1. Warming up by finishing Thomas' narrative:
As we read...
- What are you learning about Thomas?
- What are you wondering?
- How do Oskar's and Thomas' narratives relate?
2. Offering you an overview of our ELIC fishbowl discussions and giving you time to sign up and exchange information with your fellow leaders
3. Trying out a short, sample Fishbowl discussion on ELIC, leaving 5 minutes for wrapping up
HW:
1. For tomorrow: Finish reading through page 85 for tomorrow, but you do not need a journal entry tonight IF you did one last night. If you did not get to the journal last night, do one tonight.
- Find three passages from pages 16-85. Type them out.
- For each one, ask a Level 1 and a Level 2 question (or two Level 2 questions if nothing is confusing you).
- Hit the "Publish" button!
- Note: If you'd like to listen to someone read the book aloud, click HERE for the audiobook. You can do a free 30-day trial, but I believe you do need a credit card number.
2. For Tuesday: Read through page 141 by Tuesday, and complete a third journal entry following the same format we've been using. You will have 20-30 minutes of in-class on time on Monday to read, journal, and conference with me.
To clarify: By Tuesday, you should have THREE journal entries posted on your blog
- Journal #1: Pages 1-15 (we did this in class)
- Journal #2: Anywhere from pages 16-85 (you either did this Wednesday or Thursday night)
- Journal #3: Pages 86-141 (you can do this today, over the weekend, and/or on Monday)
*All journal entries right now should follow the same format: Three passages, each with 1-2 good questions.*
3. Tuesday's Fishbowl leaders need to prepare a syllabus and post it to the Google doc on our website before class on Tuesday.
Why did Thomas become mute?
ReplyDeletewhy'd she cry when he wrote that he didn't speak?
ReplyDeleteIf the first word he lost was Anna, then Anna can't be Oskar's grandmother, so who is Anna?
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering why he wrote that chapter to his 'unborn child".
ReplyDeleteIs Thomas's loss of words something that really happens to people?
ReplyDeleteHow are all these different point of views connected?
ReplyDeleteWhy did the women repeat many things and was so comfortable talking to a stranger?
ReplyDeleteWhat does this chapter have to do with what is going on in the story right now, what is its significance?
ReplyDeleteDid Thomas not know any English?
ReplyDeleteI wonder what role the woman plays in him getting his voice back?
ReplyDeleteWhy, of all things, did Thomas choose to laugh when she asked to marry him? The moment's mood was sad and lonely, so why would he choose to laugh?
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if Ron is someone who breaks up Oskar's relationship with his mom?
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't Thomas speak it's not by choice and I dont know of any mental illnesses that lead to being mute other than Alzheimer's, and it doesn't sound like Thomas has that.
ReplyDeleteA few questions that I have for this chapter are if Thomas is in a state of depression from not being able to talk and if so, what does this new lady in his life symbolize? Does she symbolize hope for him to be happy?
ReplyDeleteWhy did Thomas leave?
ReplyDeleteI am wondering if Thomas Oskar's grandpa is going to come back and be part of Oskar's life since his father is gone?
ReplyDeletei am wondering if Thomas was born mute or got really sick and became mute from the sickness.
ReplyDeleteWhy did that woman ask Thomas to marry her after just meeting? Is it because something happened to her husband and she is needing someone in her life, or is it something else?
ReplyDeleteHow do Thomas and Oscar have such similar thoughts? Was Thomas an immigrant?
ReplyDeleteDoes Thomas have any desire to regain his ability to talk? Or has he accepted his current state?
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if Anna was trying to say something else when she pointed to "Please" rather than "Please marry me."
ReplyDeleteDid something shock Thomas so much that he became mute?
ReplyDeleteDid Oskar ever get a chance to know Thomas?
ReplyDeleteHow did he become mute? who is his unborn child?
ReplyDeleteCould the writer be Oskars father, and Anna was the women he was in love with, but he had to leave her when he became mute? Leading to him leaving her to go to New York.
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ReplyDeleteWhat am i wondering?
ReplyDeleteI have been wondering where Thomas came from to New York?
Was the reason why a random woman would acknowledge the fact that someone else had lost everything because she had too?
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