Week 1:
The first week went by quickly as we went over classroom expectations, procedures and supplies needed.
Week 2:
We began the week discussing the "tone" for the school year. This year we are focusing our tone around the book, Wonder by R. J. Palacio. I plan to read from the book or choose students to read at least a few times a week until the book is completed. Once it is complete, students will be able to take an AR test and earn points.
The first week went by quickly as we went over classroom expectations, procedures and supplies needed.
Week 2:
We began the week discussing the "tone" for the school year. This year we are focusing our tone around the book, Wonder by R. J. Palacio. I plan to read from the book or choose students to read at least a few times a week until the book is completed. Once it is complete, students will be able to take an AR test and earn points.
Below is a link to a site that will give you an overview of the book.
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Wonder-book-review.htm
Along with our discussion of tone and the book, Wonder, we began a short narrative unit focused around the hit song, Titanium by David Guetta featuring Sia. The tone of this song greatly resembles the tone author Palacio has for his book, Wonder. Click on the link to the YouTube website to view the video for this wonderful song.
Not only is the song powerful, but so is the video. I told the students to imagine that they are at the Danville Village Mall AMC movie cinema when they stumble into the wrong theater. It's obvious the movie has been playing for a while and is about a weird but special boy. They get to watch for a few minutes until an usher quickly pulls them out and directs them to their right theater leaving them wondering what happens to the boy. This is exactly how you feel when you watch the video. After watching, we spent time infering on what the video is about which led to great discussions. Next they were assigned to create a short storyboard telling what happened 3 minutes before the beginning of the video or what happened 3 minutes after the video. Stay tuned for pictures of their creations.
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Wonder-book-review.htm
Along with our discussion of tone and the book, Wonder, we began a short narrative unit focused around the hit song, Titanium by David Guetta featuring Sia. The tone of this song greatly resembles the tone author Palacio has for his book, Wonder. Click on the link to the YouTube website to view the video for this wonderful song.
Not only is the song powerful, but so is the video. I told the students to imagine that they are at the Danville Village Mall AMC movie cinema when they stumble into the wrong theater. It's obvious the movie has been playing for a while and is about a weird but special boy. They get to watch for a few minutes until an usher quickly pulls them out and directs them to their right theater leaving them wondering what happens to the boy. This is exactly how you feel when you watch the video. After watching, we spent time infering on what the video is about which led to great discussions. Next they were assigned to create a short storyboard telling what happened 3 minutes before the beginning of the video or what happened 3 minutes after the video. Stay tuned for pictures of their creations.
Here are pictures of the students watching videos of the song lyrics and a beautifully sung cover by Madilyn Bailey. We viewed these before watching the actual music video so that we could discuss the tone of the song and true meaning.