Classroom
What is the name of Melody's Class?
H-5
How old is Melody Brooks
10 almost 11
What does the inner group do doing a socratic seminar and what does the outer group do?
Inner group answers the questions, and the outer group takes notes in their folder.
Who does Melody live with at this point in the story?
Her mom and Dad
Her parents
What object in the classroom did Melody's mom break after she got upset at the teacher for treating Melody like a baby?
CD
How does Melody get around?
What are the two main things that make Melody upset?
1) When people can't understand her
2) When she can't do things by herself
When Melody was in her classroom, she got really upset and her mom had to come to the school. WHY was she upset?
She was tired of listening to the alphabet everyday.
(i.e. listening to babyish songs, rainbows and butterflies on walls, learning the alphabet)
How does Melody feel about the way her classroom looks?
she doesn't like it
What are there a lot of in Melody's head?
Words
Who watches Melody?
Mrs. V.
Melody
Create a specialized learning for each student to plan for them to reach their full potential.
What does Melody want to do?
Talk and communicate like other kids
What is Mrs. V job with Melody?
To teach her and push her
Melody went to the doctors. What did the doctors tell her mom?
That she had brain damage and that she wouldn't be able to learn a lot.
When Melody was upset at school, who did Mrs. Billup call to help?
Her Mom
When Melody gets upset, sometimes, she yells and kicks, and cries. She calls them her
Tornado explosions
Who was Mrs. Billup?
Melody's 3rd grade teacher.