22 May & 27 May - (week #8)

• Work on your "Covid - 19 Time capsule" (as posted in "week #3")

18 May - (week #8)

• Read "Monsters are due on Maple Street" as attached in the PDF to the right. 👉
• Watch the 3 part video of "Monsters are due on Maple Street"
• Part #1 - Part #2 - Part #3 should start automatically after part #2 but if it does not here is the link to Part #3. (sorry there are some commercials on TeacherTube).

19 May -

• Complete the "Compare and Contrast Versions" for "Monsters are due on Maple Street" and share with me when finished. 👉

20 May -

• Read/listen to chapter #19 & 20 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" (posted in week #4), use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart and reflection questions when finished with your reading.

21 May & 22 May -

• Read the background to the radio broadcast of H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" 👉
• Listen to the original radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds". Consider how ironic it is that we should end our year in ELA with this drama, the times we are living in today compared to the science fiction of what brought an end to the war. No assignment to turn in, just read, listen, and think...

• SPOILER ALERT - The Martians are killed by an onslaught of earthly pathogens, to which they had no immunity: "slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth".

11 May - (week #7)

• Read "The Hitchhiker" as attached in the PDF to the right. 👉
• Listen to the audio of "The Hitchhiker" posted here. 👉

12 May -

• Read/listen to chapter #13/14/15 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" (posted in week #4), use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading.

13 May -

• Complete the "Compare and Contrast Versions" for "The Hitchhiker" and share with me when finished. 👉

14 May -

• Read/listen to chapter #16/17/18 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" (posted in week #4), use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading.

15 May -

• Work on Compass Learning. Use the most recent folder and/or work on areas that were yellow or red on your latest report.
• Work on your "Covid - 19 Time capsule" (as posted in "week #3")

04 May - (week #6)

• Read Collection #4 poems "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout", "Weather", and "One". 👉
• Download a Google doc copy of the essay questions to collection #4 poems. Share with me when you are finished. 👉

05 May -

• Read/listen to chapter #7/8/9 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" (posted in week #4), use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading. Be sure you have shared with me so I can see your progress.

06 May -

• Write a narrative poem titled "My Digital Device" Download a Google doc copy of the directions as posted to the right. Do a self assessment and then share with me when you are finished. 👉
• Narrative poetry is a poem that has all the elements of a story. Narrative poetry tells stories in verse form. Like other stories, it has a setting, characters, a plot, and different actions.

07 May -

• Read/listen to chapter #10/11/12 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" (posted in week #4), use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading. Be sure you have shared with me so I can see your progress.

08 May -

• Work on Compass Learning. Use the most recent folder and/or work on areas that were yellow or red on your latest report.
• Work on your "Covid - 19 Time capsule" (as posted in "week #3")

27 April - (week #5)

• Create your own concrete poem (poem shaped to look like their subjects-lines arranged to create a picture). This can be completed on your computer or on paper, it's up to you. This video is an example of how you could create a concrete poem using your computer. Share your poem with me when you finish.

28 April -

• Read/listen to chapter #2/3 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas" (posted in week #4), use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading. Be sure you have shared with me so I can see your progress.

29 April -

• Read Collection #3 poems "Life", "The Courage that My Mother Had", and "Loo-Wit" posted here to the right. 👉
• Answer the essay questions to collection #3 poems. Share with me when you are finished. Questions are posted here to the right 👉

30 April -

• Read/listen to chapter #4/5/6 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas", use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading.

01 May -

• Work on Compass Learning. Use the most recent folder and/or work on areas that were yellow or red on your latest report.
• Work on your "Covid - 19 Time capsule" (as posted in "week #3")

20 April - (week #4)

• Look at "Winter", "Forsythia", and the Haiku posted in the document to the right. Read and reread all three. Think about them today. 👉

21 April -

• Download a copy of the essay questions for "Poetry Collection #2" posted here. 👉Write a response to poetry questions #1 today.
• Download a copy of "Boy in the striped pajamas" posted here. 👉 Read/listen to chapter #1 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas", use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading.

22 April -

• Write a response to poetry questions #2 today.
• Read/listen to chapter #2 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas", use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading.

23 April -

• Write a response to poetry questions #3 today and then share the document with me when you are finished.
• Read/listen to chapter #3 of "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas", use the links to the audio to listen. Complete the chart when finished with your reading.

22 April -

• Work on Compass Learning. Use the most recent folder and/or work on areas that were yellow or red on your latest report.
• Work on your "Covid - 19 Time capsule" posted to the right. 👉

13 April - (week #3)

• Look at "Ryder", "Seal", and the Haiku posted in the document to the right. Read and reread all three. Think about them today.

14 April & 15 April -

• Download a copy of the essay questions for "Poetry Collection #1" posted to the right. Write a response to all three questions and then share the document with me when you are finished.

16 April -

• Work on Compass Learning. Use the most recent folder and/or work on areas that were yellow or red on your latest report.

17 April - Download a copy of the "Covid - 19 Time capsule" posted to the right. You will be working on this a little every week: updates, reflections, additions for the remainder of the time class is out so this will be a "work in progress" and not finished until this historical time is over.

06 April - (week #2)

• What is the best way to communicate? Use the document posted to the right and share it with me when finished. Feel free to discuss with others that are at home with you.
• Watch the video "What makes a poem a poem?"

07 April -

• Poetry introduction assigned on Pearson SuccessNet.
• Read and reread the three the three docs posted above (How to read a poem, Poetry tools, and Types of poems).

08 April & 09 April - (budget your time)

- Read the three poems in the document posted to the right and share with me your responses to the following questions.

1. What feelings does the speaker in "The Desert Is My Mother" have for the desert? How do these feelings lead her to compare the desert with a mother? Support your answers with details from the poem.
2. Think about "Maestro", "Bailando", and "The Desert Is My Mother". Which poem did you like best? Explain why, using examples from the poem you prefer.
3. Think about the Big Question: What is the best way to communicate? In the three poems Pat Mora shows two ways to communicate. The maestro uses music. The aunt uses dancing. In as essay, explain which of these activities is a better way to communicate (music or dance). Support your answer with specific examples from the poems.

10 April - No assignment / Good Friday