April 20, 21, 22

Year 7  Welcome to Term 3 - remote teaching and learning

April 20, 21

1. Zoom call

2. 5 minute warm-up   Respond to the following prompt on the padlet

     Is it better to be the oldest sibling, middle sibling, youngest sibling or an only child? 

3.  New Unit - Holes

Unit Questions:
Factual - What is a novel? What are the elements of a novel?
Conceptual - Why do we tell stories? What can we express through a story? What can we learn through a story?
Debatable - Is literature like life?  What is literature supposed to do?

Content includes:  Fact or Opinion, Elements of a novel, literary devices.

4. Book intro: 

5. Research the author:
Before you begin a short story or a novel you should always research the author.  Conduct a quick search about Louis Sachar to find out the basics: who he is, when he was born, where is is from, is he well-known, has he won any awards, does he have a website?

6.  Let's begin
     a.  Based on the title of the book, What do you think this book is about?
     b.  Now, look at the book jacket image, What do you think this book is about?

   
c. Read the blurb from the rear book cover then answer the question, "Do you want to read this book?"  Why or why not?  Explain, include details.

d.  What is a good opening (beginning) to a novel?  discussion

e.  Read the first chapter of this book. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=YWJwbnByLm9yZ3xlbmdsaXNofGd4OjZhMjExYmUwOTlkOTk4MzU

f. What do you think about this opening?  discuss

g.  Write 4 or 5 sentences of what you think will happen in this book. Put your answer on the padlet: https://padlet.com/rddietrich1/7am5mj98augr8hts

April 22

1.  Zoom meeting
2.  What is a juvenile detention center?