Be prepared to share your comparisons in a mini-Socratic Seminar on Wednesday and Thursday during EAL class.

PART 2

SDG
17 (EAL partnership to create and share this crucial story)

GC Objective
Personal and cultural expression (Screenplays)

Content Objective
Discovering the elements of a screenwriting workshop

Language Objective
Students will brainstorm, discuss, and take notes on what elements exits in a screenplay and set forth a plan for how to divide and conquer this task collectively between four distinct class sections

Mini (SIOP linked)
SIOP #1, 5, 6, 8
Model how to work in a group to brainstorm ideas and pare down a brainstorm into key parts

Workshop
Student-led brainstorm, discussion, and note taking activity

Formative (WIDA linked)
Speaking:
Listen to the group discussion for language forms that convey meaning
Listening:
Linguistic complexity for expansion on related ideas

You should be able to discuss the exposition with regards to setting, plot, and our two main characters, Ryan and Sarah.

Also, you should be able to discuss the following three questions in an informal book club / socratic seminar:

1. Describe Ryan as he sees himself. Do you think anyone who writes as much as he has will eventually become good at it? What condition is he in? Why is in that condition?

2. Over the last year how has Ryan's journal (and the stories inside it) slowly become intertwined with his real life in Skeleton Creek? How did his quest/journey begin?

3. "Privacy has long been the religion of our town." (p. 17) What does this mean? Why do you think this is important? What is good about living in a small town? What can be a challenge?

Here's a summary of our exciting new novel:

Sarah and Ryan are in deep trouble...and deep into a mystery...something that everyone in their hometown of Skeleton Creek, Oregon, seems to want to keep secret.

The last time the two went out to the creepy old dredge abandoned in the middle of the woods, Ryan ended up in the hospital, and in a cast that has left him stuck at home, forbidden to speak with or contact Sarah anymore. Sarah is intent on unraveling the mystery of the dredge, and also the mystery of what happened to Ryan that night in the woods, because she has footage that no one else has seen.

The story is told in alternating viewpoints and alternating formats. First, you read a chapter of Ryan's journal in the book. Then, at the end of each chapter, there's a website and a password, with which you can go online and continue the story by watching Sarah's video. This exciting new storytelling format will have you riveted as you try to figure out what these detectives will discover next.