Here is what we are currently focusing on:

Essential Question for this assignment: What can we learn about courage from characters who overcome challenges through determination and commitment?

Learning Outcomes for this week:

Demonstrate understanding of increasingly complex texts by summarizing important ideas and citing a variety of details that support the main idea

Essential Questions for this week:

What information should be included in a good summary?

The following things should be completed in the Learning Centre this week:

Tasks

Building Skills for Literature Circles: Summarizing

Please watch this video on summarizing

Complete this assignment: Summarizing Practice

The following resources/notes will be used during our lesson time together this week:

Day

Task/Activity

Monday

Introduction to Literature Circles: Roles in a Literature Circle

Book Previews:

Previews: Summarizing 2

Wednesday

Book Previews

Previews: Summarizing 2