Have you ever felt trapped in your own body? That is likely how Melody in Sharon M. Draper's Out of My Mind feels. As scholars read to find out how Melody finally expresses herself, they complete sentences with new words, describe characters using adjectives, and write poems.

Concepts

studying literature, responding to literature, novels

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a speaker to talk to the class about cerebral palsy and other disabilities
• Listen to the song "Elvira" (discussed in the text)

Classroom Considerations

• Contains only a preview of a full novel study
• Needs research resources from the library or Internet

Pros

• Questions require text evidence
• Includes literary device activities with personification and similes

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.5.4 RL.5.10