Ms. Vernon’s 8th Grade students utilized podcasting in order to increase comprehension and writing skills using the novel Copper Sun by Sharon Draper. There is a particularly dramatic scene in the story about slavery, where the outsiders come to the African village and kidnap the members of the tribe. After reading the chapter and an introductory lesson on screenwriting, the students dramatized the scene by writing scripts in small groups. They used dialogue and description, through the use of a narrator.
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