1. Think about… Sometimes in life, or in books and stories that we read, unexpected things happen; things we did not anticipate the twist or surprise in the end. Write about… In your journal, briefly explain an event in your life, in a story, or in book that you read that turned out unexpectedly or surprised you.

2. By Ursula Le Guin

3. Write your heading in the top right corner of your story. With a black pen or pencil number the paragraphs. There are 20. Write “STOP” after these paragraphs:  Paragraph 1  Paragraph 5  Paragraph 8  Paragraph 16  Paragraph 20

4. Take out a colored pen or colored pencil and write “a hint that something bad is going to happen” at the top of the story. As you read, circle, in one color, “a hint that something bad is going to happen” With your partner, compare notes at each stopping point. Be ready to share what you discussed at the end of each stopping point.

5. Take out a different colored pen or colored pencil and write “describes the husband” at the top of the story. Revisit the text and underline, in the second color, anything that “describes the husband”. With your partner, compare notes at each stopping point. Be ready to share what you discussed at the end of each stopping point.

6. Take out a third colored pen or colored pencil and write “Events in the story” at the top of the page. Check with your partner – write in the margin, in the third color, each event you encountered as you read the story. Be ready to share what you and your partner wrote in the margins.

7.  After Paragraph 1  What words does the narrator use to describe her husband?  What did you learn about her character?  After Paragraph 5  How has the narrator’s relationship with her husband changed?  After Paragraph 8  What happens between the father and the child?  Why does the narrator scold her child?  After Paragraph 16  What transformation has taken place?  What assumptions had you made about the characters that had to be changed?  After Paragraph 20  How has the narrator’s feelings changed toward her husband?

8. On the pink SLAM sheet, choose and write a question from the previous slide to SLAM. Use the following slides to guide your SLAM writing procedure.

9. Include parts of the question with your answer in the S section of the SLAM worksheet. S STATE part of the question in your answer (Restate the question).

10. When you locate evidence you can quote the text, paraphrase the text, or summarize the text. Be sure that this section is a complete sentence and connects to your S section of the SLAM. L LOCATE evidence from the text that will support your answer.

11. In this section you will analyze the L section of your SLAM. You will explain the meaning of the evidence you have collected; why you selected this evidence. A ADD the evidence using your own words (In other words…”)

12. When you write your M section of the SLAM, you will include what this question means to you and add an example or make a connection to an experience that is similar. M MAKE a meaningful connection (What does this mean to you?).

13. Turn in your completed SLAM.