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Read Aloud- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

Chapter 1: Aguascalientes, Mexico 1924

Reading Focus: Vivid Setting Description and Impact on Character (pg. 155) from Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo

Ryan using detail and description to set the stage for the novel. She utilizes personification to bring the setting to life. I will ask students to determine the time, place, weather of the setting.
How does the setting impact the character?
How does the author describe the setting in detail?
Why might the setting be important to the character(s).

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Personify to Bring Objects to Life
From page 265 in Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

Considering our reading focus, setting, students will write about a setting of their choice. To help them describe the setting they can use their 5 senses: smell, touch, taste, hear, see

Imitating Author's craft, students will be sure to include personification. What words can describe your setting that can be done by people?

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Read Aloud- Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie

Reading Focus: Character Change Can Reveal Lessons (pg. 211) from Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo

We will examine the charater traits and emotions in the beginning of the story and how they develop or change throughout the story.

In Superman and Me, we will see that Alexie describes his love of reading from the age of three to adulthood. He knows this love of reading saved him from the poverty and struggles of life on an Indian Reservation. But he doesn’t just want to save his own life, he wants to save others’ lives too, through books and writing.

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Defining Moments
From page 130 in Writing Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

Writing Skills: generating and expanding
Students will be asked to think of a small moment in their life that was full of meaning and value. They will jot down several small moment ideas and then expound on one of them.

They will be given prompts such as:

The first time I....
The last time I.....
It all changed when....
I finally conquered....

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"Harbor Me"
Students will read to themselves and I will stop them periodically to check for understanding.
If time allows, I will conference with one student in each block.

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Read Aloud- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodsen
(Excerpt from Pages 210 & 313)

Reading Focus: What's in a Character's Heart (pg. 188) from Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo
Skills-inferring, synthesizing
How do the written words expose the character's internal thinking? What kind of person is she? What is the narrator thinking and feeling? Who is this character and what does she want to be? What parts of the poems show the characters true intentions and dreams?

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Borrow a Line
From page 114 in Writing Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

Starting with Jaqueline Woodsens line
"What is your one dream,

...

Your one wish come true?"

Students will finish the line and jot down some ideas. Develop additional lines, creating a poem on their individual dreams.

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"Harbor Me"
Students will read to themselves and I will stop them periodically to check for understanding.
If time allows, I will conference with one student in each block.

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"Harbor Me"
Students will read to themselves and I will stop them periodically to check for understanding.
If time allows, I will conference with one student in each block.

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Choose a book from the Bitmoji Classroom, the Read Alouds or the Independent Reading Novel- Harbor Me.

What was your favorite text? Why?
Whats the genre? Why do you like that genre? What did you learn about that genre that you may have not known before?
Lets discuss and share.

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Choice 1:
Write a letter to a future student about the Summer Literacy Program at Tuckahoe.
a. What did you learn?
b. What did you like or dislike?
c. How did you feel about the online learning format?
d. Do you have any advice for next years group of students?
e. What are you looking forward to applying into your reading or writing strategies for the upcoming school year?

Choice 2:
Write a Book Review on Harbor Me.
a. Name the book, author and genre
b. Give a quick summary on what you read so far
c. Would you recommend this book to other students? Why or Why not?
d. Was there a particular character you enjoyed or could relate to?

** Bonus: if Student would like, they could record a video answering these questions. (Full Face must be on screen)

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Read Aloud- The Amazing Amazon by David Meissner
(On EPIC)

Reading Focus:  Why a Visual? (pg. 283) from Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo

Continuing to examine author's craft in Non-Fiction Informative text. We will be looking for how the Author Introduces the topic, and what text features are included. We will consider why the author chose to include photos, maps and diagrams. We will further investigate how those features enhance the text and the information at hand. Asking questions like: What information is the visual giving me? Why is it important to the information in this section? What did I learn from the picture?

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Flash Essay
From page 373 in Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

Using their prior knowledge and experience, students will compete a well constructed essay on a topic of their choice. Continuing to follow their graphic organizer student will input their findings into body paragraphs.

Imitating Author's craft, students will be sure to include a hook introductory sentence, facts on their topic and multiple details. They will also be asked to include descriptive language.

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Read Aloud- Astronauts: A Space Discovery Guide by Margaret Goldstein
(On EPIC)

Continuing to examine author's craft in Non-Fiction Informative text. We will be looking for how the Author Introduces the topic, and what information the author thought was important to include in the very first few pages of the text.

