Character Questions and Connections

We spent the first half of class today, reading our books in our groups.  We talked about questions we would ask the protagonist, connections we can make to his/her life, feelings we think he/she is experiencing and predictions about what we think will happen to him/her in the next few chapters.  Most students are taking turns reading aloud, and we are having GREAT conversations about what we are reading!

We then debriefed the "Simpsons" episode we watched last class, talking specifically about who the protagonist was, who/what the antagonists are, and about examples of internal and external conflict.  Students are really beginning to understand what those elements of fiction are and how to apply them to the book they are reading.