1. Today’s Class Good News Social Contract The Art of Discussion Part 1 The Alphabet Game The Art of Discussion Part 2 Annotation Annotation of text with “The Man I Killed” Turning annotations into questions HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed” HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed”

2. Social Contract In your groups you must answer the following questions. They do not need to be sentences, but rather one or two-word phrases: 1.How do you want to be treated by me while in this classroom? 2.How do you want to be treated by one another? 3.How do you think that I want to be treated by you? 4.How should we deal with conflict when it arises?

3. Today’s Class Good News Social Contract The Art of Discussion Part 1 The Alphabet Game The Art of Discussion Part 2 Annotation Annotation of text with “The Man I Killed” Turning annotations into questions HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed” HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed”

4. The Art of Discussion Answer the following question: 1.In the past, when you have “discussed” books in school, how has that typically gone? Describe what occurs.

5. The Alphabet Game Directions: 1.Get into two, evenly divided circles that are on separate sides of the room.

6. The Alphabet Game Directions: 1.Get into two, evenly divided circles that are on separate sides of the room. 2.Each group must say the alphabet out loud, one letter at a time, but you cannot simply go around the circle saying the letters. In fact, you cannot create directions at all, simply begin.

7. The Alphabet Game Directions: 1.Get into two, evenly divided circles that are on separate sides of the room. 2.Each group must say the alphabet out loud, one letter at a time, but you cannot simply go around the circle saying the letters. In fact, you cannot create directions at all, simply begin. 3.If two people call out the same letter at once, or if someone says a letter out of sequence, then you must return to the beginning.

8. The Art of Discussion Part 2 Answer the following question: 1.Describe what worked, what didn’t work, what strategies you tried, and how this applies to discussing books?

9. Today’s Class Good News Social Contract The Art of Discussion Part 1 The Alphabet Game The Art of Discussion Part 2 Annotation Annotation of text with “The Man I Killed” Turning annotations into questions HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed” HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed”

10. Annotation Questions: 1.What does it mean to annotate? 2.How do you annotate?

11. Today’s Class Good News Social Contract The Art of Discussion Part 1 The Alphabet Game The Art of Discussion Part 2 Annotation Annotation of text with “The Man I Killed” Turning annotations into questions HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed” HW: Annotate “The Man I Killed”

12. Annotations into Questions Directions: 1.Decide what the overall piece of writing is about.

13. Annotations into Questions Directions: 1.Decide what the overall piece of writing is about. 2.Look at your annotations and turn 3-5 (or more) into questions that connect to your answer to question #1.

14. Annotations into Questions Directions: 1.Decide what the overall piece of writing is about. 2.Look at your annotations and turn 3-5 (or more) into questions that connect to your answer to question #1. Example: 1. The piece of writing is about SACRIFICE. 2. The author mentions the feeling of shame in the first, second and third paragraphs. Why is that? I don’t understand what he means by the statement, “Our poverty was not a pretty color on her.” What color? I’m confused.