This week, students will receive a preview of Workshop #4, D-Day. Students will learn how World War II was a pivotal time for the US and for the entire world. Furthermore, they will learn about various aspects of the war effort, from the role of soldiers to journalists and army nurses. Students will reflect on what made the United States become involved in World War II. They will build content-area vocabulary to equip them for understanding the texts in the workshop.
The Reading Inventory will be administered Tuesday, November 19th. This assessment will measure students' lexile. Furthermore, students will analyze a literary analysis. They will also complete a performance task for Workshop #2, which will require them to create a comic strip about identity. Reading logs will be checked Friday, November 22nd. Students are also expected to complete another Reading Counts quiz by Friday, November 22nd.
This week, we will complete Workshop #2, and students will publish their literary analysis. Students will also complete the End of Workshop Assessment, Thursday, November 14th. The students will be assessed over the following concepts: prefixes, context clues, figurative language, verb tenses, and elements of a story. Furthermore, students will receive an overview of Workshop #4.
This week, students will analyze a literary analysis. They will also compare and contrast two characters discussed in the workshop to write a literary analysis. Students will focus on how each character relates to their cultures by citing textual evidence to support their analysis.
Students will continue to determine and analyze figurative language within a text. They will also apply figurative language within their writing by creating a fairy tale. Furthermore, students will analyze a model literary analysis.
This week, students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in an essay, including figurative language. They will also analyze how an author uses figurative language to engage a reader. Students will then apply figurative language such as similes, metaphors, and personification within their writing. Furthermore, students will continue to analyze how an author uses literary elements to develop a story.
This week, students will write a character analysis. As students write the paragraph analyzing the development of Junior's character, they will return to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian to think deeply and gather relevant evidence. Students will also complete the Interim Checkpoint where they will be assessed over the concepts covered throughout the first portion of the workshop.
Last week, students read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which reflects many of Sherman Alexie’s experiences trying to fit into a white community while growing up on a reservation. Students will continue to connect text details with illustrations to get a better sense of the double life the main character leads. They will also analyze the literary elements throughout the text. Students will draft a character analysis to show how a character develops over the course of the text.
This week, students will preview Workshop #2. Over the next few weeks, students will learn about how their experiences can shape how they view themselves in the world. In Workshop #2, students will meet a variety of people, both fictional and real, who struggle with figuring out who they are as individuals and as members of their cultural communities. This week, students will meet Sherman Alexie and learn about his difficult choice to leave his Indian reservation as a teen. Furthermore, the second Reading Counts quiz is due Friday, October 4th.
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