Continuing with the Global Read Aloud 2013

In Out of My Mind we've read about Melody, a young girl with cerebral palsy who is looking to find her voice.

In the first chapters we were first surprised by the many different words the author uses to explain how one expresses themselves. This led to a great conversation on synonyms and using colourful words in our writing.

 In chapter six, the author tells us about Mrs. V creating flash cards for Melody in different colours. Green for adjectives; blue for verbs; pink for nouns. 

We looked at words that described Meoldy's mother so far in the book: (notice the colour)

Starting the Global Read Aloud 2013

Today marks the start of the Global Read Aloud Project. My class has been taking place for the past 3 or 4 years.

This year's book is Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper.

Below are our predictions about what the book could be about, simply from judging a book by its cover.

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