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Another journal response can be to create a mock interview between yourself the main character.

This puts the students through the thought process of what empathy is like. Tell her something you admire about her and why. Tell her how you are similar or different.

Some of the examples are to write a letter to the main character.

Second, I have multiple journal responses that I use throughout the unit that are engaging and assess student comprehension. I like to keep definitions as simple as possible because when you use long definitions there is a low chance of student retention. Students are to write a simple synonym for the definition. I start by passing out a vocabulary sheet in which students have the page number and the vocabulary word.

Starfish is an important book that should be taught in public or private schools. Starfish is an inspiring book about a young girl who is not only tormented by students at school, and her brothers and sisters, but her mother about her being overweight. Starfish by Lisa Fipps is a step-by-step guide for teachers who want to teach the novel. With this support buoying her, Ellie might finally be able to cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and starfish in real life-by unapologetically being her own fabulous self.Teach Starfish by Lisa Fipps What its about? Get the full Lesson below HERE Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbor, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. It's also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie's weight will motivate her to diet. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants.

To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules-like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that your body jiggles." And she's found her safe space-her swimming pool-where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world.

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse.Įver since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight.