Tuesday, September 30th

Today students finished their Civil War causes paragraph after we completed our daily grammar.  Then we read a passage about Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin.  While we read we identified text features, evidence, and opinions.  While we read, we also looked for specific evidence about the perspectives of northerners and southerners about Uncle Tom's Cabin.  Students then used that information to write a short paragraph.  We concluded our day in ELA/SS by reading Gathering Blue.  As we read, students shared evidence from the book about what makes it a dystopian novel.