During this week in ELA, we will finish Sharon G. Flake's powerful novel, The Skin I'm In. Maleeka Madison, the novel's protaginist, will undergo some very difficult experiences, but we'll watch as her truest self emerges. We will ask questions about courage: what is it, and how do people learn to use it in their lives? Is courage the absence of fear, or is it--as John F. Kennedy and others have commented--merely the doing of a deed even with the presence of fear?
After we finish our novel, we will begin our second major essay of the year: a comparison & contrast piece devoted to exploring the novel, The Skin I'm In and a very powerful film entitled, The Ron Clark Story, basedon the true story of one inner-city classroom in new York City and the teacher who impacted students within that school.
Come ready to dive into the literature, the film, the writing, the life of Room 33 this week!
Reach for the Sky
I BELIEVE IN YOU!
Dedicated to the People of Darfur
This is a book Mr. Reynolds and his wife edited to raise money for people suffering from genocide in Darfur
