We are finished going Out of Our Mind(s)!
Our first lengthy read-aloud in class has drawn to an end! We have been enjoying listening to Sharon Draper’s Out of my Mind since the first week of school. We have practiced active listening skills, answered comprehension and analysis questions, and learned about how authors make choices when writing their novels.
End of Book Questions that ALL students are expected to be able to answer by this point (homework if not finished in class):
1. Who was your favorite character? Why?
2. What are three themes of the the novel?
3. Give evidence to support each of the themes you wrote for #2. At least 3 pieces of supporting evidence.
4. What events had to happen in order to cause Penny’s accident? (cause/effect)
5. Write a letter to Melody telling her what you thought of her autobiography?
1. butterscotch because she is helpful and friendly.
2. don’t judge a book by its cover.
be grateful for the people who help you.
dogs are a man’s best friend.
3. people are treating melody bad because of her disabilities. some people in melody’s life helped her study on the quiz team. butterscotch loves melody’s family and the love her back.
4. cause: melody screeches while mom gets mad at her and she felt the small bump when her mom hits penny. effect: penny’s leg got ran over and went to the hospital.
5. your auto bio was sad and entertaining. now i know whats its like to have disabilities and it sounds hard to control it. i teared up when mom hit penny. i knew you tried to warn her.
Thank you for sharing. You didn’t have to respond on the blog but it’s okay that you did.
~Mrs. O’Brien