Schoolwide Reading-Lesson 7

• I feel bad for Jack Will because wherever he sits, everyone leaves.  Julian has almost all of 5th grade convinced that they should ignore Jack Will until he stops being friends with August
• Summer is very nice because although Mr.Tushman didn't tell her to be friends with Auggie, she sat with him and became friends with him.  She is brave because although everyone telling her not to because she would catch the plague, she was nice to August.
• I think Justin's section is going to talk about Via and his life in high school because he doesn't know about August's life, so he can't talk about it.
• I wonder why Justin liked Via.  What qualities does she have that he likes?
• Justin is confident because he asked Via out without hesitating.
• Via is hoping that Justin won't stick around because many kids in her past never came back for a second play date because Auggie would be there.
• I think Justin isn't scared of Auggie anymore because he wants Olivia to be happy.
  
• I think Olivia's parent's are being nice to Justin because they want to support Olivia.
  
• Justin's tics stopped because he really likes Olivia's family and isn't nervous anymore.
  

1. Which Conversation Starter above is Mr. Solarz' favorite?  Why?
2. Which Conversation Starter above is your favorite?  Why?
3. Describe one conversation you have already started in your Literature Circle.  What was the question and how did the discussion go?
   

1. Share what is confusing to you.  He likes this because if you don't understand the book, you might not like it.  By talking about confusing parts, your peers might help you understand those parts and like the book a bit more.

2.  I like referring to a line or section of the text because you can start a very deep conversation doing so.  I like defending my answers with evidence from the text, and referring to a line or section of the text helps me practice that.

3.  The question was if Nathan would save Abigail before he became dead forever.  Matthew and Logan thought that he wouldn't live, but I did.  I thought so because things like this happen in books all the time, and they end up living.  It is so cliche that I was almost sure that Nathan would live.  Logan made a prediction that if Nathan didn't make it alive, he would become a firefighter when he grows up because he would be immune to fire.  Plus, since Nathan could take off his limbs, he could send them through the fire and save people.  I strongly disagreed because why would he take out his limbs if it hurt so much to put them back on?  Also, if people found out that he has the ability to not get hurt and detach his libs from his body, they would take him to a lab to do experiments on him.  Plus, he wanted to keep it a secret.  A lot of the video was Logan, Matthew, and I discussing weather Nathan would become a firefighter or not.  At the end, we all kept our opinions.