Wrapping up Caminar

Now that we've finished reading Caminar, we are going to be comparing the representation of Guatemala in the novel and in the textbook that we use for Social Studies. The students will compare/contrast using annotations, a graphic organizer, then writing a letter (or some other creative piece) to show what was included and/or left out. This will allow them to practice their critical reading skills as well as show their learning in a format besides a typical essay.

Also, we are continuing with our blogs (you can have your student log into their account and send you a link to follow their blog). Each week, the students should be reading their Independent Reading book at least four times and jotting notes about what they are tracking. Here is an example of a tracker...

Date	Character Name	Important Action (in my own words)	Quote that shows the action (with page number)	My thoughts about why that action matters

Here's the document I used to introduce the blogs...

 Blogging our Reading and Thinking

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Here's a document with some sentence starters and ideas about something they might look for...

 Blog Sentence Starters