Describe how the introduction of Penny as a character changes the family dynamics. Analyze Melody's complicated feelings about her little sister.
An awesome book from the book fair will be awarded to the student with the best essay. Everyone who enters the drawing will be eligible for a second chance prize drawing for a candy treat bag and a poster.
Turn in all essays to the library before the end of the day on Friday.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Thinking About Disabilities
This week's question was:
Melody has several disabilities. Considering the things she can not do (walk, talk, use her hands well)...
Which do you think would be the worst? Why?
Entries were due today. We will pick two winners and announce them on Monday One for the best essay. Everyone will be entered into a drawing for a second chance prize!
Here is teacher, Lisa Morrow's response to that question:
Personally, the idea of having no means of communication would be my WORST nightmare. I love to sing and talk talk talk. I am passionate about expressing myself in a variety of ways, but I am so eager to use very specific words and tones that I really value my ability to speak and speak well. I had to be silent for three days after vocal chord surgery, and it was frustrating even though I could write and move and gesture. Still, I could not express my thoughts with the same clarity or inflection or specific language or in the short time periods used for conversations.
Melody has several disabilities. Considering the things she can not do (walk, talk, use her hands well)...
Which do you think would be the worst? Why?
Entries were due today. We will pick two winners and announce them on Monday One for the best essay. Everyone will be entered into a drawing for a second chance prize!
Here is teacher, Lisa Morrow's response to that question:
Personally, the idea of having no means of communication would be my WORST nightmare. I love to sing and talk talk talk. I am passionate about expressing myself in a variety of ways, but I am so eager to use very specific words and tones that I really value my ability to speak and speak well. I had to be silent for three days after vocal chord surgery, and it was frustrating even though I could write and move and gesture. Still, I could not express my thoughts with the same clarity or inflection or specific language or in the short time periods used for conversations.
Describe the Snowman in Melody's Classroom
About twenty students wrote descriptions of the snowman in room H-5. Some were complete with drawings. Each student was entered into a drawing. One lucky student won a cool book!
Check out this amazing drawing of the snowman. All the details are there, even the Nascar sticker!
Check out this amazing drawing of the snowman. All the details are there, even the Nascar sticker!
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
On September 23rd our entire school began reading Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper.
Here is the back-of-the-book teaser:
"Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it.
Most people-her teachers and doctors included-don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can't. She can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.
Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind-that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.
From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget."
Here is the back-of-the-book teaser:
"Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it.
Most people-her teachers and doctors included-don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can't. She can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.
Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind-that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice . . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.
From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget."
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