Resources for Math & Reading
RESOURCES - Will be updated - check back!
Reading
Fish in a Tree Author reads the book aloud! Scroll Down - www.lyndamullalyhunt.com/books/fish-in-a-tree/
Questions to guide your reading of a Fish in a Tree - fishinatree-book-club-companion.pdf
Out of My Mind Discussion Guides/Questions
https://www.grpl.org/uploads/book-club/Out%20of%20My%20Mind.pdf
https://sharondraper.com/core/oomm.pdf
Milkweed (7):
- Some guiding questions for your reading of Milkweed - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/171190/milkweed-by-jerry-spinelli/9780375861475/readers-guide/
- Here is some vocabulary support from vocabulary.com - https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/woal2ouy/milkweed
- Different purchase options from the publisher: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/171190/milkweed-by-jerry-spinelli/
- Google Books - https://books.google.com/books?id=GTazZKEz3qsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=falsev - You can read the first 4 chapters - Google Ebook is $7.99.
- Interview with Jerry Spinelli about his writing of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab7--VgzCUI
- Theme analysis for identity - this may help you with the thesis- https://www.litcharts.com/lit/milkweed/themes/identity-and-relationships
- http://cycenas.yolasite.com/resources/Spinelli_Jerry_Milkweed_BookFi.pdf - online reading
Wolf Hollow (8):
- Guiding Questions & Discussion Guide for Wolf Hollow wolf_hollow_intro_.pdf
- About Wolf Hollow and purchase options - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/531665/wolf-hollow-by-lauren-wolk/9781101994849/
WRITING THESIS STATEMENTS (incoming GRADE 7 & 8)
- You should write the thesis AFTER reading the novel and AFTER you have collected evidence.
- Your thesis statement should include the book title, the author, a reference to the conflict of the story, and the theme. The thesis should introduce an essay that will explain how the author reveals the theme in the novel.
- Example: In Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt illustrates the themes of life, death and love through Winnie’s relationship and experiences with the immortal Tuck family.
- Example 2: The title character in Richard Peck’s short story “Priscilla and the Wimps” stands up to a gang leader who has been ruling her school to convey the theme that one person has the power to make a difference in solving a problem, even when the problem seems huge and insurmountable.
- Skeleton sentence you can use: _____________________, a character in _______________________, goes through _________________________________________ in order to illustrate the theme of __________________________________.
Math
Khan Academy - Videos and practice for all math topics.
https://www.khanacademy.org/math