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This year's novel for the Global Read Aloud is Padma Venkatraman's second-person memoir, The Bridge Home. The story follows Viji and her sister as they leave an abusive home to the streets of Chennai. Their adventure pulls the heart and explores the themes of religion, family, poverty, and dreams.
Read more about The Global Read Aloud project here.
The hyperdoc is a collaborative document created by several teachers over the summer. Much of their work has inspired the following resources.
Hyperdoc
Hyperdoc
The link to make a copy of the hyperdoc can be found here
The link to make a copy of the hyperdoc can be found here
Reading Schedule
Reading Schedule
The Bridge Home:
Week 1 (September 30 - October 4): Chapters 1-7
Week 2 (October 7 - October 11): Chapters 8-15
Week 3 (October 14 - October 18): Chapters 16-22
Week 4 (October 21 - October 25): Chapters 23-30
Week 5 (October 28 - November 1): Chapters 31-37
Week 6 (November 4 - November 8): Chapters 38-44
Classroom Connection
Classroom Connection
Melissa Beedle from Surrey, BC connected with us for a MysteryHangout session in September. It was great to meet her Grade 7 students through the power of video calling. We have already written our first penpal letters, and we've shared our first Flipgrid posts as well. Can't wait to connect with her students again!
Pre-Reading Activity
Pre-Reading Activity
Shawn Schwerman posted this beautiful resource from "Doing Good Together" of picture books that related to poverty, homelessness, and hunger. Along with the picture books are three PDF handouts that you can use to give students a service-minded introduction to the poverty, hunger, and homelessness situation in the United States.
Some of the questions to use:
How would you feel if you had to rely on a stranger to provide your lunch every day?
How does it feel when you are hungry and you have to wait to eat?
What are ways we could help those who are hungry?
What do you think would be the hardest part of not having a home?
If you did not have a place to live, what things would be most important to you? Where would you sleep? How would you stay clean?
What things are you grateful for? Are these things you need to live or things that are simply nice to have?
Activities
Activities
Weekly Kahoot!
Weekly Kahoot!
Ryan Tinsdale is collecting information to join the weekly quizzes. Fill out the form to join in! Contact Ryan (teachingsmarter@gmail.com) if you have any questions.
Heads Up!
Heads Up!
Courtney Thompson created a version of "Heads Up" , where students played in partners against another set of partners and passed one Chromebook around. These could also be printed and used as cards.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NEL4STlxekKhrgzoxZoWhVi23L8-mWZgUhgjsx-LfO0/edit?usp=sharing
Colouring Page
Colouring Page
Sarah McElrath created a coloring page of the front cover to give students something to do while they listen. The PDF can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GRAMiddleSchool/permalink/405823856770472
The Bridge Home BW Colouring.pdfWorksheets
Worksheets
Pre-Reading (Week 0 - September 23-27)
Pre-Reading (Week 0 - September 23-27)
Make a copy of the pre-reading worksheet here
Activities included:
A) Picture Book Predictions
B) Picture Book Summary
C) Media Text and Article analysis
D) Poem Analysis
E) The Bridge Home Prediction
Week 1 - September 30 - October 4
Week 1 - September 30 - October 4
Chapters 1-7
Chapters 1-7
Padma's Week 1 Companion Photos are found here
Charlene Moreau Amos Week 1 Worksheets are found here (no longer free)
My Week 1 Worksheet can be found here
Activities included:
A) Travel Video introduction
B) Making Predictions and Asking Questions
C) Vocabulary
D) Discussion Questions
E) Introduction to Sketchnoting
F) Flipgrid Introduction
Week 2 - October 7-11
Week 2 - October 7-11
Chapters 8-15
Chapters 8-15
Charlene Moreau Amos Week 2 Worksheets are found here (no longer free)
My Week 2 Worksheet can be found here
Activities included:
A) Learn about Hinduism
B) Inferring Character using scenes from Frozen
C) Character Autopsy
D) Vocabulary
E) Discussion Questions
F) Figurative Language
G) Flipgrid - Reading a Passage out loud
Week 3 - October 14-18
Week 3 - October 14-18
Chapters 16-22
Chapters 16-22
Padma's Week 3 Companion Photos are found here
Shawn Schwerman's Google Slides are found here
Charlene Moreau Amos Week 3 Worksheets are found here (no longer free)
My Week 3 Worksheet can be found here
Activities included:
A) Media Text Analysis - News Reports
B) Making Connections
C) Drawing Kolams
D) Vocabulary
E) Discussion Questions
F) Flipgrid -Non-Verbal Cues
Week 4 - October 21-25
Week 4 - October 21-25
Chapters 23-30
Chapters 23-30
Padma's Week 4 Companion Photos are found here
Charlene Moreau Amos Week 4 Worksheets are found here (no longer free)
My Week 4 Worksheet can be found here
Activities included:
A) Preparation for Diwali
B) Reading Strategy - Analyzing Conflict
C) Elements of Style - Symbolism vs Imagery
D) Vocabulary
E) Discussion Questions
F) Flipgrid - Reading Responses
Week 5 - October 28 - November 1
Week 5 - October 28 - November 1
Chapters 31-37
Chapters 31-37
Padma's Week 5 Companion Photos are found here
Charlene Moreau Amos Week 5 Worksheets are found here (no longer free)
My Week 5 Worksheet can be found here
Activities included:
A) Summarizing
B) Cause & Effect
C) Ptot diagram
D) Vocabulary
E) Discussion Questions
F) Flipgrid
Resources
Resources
Padma Venkatraman's Teacher Resources: https://padmavenkatraman.com/teacher-resources-for-the-bridge-home-gra19-grabridge-projectlit-justreadit/
Parent Letter - https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Bridge-Home-Parent-Letter-4477083
Audiobook - https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/551690/the-bridge-home/
Aadland, Sarah. “Picture Books That Illuminate Hunger, Poverty, & Homelessness in America.” Doing Good Together™, Doing Good Together™, 8 Jan. 2016, https://www.doinggoodtogether.org/bhf-book-lists/picture-books-hunger-poverty-homelessness.
Railway Children: https://www.railwaychildren.org.uk/what-we-do/fight-for-street-children - https://youtu.be/pVNqytXEcN8
Weekly Discussion Questions (Emily Johnson Anderle): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g6KSn4Gq8GantSiDselsjOvdy8GhM9k7DLViz8HrriQ/edit
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