Please find below the list of suggested tasks for the week. During this time away from school, it is important to keep learning and it’s VERY important to keep reading. All assignments and comment threads are posted in google classroom.
As always, please email me if you have any questions.
Suggested Work for the Week of March 23rd
- Do some research on the colleges you have an interest in attending in the future. Follow the guidelines in the google classroom assignment to compare/contrast and then post your findings in the discussion thread. You will also come back throughout the week and leave questions/comment on other students’ findings.
- If you have not done so yet, you can watch the “Flowers for Algernon” movie from 2000, starring Matthew Modine. If you have access to Amazon Prime, you can watch it there; it is also available for free on youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B7En7qg6rg.
I have posted a discussion thread on google classroom for you to share your thoughts on the movie (favorite part, most confusing part, most “different from the book” part…..).
SSR Reading
- Read daily. I suggest 30 minutes a day. You can make daily annotations on sticky notes, your phone, or notebook paper to help increase your comprehension. See the bookmark posted on Google Classroom under SSR weekly reflections for sentence starters/ideas.
- At the end of the week (anytime up until Sunday) write an SSR Weekly Reflection (posted on Google Classroom).
Note : If you do not have your novel at home, or you are expecting to finish it soon, you may use any online platform available to you for access to books, or use my favorite, cheap, online book site to buy a book, or two. I have included some links below to help you get started, and the first 5 people (new customers only) to use the first Thriftbooks link will receive an additional 15% discount on their book purchase. If you have a Dearborn or Dearborn Heights library card you may get ebooks from the library, as well.
FREE online reading sources
https://rivetedlit.com/?s=full+reads
Thriftbooks-an affordable site for NEW and used books-spend $10 and get free shipping-
https://www.thriftbooks.com/share/?code=aX0xC94TnKW%252bykZ%252fXSuQYQ%253d%253d
More free reading resources from your school librarian Mrs. Harrison
- For a free ID and PW to connect to Open eBooks, email Mrs. Harrison at harrisc@dearbornschools.org
- Classic Books (Library of Congress)
- Free Booksy
- Dearborn Public Libraries (if you have a library card)
- Many Books
- Open Library
- Project Gutenberg