October 26, 2006
Finishing Tangerine
This page contains things you should know/understand in order to be successful during Monday’s Chalk Talk activity.
During the chalk talk the class will be split into two groups. Each group will space themselves out around the piece of banner paper. On the paper I will have written things about the book that you will respond to. Those things will be themes, settings, characters and incidents from the book. You will each have about a minute at each area and then you will move on to the next one. This is a silent activity where you will communicate with markers. At each area you can respond by:
- Drawing a picture
- Adding a talking balloon
- Adding a thinking balloon
- Labeling
- Writing a short phrase or question
- Writing an original thought or a response to another idea or question already expressed on the paper.
After everyone has had a turn at each area, the groups will discuss what they have written/drawn. Each group will decide how they have created something that re-tells the story and one or more people from each group will present that re-telling to the rest of the class.
