Whole-Group Instruction:

Reading 1: Two Kinds from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Reading 2: A Simple Act (News Blog)

Reading 3: An excerpt from An Invisible Thread (Memoir)

Skills Check/Assessment

Performance Tasks:

• Writing Focus: Write a NonFiction Narrative

Small Group Reading:

Reading 1: Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks (News Article)

Reading 2: from Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou (Memoir)

Reading 3: Learning to Love My Mother Maya Angelou (Media Video)

Reading 4: Mother-Daughter Drawings (Media Image Gallery)

Reading 5: Mother to Son by Langston Hughes and To James by Frank Home (Poetry)

Skills Check/Assessment

Performance Task: Present a NonFiction Narrative

Independent Learning/Reading:

Readers choose from six different selection to practice the skills on their own.