"Desperation at Sea"

Since we have been focusing primarily on the literary text The Circuit, we are now incorporating more informational texts to our understanding of immigration and migration. This week for homework, the students will be looking at the article "Desperation at Sea." It details the journey of migrants and refugees from the Mid East and Africa to Europe. They will practice map analysis (as they have learned in Social Studies) and also use their close reading skills. 

At the end of the week, the students will be completing their Quarterly Literacy Assessment, in which they'll review two a video and article about the challenge of educating migrant and refugee children.