During the month of January, the students have made progress on our "One Book, One School" unit. As of Friday, the students will have read the book and completed journal entries that show thoughtful consideration of the novel. Following Stargirl's completion, each student will be writing a short piece that explains the theme of the work. As a creative way to convey similar ideas, the students will be using glogster.com to create online collages that convey the same theme. The collages will include material from the text.
The next unit of study will be on dystopian fiction. We will start by reading The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. This story will create a perfect segue from our discussions on conformity in society to dystopian fiction. Then, the students will read a dystopian novel in small groups and discuss the novels periodically.