Homework due Wednesday, December 9th: Students should read from chapter 14 to chapter 19 of the Island of the Blue Dolphins, and then complete their Literature Circle tasks for that week.
Ongoing Homework: Students should remember to read for thirty minutes each evening. Reading the assigned novel does count towards the nightly reading. Remember there are no restrictions on what you choose to read, as long as you make sure you get your assigned reading done. Please remember to record the date, the title of what you read, and how many pages you read on your Reading Journal entry form. Please turn in your entry forms on Friday, so that I can review how your reading is going. I will return them to you on Monday. I would encourage you to keep up with your reading over the weekend.
During todays literature class, the students discussed Island of the Blue Dolphins, from chapter 7 to chapter 13. Some of the questions discussed were, how mature was Karana’s six-year-old brother, Ramo; does the environment in the novel just serve as the setting, or is it also a character; what drove the Aleuts to become violent against other Indians? After a whole class discussion the students then broke into their four person Lit circles and continued their own discussions, with learning specialist MaryBeth Ventura and myself circulating though the classroom.
In cultural studies, the students started a review quiz on the four main Californian Indian tribes that we have been discussing. This review will be continued during our next class.
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