Going For The Gold

Watch the video below to see the amazing ending!  Then, watch the interview with Kerri, twenty years later.
Click on ReadWorks Digital picture on the right to access the Article of the Day. Log in as a student, using your Google account.
Class Code Hemler: XL4MYS
Class Code Nason: ZSHZNJ

 The Poetry of Langston Hughes

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Introduction to Genre 

Informational Reading: Pre-Assessment

Click the button below to read an article about a strange wildflower "super bloom" in Death Valley, California. Use this article to write your summary for your Informational Reading Pre-Assessment.
Click on the Newsela image to go to the website. Follow the prompts to sign in, read the articles, and work on the questions.

A Bad Road for Cats by Cynthia Rylant

Click the button to view the text of A Bad Road for Cats by Cynthia Rylant. Think about the following questions:
1. What information did the author provide in this text?
2. What is the setting of this piece?
3. What have you learned about the characters?

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

"Kim" 

"Ana" 

"Wendell" 

"Virgil"

Author's Tone

Watch the video's below. Each set includes the original movie trailer, and then one where the tone has been changed to affect your perception of the movie.
Watch the video below to learn about the feelings that are often associated with words.