GOAL:
To review students' options for written log responses
ASSIGNED READING:
Chapter 4
WRITING PROMPT:
Make character maps for Kenny and Byron.
Do you think it was good for Byron to tell Joey the story about the "froze-up Southern folks"? Why?
What do you think of Byron's beating up Larry? Did Larry deserve it? Why?
ONLINE PROMPT:
Use the Student Comment Form to share ideas and questions with your online peers.
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Review some of the response types that students can use in their reading
logs. You might mention Prediction, Character Map, Picture, Questions
for My Group, Me and the Book, and Wonderful Words. These and many other
reading log options are described fully on the four Response Choice
Sheets (blackline masters) following page 261 of the Book Club teacher's
handbook. If your class is just starting Book Club, you may want
to spend a little extra time going over each response type.
During community share, discuss what students wrote in their logs and the response types they chose to use. If any students have created their own original response types, ask them to share these with the class. You might set aside part of a bulletin board to display information about these new response types.
Ask students to share what they discussed in their book clubs, especially their impressions of Byron. In tomorrow's lesson, they can use this information to compare and contrast By with another character.
You might want to discuss Larry's motivation for stealing Kenny's gloves. Ask students what Larry's clothing -- his ripped, "skinny little windbreaker" and the cardboard in the soles of his tennis shoes -- reveals about him. Do these facts help explain why he stole the gloves? Was it therefore OK for him to do so? Do students feel compassion for Larry, even though he's a bully?
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