Deja Debelak

EDU 415

Dr. Wargo

November 20, 2023

Strategy Collection

1. “I Know Your Secret (A SECRETS & LIES NOVEL)” by Daphne Benedis-Grab

a. I would do a vocabulary strategy using the Frayer model.

b. The Frayer model can allow students to create word associations regarding the

given word. I would create a custom Frayer model with a word that the students

do not know or as the word of the Day. I would divide the model into 4 sections:

one corner is the textbook definition of the word, the second would be synonyms,

the third would be antonyms, and the last can be used for writing page numbers of

the word and how that is used (context). This strategy can be used for this text

because it allows students to understand and create differential meanings about

how one word can be used in various contexts.

c. The email arrives Sunday night: Do exactly what I say, when I say it, or I will

reveal your secret. On Monday morning, seventh graders Owen, Gemma, Ally,

and Todd, who have nothing in common and barely know each other, must work

together and follow the instructions of an anonymous blackmailer. None of them

want to go along with the blackmailer's strange instructions, but each of them has

a secret they must protect at all costs. This book relates to the topic because
 multiple-meaning words can direct the mood of a plot and the character’s

personalities.

i. I know your secret - kindle edition by Benedis-Grab, Daphne. children ...

(n.d.-a). https://www.amazon.com/Know-Your-Secret-Daphne-Benedis-

Grab-ebook/dp/B08NSC7M5W

2. “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” by Christopher Paul Curtis

a. I would use the “Know, Think, Wonder, Respond” method as an Activating Prior

Knowledge Strategy.

b. I would create a 6-column table chart (3 top/3 bottom) with the first column to be

what they know about the movie/reading (will have them complete at the start of

the unit), then have them complete the second column: Think towards the middle

of the unit so they can incorporate inferences and learning, and then the third

column: Wonder can be used as space for discussion questions. Once the unit is

over, I would have the students take time and complete each response section,

applying what they know now since they completed the book. This strategy fits

with the textbook because it allows students to activate prior knowledge, track

their learning, and improve their knowledge by thoroughly answering their

questions.

c. The novel follows the family in their daily lives in Flint, Michigan and on their

journey to see their grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama. Upon their arrival in

Birmingham, they are confronted with the reality of the Civil Rights Movement in

the South in 1963. This is a great play to have students make their interpretations

based on the book before watching a movie clip.

 i. SparkNotes. (n.d.). Sparknotes. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-

watsons-go-to-birmingham/

3. “The Little Red Riding Hood” by Paul Galdone and “Honestly, the Litle Red Riding

Hood was Rotten” by Barbara Barbieri McGrath

a. I would use the 2-4 corners method as a Discussion strategy.

b. I or the class would produce a good list of debatable discussion questions before

allowing the students to go to their corner, discuss their case with their fellow

peers, and share their final opinion to the whole class. Depending on the class, I

can allow other groups to rebuttal their case as a practice for seeing things in

multiple perspectives. This strategy is a good practice for establishing

engagement, good discussion, and receiving diverse feedback.

c. Little Red Riding Hood is a well-known fairy tale about a girl who goes to visit

her grandmother in the woods. But, when she arrives, she is shocked by her

grandmother’s sharp teeth and cunning eyes. When she discovers a wolf in her

grandmother’s place, she runs to head back down the path she came. Honestly,

Little Red Riding Hood Was Rotten is a fractured fairy tale that gives you the

wolf’s perspective of this story. These are great books to teach students the

importance of viewing the same situation but from different perspectives, which

includes an onset of diverse literary elements to compare and contrast.

i. Best books for compare and contrast (fiction). Elementary Nest. (2023,

October 5). https://elementarynest.com/best-books-for-compare-and-

contrast-fiction/

4. “The Bridge Home” by Padma Venkatraman

 a. I would create a KWL chart as a Vocabulary Strategy.

b. I would use the KWL chart that I created for EDU 415 and place some vocab

words (ranging from easy to difficult) on the chart. Then, I would have the

students test their familiarity with the words by scoring what category do they

land on (I never heard of this word, I have seen this word before, I know, etc.) and

provide a definition of what they think they know. After we discuss the words as a

class, I will provide the textbook definitions. This is an effective strategy because

I want my students to be prepared to read real-world content where there would

be some language/terms that they need to understand. It is good to have students

to be culturally sensitive yet responsive as well.

c. When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her

overly trusting and vulnerable to the perils of the world, run away to live on their

own, the situation could not be more grim. Life on the streets of the teeming city

of Chennai is harsh for girls considered outcasts, but the sisters manage to find

shelter on an abandoned bridge. There they befriend Muthi and Arul, two boys in

a similar predicament, and the four children bond together and form a family of

sorts. This literary text can help students construct a nonfiction narrative about a

historical figure with the use of evidential analysis.

i. Goodreads. (n.d.). Goodreads.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/40206380

5. “Among the Hidden” by Haddix, Margaret Peterson

a. I would use the Graffiti Wall Strategy.

 b. I would pass out each student a couple post-it notes that they can stick on the

bulletin board. As I do that, there will be a discussion question or two that the

students can answer. They can write and draw on their answers before applying

them on the board. This is a good strategy for this text because it would allow

students to express their experience about what it is like to have a sibling(s) or be

lonely.

c. In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only

two children, Luke, an illegal third child, has lived all his twelve years in isolation

and fear on his family's farm in this start to the Shadow Children series from

Margaret Peterson Haddix. This book is connected to the topic because it allows

students to understand and learn about unknown or silenced characters of a

particular group.

i. Haddix, M. Peterson. (2000). Among the hidden: Shadow Children series,

#1. Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Among-Hidden-Shadow-Children-

1/dp/0689824750

Strategy Collection Activities

2) KTWR Chart

Directions: Write what you know, think, and Wonder about the The Watsons Go to

Birmingham” by Christopher Paul Curtis. Keep this paper with you as you will be filling this out

throughout this unit in class.

Know Think Wonder

 There is a family  Where are they going?
traveling out to meet a  What are they doing
family member in Birmingingham?
  Where is Birmingham
located?
 What made Byron put
his mouth on the side
rear view mirror of
the car, knowing it
snowed?

Response Response Response

3)“The Little Red Riding Hood” by Paul Galdone and “Honestly, the Litle Red Riding Hood
was Rotten” by Barbara Barbieri McGrath: Debate Prompts

1. Do you think the Big Bad Wolf’s actions were justified?

2. Why do you think the Big Bad Wolf was in grandmother’s house?
3. Was Little Riding Hood’s response appropriate to the situation?
5) “Among the Hidden” Activity: Graffiti Wall