IA/LA Week 1
Read/Study:IA/LA Week 3
Read/Study:
1. We have spent a lot of time working on our "This is Me" speech -- now we get to create a "This is Me" peg doll. First, check out my pinterest board to get ideas for our project: https://www.pinterest.com/marciej/peg-dolls/
Come prepared with an idea, print out examples or a sketch of what you would like to create in class. Include as many personalized details as possible! Can you include your favorite color? hobby? hairstyle? or any other special details, perhaps even details inspired from your speech!
1. We have spent a lot of time working on our "This is Me" speech -- now we get to create a "This is Me" peg doll. First, check out my pinterest board to get ideas for our project: https://www.pinterest.com/marciej/peg-dolls/
Come prepared with an idea, print out examples or a sketch of what you would like to create in class. Include as many personalized details as possible! Can you include your favorite color? hobby? hairstyle? or any other special details, perhaps even details inspired from your speech!
2. Finish reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
3. Write in your best handwriting in your commonplace book, one or all of these three passages from the book. Decide with your mom.
We will discuss these passages in class, be sure to get all of the punctuation correct.
"Our land is alive, Esperanza," said papa, taking her small hand as they walked through the gentle slopes of the vineyard. Leafy green vines draped the arbors and the grapes were ready to drop. Esperanza was six years old and loved to walk with her papa through the winding rows, gazing up at him and watching his eyes dance with love for the land.
The immigration official seemed angry for no reason. "Where are you coming from?"
She looked at Mama who was behind her.
"We are coming from Aguascalientes," said Mama, stepping forward.
"And what is your purpose for entering the United States?"
Esperanza was afraid to speak. What if she said the wrong thing?
"To work," said Mama, handing hi her documents as well.
"What work?" demanded the man.
Something colorful caught her eye. Dangling from a tree branch were the remnants of the little donkey piñata that she had given the children, its tissue streamers fluttering in the breeze. It had been beaten with a stick, its insides torn out.
The needle rocked awkwardly and at the end of her beginning rows, Isabel held up her work to show Esperanza. "Mine is all crooked!"
Esperanza smiled and reached over and gently pulled the yarn, unraveling the uneven stitches. Then she looked into Isabel's trusting eyes and said, "Do not ever be afraid to start over."
Literary Elements of the Month:
*Use of a foreign language. Watch for times the Spanish language is used in the story. How are you able to understand what was said? Did you learn any new words?
*Proverbs. In my copy at the end of the book there is a list of three proverbs that the author includes in the book. Have you heard of proverbs like "Win some; lose some" and "A friend in need is a friend indeed."?
Check out the pinterest board I created for you of proverbs from around the world:
Do any of them sound familiar?
We'll talk about this more in class!
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