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down 10 things you notice dont try to describe the whole picture, just jot down notes on what you see.

Step 1: Look at the photo/painting carefully. Jot down notes on what you see (2 minutes). Dont write any full sentences yet just words/phrases. Step 2: Share with the whole class. Step 3: Using your annotations, describe what is happening in the photograph/painting. Number your paper from 1-10, and describe 10 things you observe in the photograph. (6 minutes) Step 4: Share with a partner. Step 5: Now share your own or your partners descriptions.

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of student work

Artful Artist: draw an important moment in the poem. Write a few sentences explaining what you drew and why its important. Word Wizard: Identify all the words your group is unfamiliar with. Look up definitions for those words. Passage-Picker: Choose one or two stanzas that you think are the most important for understanding the poem. Be ready to read that stanza out loud, and talk about why you think its so important. Connection-Maker: Make a connection to a text/movie/real-world event outside of the poem. For this poem, you might want to do a little research on German-Jewish refugees (like the Frank family!) right before World War II. Savvy Summarizer: Recap whats going on in the poem. What is about? What is the conflict?

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your analysis, be sure to address:

The characters. The plot (especially the conflict). The historical context.

The illustrations. What are the illustrations like?

How do they help to tell the story? Did you learn anything new about the historical context through this picture book?

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through The Key Game, by Ida Fink. In your literature circles, plan how youll divide the story so that the entire story is illustrated. Think about how you would illustrate your section of the story. You may need to write down your ideas. Think about how it would be illustrated on a page of a picture book. Friday you will be working in your literature circles, but illustrating individually.

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