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Complete Book Readings and Accompanying Activities
- The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane
- Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- Develop writing with help from authors...
- Read Jason Reynolds’ blog post on finding a character’s voice.
- Listen to S.K. Ali discuss how she wrote for a character in her book.
- Start journaling as a character.
- Listen to audio excerpts and review the transcripts for characters Joe and Ravi in Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan.
- Write two journal entries as different characters.
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