Friday and Monday in 8-2 and 8-4 English

Sorry that I did not post on Friday!  On Friday, students were given time to finish up their week 2 and start their week 3 in the Lit Circle booklets.  When they were done we did a gallery activity that got us thinking critically about some of the issues and themes in our novel.  We watched a short documentary on bullying and we also watched Shane Koyczan's spoken word poem, "To this Day," to help frame how bullying affects the victims.

Today, after Lit Circles, we were reminded of the activity we did Friday and now will connect it to a paragraph.  The topics were:

How are the characters in your novel affected by bullying?  Which characters are the victims and which characters are the perpetrators (the bullies).

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How do your characters show empathy?  Were they empathetic from the start?  Use examples to support your statements.