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Narratives and Perspectives
We started the Perspectives and Narratives Unit. In this unit, we read a variety of authors including Amy Tan and Roald Dahl. -
iReady Diagnostic
We had to take the first iReady Diagnostic. It was not an enjoyable experience. -
Our First End of Unit Essay
For this essay, we needed to analyze the mothers in "Fish Cheeks" and "My Mother's Garden. It was the first time we were given the expectations of these essays. -
Writing our Personal Narratives
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Our First Reading Assessment
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Started Science and Science Fiction Unit
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Started Reading Gris Grimley's Frankenstein
Instead of reading the original novel, we read a graphic novel adaptation. We read this book together. Sometimes classmates would use silly voices for the characters. -
Started the Frankenstein Essay
For this assignment, we needed to argue if the creature in Frankenstein was human or not. We used evidence from the text to support our answer. This time we used outlines to plan our writing. -
Science and Science Fiction Reading Assessment
We took this assessment on the computer. It had. us read excerpts from Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. -
Ada Lovelace
We started learning about Ada Lovelace, a woman who's father was a poet, but was raised by her mother who pushed her to study math and science. She looked fancy, but was really smart. She developed coding for the first computer. -
Shared our Keyhole Poems
Inspired by Ada Lovelace, we created Keyhole Poem. These are original poems that were modified by cutting out holes to resemble the old computer keys, creating a new poem. -
Space Race Scavenger Hunts
At the start of the Space Race Unit, we practiced skimming the text for information with a series of scavenger hunts. -
Finished up Space Blogs
We each had a cosmonaut or astronaut from the Space Race to research and write blogs from their perspective.