded by an honest conversation, but preview it and decide what fits your readers. The Tips for Adults page covers this and six other book-specific heads-ups.

Please note: Book text is not included—please find Today Tonight Tomorrow at your local library or bookstore.

Today Tonight Tomorrow is written by Rachel Lynn Solomon and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.