Comprehension Focus: Making Connections
A student uses thought cloud sticky notes to record text-to-self connections while reading The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass.
May 13, 2013
manemaven
The Crucible
This week we will start The Crucible
We will watch short sections of this movie each week to assist us with the text reading.
Here is what I have planned for us:
-We will share our reading and respond in writing to excerpts from the text to improve our reading + writing skills
-We will learn about literary elements like setting, theme, and point-of-view
-We will also create a group PLOT diagram!
-Then we will head over to readwritethink.org and complete a character analysis
Get excited about learning!!!
Learning Lab Time!
Mr. Gillis and Ms. Cade create an interactive coordinate plane to teach students about math.
Students having fun while they learn about slope!
Mock Election Today!!!
Jessica taking ballots
Mr. Olson & Ms. Cade casting their vote
- Long lines today at the polls!
Thank you for participating in the mock election today. It is important for you to express your views and participate in the democratic process.
Dave Herman
Winfree School of Creative Arts
Big Thank You to Ms. Warwick, Art Teacher, for introducing us to Dave Herman today! Dave is an artist and art educator for a nonprofit organization called Preservation LINK, Inc. He was amazing today, wouldn’t you agree? My favorite part was viewing the photography and sitting in the unity circle and hearing about what motivates you!
Read More Here: http://www.winfreeforum.com/ncade/art.pdf
Ain’t I A Woman?
Sojourner Truth
The Black abolitionist Soujourner Truth was freed from slavery in 1827. She spoke to a gathering of feminists in Akron, Ohio in 1851. Let’s watch the following video to see what Truth had to say about equal rights.
Book Reviews
Check out our new learning lab library created just for you! Pick out a book and give us the thumbs up or thumbs down. Also, make sure to grab a book mark for your teacher to sign. When you read 7 books you will receive a free meal courtesy of Raising Canes. Mmmmm…chicken 🙂
Scene 4- The Great Debaters
Today we watched scene 4 of The Great Debaters. Mr. Tolson and the Wiley College debate team have a rude awakening when they encounter a lynch mob on the back roads of rural Texas. We talked about making inferences based on what we know. Melissa asked if the man that was hung in the tree was a black man. We discussed this and the group concensus was that he was most likely a black man based on the evidence and reasoning from the movie. Mariah won the poster contest today. Yay!! Mariah. You get a free movie ticket and popcorn for tomorrows movie day! Work it 🙂
Scene 3-The Great Debaters
Students create Frayer models to study vocabulary
In scene 3 we find James Farmer, Jr. eaves dropping on Mr. Tolson while he is at a meeting with sharecroppers. When the meeting is suddenly disrupted by local officials who don’t want to see a union form, James finds himself in hot water! Luckily for him, Mr. Tolson pulls him to safety. Although he survives this situation, things take a turn for the worse when his father finds out he has been out all night up to no good.
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