No Talking by Andrew Clements

(courtesy of amazon.com) Title: No Talking Authors: Andrew Clements Lexile: 750L Genre: Realistic Fiction Summary: The 5th grade class at Laketon Elementary has always been loud, named by the teachers as the unhushables. But during the loudest part of the day, the lunch period, Mrs. Hiatt suddenly finds herself in a quieted hall. That sound of silence! What could have quieted the loudest group Laketon has ever seen? Find out in No Talking by Andrew Clements. Selling Tool: Bookmark, https://www.canva.com/design/DACkm3FBt8o/share?role=EDITOR&token=DFYitE0oGppV_Za76wVl5w&utm_content=DACkm3FBt8o&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton Learning Activity: In the story, there are several lesson examples which may be fun to reenact in real life. One such lesson would have the students communicate an entire class period without talking, Instead, they must write out all their conversations. Here is the teacher telling them the lesson on pg 73, "Today there will be writing only. Nothing will be turned in, but everyone must write all period long, and everyone must communicate with at least four other people. You may not stop writing for more than fifteen seconds." Learning Goal: Students will explore alternate forms of communication by communicating only in writing. Learning Objective: (K) Students will use effective writing techniques to communicate to their peers with short written passages. (S) Students will write out all of their conversations in prose. Learning Outcome: Students will demonstrate grade level writing techniques in written short passages.