Helen Keller: Before and After

1. Learn your name using the sign language alphabet.

2. Reread "Water" focusing on what Helen's experience was like before she learned to communicate and what it was like afterwards. Use the Open Mind to record ideas and images from the text. You will find the Open Mind in your classroom folder.

3. On the day that Helen discovered language, her teacher wrote a letter describing what she observed. Read the letter from Anne Sullivan. How does Ms. Sullivan's letter add to your understanding of the amazing events of that day?
3. Use the ideas you gathered in the letter, the ideas you recorded on the Open Mind, as well as the quotations you copied in the classroom stream, to write a response to the following:

4.  Read the timeline to find out more about Helen's accomplishments. 

Be Good for the Substitute!

Today I am chaperoning the 7th grade field trip to the UC Santa Cruz. I know you will show kindness and respect to your substitute teacher. Remember, the substitute is our guest, and we always make our guests feel happy and comfortable so they will want to visit us again.

Your assignments for today:

1. Independent Reading: 20 Minutes
Read the article below on Newsela and take the quiz. Spend the remaining independent reading time reading articles of your choice on Newsela.

2.  Read in Small Group: 15 Minutes
Go to the Helen Keller Kids Museum link.  Read this page with your group to learn more about Helen's extraordinary life. Remember: group leader reads first, then take turns.

3. Independent Work: Helen Keller Questions
Go to your classroom folder. Answer the questions about Helen Keller. You will probably need to look back at the webpage.

Have a nice weekend, everyone!

Helen Keller

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content. 

--Helen Keller

1. Who was Helen Keller? The movie The Miracle Worker tells the story of Helen's childhood. Meet young Helen, her family and her teacher Anne Sullivan as they sit down to eat dinner together. As you view the clip, think about:
What might be causing Helen to act this way?
How do the adults react to her behavior?
What are other questions you have about Helen Keller?

2. Read and view the biographical information about Helen Keller in your classroom folder. You will need to activate Docentedu to view and respond to the questions.

Honeysuckle Blossoms

3. As we learned in the biographical reading, Helen grew up to be an educated woman. She traveled the world and wrote books, even her own autobiography. Read along with the excerpt of her autobiography, "Water," in which she describes the day that changed her life forever. As you read along, use your highlighter to mark meaningful one quotation that help you to understand what her life was like before and after discovering and one quotation that helps you to understand her life after discovering language. Please post your quotations in the classroom stream.

4. Reread "Water" from the document in your classroom folder. Answer the questions for analysis as you go. 

Your Student Portfolio

Today we will insert your argument work into your Lakeview Portfolio. First, we will need to move your screencast to your drive.

1. Go to your Movenote in your drive.
On your presentation, click on the wheel.

2. Now click on: Download as Video.

3. Now select Export MP4 file to your Google Drive:

Any Small Goodness: Prompt for Writing

Prompt for Writing:
In the novel Any Small Goodness, Tony Johnston gives a clue to

the theme through Papi when he says, 
"In life there is bueno and there is malo... Remember this thing. Any small goodness is of value." 
Reflect back on each chapter and the good actions that the characters take. Of all the events that occur, select two good actions that you feel best support the author's message. Be sure to provide:
the title of the chapter
a short summary
the "small goodness" that occurs
how this action affects the other characters.

1. To begin, explain in your own words what you think Papi means when he says this. You will find the question in the classroom stream.

2. Review each chapter by rereading your Chapter Analysis chart. Highlight the two chapters that you will use as evidence in your essay.

IXL

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1. Click on Common Core.

2. Click on Sixth.

3. Click on Language Arts.

4. Start with: