On Wednesday we discussed how the illustrations add to the meaning of the story. The illustrations help the reader understand the plot better. We revisited several pages in the text where the illustrations work to help us as the reader understanding the story. Below are different examples of how the connection between the text and illustrations helped us as readers.
On Friday during our One Cool Friend lesson students discussed and answering questions, making sure they used evidence in the text to support their answers. Students identified a character trait of Elliot and then had to back-up their thinking using evidence from the text. We reviewed how we learn about characters by what they: do and don’t do, say and don’t say, think and don’t think and feel and don’t feel.
This coming Tuesday we will have our last One Cool Friend lesson. During this lesson we will discuss as a class the issue of Elliot breaking the rules. We will focus on the following questions: “Do you think it is okay to break the rules like Elliot did? Should he have brought home the penguin from the aquarium?” Students then will have to support if they agree or disagree with Elliot's actions and why.
Below are some examples of student’s thinking.
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