( The Outsiders chapter 2)
Directions: First read your assigned chapter silently (15 minutes).
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Next, assign one role per group member. Here are today’s assignments for each category.
1.
Discussion Director- A dichotomy is two opposing/ contrasting ideas in literature (i.e. good vs. evil). List ten dichotomies from these chapters.
2.
Word Wizard- Write song lyrics about a theme from these chapters (two versus and one chorus) Any genre of music is okay. Use five vocabulary words from today’s reading.
3.
Capable Connector- If you were to film this movie today, who would the actors be? How about the director, etc.? Plan out a proposal for a new movie.
4.
Artful artist- Draw a four-frame storyboard of a scene. Include a brief sketch for each frame, and one camera angle instruction.
5.
Lighter writer- Rewrite one key scene from today’s reading using classappropriate humor. Make your audience laugh.
6.
Character commercial- Choose two of today’s characters and place them in a script for a commercial, selling one of today’s brands (i.e. Gatorade). Stay consistent to each character’s personality.
7.
Spectacular Sculpture- Sculpt a key scene from today’s reading. Be detailed.
Take a photograph and e-mail to rossrt@d11.org
for credit.
8.
POV Perspective- Rewrite a scene from another character’s point of view.
What would change? What would stay the same?