We have started our new unit on To Kill a Mockingbird. Students are expected to do the majority of the reading on their own, at home every night. We will be discussing the two themes "taking a stand" and "treating others the way you want to be treated." We will do this through text-dependent questions, objective summaries, character analysis, symbolism, foreshadowing/flashback, close reading, plot, and text to movie comparison/contrast.
Homework board
Monday - ch. 4 vocabulary and 1 daily notes questions
Tuesday - Read ch. 5 and complete vocab and complete the 3 in-class questions
Wednesday - Read ch. 6-7, finish in-class writing
7th grade
We have started our new unit on The Giver. Students are expected to do the majority of the reading on their own, at home every night. We will be discussing the following two themes, "Respecting and accepting individuality" and "Not opting for conformity." We will do this through the following skills practice: objective summaries, character analysis, whole/small group discussion, text-dependent questions, close reading, plot, comparing/contrasting and locating relevant textual evidence.
Homework board
Monday - Read ch. 7 and 8
Tuesday - Read ch.9 and respond to discussion question
Wednesday - Read ch. 10-11 and complete in class compare and contrast writing assignment.