Monday, November 1, 2010

Bloomability

"Are you scared, Dinnie?" Guthrie said. "Don't be scared! Look at this! Don't you feel so-so-free up here? It's like we're floating." Jamie wrote this passage in her reader's notebook and responded with the following: "Guthrie always is optimistic about almost anything. He is also very nice to people when they're scared." Jaime's preparation for our next book group meeting will help to guide Claire, Gabby, Kiryna, Ariel and Alyssa to probe deeper into Sharon Creech's beautifully written book, Bloomability. Each of the girls carefully prepare written reflections in their reader's notebook that will contribute to our discussions. Sharing insights, questions, and noticing effective writing is producing not only closer reading of the text but thoughtful lessons about friendship, family and identity.





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