Lesson Plan: Dialogue Journal
Procedure
After reading aloud a section of The Breadwinner, ask students to write a reflective response about today's reading. Advise students that the response can be about anything in the book. Allow approximately ten minutes for students to complete their entry. Once they finish, model an appropriate response to the entry. Give specific instructions on what is appropriate. You may also give some starters for responses (i.e. I agree…, I disagree…, In my opinion…, I think…). Next, have students select a dialogue partner. Remind students that as they read they will pass their logs back and forth. Student should avoid talking about their entries. Instead they should have a conversation about the text through written correspondence. At the end of the session, you may want to check off the journal to informally assess the students' understanding of the text and their understanding of the activity.
Materials
Students will need a copy of the read aloud text, The Breadwinner. They will also need a composition book to use as a dialogue journal.
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