Daily Archives: November 22, 2017

Wednesday November 21st, 2017

Hello,

*Reminder:  Today is a shorter day due to parent teacher interviews

-Silent Reading

Yesterday we worked on the activity below.  Today your group will be presenting your topics for your group.

In your lit. circle group: you are to create a short presentation to the class and teach the class about a topic from your novel.  You can present on a ‘program’ of your choice….

-To Kill  Mockingbird:  Jim Crow Laws

-Indian Horse:  Residential Schools

-The Help: Civil Rights Movement

-Aristotle and Dante: Mexican American Identity

-Takedown: Drug Trade and sub-culture in Canada

-Persepolis: religious extremism, sexism, totalitarianism, or fundamentalism.

-Zomboy:  the quest for inclusion in society

*For Thursday’s Class, please prepare your next role for another Discussion.