Essential Questions to consider:
How is the struggle for power universal?
What factors lead an individual to make personal sacrifices for the greater good?
How does our social context influence our interaction with the text/novel?
What is courage?
Activity One:
Time to do some research. Start with one of the following topics: Raphael Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez, or the Mirabal sisters. Let your research take its own path from there. Try to fill at least one page of your composition book with notes. This is due tomorrow. Be prepared to share with your group.
Time to do some research. Start with one of the following topics: Raphael Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez, or the Mirabal sisters. Let your research take its own path from there. Try to fill at least one page of your composition book with notes. This is due tomorrow. Be prepared to share with your group.
Activity Two:
Time to do some writing. After reading chapter two, examine the following passage carefully, paying special attention to the analogy.
“Sometimes, watching the rabbits in their pens, I’d think, I’m no different from you, poor things. One time, I opened
a cage to set a half-grown doe free. I even gave her a slap to get her going.But she wouldn’t budge! She was used
to her little pen. I kept slapping her, harder each time, until she started whimpering like a scared child. I was the one
hurting her, insisting she be free.
Silly bunny, I thought. You’re nothing at all like me.”
Why does Minerva compare herself to the bunny? What characteristics or qualities do they share that make this analogy work? What animal (in what situation) works as an analogy for you? Record your answer on the next available page in your composition book. Make sure to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation in your writing and include at least one vocabulary word.
Time to do some writing. After reading chapter two, examine the following passage carefully, paying special attention to the analogy.
“Sometimes, watching the rabbits in their pens, I’d think, I’m no different from you, poor things. One time, I opened
a cage to set a half-grown doe free. I even gave her a slap to get her going.But she wouldn’t budge! She was used
to her little pen. I kept slapping her, harder each time, until she started whimpering like a scared child. I was the one
hurting her, insisting she be free.
Silly bunny, I thought. You’re nothing at all like me.”
Why does Minerva compare herself to the bunny? What characteristics or qualities do they share that make this analogy work? What animal (in what situation) works as an analogy for you? Record your answer on the next available page in your composition book. Make sure to use proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation in your writing and include at least one vocabulary word.
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EXTRA CREDIT:
Option One: This novel is full of Dominican culture, and what's more cultural than food? Prepare a dish to share with the class from a traditional Dominican Republic inspired recipe. You do not have to sign up to bring your dish. You are responsible for all necessary utensils needed to serve your dish. Your food should be homemade and not store bought and you should be able to show us the recipe and "prove" it's of DR origin. Dishes can be brought in between now and March 9th and will get your lowest quiz grade replaced with a 100. let's eat!
Option One: This novel is full of Dominican culture, and what's more cultural than food? Prepare a dish to share with the class from a traditional Dominican Republic inspired recipe. You do not have to sign up to bring your dish. You are responsible for all necessary utensils needed to serve your dish. Your food should be homemade and not store bought and you should be able to show us the recipe and "prove" it's of DR origin. Dishes can be brought in between now and March 9th and will get your lowest quiz grade replaced with a 100. let's eat!
Option Two: Chapter three referenced a holiday called Three Kings Day. The button to the right is a link to an article about this holiday. Read and annotate the article, then create a brief presentation (Keynote, Prezi, etc) that tells and shows what the holiday is all about. This will replace a zero for a homework or classwork assignment.
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Assignment Three:
Patria's chapter is full of beautiful language including many instances of figurative language and imagery. FULLY annotate the following passage for any and all of these. You should also note any other important details/revelations in the excerpt. If you follow directions carefully, you should have no problem locating the correct excerpt.
Do a search for the following: "She got so she wouldn't go to church..." and start your annotation there.
End your annotation at "And the two faces merged." which ends a paragraph.
Once you've found the excerpt, you can change the font so your text fits on two screens.
You will submit those two screen shots (one for each page) for a grade on Schoology.
This will be a quiz grade, so be thorough!
Patria's chapter is full of beautiful language including many instances of figurative language and imagery. FULLY annotate the following passage for any and all of these. You should also note any other important details/revelations in the excerpt. If you follow directions carefully, you should have no problem locating the correct excerpt.
Do a search for the following: "She got so she wouldn't go to church..." and start your annotation there.
End your annotation at "And the two faces merged." which ends a paragraph.
Once you've found the excerpt, you can change the font so your text fits on two screens.
You will submit those two screen shots (one for each page) for a grade on Schoology.
This will be a quiz grade, so be thorough!
Activity Four: Character Analysis Weebly (Due March 10)
The novel is presented chronologically, yet from the perspective of four women. Create an interactive character analysis for your sister, indicating significant events personally and historically. Remember that the climax may be different for each woman's journey. Use any or all of the following to create your weebly: 1. quotes from the sister 2. images symbolizing the sister 3. textual evidence (w/ page numbers) 4. historical facts (f/ research) 5. figurative language from the novel 6. identified turning points for the character 7. images of the character 8. examples of posthumous tributes to your sister 9. create your own art, take a photo, upload it (maybe a zentangle symbolic of your sister??) 10. Do NOT feel limited by the list!!! (I made it for Ella) Remember, every word you choose to use is important. Make sure each entry on your character weebly is not only as accurate as possible, but also as descriptive as possible. Impress me. If you really want to impress me, use vocabulary words and incorporate technology we’ve used such as Kahoot, socrative, padlet, or thinglink. |
Activity 5: Timeline
When reading this novel, it is important to remember that it is historical fiction. The characters are real people, and these events actually occurred. You will have the opportunity to create a timeline based on one of these real events/characters. There is a list below of possible websites for making timelines. These websites allow you to make professional looking interactive timelines. Create one based on one historical event/character from the novel. This will be due on Friday. Your finished timeline is another resource that you could incorporate into your Weebly.
When reading this novel, it is important to remember that it is historical fiction. The characters are real people, and these events actually occurred. You will have the opportunity to create a timeline based on one of these real events/characters. There is a list below of possible websites for making timelines. These websites allow you to make professional looking interactive timelines. Create one based on one historical event/character from the novel. This will be due on Friday. Your finished timeline is another resource that you could incorporate into your Weebly.
- http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/
- http://www.tiki-toki.com
- http://www.softschools.com/teacher_resources/timeline_maker/
- http://www.capzles.com
Activity 6: Socratic Seminar
Come prepared to discuss chapters 1-11 on Thursday. You MUST have the questions from the document answered in order to participate. The discussion will focus on chapter 11, but your knowledge of the entire book will be included. The BIG question: How does prison change your life? |
Activity 7: Song of the Butterflies
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Read and discuss the poem with a small group. Individually, annotate it. Make as many connections to the novel as you can. Make it pretty and include illustrations. |
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
—Nelson Mandela
—Nelson Mandela
Historical Fiction: Based on REAL People and REAL Events
Trujillo's Assassination
Click on the button to the right to read an article about the assassination of Raphael Trujillo. Please annotate it by tomorrow. You can do so digitally or on a printed copy. In addition to the usual annotation process, please write three multiple choice questions about the reading. |
Activity 8: Annotating Information Texts
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Activity 9: Create your own Epic Rap Battle
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Required elements:
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Formative Assessment: Did you read? |
For a quick reading check, click on the button to the left. Enter 4e782668 as the room code to read and answer the question. |
TOB: Review in Pictures |