Wednesday, March 31st

Identify story elements from the novel, Hurricane Song.  Be sure to post your responses to theses questions on your blogpage.  If you can’t post onto your blogpage, put your response on paper.

· Setting – A description of the setting in the story AND words/phrases/quotes from the story that help illustrate the setting.

· Conflict – A description of the major conflict(s) in the story and how it is resolved AND words/phrases/quotes from the story that related to the conflict.  What types of conflict were present?  Internal? External?

· Characterization – A description of 2 of the major characters in the story AND words/phrases/quotes from the story that are used in the story to reveal his/her personality.   What methods  did Volponi use to help you to “see” the characters in the story?

· Symbolism – A description of the symbolism and how it connects to the story’s central meaning.  What are SYMBOLS from the story?  (Hint: things that are very important to the characters and the story.)

· Theme – What is the underlying message of the story? For example, is the story about love, patriotism, regret?

· Mood - How does the author make the reader feel? For example, do you feel happy, sad, or sentimental as you read the story?

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Tuesday, March 30th

Today you will need to complete our group’s novel wikipage.  Your group will need to contribute a movie, responses to discussion questions, summary of novel and a comparison of your experiences to those of the book’s characters.

• Bell Schedule
• 7:20 – 7:32      Homeroom
• 7:32 – 7:36       Transition
• 7:36 –9:05       2^nd Period
• 9:05 – 9:09      Transition
• 9:09 – 10:38    3^rd Period
• 10:38 – 11:36   Lunch
• 11:36 – 11:40 Transition
• 11:40 – 1:09    4^th Period
• 1: 09 – 1:13   Transition
• 1:13– 2:40      5^th Period

Complete Novel Wikipage for Hurricane Song. You will have  a role to play in your group.

Discussion Director - Your job is to respond to at least three questions for your group to discuss Hurricane Song. 

The responses should create be a discussion of the novel, not “yes” or “no” or simple fact recall.

Creative Connector - Your job is to find connections between the book and the outside world.  Your group’s experiences are the connections.

You will be comparing/contrasting the experiences of the people in your group with what Miles went through in the Superdome.

Artful Artist - Your job is to create a PhotoPeach movie in response to the novel.  You must choose pictures that are representative of the story.  I do not recommend using PhotoStory but those of you who insist, here is a notesheet.  Once your PhotoPeach movie is complete, embed it onto your wikipage.  Click here for a How To Video

Your presentation must have a minimum of 20 pictures and it must also include text to help explain your story.  The text can be on a separate slide or on the slide with the picture.  Be sure to select music to accompany your film.

Super Summarizer - You must  summarize the book.  Your summary should be at least three paragraphs.

Your job is to choose at least fifteen events from your reading that you feel are important.  Your task is to be able to explain why these events are important to your group.

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