ELA
Students in ELA will begin the Social Awareness and Advocacy Unit this week.
We define social awareness as being knowledgeable about the needs of the underprivileged, the old and infirm, the homeless, the abused, the unemployed, the poor, the handicapped (physically and mentally) and those facing racial, sexual, and cultural discrimination.
The topic of awareness for this week is disabilities. Students will be learning about Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind person to summit Mt. Everest. His story of perseverance, even with a significant challenge standing in the way, is one that students really resonate with and connect to. In his writings, Erik talks about "Everest" moments; the moments in our life when something is so tough and so challenging and we have to decide whether to climb over it, or fall off the side. His words are just so empowering to all students and are a stark reminder that each and every one of us has the power to summit just about anything - not matter what challenge stands in our way.
We will be reading an essay about Erik called, "Blind to Failure", which chronicles his life and his climbing career. In addition, we will be watching the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) documentary of Erik's summit of Everest. In addition, the education coordinator of SOAR of the Fox Cities will be coming to class to speak with students about how our community helps those with disabilities.
Google Docs!
At parent night, I made mention to the fact that I would be posting our worksheets, handouts, readings, etc. on this site. I am finding that this is not very user friendly, as I have to grant permissions for you to view them. At this point, I am going to ask that you consult with your student, who has access to everything in their google classroom. This is the place where you can view everything. I will, however, still post due dates on this site. Thank you!
September 26, 2018
Today, students will be writing an analytical paragraph that shows the relationship between a character in a story and the development of the plot. Students have spent a considerable amount of time preparing for this paragraph, i.e. gathering evidence, explaining the relationship between the two, and explaining why that relationship is important for understanding the motivations of the character. Today, they will be putting it all together. This "practice" will be done in class and will be submitted by the end of the class period. Please ask your student to show you what they turned in today. They will be typing it in google docs, so they will have it available to them.
The standards that will be assessed are:
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
The same activity we are doing in class today will be the same activity they will complete on the FINAL ASSESSMENT at the end of October.
OEU2_letter_letterhead.pdfQuarter Two is fast approaching. And with a new quarter, comes a new unit of study. For this quarter, students will be studying nonfiction. Attached is a letter that provides pertinent information about what our ELA students will be learning!