During Reading
Say: Read Chapter 1. As you read this book, I want you to be thinking about how you would feel and what you would do if you were Hannah.
Ask children to read page 11. Then have them discuss the relationship between Hannah and her mother.
Ask: What on this page gives you an idea about how Hannah and her mother get along. Do they have a good or a bad relationship? How do you know?
Ask children to read to the end of page 14 and then discuss the sentence, Hannah hung up the phone and flopped in the chair.
Ask: What does this sentence tell you about how Hannah is feeling? What word could the author have used instead of flopped that would have conveyed the same feeling?
Have children read to the end of page 16.
Ask: What does the author mean by the sentence, Hannah decided to put away the thought? What does that tell you about the way Hannah is feeling? Do you think it is okay to put off thinking about something that you don’t want to deal with? Share why or why not.
Have children read the rest of the book independently. Have them mark with a sticky note any word or phrase they did not understand or could not pronounce. You can clarify these later. During this time, you may choose to work with another group. Alternatively, you may wish to work individually with some children to monitor their oral reading and comprehension of parts of the text.
Say: I want you to finish reading the book at your own pace. As you read, continue to think how Hannah is feeling and how you would feel if you were Hannah. We are going to discuss this when you have finished reading.
Using the Worksheet
Introduce and explain the Worksheet. Have children start work on the Worksheet as they finish reading the text.
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