Take a Stand

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Purpose Of The Book:

The Gorp's Gift was created as a tool for teachers and parents to sensitively and gently open a dialogue on GUN ACCIDENT PREVENTION. It aims to empower each child so s/he'll know what to do, and what not to do if s/he encounters one of the 240 million guns that now exist in the United States. Meeting and remembering Gorp serves to reinforce his life-saving message.

Connection

• Remember when we read the book?
• Gorp made a choice
• I want you to make a choice and write it down

Teaching Point

I am for gun safety
I chose to write a poem. (share poem)You can choose to write about how you feel about gun safety however you want.

active engagement

suggestions

• a true story or narrative
• a reflection on what happened in our story
• explore the internet and back up your stand
• poem or song
• other

which strategy?

real world writing

• express/reflect - what are your thoughts?
• evaluate and judge- what should you do in this situation?
• inquire and explore- maybe you do not know enough about gun safety
• analyze and interpret- why did this happen?

Today i am asking you to take a stand on gun safety. You can use any of our real world strategies to do it. I am excited to see what you come up with!

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