ESOL Choice Board for Grades 6-8: Week of February 8th

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Take a look at some excerpts from When writing, we place quotation Take a look at some excerpts Mari Copeny, also known Sometimes a writer does an article about Amanda Gorman, marks around the exact words that a from an article about Ian Brock, as “Little Miss Flint,” wrote not state everything the first National Youth Poet person says. These words are called the 15 year old founder of a letter to (then) President plainly. When you figure Laureate: a direct quotation. Most of the time, Chicago’s Dream Hustle Code Barack Obama in 2014 out details based on what you use a comma to separate the program: asking for help with the you know and what you “This afternoon, with her reading conversation words from the direct dirty, polluted drinking are reading, you are of an original composition titled quotation. Place a question mark or “Brock turned his anger over water in her hometown of making inferences. When The Hill We Climb, she did just an exclamation point, when used, experiences like these into Flint, Michigan. Mari’s you put together pieces that- and, in doing so, became the inside the quotation marks. action. At the age of eight, he recognition of a problem in of information in a text, youngest inaugural poet in United worked with his parents to her community and the you are drawing States history.” Click here to play Punctuation start the nonprofit Dream letter she wrote inspired conclusions. Mystery and practice placing Hustle Code, which aims to Obama to eventually “Growing up in Los Angeles, where quotation marks! introduce underrepresented authorize $100 million for Click here to watch a her mother teaches middle school, communities to computer a cleanup campaign in the video about Malala Gorman began writing poetry as a science.” city! Yousafzai, a young child. At 16, she served as a youth activist from Pakistan. delegate for the United Nations. “’There’s a lot going on this Can you plan to write a Soon after that, she became the summer with the high letter to an elected official After you watch the Youth Poet Laureate of Los unemployment, the mass about a problem in your video, add a second Angeles and published her first shootings, as well as the community that you’d like response for each collection, The One for Whom uncertainty with the to solve? Use the chart question below: Food is Not Enough. In 2017, while coronavirus and many below to help plan your What does the video tell studying sociology at Harvard programs being cancelled,’ letter: you about Malala? University, she was named the Brock said. ‘For a lot of kids, 1) Her group is giving country’s first National Youth Poet there’s a lot of negative stuff Problem: away 3 million dollars. Laureate.” going on, but there’s not How to fix: 2) enough programs to occupy Who can help: After you read the excerpts, add a their time.’” What I need: What do you already second and third response to the know? questions below: Using the excerpts above, can Next, take the time to 1) 3 million dollars is a big What do the excerpts tell you you draw any conclusions write your letter! Start it amount of money. about Amanda? about Ian? Fill in one more like this: 2) conclusion below:

What can you infer? 1) Her first collection of poems My conclusions: Dear ______, 1) Malala’s group must be was called The One for Whom 1) Ian Brock is passionate There is a problem in my talented at raising Food is Not Enough. about bringing other community. It money. 2) underrepresented kids into is______. 2) 3) computer science. Share your letter with a What do you already know ? 2) trusted adult and ask them 1) It is very tough to get writing to help send it! published, especially as a young person. 2) 3)

What can you infer? 1) Amanda’s family probably supported her dreams when she was younger. 2) 3)