Introduction lesson for THE OUTSIDERS
Our 7th grade Enriched Honors and Pre-AP English classes read THE OUTSIDERS by S.E. Hinton. I have been collaborating with the 7th grade English teachers to help with the unit. For an introduction, we discussed 'cliques' and what they look like. Students talked about what cliques are on our campus, and what cliques they felt they were part of. Then, the teacher stirred things up, and put them into random groups. Their task was to decide something they all had in common and form a clique. The groups had to give their clique a name, then create a poster that represented their cliques.
This assignment helped them to understand the two social groups in THE OUTSIDERS, and how even though they were very different, they had similarities. The students really had to think out of the box to come up with their cliques. My favorite was the song that many of them came up with to represent their groups.
Maker Monday
For the month of December, our Maker Monday was creating ornaments out of weeded book pages. I placed materials and instructions on the tables, and students came in to create the ornaments. I had several staff members join us as well. I will definitely plan on doing this MakerSpace every year. It was a hit.
Students and staff are all enjoying looking at the final products on our StoryBook tree, and many are asking for directions so they can make it them at home.
Just 3 more days, then we have WINTER BREAK!! I am ready to lay on my couch and read ALL THE BOOKS!
