GAME PLAN: DAY EIGHT
Overview:
-continue class discussion of The Wave
-read Maya Angleou's "Alone" as a supplementary text, make a connection between the poem's meaning and Laurie Sanders from the readings on Day Seven
-give students time to work on newspaper decisions in their Team Huddles
Objectives:
-to enhance students readings of The Wave by using supplementary texts
-to give students the opportunity to find and generate other connecting texts
-to allow students to begin to generate ideas for their newspaper projects
Rationale:
By exploring supplementary texts with themes found in our primary text, we hope to expand and encourage the growth of our students use of connections in the classroom.
Resources:
-playbooks
-text: The Wave
-text: "Alone"
Layout and Activities:
-pre-game warm-up: Brainstorm a list of supplementary texts (music, movies, poems, books) that have the same themes of The Wave (5 min)
-Team Time (25 min)
-examine Maya Angelou's poem "Alone" See Appendix E
-questions to facilitate discussion
-can you make connections between this poem and the reading from last night?
-what character does this most remind you of?
-have you ever had an experience like this in your life? (teachers will first share personal examples)
-compare and contrast the two texts in terms of meaning and both authors' use of language as persuasion
-Team Huddles (10 min)
-groups brainstorm on ideas to include in their newspaper
-Team Huddles should begin to delegate responsibilities
-wrap-up lesson (5 min)
-explain homework
-allow students to assign roles for Literature Circles
Practice on your own:
Students will be asked to create a freewrite on the connections they found or did not find in Maya Angelou's poem "Alone."
Please read chapters 15-17 for Friday and prepare Literature Circle role sheets
Reflection: