You will participate in five learning units this year. The following is a brief outline of the first topic, reading, and writing we will be covering.
Unit 1 Topic: Generations
Essential question: What can one generation learn from another?
Key Skills to be Addressed: Academic and Concept Vocabulary, Writing to Sources, Comparing Literature, Analyzing Author's
Point of View, Conducting Research, Develop Your Writing Style and Voice
Final Performance assignments: Nonfiction narrative and multimedia presentation
Whole Class Readings and Media: "Grounded"
"Two Kinds" from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
"A Simple Act" by Tyler Jackson
from An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
Small Group Readings and Media: "Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks" by Jennifer Ludden
Cyber-Seniors
from Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
Learning to Love my Mother produced by Maya Angelou and Michael Maher
Mother-Daughter Drawings by Mica and Myla Hendricks
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
"To James" by Frank Horne
Novel Suggestions to earn AR points and meet reading goals:
Stand Tall by Joan Bauer (L. 520)
Fair Weather by Richard Peck (L. 670)
Ribbons by Laurence Yep (L. 710)
Unit 1 Topic: Generations
Essential question: What can one generation learn from another?
Key Skills to be Addressed: Academic and Concept Vocabulary, Writing to Sources, Comparing Literature, Analyzing Author's
Point of View, Conducting Research, Develop Your Writing Style and Voice
Final Performance assignments: Nonfiction narrative and multimedia presentation
Whole Class Readings and Media: "Grounded"
"Two Kinds" from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
"A Simple Act" by Tyler Jackson
from An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
Small Group Readings and Media: "Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks" by Jennifer Ludden
Cyber-Seniors
from Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
Learning to Love my Mother produced by Maya Angelou and Michael Maher
Mother-Daughter Drawings by Mica and Myla Hendricks
"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
"To James" by Frank Horne
Novel Suggestions to earn AR points and meet reading goals:
Stand Tall by Joan Bauer (L. 520)
Fair Weather by Richard Peck (L. 670)
Ribbons by Laurence Yep (L. 710)