Session 2-July 18th: Character Traits

Today, we began with comprehension questions for our reading assignment to discuss the test. You  should have noticed that the section you read was entitled: Monday-Chicken Fingers. Joe explains that lunch is the only part of the school day he enjoys and that each day of the week they serve the say meal. Mondays are always chicken fingers. I wonder if this routine is comforting to Joe??

You can find a copy of the questions below if you missed today's meeting! What a great conversation about our characters, the setting, and their backgrounds!

Next, we reviewed character traits. Character traits are words to describe a character's personality. Character traits are shown through their words and actions. For example: nervous, risk-taker, caring, thoughtful, etc. We split into three groups. Each group was assigned a character to study; Ravi, Joe, or Dillon. Dillon was a little tricky to analyze since we didn't hear directly from him. We had to use context clues to determine his character traits...and we discovered that Ravi and Joe had different perceptions of him. Each group took turns sharing their character traits and students completed a Venn Diagram for the two characters they did not study.

Our "exit ticket" today was to return to the word "assumption" that we discussed during our pre-reading activity on Tuesday. An assumption is when you think something is true without proof or evidence. We discussed assumptions that were made about Ravi, Joe, and even Dillon so far in the text and the damage that can be done when we "assume" things too quickly. What a great session this morning!

Reading Assignment for Tuesday, July 23rd: Pages 49-89

Happy Reading! :-)