We are learning to engage with a text
When we engage with texts, we get more out of them. We understand more, and we enjoy them more.
We will be able to:
Remember and discuss important events
Discuss our feelings about characters
Identify and discuss important themes in the text
Compare the text with our own lives (what is similar, what is different, what can we relate to?)
Ask questions about the text and make predictions.
Write SEXY paragraphs about important aspects of the text.
Silent Reading OR finishing SEXY paragraphs.
Today we will select our events for our news stories. We will find these events in the novel and plan our articles. We will need information such as who, what, where, when and how. We will need to get quotes from the book that show different perspectives of the event.
Today we will continue writing our news stories. By the end of today we should have finished our drafts.
Today we will edit and proofread our stories. We will make sure they are set out properly. We will make sure we have included a photo and a caption.