Reading Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 15th
Module 1: Stories of Human Rights
Module Focus: Becoming a close reader and writing to learn
Book (s) read for the Module: Esperanza Rising and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (article located in the Reading Folder)
Description: What are human rights, and how do real people and fictional characters respond when those rights are challenged? Students read the introduction and selected articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), paired with firsthand accounts of real people facing human rights challenges. They then read Esperanza Rising, and applied their new learning about human rights as one way to interpret character and theme.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
human rights, dignity, preamble, entitled, introduction, vineyard, setting, slopes, gazing, resounding, character, historical fiction, premonition, stubborn, bandits, beacon, conscience, constitution, excluded, vicious
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
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Module 2: Inventions that Changed People’s Lives
Module Focus: Researching to build knowledge and teaching others
Book(s) read for the Module: Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist and The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth. Make sure that you review the lessons/articles in your reading folder.
Description: Students learned about new or improved technologies that have been developed to meet societal needs and how those inventions have changed people’s lives. Students read the graphic novel Investigating the Scientific Method with Max Axiom, Super Scientist as well as several informational articles about inventions in order to write a short opinion paragraph about which of the inventions they learned about has been most important to people and why. Students concluded the module by conducting research about an inventor of their choice.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
technology, engage, complex, graphic novel, random, genre, levee,
procedure, scientific method, pollution, expert, compare, contrast, struggled, transport, reliable, support, sequence, investigate, overwhelming
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
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Module 3: Balancing Competing Needs in Canada
Module Focus: Considering Perspectives and Supporting Opinions
Book (s) read for the Module: The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations
Description: In this module, students explore how native Inuit and other people of Canada have used the natural resources available to meet their needs. The students read The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations, by Alootook Ipellie with David MacDonald, and learned about how the native Inuit people of Canada used natural resources in the Arctic to adapt and meet the needs of their community hundreds of years ago.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
adapt, needs, available, extinguished, insulation, scarce, artificial, store, effective, remedies, synonymous, variety, crafted, resources, complex, prevent, valuable, damage, Inuit, convey
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
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Module 4: Natural Disasters in the Western Hemisphere
Module Focus: Gathering Evidence and Speaking to Others
Book(s) read for the Module: Dark Water Rising
Make sure that you review the lessons/articles in your reading folder.
Description: The fourth module of engages students in a high-interest topic—natural disasters—with a literacy focus on point of view in literature, research, opinion writing, and public speaking. The module integrates science content (about extreme natural events) with a Social Studies focus on the Western Hemisphere and the role of multinational organizations. Students read about the science behind natural disasters, specifically earthquakes and hurricanes. They also read literature that is set during a natural disaster. They consider what they can learn from literature about natural disasters and their impact on the people who experience them.
Vocabulary: All definitions can be found in the Reading Vocabulary Notebook
natural disaster, influence, chronological, inference, interior, condenses, inland, tropical cyclone, unstable, determine, reflect, converge, interpreted, distinguish, devastating, intensity, stamina, seismograph, earthquake, volcano
**Please make sure that you have done the required reading and any articles in your reading folder. Bring your reading folder and books for this Module with you for the Exam.