Reading Focus: Cracking Open Headings (pg. 291) from Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo

Examing the headings in a non-fiction text to determine what it means. What is each section mostly about? Think about what you learned and why did the author choose to name the heading that way? What can you infer about sections of the text based on the headings?

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Headings, Subheadings, Sub-Subheadings
From page 200 in Writing Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

Generate ideas and collect thoughts on a topic of choice. Create subtopics off of your larger topic. Break down thoughts into smaller parts. Subtopics will eventually become their own paragraph.

Students will generate their own topic to write about. They will continue to work on their graphic organizer, outlining their topic, subtopic and details. They will be given a model to follow. With time permitting, students will be asked to begin their written piece, transmitting their ideas from their organizer into a will constructed essay.

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"Harbor Me"
Students will read to themselves and I will stop them periodically to check for understanding.
If time allows, I will conference with one student in each block.

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"Harbor Me"
Students will read to themselves and I will stop them periodically to check for understanding.
If time allows, I will conference with one student in each block.

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Read Aloud- Amazing Reptiles: Sea Turtles by Nancy Furstinger
(On EPIC)
Take a look at sea turtles, including their physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, habitat and range, and threats to the animal.

Reading Focus: Ask Question, Form Ideas (pg. 225) from Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo

While reading nonfiction informative text, it is important to begin with a set of questions you have in mind and then actively work to answer those questions in your reading. I will ask students to fist jot down some questions they may have in regards to Sea Turtles. We will then discuss each students individual questions. I will also share my questions.

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Question - Answer
From page 177 in Writing Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

Model: (on Jamboard) Teacher will demonstrate how formulate a question relating to the topic. Next, while reading I will explain how I found an answer to my question.

Students will be asked to complete the Graphic Organizer on Jamboard. They will be asked to formulate a number of questions and search for answers to their questions while reading.

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"Harbor Me"
Students will read to themselves and I will stop them periodically to check for understanding.
If time allows, I will conference with one student in each block.

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Read Aloud- Sharks by Don McLeese
(On EPIC)
Students learn about what adaptations sharks have made to remain on earth for so long, as well as their unique ability to hunt and survive.

Reading Focus: Topic/Subtopic/Details (pg. 224) from Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo

We will focus on the structure of the nonfiction text by looking for information that supports the topic. I will point out that topics are broken up into smaller subtopics. Also, that the Subtopics include details. This main parts of a nonfiction text allow the reader to learn about Main Topic. I will point out the Chapters can be considered the Subtopics which are often in bold print and can be found in the table of contents.

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Parts of a Topic: Features and Characteristics
From page 181 in Writing Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo.

Model: (on Jamboard) Teacher will demonstrate how to extract the Subtopic and Details from text.

Students will be asked to complete the Graphic Organizer on Jamboard. They will need to define at least two subtopics from the text and 3 supporting details for each subtopic.

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"Harbor Me"
Students will read to themselves and I will stop them periodically to check for understanding.
If time allows, I will conference with one student in each block.

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Today we will review and compare the two Memoirs from the week:
"Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan and "The Jacket" by Gary Soto.

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Todays writing strategy is taken from the Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo on page 371, "Compare Books for New Ideas."

In a Venn Diagram, we will compare the memoirs, "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan and "The Jacket" by Gary Soto.

Students will be asked to consider comparisons of:
genre
character
character emotion
setting
point of view
resolution
cultural identities

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Chapter 8

Discussion/Refelction- In this chapter, Ms. Laverne says, "If the worst thing in the world happened, would I help protect someone else? Would I let myself be a harbor for someone who needs it?

What does this mean? What is the harbor in this context?

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Todays Read Aloud will be the same as yesterday, as we continue to analyze the text, the language and character feeling.

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Today's writing strategy is taken from the Reading Strategies Book by Jennifer Serravallo on page 367, "Lifting a Line."

Students will be provided with the prompt:
And it was about that time that I began to grow....

The students will be asked to respond to this line. I will be looking to see how they complete the thought whether it be literally or figuratively. I will ask that they
add volume to their writing by adding things like...."in addition" or "for example" or "this makes me think of."

