Chapters 17-18 Out of My Mind by Sharon Drapers

After listening to Chapters 17-18 of Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper, think about and respond to the the questions in a blog post. Be sure to use the text to answer your questions :0)

• Why does Melody decide to enter the quiz team competition? 
• What obstacles must she face and overcome just to get on the team? 

 I am looking forward to reading your responses!

TH-5 Sings Figurative Language

We're still working on publishing our figurative language dialogues but here's a fun little piece the kids whipped up after a hard days work of taping dialogues :0)

Chapter 15-16 Out Of My Mind by Sharon Drapers

After listening to Chapters 15-16 of Out Of My Mind by Sharon Draper, think about and respond to the the questions below using accountable talk with your partner.   Be sure to use the text to answer your questions :0)

• How does Melody's meditalker change her life, her outlook on life, and her potential?
• Why does she name it Elvira?

                                                   I am looking forward to reading your responses!

Learn more about Steven Hawkings at this website.  Be sure to watch the trailer to Hawkings- Awesome!  http://www.hawking.org.uk/

Analyzing Authors Purpose: Using Figurative Language

Click on the link to Today's Meet.  

http://todaysmeet.com/TH5Figurativelanguage

Today you will answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1.  Why do you think writers use figurative language?
2. How does the use of figurative language affect the reader?

Let's play a game of Jeopardy!  We'll practice identifying figurative language using examples from our read aloud, Out Of My Mind by Sharon Drapers.  Click on the link below to access the game.

http://equizshow.com/play/3670

Your turn, in a new blog post, find and analyze an example of figurative language in either OOMM or in a book you are currently reading.

• Quote the figurative language example and page number where it can be found.  
• Tell what type of figurative language it is (simile, metaphor, ex.) and 
• EXPLAIN what the author means, what effect it has.

Communicating With Our Talking Boards

We just finished Chapter 14 of Out Of Our Mind by Sharon Drapers.   Melody has learned to communicate using her talking board, but is so eager to research other devices, like a computer,  that could help her communicate with others even better.  To better understand how Melody might feel limited, we thought of 10 words we'd like to use on our talking board.  We had to come up with many clever ways to communicate what we needed.  Our room was very quiet, in a way.  We heard more tapping than talking.  Read how the kids felt in their blog posts tomorrow.