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We started the Perspectives and Narratives Unit. In this unit, we read a variety of authors including Amy Tan and Roald Dahl. -
We had to take the first iReady Diagnostic. It was not an enjoyable experience. -
For this essay, we needed to analyze the mothers in "Fish Cheeks" and "My Mother's Garden. It was the first time we were given the expectations of these essays. -
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Instead of reading the original novel, we read a graphic novel adaptation. We read this book together. Sometimes classmates would use silly voices for the characters. -
For this assignment, we needed to argue if the creature in Frankenstein was human or not. We used evidence from the text to support our answer. This time we used outlines to plan our writing.
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We took this assessment on the computer. It had. us read excerpts from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.
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We started learning about Ada Lovelace, a woman who's father was a poet, but was raised by her mother who pushed her to study math and science. She looked fancy, but was really smart. She developed coding for the first computer. -
Inspired by Ada Lovelace, we created Keyhole Poem. These are original poems that were modified by cutting out holes to resemble the old computer keys, creating a new poem. -
At the start of the Space Race Unit, we practiced skimming the text for information with a series of scavenger hunts. -
We each had a cosmonaut or astronaut from the Space Race to research and write blogs from their perspective.