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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

November 30, 2016


What predictions can the reader make about the narrator of the story based on details from the text?  What inferences can be made about the thought processes of the narrator's mind?

Monday, November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016


The novel opens with a powerful discussion of the power of words and language.  How does this author's choice help capture the reader's attention?

Monday, November 21, 2016

Before reading Sharon M. Draper's novel, "Out of my Mind," make some real world connections to what this title might mean.

Think about what the figurative language of being out of one's mind. Discuss the idea with your classmates and teacher. Make a real world connection by telling what the title means to you. Then give details about a time when you felt you were going out of your mind. Finally, conclude your paragraph by summarizing your experience.