November 28/29

November 28/29

EQ: How can I add more descriptive language to my writing?

Agenda:
Exercise on descriptive writing - Show Not Tell.

• Similes
• Metaphors
• Sensory language
• Ba Da Bing!

Continue journal entry 3

Homework
For anyone who has not completed Journal Entry #2 (boat ride), please complete it for homework.

November 22/23

November 22/23

EQ: What experiences will your immigration character have on Ellis Island?

Agenda:
Exercise on avoiding run-on sentences.
Continue journal entry 3

Homework
Check over reading packet for completion and quality and turn in Monday
(White Day will turn in reading packet on Thursday (not Tuesday) because we missed a class period due to Immigration Simulation)

November 18/21

November 18/21

EQ: What experiences will your immigration character have on Ellis Island?

Agenda:
Complete journal entry #2
Begin journal entry 3

Homework
Read Letters From Rifka - complete the book and reading packet

November 16/17

November 16/17

EQ: What experiences will your immigration character have on the ship to America?

Agenda:
Vocabulary
Continue journal entry #2

Homework
Read Letters From Rifka pages 89-110
Answer questions 7-11 in packet #2

November 14/15

November 14

EQ: What adventures/obstacles does Rifka have on the ship to America and what adventures/obstacles might my immigration character have on the ship to America?

Agenda:
Review Rifka's experiences on the ship to America
Vocabulary for Rifka packet #2

Homework
Finish reading packet #1 (Question 20)
Begin reading packet #2 (Complete questions 1-6)
(Remember to answer all questions in complete sentences.)

November 10

November 10 (White Day)

EQ: What adventures/obstacles might my immigration character have?

Agenda:
Listen to sample journal entries
Continue writing rough draft of Journal Entry #1 (from home to port city)

• Explaining your push and pull factors
• Using sensory language (describing what you felt, heard, saw, smelled) on your journey
• Describing obstacles you had along the way to your port city (where you'll board a ship for America)

Homework
Complete Journal Entry #1 (journey from home to port city)
Review Checklist (yellow 1/2 sheet) to make sure you have all requirements included

November 9

November 9 (Red Day)

EQ: What adventures/obstacles might my immigration character have?

Agenda:
Listen to sample journal entries
Continue writing rough draft of Journal Entry #1 (from home to port city)

Homework
Complete rough draft of Journal Entry #1

November 8

November 8 (White Day)

EQ: What adventures/obstacles might my immigration character have?

Agenda:
Sensory language brainstorming
Begin writing rough draft

Homework
Continue reading Rifka to page 65.  Answer questions 6-19.

November 7

November 7 (Red Day)
EQ: What character traits might my immigration character have?

Agenda:
Building a character for the Immigration Simulation
Choosing a home country for your character
Choosing a name for your character
  
Homework
Continue reading Rifka to page 65.  Answer questions 6-19.

November 3/4

EQ: What are push and pull factors in immigration?

Agenda:
Read aloud of Letters from Rifka
Identify Push/Pull factors for Rifka's family
Model using words in the question to answer comprehension packet in complete sentences
  
Homework
Continue reading Rifka to page 40.
Answer questions 1-5 in packet.

November 1/2

EQ: What do I need to know to help me understand Letters from Rifka?

Agenda:
Reader's Theater -- Interview with author Karen Hesse
Vocabulary game - "Password"
  
Homework
No homework