This week, we are continuing our learning about the experience of migrant workers. We will be reading several chapters from The Circuit, including "Under the Wire," "Soledad," and "Inside Out." We will be analyzing author's craft in "Inside Out," particularly the way the author uses a metaphor to enhance his writing.
The skill of the week is identifying subjects and verbs/verb phrases in sentences. This is a more simple skill this week, but it is important as a base for the skills we will be working with in the coming weeks as we learn about how to vary sentence structure. Practice here!
HOMEWORK: The students should be reading 30 minutes every night. Also, as a reminder, all Reading Logs for the quarter are due October 30. The goal is that the students are completing Reading Logs every time they finish a book and handing them in throughout the quarter. We will be checking in this week about the students' progress with Independent Reading.