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viernes, 9 de marzo de 2012

6.These are the activities we propose:




  1. Preview the whole book: in trios students take a look to the cover page, tittle, contents table, pictures and discuss whether they like to read the book or not and justify why. Finally, the whole class discusses what their expectations are towards the book and its topics.









  1. Questioning foreword: one student reads aloud and the others have to think about Cassie, what kind of life, what kind of student could she has been and her relation with her parents. After that, in pairs they write questions for an interview to Cassie( expecting the book would answer those questions )









  1. Introduction to Extensive reading and comparison of the Chapter one: students are going to be asked to read the chapter at home, first into the class skimming just reading the first paragraph and the last paragraph of the chapter and then at home read the all chapter. When they come back to class they are going to read a news article about the Columbine massacre and compare the narration of the facts in a comparative chart.









  1. Note taking chapter two: students at home read the whole chapter and in class they have to re-read it but taking notes about the Cassie’s life events and in trios they are going to create a time line.









  1. Summarizing and paraphrasing chapter 3 : extensive reading at home in class they have to write a summary of Cassie’s life style during her first school years after that, in pairs (Dyat) they have a conversation about Cassie simulating they knew her as a former classmate. The environment of the conversation is personal.









  1. Jigsaw reading chapter 4 and 5: the idea is divided the group in five groups, group one: has to read from page 49 to page 52, group two: 53 to 55, group 3: 56 to 59, group four: 62 to 63, group five: 64 to 65. After reading that, the groups have to write 6 main aspects in flash cards they found in the pages of they what understood, the in order of the pages they come to the board and report the main ideas they have to paste the ideas in order and using others flash cards that have transitions words. Each group goes after the others and finally the class reads whole summary and discuss if it has sense or not.









  1. Highlighting chapter 6: read at home and in class re-read it and highlight the most significant moments in a parent-child relationship in order to create a comic, manga, paint, cartoons, storyboard, among others. They are going to work in groups and might last several lessons, after that they are going to expose the project in open house format.









  1. Comparison: students read at home chapter 7 they discuss in class what they understood. After that the teacher is going to give the lyrics from two songs related to a death at school one is “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam and “this is your time” by Michael W. Smith they have to follow and read the song while the record is on and compare the stories from both protagonists.









  1. Reflecting chapter 8: read the chapter in class and write a letter to Cassie on what they think about her death.

































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