Week of October 27th 
I am relieved that we will have a pretty normal week in PA. We will wrap up all learning tasks that are related to the story "Shells" by Cynthia Rylant. In addition, students will participate in a literary discussion about the text. Higher- level questions will be posed, and the students will be expected to use critical thinking skills to respond appropriately. Students will also be completing an exit slip that will assess their knowledge of the text as well as their interpretive skills. If time permits, each learner will begin writing a narrative about a time they came out of their shell. This task will serve as a culminating task for the text.