This week, students will begin their I Am Malala Book Unit. Students will be placed in reading groups of four and within each group, students will have daily assignments. We will be reading ten pages per day and for each day the student will be responsible for their part. In addition, students took a writing diagnostic on noredink.com. I will be assigning individual assignments based on their results. 

 

 

As we read I Am Malala you will be working in book groups. As part of these groups of four, you will be assigned a role for each day you read.

• Work Watcher
• Summarizer
• Connector
• Questioner

You will also be responsible for annotating (using different colored sticky notes placed in the book) to mark important parts of the story.

• Plot (main events)-Blue Sticky Note
• Characters (descriptions of characters)-Pink Sticky Note
• Setting (descriptions of where the story is taking place)-Yellow Sticky Note
• Theme (parts of the book that talk about social justice)-Purple Sticky Note