Focus: What do we gain from sharing ideas?
Objective: Students will draw on their reading to contribute to discussions about literature.
1. We watched the first poem on this video clip.
2. Writers Notebook #41.
3. We individually read from the Fourth Marking Period of Speak.
4. In new small groups, we shared what we had learned last time about different allusions in Speak.
5. As a class, we discussed who should bear blame or responsibility for Melinda's attack in Speak.
Homework: No homework.
Objective: Students will draw on their reading to contribute to discussions about literature.
1. We watched the first poem on this video clip.
2. Writers Notebook #41.
3. We individually read from the Fourth Marking Period of Speak.
4. In new small groups, we shared what we had learned last time about different allusions in Speak.
5. As a class, we discussed who should bear blame or responsibility for Melinda's attack in Speak.
Homework: No homework.