Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Since the beginning of the school year, high school freshman Melinda Sordino has found that it's been getting harder and harder for her to speak out loud: "My throat is always sore, my lips raw.... Every time I try to talk to my parents or a teacher, I sputter or freeze.... It's like I have some kind of spastic laryngitis." What could have caused Melinda to suddenly fall mute? Could it be due to the fact that no one at school is speaking to her because she called the cops and got everyone busted at the seniors' big end-of-summer party? Or maybe it's because her parents' only form of communication is Post-It notes written on their way out the door to their nine-to-whenever jobs. While Melinda is bothered by these things, deep down she knows the real reason why she's been struck mute...
Speak Documents:
Speak Learning Map
PTSD Article of the Week
Marking Period 1
Cover and LEQ
The First Ten Lies
Response Journal
Character Organizer
Character Organizer Key
Bio Poem
Observation and Discussion Journal
Signs of Depression
Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer 2
Constructed Response for MP1
Marking Period 2
Cover and LEQ
Alliteration
Irony
Symbols
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Graphic Organizer for PTSD
Graphic Organizer 2 for PTSD
PTSD AoW
Constructed Response for MP2
Marking Period 3
Cover and LEQ
Onomatopoeia
Personification 1
Personification 2
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment Quiz
Graphic Organizer for Sexual Harassment
Constructed Response for MP3
Article on Rape
Marking Period 4
Cover and LEQ
Metaphors and Similes
Extended Metaphors
Motifs
Theme Notes
Themes in Speak
Graphic Organizer for Theme
Constructed Response for MP4
Study Guide Questions
Page 3 - 17
Page 17 - 32
Page 32 - 46
Page 46 - 77
Page 77 - 92
Page 92 - 116
Page 116 - 137
Page 137 - 168
Page 168 - 198
Review
Symbolism and Flashbacks in Speak Video
Group Discussion Questions
Speak Documents:
Speak Learning Map
PTSD Article of the Week
Marking Period 1
Cover and LEQ
The First Ten Lies
Response Journal
Character Organizer
Character Organizer Key
Bio Poem
Observation and Discussion Journal
Signs of Depression
Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer 2
Constructed Response for MP1
Marking Period 2
Cover and LEQ
Alliteration
Irony
Symbols
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Graphic Organizer for PTSD
Graphic Organizer 2 for PTSD
PTSD AoW
Constructed Response for MP2
Marking Period 3
Cover and LEQ
Onomatopoeia
Personification 1
Personification 2
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment Quiz
Graphic Organizer for Sexual Harassment
Constructed Response for MP3
Article on Rape
Marking Period 4
Cover and LEQ
Metaphors and Similes
Extended Metaphors
Motifs
Theme Notes
Themes in Speak
Graphic Organizer for Theme
Constructed Response for MP4
Study Guide Questions
Page 3 - 17
Page 17 - 32
Page 32 - 46
Page 46 - 77
Page 77 - 92
Page 92 - 116
Page 116 - 137
Page 137 - 168
Page 168 - 198
Review
Symbolism and Flashbacks in Speak Video
Group Discussion Questions
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