Mrs. Vosland's Reading Class

• Assessment Project: Create a travel brochure (due 4/24 - 5/3)
• Read and discuss "The Ghost of the Lagoon" recording sensory language used by the author
• Learn story Vocabulary
  
• Do Now:
• How old do you think Mako is? Why? Use evidence from the story to support your answer. 
  
• What types of things would you like to do and see if you were in the setting of “Ghost of the Lagoon”?
  
• Use at least two of these words in your own sentences: expedition, harpoon, lagoon, reef, phosphorous, pandanus.
  
• What or who do you think Tupa is? Explain why you think this using details from the text.
  
• Use sensory details to describe what you think Bora Bora is like.
  
• Which sense(s) help give you the best visualizations while you read? Why?
• How does visualization help your comprehension of a story?
  
• What does it mean to be courageous? Explain or give an example.
• Homework:
  
• Web search about Bora Bora;
  
• create a Bora Bora travel brochure (due 4/24 - 5/3)

Unit work:

• Assess comprehension of the story.
• Read and discuss "The All American Slurp" recording reading strategies 
• Do Now:
• What did the Gleason family do at the Lin's dinner party to make them stand out from the Chinese-Americans?
• What is onomatopoeia? What are some examples of onomatopoeia?
• How did the narrator get the jeans she wanted? Explain.
• What two "mistakes" did the Lin family make at the Gleason's dinner party? Explain how they were embarrassed by each event.
  
• What would it be like to move to a new country/culture? What difficulties would you face?
• What is your reaction to this statement: People must "fit in" to whatever country they live in.