Students are reading and loving The Outsiders! In discussion format, I give each student group a question to discuss and formulate a solid answer to share with the rest of the class. I am happy to see high levels of engagement! At one point, a student group flipped their dry erase table to share their answer with the rest of the class, and the other students had pulled up their chairs, stools, perched on a couch, made themselves comfortable on the floor leaning against a couch, and gave that student group their undivided attention. I was so impressed with them! I thought I snapped a photo on the iPad but it's not showing in the photo stream :-( I'm not too bummed, though, because I know they are more than likely to recreate this environment now that they have the resources to do so! (P.S Some of them are a little camera shy!)
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Today, the students participated in a jigsaw activity centered around characterization. First, the students read Chapter 1 of The Outsiders independently. Then, they worked in a small group to outline one character, citing details about their age, background, personalities, and personal interests. Once they had their character sketch done, I rearranged them into a second, larger group that would have one character representative from the first group. Once they settled into their second groups, they introduced their character to the rest of group and took notes until their entire packet was filled in. This worked really well, and had high levels of engagement. The flexibility of the furniture allowed for me to have many small first groups, and room to hold the larger groups. |
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