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Title: Dear Basketball

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Google Classroom Instructions: Read “Dear Basketball” and answer a set of questions as you read to help you identify details, including figurative and connotative language, that express the themes of this poem. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.

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Google Slide Deck: Dear Basketball

Guided Reading: Dear Basketball Part 1

Title: Dear Basketball-Part 2

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Google Classroom Instructions: Reread “Dear Basketball” and construct your own tribute poem/letter based on the poem, Dear Basketball. You will draft your thoughts, complete a graphic organizer, add figurative language to your draft, and then complete your final product. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.

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Google Slide Deck: Dear Basketball-Part 2

Graphic Organizer: Dear Basketball GO

Title: Anne Frank

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Google Classroom Instructions: Read the article “Anne Frank Made Her Last Diary Entry on August 1st, 1944. This Is What it Said…” Try and relate or connect to Anne Frank’s struggle to survive as a young teenager hiding in a cramped, tiny room with many other family members trying to “stay quiet” for fear of being caught. Try imagining doing this for two years. Realize and recognize how important it is that we have the diary to read and how important words, feelings, time and record keepings are in understanding peopl and history. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.

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Google Slide Deck: Anne Frank

Writing Assignment: Anne Frank’s Last Entry

Title: Make Your Soul Grow

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Google Classroom Instructions: Read “Make Your Soul Grow” and construct your own Soul Growing or Slam Poetry based on the advice, experience and expertise of either a world renowned author (Kurt Vonnegut) or high school classroom teacher (Miss Gayle). Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.

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Google Slide Deck: Make Your Soul Grow

Writing Assignment: Soul Growing/Slam Poetry

Title: Make Your Soul Grow Part Two

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Google Classroom Instructions: Re-read the poem you wrote in the Day 4 activity and expand it to paint a vivid detail of your academic school year. Complete instructions and tasks can be found in the Google Slide presentation.

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Google Slide Deck: Make Your Soul Grow Part Two

Writing Assignment: Soul Growing Slam Poetry Part Two