Nonfiction
DIRECTIONS FOR GETTING STARTED:
DIRECTIONS FOR GETTING STARTED:
- Log in to Newsela with your school Google account.
- Click on Your Assignments.
- Choose one of the two required articles for English 7. They both relate to themes or topics in The Outsiders.
- Follow the directions in Newsela to annotate, write to a prompt, and take a quiz.
- Read one article a week (minimum): You can read them in any order as long as you finish all three by January 18.
GO BEYOND: NONFICTION CHALLENGE:
GO BEYOND: NONFICTION CHALLENGE:
If you have read all of the assigned nonfiction articles in Newsela, choose another article from The Outsiders Text Set.
- Click HERE open the The Outsiders Text Set.
- Log in to Newsela with your school Google account.
- Choose a new article from the text set.
- Annotate the article with 3 different cognitive strategies. To annotate, select a phrase or sentence or paragraph you want to respond to and choose a color to highlight it. Write your response on the line provided. Be sure to label the cogntive strategy. Click HERE to open the cognitive strategy bookmark.
- Take the quiz.
- Newsela will alert me when you finish an article. To be on the safe side, you may also want to email amcmillan@sbunified.org or send a message on NEO.