Students will be divided into groups of three or four. Students will read their poems to the members of their group. The other members of the group will write down some ideas that could help improve eachothers poems. No negative words would be allowed only positive criticism. Each member should have some ideas or rough drafts organized in order to show.
Teacher reads from pg.
The teacher is the talk show host and will walk around with fake microphone and pretend that the some of the students are related to James or friends with the insects. The students will never know what character they are suppose to portray, they will only know when the teacher asks them. The students however, must answer the question according to how they really feel about the situation. The students will tell the events of James journey and the teacher will put what they say onto the board and the students will copy on their piece of paper. Teacher will show example of timeline.