Out of My Mind by Ashley Grimsley https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv Made with magic en-us 2020-10-23 22:32:23 UTC 2026-03-03 02:55:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Out of My Mind ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857471515 Sharon M. Draper]]> 2020-10-23 22:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857471515 One important character... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857527208 Mrs. Violet Valencia, is an important character in the book Out of My Mind, by Sharon M Draper. Thoughout the entire book, she always believes in Melody and her abilities to accomplish anything she sets her mind to.


]]> 2020-10-23 23:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857527208 Characters!!!!! ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857537544 2020-10-23 23:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857537544 If I could be any character... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857667314 I would choose Mrs. V! She plays a strong role in Melody's life. Mrs. Valencia always believed in Melody, guiding and showing her what she is capeable of when so many treated her as if she wasn't. She used words, actions and even tough love when nessesary to help Melody reach for the stars! ]]> 2020-10-24 02:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857667314 Characters and their changes... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857678032 Melody: Young girl wishing she could be "normal" → became strong, confident young lady.


]]> 2020-10-24 02:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857678032 I would love to meet... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857688634 The quiz team. When I meet them I would love to introduce them to this young girl that is so smart, loves to listen to music, wear cute clothes and spend time hanging out with friends and has feelings just like they all do. I would read them her book so they could learn the person she is not the disablity she has.]]> 2020-10-24 03:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857688634 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857697241 2020-10-24 03:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857697241 Settings!!!!! ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857701790 2020-10-24 03:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857701790 How the place affected the story... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857703593 Growing up Melody never was able to achieve her full potiential while she was in room H5 until Mrs. Shannon came and introduced the inclusion program. In classroom H5 there was a limit to how far you could go, a barrier blocking you from continuing to grow and learn. Once Melody was able to join the inclusion program she was able to break that barrier and become more then even she could even imagine.]]> 2020-10-24 03:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857703593 The story in a different setting... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857711730 Different settings present different opportunities, moods, characters all which can change the entire plot and theme of the story. If this story would have taken place at a school other then Spaudling Street Elementary, Melody may have not had Mrs. Shannon, the teacher that gave her a chance to grow, advocated for her to have an aide of her own, Cathrine! She was able to have a supportive team with her best interests at heart.]]> 2020-10-24 03:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857711730 Out of My Mind set in a different time... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857715736 People with disabilities in any form have not always been included or sometimes even looked at as people. The opportunities that Melody was given in the era she grew up is much more developed and accepted then it would have been twenty years ago and hopefully in twenty more years, times will evolve even more. Giving people with disabilities the same oppurtuinities and acceptance as those without.]]> 2020-10-24 03:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857715736 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857727177 2020-10-24 04:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857727177 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857729044 2020-10-24 04:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857729044 Melody in classroom H5 with various teachers - barrier she is unable to break through. ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857738775 2020-10-24 04:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857738775 Melody begining inclusion classes - empowering her to break that barrier. ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857739171 2020-10-24 04:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857739171 Melody gets a Medi-talker (Elvira) - opening a new world of communication. ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857740324 2020-10-24 04:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857740324 Melody joins the Whiz Kids! She is the first to ever get all the answers correct. ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857743527 2020-10-24 04:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857743527 The Whiz Kids win the competition! They are headed to Washington DC! ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857744138 2020-10-24 04:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857744138 Melody's flight gets canceled and her quizmates took an earlier flight without including her and she misses the competition. ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857745897 2020-10-24 04:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857745897 Mom hits Penny while backing up after missing the signs Melody was trying to give her. ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857747035 2020-10-24 04:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857747035 Plot!!! ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857748090 2020-10-24 04:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857748090 The best part of the story was... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857748477 After the Whiz Kids lost the compition in Washington DC and they returned to school and Melody stood up for herself confronting her teammates about leaving her behind. She knocks the trophy to the floor unknowing if its an accident or not she says, "I don't want it! You deserve it!" then turning and leaving the room. (p. 292, Draper)]]> 2020-10-24 04:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857748477 The solution... