Wednesday, January 29, 2014

I can...

• collaboratively report on a novel
• select a group and a list of acceptable novels
• review key learning on KWHL
• consider the significance of nonfiction narratives

Homework Reminder: 

• Article of the Week due tomorrow, 1/30
• Independent Reading IS your Holocaust novel after today.  

Opening:
1. Return to preview of the novels. 

2. Respond to three titles that interest you on the Graphic Organizer (back side)

3. Form your group

• Create a Group Name
• On the new form, write the top three titles your group would like to select for the Literature Circle Book.
• Provide details about why each title interests your group.

4. Submit your group's handouts

• Group handout on top, staple individual handouts below it.

Work Period:
5. Return to you KWHL in SpringBoard, page 232.

• Through all of this reading and discussion - write down a few things that you've learned.
• Consider the novels you previewed
• Consider the Children's Books you read and shared in Lit. Circles.

6. In your class journal, respond to the following prompt:

• Review what you know about personal narratives and autobiographies.  How can they be important in helping later generations understand historical events?

Closing:
7. Share responses in your small groups.

Homework Reminder: 
Article of the Week due Thursday
Independent Reading IS your Holocaust novel.