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Today's lesson focus is: Character Emotion

Read Aloud- The Jacket by Gary Soto
This short story read aloud was chosen because Gary needs a new coat. He describes a super cool biker jacket to his mom, yet instead he mom purchases a guacamole colored coat this is far too big for him. He wears the ugly thing for years and describes in sad detail the negative impact it had on his life and his eventual acceptance of the thing and his situation. In this story the character demonstrates insecurities related to his jacket. He describes scenes where he believes people are laughing at him and his coat.

Prompt: How's The Character Feeling? (pg. 166 JS Reading Strategies Book)
Readers pay attention to the character's in the story and notice:
a. how they act
b. how they speak
c. what they say
d. what they think

Find words, phrases, actions or scenes that help us as readers to determine that the character is insecure and ashamed.

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With the list of emotions we generated yesterday, we will create a "Strong Feelings" chart. (See pg. 95 in Writing Strategies book by Jennifer Serravallo)

Next, I will model my Strong Feelings chart. The chart will include emotions and examples for times when I personally felt that way.

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Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodsen
As students read Chap 5 & 6, they will be asked to examine the changing feelings of Haley and Esteban.

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Todays lesson focus is: Character Emotion.

Read Aloud- Fish Lips by Amy Tan
This short story read aloud was chosen because the main character Amy Tan is in love at the age of 14 with a boy named Robert. He doesn’t know it. To her horror, his family is invited over to dinner for Thanksgiving. Amy is mortified by her family and their traditional Chinese ways.

Prompt: How's The Character Feeling? (pg. 166 JS Reading Strategies Book)
Readers pay attention to the character's in the story and notice:
a. how they act
b. how they speak
c. what they say
d. what they think

Find descriptive words in the text to determine how we knew the character was embarrassed.

Possible Response:
Amy is utterly embarrassed and the author depicts this perfectly with the use of her words like, shabby, terrible, appalling and despair.

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I will ask students to first generate a list of emotions. (See example attached)

Next, I will model how to write a short paragraph including a character that demonstrates an emotion.

Assignment: Students will start with a stong emotion and write about a time they felt that way. They are to include descriptive words, dialogue and/or inner thoughts and feelings.

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Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodsen

Students will be asked to pick a character and where they are experienced an emotion.

Writing down the name of the character, the Chapter number,  and emotion displayed.
How did the author demonstrate character emotion?

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Read Aloud- Eleven by Sandra Cisneros.

After yesterday's lesson, I determined that this was a story that could be given more time and attention. The students enjoyed it. Today, I would like to focus more on how the author compares growing old to the layers of an onion or the rings of a tree. There are layers to each and everyone of us. There are experiences and roles in our life that add to our own "layers."

Todays focus will be the simile and illustration of the onion and the tree rings.

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"All that is inside of me..."

Throughout the text the author repeats " I have all these years inside of me...eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two and one."

Rachel is showing us that there are layers to who she is, like an onion, or tree ring.

What is makes up who you are?

Create a list of "all that is in you."

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Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodsen

Read Chap 3 &4

Journal Entry Assignment:

1. In Chapter 4 the author give a description of Amari in detail. Draw a picture of Amari. (Group A)

2. After reading Chapters 1-4, what do you think of Ms. Laverne? What time of teacher is she? How do the kids feel towards her? (Group B)

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Todays Read Aloud- Eleven by Sandra Cisneros.

We will be focusing on how the narrator gives a personal account of their birthday experience. I will target the inner thought and reactions of the narrator by directing the students to the portion of the text that describes the narrators feelings and emotions.  We will be focusing on things like:
repetition of phrases
figurative language

For ENL students:

I will emphasize the meaning of vocabulary words and the importance of the place in the text.
Such as-
rattling
raggedy
parking meter
nonsense
invisible

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We will begin by choosing to write about an experience of our own. I will guide the students in this writing assignment by starting my own personal narrative. I will be sure include things like the 5 senses that make the reader feel like they are there. We will use repetition like the narrator of Eleven. We will include characters that are incorporated into the story and ultimately effect the protagonist.

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Today I will begin with introducing myself and read my Meet the Teacher letter. I will allow the students to ask questions.
Next, we will play an Ice Breaker game to get to know one another.
Then, I will walk the students through the Google Classroom and how to access Padlet. I will show them how all of the material they will need will be posted to Padlet as well as all the work to be submitted.
Last, the student will complete the Reader Interview form that is on the Padlet.
Finally, I will remind of them of their daily schedule for the rest of the week.

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Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodsen
As students read Chap 7 & 8, they will be asked to "Lift a Line" that they find significant or meaningful.