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interact in Meaningful Ways: academic Collaboration
Learning Targets
• Ask and answer questions about an excerpt from a novel in collaborative conversations.
• Demonstrate active listening and draw upon an expanding pool of language resources for
discussing literature.
• Draw and support inferences from a close reading of the text.
• Analyze and evaluate how writers use language to explain characters and support ideas.
Turn to your partner or small group to discuss each question about The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. After you have discussed a question, write notes about your answer before going on to the next question.
aCTiViTY 1.4
1. Where does the story take place? How do you know?
2. How do you characterize Bruno? What do you learn about him?
The text evidence in paragraph(s) shows that the story takes
place .
I think I would characterize Bruno as because .
3. What does Bruno not understand about Shmuel? How can you tell?
4. What do you infer about why Shmuel runs off at the end? Does Bruno understand why?
The text evidence in paragraph
(s) indicates that Bruno does not understand .
I believe Shmuel runs off because . In my opinion, Bruno .
Asking Questions
The author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has chosen a difficult and complex topic to write about. Do you think you understand why Bruno and Shmuel have very different lives even though they live near each other? With your partner or small group, look back at the excerpt. Discuss what questions you have about the text. Write one question you would like to ask the author about the ending of the excerpt. Share your question with the whole class.
Unit 3 • The Challenge to Make a Difference • Part 1: from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 101
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