Language Goal: Discuss elements of literature.
Content Goal: The learner will respond to various literary genres using interpretive and evaluative processes.
Essential Question: What are the significant events of the novel?
Today in class we resumed our reading of The Outsiders. As we near the end, several story lines begin to converge. Students were given an introduction to an upcoming project: a newspaper frontpage depicting a) a summary of a major event, b) an editorial in which the student expresses and defends an opinion, and c) an interview with a character from the novel. In addition, we visited the Media Center to renew/check out books.
Homework: Self-selected reading.