Keeping in Touch:
- You should have been invited to join your advisory teachers “Remind” group.
Let me know if you need the link.
- All assignments and directions will be posted on Monday morning on the blog and Google Classroom (no more emails).
- There will be no google meetings this week per the district. To support your learning, we have/will provide instructional videos on Google-Classroom.
- Please notify by email of any late work you have done so I know to check it.
- If you have questions, after reading all the directions, please email me directly.
I don’t see your comments on google-classroom until I am checking work.
Overview:
Now that you have background knowledge of The Outsiders you are ready to begin reading!
If you didn’t get your own copy of this classic book, there are two versions available to use on Google-Classroom along with the corresponding audio version.
REQUIRED WORK on Google Classroom-
- Introduction to The Outsiders.Watch the book trailer. Complete the paragraph journal response. Due Friday, May 8th.
- Chapter 1- 2 The Outsiders. Review video lessons on setting and character. Read, answer questions. Due Friday, May 8th. Work on Interactive Notebook slide 2-7 ongoing project.
- The Outsiders Collage: Finish your ongoing project to put together what you learned from the WebQuest into a Google-slide collage. See Google Classroom. Due Friday, May 8th.
Suggested Pacing Schedule: Monday: Introduction to The Outsiders Tuesday: Read Chapter 1 and complete Chapter 1 Questions, Wednesday: Read Chapter 2 and complete Chapter 2 Questions Thursday & Friday : Complete Collage and work on Interactive Notebook slide 2-7
REQUIRED-SSR:
- Read daily. I suggest 30 minutes a day. You can make daily annotations on a sticky note or notebook paper. See the bookmark posted on Google Classroom under SSR+ weekly Reflections
- At the end of the week (up until Sunday) write a SSR+ Weekly Reflection 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. You can find a list of sources on our blogs and Google Classroom as well as below.
Bored…looking for something to do besides more Netflix and
video games, give one of these a try:
- Start (or continue) a journal about what life is like for you in this “quarantine” time period. It can help your mind, as well as perhaps serve as a primary source to others one day.
- A former Bryant student, Bailey, has put together a nightly “History Bedtime Story” where she shares a story of some history from Detroit on her company website. Don’t let the title scare you off. The stories are quirky, little known facts about Detroit and only about 5 minutes each. You can watch them anytime of the day, so give it a try.
On top of being an engineer at GM (I believe), she runs a tour company and club called Detroit History Tours and The Detroit History Club. I thought it would be interesting for you to hear from someone, who once sat in the same classrooms as you.
VIDEO HISTORY BEDTIME STORIES — Detroit History Tours tour detroit
- Try a podcast: Here are a few that sounded interesting to me. I’ve never listened to one, but I’m going to give it a try. I’m thinking it’s like listening to those radio shows from the old days… like “ The Hitchhiker” was a part of a weekly radio show. If you have any suggestions, email me.
- The Radio Adventures of Eleanor Amplified is fiction story about a reporter going out after “The Big Story”
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/483123262/eleanor-amplified
- Flyest Fable with Morgan Givens is a fiction story about Antoine, who is bullied, and a magical book takes him to another world. Reminds me of The Lion and the Witch and the Wardrobe and the cupboard.
https://www.morgangivens.com/flyest-fables
- The Allusionist explores the oddities of the English Language. Might be a fun way to understand our language.
