tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29529998024112824512024-03-05T11:54:34.042-08:00Ms. Chalida ReadsChalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-72691533969743886172014-12-05T20:34:00.000-08:002014-12-05T20:34:15.301-08:00China's Bravest Girl: The Legened of Hua Mu Lan by Charlie Chin; Illustrated by Tomie Arai<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Summary: </b>This is the story of Hua Mu Lan, the warrior who pretended to be a man and was a hero in the war protecting China against her invaders. Here it is written in verse.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Quantitative:</b> Lexile 420-820L, ATOS Book Level 2.75-5.14, Flesh-Kincaid 1.98-5.34, 3.53-6.13RMM</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is moderately complex. It is told chronologically. It is written in verse with an ABCB pattern that students will enjoy hearing. Many students will have background of this story from the Disney film version <i>Mulan</i>. </span></span></li>
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Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.</div>
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Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.<br />
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<b style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;">Relevant Links: <a href="http://www.asianamericanbooks.com/chintalk.htm">Interview with Charlie Chin</a></b></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-31362742476007228422014-12-05T20:15:00.002-08:002014-12-05T20:16:30.279-08:00Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee; Illustrated by Tony Fucile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Review: </b>These girls are quirky and have wonderful imaginations. I love that they are so different from each other but still love each other's company. The illustrations are fantastic.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Quantitative:</b> Lexile 310L, ATOS Book Level 2.75-5.14, Flesh-Kincaid 1.98-5.34, 3.53-6.13RMM</span></span></li>
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Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.</div>
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Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.</div>
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<b style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;">Relevant Links: </b><a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=21805">Teaching Books</a></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-81999574409522834542014-12-03T21:15:00.001-08:002014-12-05T19:36:50.353-08:00Salmon Forest by David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis; Illustrated by Sheena Lot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.</div>
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Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-90525259845825565072014-12-03T20:57:00.002-08:002014-12-03T21:18:20.695-08:00Sky High: The True Story of Maggie Gee by Marissa Moss; Illustrated by Carl Angel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Summary: </b>Maggie always dreamed of flying. Like her family, she wanted to create and experience her own life stories and adventures. She is given that opportunity during the outbreak of WWII when she joins the Women Airforce Service Pilots. She has adventures flying as a Chinese American pilot.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is moderately complex. It is organized chronologically although there are some flashbacks. Most of the vocabulary is familiar. Students will be able to make meaning of Maggie's story; those who are familiar with a basic understanding of WWII will be able to access this book more easily. The illustrations are beautiful and help describe Maggie's experiences.</span></span></li>
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Compare and contrast a firsthand and secondhand account of the same event or topic; describe the differences in focus and the information provided.</div>
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<b>Relevant Links: </b><a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=17080">Teaching Books</a></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-78466137163431542132014-12-03T20:44:00.000-08:002014-12-03T20:44:04.148-08:00A Coyote Solstice Tale by Thomas King<div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Summary: </b>While waiting for his friends to arrive for dinner one winter night, Coyote is surprised with a strange little girl at his door. This little girl shows Coyote and his friends the evils of consumerism. While Coyote is briefly seduced, his friends and the little girl show him the light.</span><br />
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-71767104010518438782014-12-02T21:16:00.002-08:002014-12-06T19:23:37.712-08:00Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates by Jonah Winter; Illusrated by Raúl Colón<div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Quantitative:</b> Lexile 800L, ATOS Book Level 2.75-5.14, Flesh-Kincaid 1.98-5.34, 3.53-6.13 RMM</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is slightly complex. It is organized chronologically. Yet, the sentences are written like poetry in stanzas. Vocabulary is largely familiar and contemporary. The colorful illustrations give life to Clemente's story. Knowledge of baseball and Roberto Clemente will help students.</span></span></li>
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Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).</div>
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Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).</div>
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Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.</div>
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<b>Relevant Links: </b><a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=12167">Teaching Books</a></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-9914813317624805072014-12-02T21:07:00.000-08:002014-12-02T21:07:12.072-08:00Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems<div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is slightly complex. It is organized chronologically. Vocabulary is largely familiar and contemporary. "Proclamation" might be a difficult word. Some students might be confused about what a mole rat is. The beautiful and contrast between the colorful clothes and the drabness of everything else may highlight difference. Knowledge of the mole rats will help students make meaning.</span></span></li>
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Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.</div>
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Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;">Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.</span></div>
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<b>Relevant Links: </b><a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=18569">Teaching Books</a></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-61130281934757173142014-12-02T20:51:00.000-08:002014-12-02T21:07:29.324-08:00When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat by Muriel Harris Weinstein; Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie<div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Summary: </b>A little girl goes to sleep and wakes up to Louis Armstrong. Armstrong takes her under his wing and teaches her to scat--make up songs by playing with words. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Review:</b> This book is so fun. The illustrations help illustrate the clever songs.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is slightly complex. It is organized chronologically. Vocabulary is mostly these made up song words that are fun to say. Some students might be confused by the girl dreaming. The beautiful colorful illustrations help students make meaning of the text. Knowledge of the Louis Armstrong will help students make meaning.</span></span></li>
