Global+Read+Aloud

Sixth grade will participate in the 2013 Global Read Aloud during the second quarter. While reading the book in class, we will connect with classes from all over the world to discuss the story and get to know each other on Kidblog. **Week 6-9:**  We have finished the book and are now working on our own versions of the story written from the perspective of a character other than Melody. We will be working on these until Christmas so you will have plenty of time to edit and revise your stories. Here is the link to the author Question & Answer video: Sharon Draper Q & A **Week 5: Pages 206-247**
 * Read some of the interview questions author Sharon Draper answered on her website. Then head over to Kidblog to blog about some questions you would like to ask her.
 * Put your post in letter form, beginning with "Dear Ms. Draper,"
 * Start your blog post by telling her how you like the story so far and be sure to include a text-to-self connection you have had with the story.
 * Then ask her a couple of questions making sure to tell why you want to know the answers.
 * Please edit for spelling, puncutation and capitals before publishing
 * Head to Edmodo and post one of your questions there for everyone to see
 * If you would like to actually ask Ms. Draper your question, click HERE.
 * Enter your FIRST name only
 * Enter NC as your location
 * Enter your thoughful question
 * Check for spelling and punctuation (a question ends with a ?)
 * Click SUBMIT

**Week 4: Pages 156-205** **Week 3: Pages 102-155**
 * Click here to add your thoughts to our Padlet wall for this week.
 * Log into Edmodo and take the answer the poll question. Be sure to explain your choice in a reply.
 * Visit another class blog on Kidblog. Read two different GRA posts and make appropriate comments.
 * Click here to add your thoughts to our Padlet wall for this week


 * Choose one of the questions from Padlet (Week 2 or 3) to blog about on Kidblog.
 * Be sure to use complete sentences and check for spelling and punctuation.
 * Make sure you have at least enough written to make a really good paragraph.
 * Click on one of the classes on our Blogroll. Choose three posts (that sound like we have read about them) to read. Make an appropriate comment on each of them.

**Week 2: Pages 51-101** **Week 1: Pages 1-50** **Before Monday, October 7**: Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school-but NO ONE knows it.
 * Log in to Edmodo with your wiki log in and password.
 * Take the posted quiz.
 * Watch the video about a girl with Cerebral Palsy named Charisse and leave a reply that tells how you and Charisse are the same and how you are different.
 * Click here to add your thoughts to our Padlet wall for this week.
 * Click here to add your thoughts to our Padlet wall.
 * Log in to Edmodo with your wiki log in and password.
 * Then click on "TMCS 6th Grade" on the left side of the page and vote in the GRA poll.
 * Next, post a quick message to the group letting us know you found the right place!
 * Read the following from the back cover of the book.
 * Log in to Kidblog and publish a post predicting what the book is about.
 * Title your post GRA Prediction.
 * Check for capitals, punctuation and spelling before publishing.

Most people-her teachers and doctors included-don't think she's capable of learning, and up until recently her school days consisted of listening to the same preschool-level alphabet lessons again and again and again. If only she could speak up, if only she could tell people what she thinks and knows. But she can't. She can't talk. She can't walk. She can't write.

Being stuck inside her head is making Melody go out of her mind-that is, until she discovers something that will allow her to speak for the first time ever. At last Melody has a voice. . . but not everyone around her is ready to hear it.

From multiple Coretta Scott King Award winner Sharon M. Draper comes a story full of heartache and hope. Get ready to meet a girl whose voice you'll never, ever forget. We will be reading this aloud in class with the book projected onto the whiteboard, but if you would like your own copy of the book, please check out Amazon or Barnes and Noble or just Google it! Digital versions for Kindles, Nooks and other e-readers are available. Please don't read it until we begin!