Hello!

P. 1,4: Students reviewed their Socratic responses and were given the opportunity to respond if they didn't have a chance to say everything they wanted yesterday. They took their Keep it, Cloud it, Junk it vocab words and recorded them on a chart for test reference. In keeping with the themes of our novels, I asked student what we are calling our "Essential Question": Do you think students with special needs should be "mainstreamed" in our public school classrooms? This is a relevant topic that still stumps many educators and continues to be controversial. Students will be gathering information from their book and researching articles about the pros and cons of this topic.
H/W: Either using bullets or a t-chart, come up with 5 reasons that support your answer to the Essential Question. Finish your novels!

P. 2,5,6: Today we either started or continued with "Through the Tunnel" and our topic of overcoming fears (using power of the mind?). We continue to try and link the story with the author, Doris Lessing, as we discuss her purpose in writing the story. In p. 5, we started to take a look at Immigration through nonfiction
to relate to the gut-wrenching decisions the immigrant characters face in Red Glass.
H/W: P. 5: Red Glass - chpt 16 for Thurs.
         P. 2,6: Ties that Bind for Monday

Have a good night!