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** Lessons 1-5 ** Before: Literature selection: 2 poems by Jack Prelutsky //Cornerstones 6a// During: After: OR  Literature Selection: Ways to Communicate pg 58, //Collections Off the Page// Be Can only happen if we  Do Enough For others. ||< Just once I’d like to  Keep some Lemons for Myself and Never ever peel the skins Off of them. || Body Language - by KCS Grade 6
 * Activating the Quest **
 * Lesson 1: What is the purpose of communication? **
 * Brainstorm the different ways students have communicated throughout their lives using a //think/pair/share strategy//
 * Students think individually to brainstorm ways of communication, share their list with a partner and then the partners share their revised lists with the whole group
 * Record student responses (web, organized chart, [|bubbl.us], or any other brainstorm recording strategy)
 * A sample web can be found at http://bubbl.us/view.php?sid=101970&pw=yaqYUaoRlhDMINjA3Z0JFQjU0T0t1bw
 * Reflect on the purpose of these forms of communication during discussion
 * Zeke McPeake & We’re Loudies!
 * Read silently and think about how the poems would be best presented orally
 * Divide students into two groups (one for each poem)
 * Each group prepares one poem to present to the class
 * List similarities and differences in the ways/purpose of communication of the two poems (Discuss differences in the way the two poems were presented. Why were they speaking the way they were? What was the group’s purpose? What was the author really trying to say?)
 * Use the Connections Reading Strategy (text to text) to compare poems Text to Text Link : http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratText.html
 * Point out that this form is a type of list (one way to communicate)
 * Use to add to communication brainstorm web
 * Write Acrostic Poem (variation - point out that this is another way of communication)
 * Select a way of communication
 * Pick a letter of the alphabet, for example, M
 * Write one or more sentences explaining that form of communication
 * The final product will be five lines and each line will start with the next letter of the alphabet
 * Complete one poem together as a class on Smart Board and then allow students to create their own on paper or electronically. If your students are familiar with blogs or wikispaces, have them post their poems online. See Lesson 3 for information on Internet Safety.
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