Reading strategy practice & Government types jigsaw

6th: Today, we began class by sharing out the artifact that we brought in reflecting our personal heritage, where our family is from originally. Then, we did more practice with the 5 reading strategies (predict, connect, question, evaluate, visualize) while reading the Nora and Maricela chapters of Seedfolks. Ms. Devine worked with students who needed extra help with the practice and the rest of the class worked independently or in pairs. Then, the class came together and discussed the chapters of Seedfolks. We did a mapping activity using the characters' hometowns at the end of class.
Homework: none

7th: We began the class by reviewing the government types we discussed in class yesterday. Then, we broke off into table groups and jigsaw-taught our table members about our government types. Afterward, we organized the different government types on a spectrum of complete government control to complete citizen control and debated each other on the order the different groups chose. Finally, we took a quiz on our reading of the Giver.
Homework: Do your reading of the Giver, due Friday: Ch 16-19, with a reading activity for each chapter.