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857751902 Came after Melody was able to confront her teammates and get the answers she deserved as to why she was left behind from the competition. She was able to use her new found confidence, to show them she no longer needed their approval or to satisfy her own hunger to be "normal. I was able to predict the new found confidence in her self but not being left behind, missing the competition or Penny being ran over right before. Those pieces of the story really through me for a loop!]]> 2020-10-24 04:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857751902 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857775074 2020-10-24 05:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857775074 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857775661 2020-10-24 05:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857775661 Theme/Mood!!! ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857777430 2020-10-24 05:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857777430 THE-MEssage... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857778190 The book Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper captures the thoughts and feelings of a young girl and struggles she faces daily. Putting into perspective the way people with disabilities should be treated. Talk TO them not through them, acknowledge them as you would your neighbor. See them as people not a disability. They have feelings recognize that, understand that a "tornado fit" is not just because but for a reason. Take time to figure out the reason.]]> 2020-10-24 05:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857778190 Suggesting this book to a friend... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857782867 I would and already have suggested this book to many of my friends and co-workers, highly recommending it. This is a must read for all. It puts you into the shoes of someone you may not otherwise understand. It puts things into perspective and helps open up a beautiful world of diversity to embrace and not be afraid of.]]> 2020-10-24 05:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857782867 The funniest part... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857784729 "I have spastic bilateral quadriplegia, also known as cerebral palsy. It limits my body, but not my mind." This is the answer Melody gives to someone asking about her condition in a geniune manner. But being the smart cookie she is and dealing with some of the people she does, she also typed a "smart-mouthed" answer for those. "We all have disabilities. What's yours?" (p.168, Draper)]]> 2020-10-24 05:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857784729 The saddest part... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857787664 Was reading the comments made throughout the book by Claire and Molly. I found these sad because I know that these things really happen. I also felt Melody's saddness and hurt when her flight was cancelled and she was told about the rest of the team leaving her behind and catching an earlier flight. This made my heart break.]]> 2020-10-24 05:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857787664 The most shocking part... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857789767 I just thought the book was coming to a close when all of the sudden Penny was ran over by her mother!!! I never saw it coming!]]> 2020-10-24 05:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857789767 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857790611 2020-10-24 05:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857790611 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857790990 2020-10-24 05:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857790990 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857792062 2020-10-24 05:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857792062 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857792728 2020-10-24 05:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857792728 My favorite word... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857795437 Explosions (p.88, Draper)
I love how she uses the word explosions throughout the book to expain her outbursts.]]> 2020-10-24 05:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857795437 My favorite line... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857798552 "TV makes lots of people look funny, maybe even you Claire." (p.195, Draper) Claire and Molly always have such mean thing to say to Melody and not very often does someone other than her family stick up for her, so I love when she is able to defend herself in a witty way.]]> 2020-10-24 05:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857798552 My favorite paragraph... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857801453 My most favorite paragraph in the entire book is acutally two. "Today I am working on Miss Gordons's autobiography project. Mrs. V has Elvira plugged into the computer. Classical music is softly seeping from her new iPod. I hear soft purple."
"This is going to take a while. So much is stuffed inside my mind. I have lots to say and just one thumb to say it with." (p. 294, Draper) She then procedes to start the beginning of the book Out of My Mind.
I love this because it shows the amazing, smart, strong and independant young lady she became.]]> 2020-10-24 06:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857801453 Author's Craft ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857805452 2020-10-24 06:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857805452 What I learned... ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857805872 Always take the time to see things from anothers point of view.
Take others feelings into account before saying or doing something that could be potentially hurtful.
Show love and caring for others no matter how "normal" or "un-normal".
Be a cheerleader, support person, and friend.
Teach, guide and learn with others because we all have something more to teach someone, or learn from someone or can guide someone to grow.]]> 2020-10-24 06:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857805872 ashrae0117 https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857808219 2020-10-24 06:21:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrae0117/mz89djoc9oke2osv/wish/857808219