Today in ELA 6/6

Learning Goals:
~Use reading skills and strategies to become an active reader.

Activities:
Pave Paradise
Virgil- Character Profile

Chapter 8: Sae Young
Seat Work: (In Journal)

·      What is her age?

·      What is her ethnicity?

·      What is her contribution? 

·      What is her reason for becoming involved? 

·      What are the effects of her association? 

·      Describe Sae Young's traumatic experiences in America. How does the garden help her overcome them?

·      Why does the author choose to write the section in the format that he has chosen?

Draw a Picture of Sae Young on this page of your journal

Daily Writing Prompt:
Describe what it means to "pay it forward".  Have you ever been inspired to do a good deed, by another person's actions? Describe this situation.   

Homework:

Read Curtis
Complete Lit Role