Stargirl Podcast

To help my students develop skills for the 7th Grade State Core standards, we will create a podcast. This will help the students comprehend character development, and it will also help them to connect the text to themselves.

Jerry Spinelli's novel, Stargirl, is about a sophomore who brings a refreshing sense of freedom to her high school when she follows her own heart. She does not seem to care what anyone else thinks.

In one part of the novel, students create a TV show, interviewing different members of the high school. We will follow this pattern, except that students will write scripts analyzing the action of the story.

The technology will help the students become engaged in a meaningful and authentic project.