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ACTIVITY 3.4
Interacting in Meaningful ways: Academic Collaboration
Learning Targets
• Ask and answer questions about a short story in collaborative conversations, demonstrating active listening, and drawing upon an expanding pool of language resources for discussing literature.
• Express and support opinions of a short story in conversation.
Turn to your partner or small group to discuss each question about “Eleven.” After you have discussed a question, write notes about your answer before going on to the next question.
1. What is the main conflict that occurs in the story?
2. Read the dialogue between Mrs. Price and Rachel in paragraphs 10–11 and 14–17. What inference can the reader make about Mrs. Price based on this dialogue?
I think the main conflict of the story is .
Based on the reader can infer .
3. Who is Phyllis Lopez? What can the reader infer about her character from her actions near the end of the story?
The reader can infer that .
4. What evidence from the story shows that Rachel experienced both external and internal conflicts?
The text evidence shows that .
asking Questions
With your partner or small group, read aloud paragraph 19 of “Eleven.” Discuss what questions you have about the climax. Write one question to share with the whole class.
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