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Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)</div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;">Relevant Links: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_armstrong_louis.htm">PBS</a>, <a href="http://www.biography.com/search/louis%20armstrong">Biography.com</a>, <a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=14321">Teaching Books</a></span></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-84844502903770348772014-12-02T14:09:00.001-08:002014-12-02T14:09:23.926-08:00Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel by Anthony D. Robles, Illustrated by Carl Angel & Translated by Eloisa D. de Jesús<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is moderately complex. It is organized chronologically. Vocabulary is largely familiar with some Tagalog phrases. Some students might be confused by the Tagalog on each page. The beautiful colorful illustrations help students make meaning of the text. Knowledge of the Makibaka strike will be helpful but not necessary.</span></span></li>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-15965938047564818152014-12-02T13:57:00.001-08:002014-12-02T13:57:38.888-08:00The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf; Drawings by Robert Lawson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Review:</b> This is a classic story that says it's okay to be peaceful. It is calm and gentle reminder that's it's okay to be who you are. You don't have to be someone you're not; you can be yourself. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is slightly complex. It is organized chronologically. Vocabulary is largely familiar although there are some Spanish words to describe people. The simple black and white illustrations help readers make meaning. Prior knowledge of Spain and bullfighting as well as peace and pacifism would help readers understand this text better.</span></span></li>
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<a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/2/3/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-91554061527664413642014-12-01T13:38:00.001-08:002014-12-01T13:38:49.006-08:00This I Believe essays<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">This is a collection of "This I Believe" essays and podcasts organized by topic. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>These essays feature diverse voices.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Suggestions for Teachers</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">These essays can serve as models for students to craft their own personal essays. They also can be used with various topical units. They can be used to analyze the craft of this type of non-fiction. Students may also contribute their own personal essay to This I Believe.</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> No background information is necessary. These essays are meant to stand alone. Depending on the subject and author, language will vary although it is overall contemporary and familiar. Organization often includes anecdotes or memories to support evidence and thesis.</span></li>
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Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.</div>
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Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.</div>
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">These are 25 of the most popular student-created 90-second Newbery films. James Kennedy created a contest for students to make films that cover the entire plot of a Newbery winner or honor book in approximately 90 seconds. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Review: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; white-space: normal;"> These films are great to watch when teaching Newbery books. They are fun and display creativity of a variety of genres.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>Some films include students of color. However, many of the Newbery books are white in general.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Suggestions for Teachers</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">Great to inspire students to do their own book projects. An engaging idea to foster reading the whole book, identifying key plot points, collaborating and creating.</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> Students with knowledge of the particular Newbery book will understand these films better. However, these students could be used as a pre-reading activity to build schema. They are mostly organized chronologically. Some films use the actual dialogue from the text itself. Depending on the book, the language could be contemporary or more from that period. Students will be able to make meaning with the visual context clues. </span></li>
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Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.</div>
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-40954799020216653182014-12-01T10:59:00.000-08:002014-12-01T13:10:47.606-08:00The Great Debaters directed by Denzel Washington (Oklahoma City clip)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">This clip shows a competition in Oklahoma City debating the issue: Should Blacks be allowed at the same colleges as Whites? It is a 4:33 min clip.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>African American students are the focus and here they are the underdogs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Suggestions for Teachers</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">This is a perfect clip for teaching the art of rebuttal. You could have students take notes of the affirmative and negative arguments and draw lines between the two to show when one side has addressed the other's argument.</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> Students could use some background knowledge of the context if you are not going to show the whole film in class, but if you've been teaching debate than all they might need to know if the issue the sides are arguing. Watch it a few times and perhaps model how you would take notes off this debate for students to mirror. Otherwise it is set up perfectly to show rebuttal.</span></li>
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-14040312258729200372014-12-01T10:40:00.001-08:002014-12-01T10:59:53.567-08:00Romeo + Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann<div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-fd1d1105-0726-8558-daf8-01555051439f"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luhrmann, B. (Director). (1996). </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Romeo + Juliet</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> [Motion picture]. USA: 20th Century Fox.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">This is a modern day adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic set in Venice Beach, CA.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Review: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; white-space: normal;"> This is a fantastic adaptation! So engaging with the music, costumes. Students love it.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>A predominantly White cast although Mercutio is Black and Tybalt is Latino.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Suggestions for Teachers</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">Great to use when teaching the play and also alongside Zeferelli's classic version.</span></span></span></div>
