Circle:
Pete and I will be after school tonight. Please attend to make work up.
Community Building
We'll play the Digging Game.
Vocabulary Test: Literary Devices -- Repeat (Period 7&8 Only)
Simile, Metaphor, Imagery, Symbolism, Flashbacks, Foreshadowing, Motif, Allegory, Juxtaposition, Point of view
Unit: Rumford or Cape? Census Data
Activity: Using from from Rumford and Cape Elizabeth you will be looking for similarities and differences between the two towns in order to figure out where to move.Learning Target: I can use data and information to explain how my choices determine who I will become.
1) Look at the demographic data identifying characteristics that are different between the two town.
2) As you identify differences, write them down.
3) At your table, share your important discoveries, writing them in the middle.
4) Now determine why what you noticed matters -- how does it help or hurt your child?
5) Report out
6) On your own, record data that both supports and makes you question your decision.
7) Write a paragraph.
Understanding Class: The Outsiders
Learning Target: I can explain how a theme is developed in literature using characterization and symbols; I can define class and explain how class can limit people.
We will be reading the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Written in the 1960's when she was 16 years old, it is a book that explores class and how classism limits people. We will use it to understand how class in both Rumford and Cape Elizabeth is both good and bad and how it can put up barriers to growth and change.
Resources: Audio Book, PDF of the book
Before reading, we may write a paragraph using information from the last reading.
1) As we read, there will be a goggle doc (in Classroom) that you will use to keep track of your notes, including characterization, conflict, topics.
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