6. In this clip, when Anna compliments Christina’s drawing, Christina replies that “Marrin makes it easy with so many facts.” How does this observation lead the group to explore the text more closely? How does Michael use the prompt to raise questions about Marrin’s use of facts? Christina: Well, Marrin makes it easy with all these facts.
Chris: Yeah, so many! Check it out: “At exactly 4:45 pm someone pulled the eighth-floor fire alarm.”
Michael: Right. Here’s another: “Company 72 arrived from a firehouse six blocks away.”
Ana: Sounds like an article in El Universal. It’s a Mexican newspaper, my dad still gets it.
Michael: You’re right, he does sound like a newspaper reporter, doesn’t he? I wonder if he’s doing it on purpose.
Chris: Well, why would he do that?
Michael: Well, Ms. Leonard always asks us to look at why a writer chooses to do something. So, why is Marrin using all these facts?
Ana: I don’t know. So, do we believe what he’s saying is true?
Christina: Well, isn’t it?
Michael: Well, the prompt asks us to look for creative writing elements, so that must mean that at least some of what Marrin is writing has to come from his head, right?
Chris: I gotta read this again, anybody else?