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-75392451884028672192014-12-01T10:13:00.003-08:002014-12-01T11:01:51.813-08:00The Matrix film directed by The Wachowskis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">Thomas Anderson leads a mundane life as an office worker by day and a hacker by night. He meets Morpheus who convinces him that once he knows the truth, he will never want to return to his old life and will try to convince others to see the truth too.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Review: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; white-space: normal;"> While there are some violent scenes, this is an excellent film for high school students when grappling Plato's <i>Allegory of the Cave</i>.</span></span><br />
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Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.</div>
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-46802057457776778972014-11-30T21:04:00.000-08:002014-12-06T19:43:24.243-08:00We Need Diverse Books Tumblr <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-71e72d8f-0435-19d2-e08e-526b7e2627ee"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We need diverse books tumblr. (n.d.). Retrieved November 30, 2014, from <a href="http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/">http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">This tumblr is the cutting edge site for this campaign on the need for diversity in children and young adult literature. Posts on the movement, interviews with authors of color, and the pulse of diversity in YA lit are here.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>Enough said. Interviews with authors of color and lists of books with diverse protagonists are here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Suggestions for Teachers</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">Use this website to talk to your students about why books need to represent the whole spectrum of diversity. Teach a unit analyzing book cover art and see whose faces are portrayed and whose aren't.</span></span></span><br />
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-45854175076237409912014-11-30T20:25:00.000-08:002014-12-06T19:43:48.927-08:00Ms. Yingling Reads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">Ms. Yingling's blog for middle school librarians and ELA teachers who are looking for the right book for each kid. She publishes reviews daily and is especially thinking about how to get boys reading.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>Ms. Yingling is an ally the campaign for diverse books and often always features diverse books as soon as she gets them in her hands. Each Wed is devoted to reviews of diverse books.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Suggestions for Teachers</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">Use this website to develop your collection and to recommend books to your students.</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> Easy to use layout, daily concise postings and good book lists. This is for professionals in education to get ideas about books for their students. Students could use Ms. Yingling's reviews to search for books they might like. The text is largely familiar to all. No prior knowledge is necessary.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Content Areas: </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> English, Social Studies</span></span><br />
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Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.</div>
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Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.<br />
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-60750062571636062112014-11-26T21:00:00.000-08:002014-12-06T19:44:14.294-08:00Teaching Books.net website<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Summary: </b><span style="background-color: white;">This is a one-stop shop website with supplementary online materials about all the books students read in schools. Lesson plans, online videos with authors, readers theater scripts, interviews, text complexity analyses are all in one database set up for easy use. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Review: </b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: small; white-space: normal;"> This is a great place for teachers and educators to find the vast collection of resources out there on the web about the books their students are reading. It is a time saver.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>Every book I've searched for has been available; some have more limited information than others, but they exist. This includes authors of color.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Suggestions for Teachers</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">Use this website resource to help plan your ELA class and for students to have access to authors.</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> Easy to use layout and materials are student friendly. This website will help teachers and students alike get schema for the text they are reading and more in-depth knowledge of the author of their text. This could be used either before reading the text or after to get insight on the reader's craft. No prior knowledge is necessary except for how to search a database.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Content Areas: </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> English, Social Studies</span></span><br />
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Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.</div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-85183582487004979702014-11-26T20:27:00.001-08:002014-12-06T19:45:27.334-08:00This American Life: Is this Working? Review (actual media is shown right below this post)<span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-27c72675-ee91-a39f-7877-a809254bff63"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chicago Public Media, & Glass, I. (Producers). (2014, October 17). Is this working? [Show #538]. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This American life from WBEZ</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Podcast retrieved from <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/538/is-this-working">http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/538/is-this-working</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>Racism towards African American students is discussed extensively through this episode.</span></span><br />
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-52226281976600553512014-11-26T20:18:00.002-08:002014-12-01T10:15:42.037-08:00This American Life: Is this Working? #538 by Chicago Public Radio & Ira Glass<script src="http://audio.thisamericanlife.org/widget/widget.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Summary: </b></span><span style="background-color: white;">Act One of this episode talks about how Black and Latino children are being suspended as early as preschool way more than Whites. Tunette Powell’s three and four year old children are getting suspended from preschool repeatedly. Powell blames herself as a child who was repeatedly suspended and even expelled from preschool. She thought it was because her father was in prison. As an adult she believed with a two-parent household and a stable income, she was doing better for her kids. Her kids’ suspensions make her wonder what she’s done wrong. Then conversations with other kids’ parents at a birthday party make her realize that her children are being punished more frequently and for lesser offenses. Powell writes a blog questioning the racism she is facing.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Diversity: </b>Racism towards African American students is discussed extensively through this episode.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/2/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.2</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/6/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.6</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.</span></div>
