The Hockey Sweater

During my school experience, I taught a lesson based on Adrienne Gear's Reading Power.

I first read a part of the book The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier and I encouraged my students to write a connection on a sticky note (Connect is the "first" power).

Then the students and I shared our connections as a group. This not only encourages public speaking but also helps students who do not have a connection yet.

Finally, the students are encouraged to use the "connect" graphic organizer (see sample of student work: in the part of the book I read, the little boy gets very mad and break his hockey stick).

At the end of the lesson, I discussed the various connection that a reader can make (Text-to-Self / Text-to-Text / Text-to-World). I read The Grumpy Bird to illustrate Text-to-Text connection and we discussed the Vancouver riot after a Hockey game a couple of year ago to  illustrate Text-to-World connection.