This Reading Clinic group will focus on text features and structures, author's craft, literary devices, and Common Core skills using non-fiction magazines and articles as well as chapter novels as mentor texts.
Alcatraz Unit
Mentor Novel- Al Capone Does My Shirts by: Gennifer Choldenko
www.alcoponedoesmylaundry.com
Escape From Alcatraz Article
Facebook Activity
Fakebook Template
Visit alcaponedoesmylaundry.com
Click on the icon that looks like a burglar.
Click on the Interview tab (Black Oval) to learn more about real peoples' experiences at Alcatraz Jail.
Complete the Facebook page explaining life on Alcatraz Island from your character's point of view. Remember, you want to reveal factual information from the StoryWorks Escape From Alcatraz article and the Interviews from those who lived or worked on the island.
Holocaust Unit
Holocaust Background
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143
A Little About Denmark
http://www.history.com/topics/christian-x_
Jews in Denmark
http://www.auschwitz.dk/denmark.htm
The Courageous Ones
http://www.pbs.org/daringtoresist/synopsis.htm
http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/danishresistance.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/denmark.html
Alcatraz Unit
Mentor Novel- Al Capone Does My Shirts by: Gennifer Choldenko
www.alcoponedoesmylaundry.com
Escape From Alcatraz Article
Facebook Activity
Fakebook Template
Visit alcaponedoesmylaundry.com
Click on the icon that looks like a burglar.
Click on the Interview tab (Black Oval) to learn more about real peoples' experiences at Alcatraz Jail.
Complete the Facebook page explaining life on Alcatraz Island from your character's point of view. Remember, you want to reveal factual information from the StoryWorks Escape From Alcatraz article and the Interviews from those who lived or worked on the island.
Holocaust Unit
Holocaust Background
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143
- What was the Holocaust? Explain what happened.
- What groups of people were targeted during the era of the Holocaust?
- What was the Jewish population in 1933?
- What was the “Final Solution?”
- In the aftermath of the Holocaust, where did many survivors find shelter? Describe what this is.
- What were the Nuremberg Laws?
- What specifically happened on November 9th, 1938?
A Little About Denmark
http://www.history.com/topics/christian-x_
- Who was the king of Denmark who symbolized the nation’s resistance to the German occupation during World War II?
- Who was Christian’s father?
- Who did Christian marry?
- During World War II, after the German occupation of Denmark began in 1940, what did Christian often do?
- What is the Danish flag called?
Jews in Denmark
http://www.auschwitz.dk/denmark.htm
- To what neutral country were the Jews able to escape and find refuge in?
- What was the population of Denmark?
- How did Danish Jews escape to Sweden? Explain.
The Courageous Ones
http://www.pbs.org/daringtoresist/synopsis.htm
http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/revolt/danishresistance.html
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/denmark.html
- What is Barbara Rodbell known for?
- What happened to the parents and sister of Barbara Rodbell?
- How old was Shulamit Lack when she led Jews underground to Romania?
- What other countries besides Denmark were considered neutral?
- What does neutrality mean?
- How many Jews were found, out of 8,000, during the raid between October 1st and 2nd? Why were so few found? Explain.
- How long was the water passage through which the Jews were smuggled?
- What was the Danish resistance? Explain.
- Where did the Danish Jews hide?
- What was the code name for the earliest rescue operations?