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<b style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Relevant links:<a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?go=1&searchbox_level=0.43&keyword_type1=title&boolean=AND&keywords1=Pride+and+Prejudice"> </a><a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/538/is-this-working">This American Life</a></span></b></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-77595547488307481632014-11-26T15:57:00.000-08:002014-12-06T19:46:04.001-08:00The Lizzie Bennet Diaries produced by Hank Green & Bernie Sue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2012 TV. com Best Web Series – Winner</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 IAWTV Awards – Best Interactive Series – Winner</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 Streamy Awards – Best Comedy Series – Nominee</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 Streamy Awards – Best Actress in a Comedy – </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries/cast-lbd/ashley-clements/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Ashley Clements</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> – Nominee</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 Streamy Awards – Best Actress in a Comedy – </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries/cast-lbd/julia-cho/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Julia Cho</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> – Nominee</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 Streamy Awards – Best Ensemble Cast – Nominee</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 Streamy Awards – Best Writing – </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/about/team-members/bernie-su/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Bernie Su</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> – Winner</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 Streamy Awards – Best Interactive Series – </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/about/team-members/jay-bushman/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Jay Bushman</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/about/team-members/alexandra-edwards/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Alexandra Edwards</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/about/team-members/bernie-su/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Bernie Su</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">– Winner</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 Primetime Emmy Award – Original Interactive Program – Winner</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2013 PGA Awards – Best Online Series – Nominee</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2014 Streamy Awards – Best Drama Series – Winner</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2014 Streamy Awards – Best Actor in a Drama – </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries/cast-lbd/daniel-gordh/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Daniel Vincent Gordh</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> – Nominee</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">2014 Streamy Awards – Best Actress in a Drama – </span><a href="http://www.pemberleydigital.com/the-lizzie-bennet-diaries/cast-lbd/ashley-clements/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out; background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Ashley Clements</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> – Winner</span><br />
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-20310006017605582822014-11-26T15:31:00.000-08:002014-11-26T15:31:27.663-08:00Bridge by Patrick Jones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-23005201051679014542014-11-24T10:07:00.002-08:002014-11-24T10:07:50.839-08:00Living with Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-7630051629632660142014-11-22T10:16:00.000-08:002014-11-22T10:16:09.085-08:00The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin<div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Sheinkin, S. (2014). The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, mutiny and the fight for civil rights. New York, NY: Roaring Brook.</span></span><br />
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<li><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quantitative:</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="background-color: white;">Lexile 950</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, ATOS Book Level </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">7.00-9.98</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, Flesh-Kincaid <span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: normal;">6.51-10.34</span>, <span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: normal;">7.04-9.57</span><span style="line-height: 18px; white-space: normal;"> </span>RMM </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is moderately complex. It is organized chronologically. Through personal stories, this text comes alive for readers. There is some technical vocabulary and there are lots of details that students may either be excited by or overwhelmed by, but Sheinkin does a phenomenal job of creating suspense. Knowledge of WWII and segregation will be helpful, but Sheinkin gives a lot of context for readers.</span></span></li>
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<a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/8/3/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.3</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).</div>
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<a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/8/9/" name="CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.9" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #373737; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.9</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.</div>
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<b style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;">Relevant links: </b><span style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;"><a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=37274&s=d">Teaching Books</a>, <a href="http://stevesheinkin.com/">Steve Sheinkin</a></span></div>
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Chalidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06795369716443174772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952999802411282451.post-89785388405729666472014-11-22T09:48:00.000-08:002014-11-22T09:48:11.497-08:00I Will Save You by Matt de la Peña<div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-25cc98b4-d891-3808-ca84-639fdd10b611"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">de la Peña, M. (2010). </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will save you</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. New York, NY: Delacorte.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Qualitative: </b> This text is very complex. Lots of flashbacks with organization. The ending and discovering the secrets of the narrator will require a close-reader The language is largely contemporary and familiar. Overall, this novel may appear accessible but a sophisticated reader will understand Kidd's true identity at the end. Knowledge of trauma and personality disorders will help create meaning for readers.</span></span></li>
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Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.</div>
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Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.</div>
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<b style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;">Relevant links: </b><span style="line-height: 25.2000007629395px;"><a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=23861">Teaching Books</a>, <a href="http://mattdelapena.com/">Matt de la Peña</a></span></div>
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