INTENSIVE READING - 6TH AND 7TH GRADE
MON: Main idea/comprehension worksheets. Foods that Help/Badger. Multiple choice practice.
TUE: "Welcome to the Days of Olde" - comprehension practice worksheet p. 14-15. Discuss. Review together.
WED: Read and carefully discuss "Sonnet 18" by Shakespeare, and "The Great Colossus" by Emma Lazarus. Students will write their own "Welcome to America" poem.
THUR: Some students will read aloud their "Welcome to America" poem. Read and carefully discuss "Do not go gentle into that goodnight" by Dylan Thomas.
FRI: Design a statue for modern America that would welcome immigrants and/or visitors to our great country.
----All students should be ready 20-30 minutes each night.
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