The students of Mrs. Porter's English 8 classes are currently reading the short story, "Flowers for Algernon". Before the students started reading, they discussed identifying character traits, examining the structure of a text, and the author, Daniel Keyes. The students also discussed how a short story or novel is adapted in to a screenplay, and the author, Stirling Silliphant, who adapted "Flowers for Algernon" into the screenplay,
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While reading the story and the excerpt from the screenplay, the students worked in cooperative reading groups. The students analyzed the story by tracing the main character's dynamic change and his changing character traits. The students also worked on a discussion guide as a group and analyzed the structure of the text.
