This week we begin Unit 3 which will conclude our Human Rights module. Students will be working in small groups. In this group, each student will create an individual monologue surrounding an event in the novel. Each student in the group will capture the event from a different character's perspective.
We will focus a day to create the beginning, then the middle, and finally the end. Some of the strategies we will focus on are including dialogue and sensory details in our writing. I will let families know when we are just about finished so that students can share at home before our classroom performances! The end of novel choice projects (2 of them) are ongoing. All directions are on Google Classroom and students have a graphic organizer and the direction printed off. Our next grammar unit will be about writing Titles correctly.
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Quarter 1 ended today! The students did a great job finishing up Esperanza Rising this week. We discussed some of the figurative language that was woven throughout the book and character reactions to some of the most important events.
While we are finished with the book, students will be completing end of novel projects and performance tasks the next 2 weeks. On Monday, they will be introduced to their choice board projects- they will be choosing one historical topic to research and one novel project to complete (2 projects total). All directions will be posted in Google Classroom on Monday. Students will have a graphic organizer worksheet for the historical research. I will provide small posters for the historical project. The performance task for this module is creating an original monologue from the perspective of one of our characters in Esperanza Rising. Students will be assigned a small group and an event from the book. Each person in the group will then create an individual monologue for a character that is involved in that event and capture their point of view. Other updates: * Greek and Latin 2 Test Wednesday * We will begin our next grammar unit- Titles of Work We are heading into Unit 2 this week of our Human Rights unit. This unit will transition into more of a writing focus as we analyze character reactions to events in the book.
This week students are also finishing up "Welcome to Chicago" cards for refugees. They will be delivered to a center nearby that is hosting refugees. We connected this to the plot point in Esperanza Rising as she entered the United States after fleeing Mexico. This week: Grammar quiz on Wednesday- Parts of Speech: Students have an optional review to use to study, they can also sign back into Brain Pop through Clever to watch the video. Greek and Latin Unit 1 Test Friday- they can review their packet before the test. Have a great week! |
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