Week 5 Discussion Question

As Ha begins to adjust to school, she begins to better understand the actions of the other kids. Why is the chapter called 'More Is Not Better?' Use examples to explain this. At school Miss Scott shows the class important photographs. What were they of and what was their significance? 

Make sure to answer the question with a RAD response and use details from the text to support your answer. Please check your grammar, spelling, capitalization, and conventions before submitting your response.

Week 5 Agenda (May 5th - May 9th)

Here is your agenda for this week. This is what you should be working on and completing each day. Enjoy!

Monday, May 5th: 

- Group Discussions

Tuesday, May 6th:
- Read Pages 131 - 157
- Add to Charts

Wednesday, May 7th:
- Read Pages 158 - 182
- Add to Charts

Thursday, May 8th: 

- Read Pages 183 - 208
- Add to Charts

                                                                                   

Friday, April 25th 
- Answer Weekly Blog Question on Your Blog (type it in your 'Blogging Doc' first please)
- Comment on Other Posts - Specific, Strong Comments Only

Week 4 Discussion Question

What are some of the big challenges the family are facing on their journeys from the boat, to the 'tent cities,' and finally at their new home in Alabama? Use specific examples from the story to show how these problems are impacting the family. In the section " Out the Too-High Window" Ha describes the new city and says it is "clean, quiet, loneliness." Why does Ha feel so lonely? Explain your thinking. 

Make sure to write in complete sentences and use details from the story to support your answers. Type this in your 'blogging doc' first so you can make corrections if necessary. Make sure to edit and revise your answer before you post it.

Week 3 Discussion Question

Ha and her family decide to leave Saigon once the President is no longer in power. Their journey has now just begun. Their mother informs them in 'Choice' that "Into each pack: one pair of pants, one pair of shorts, three pairs of underwear, two shirts, sandals, toothbrush and paste, soap, ten palms of rice grains, three clumps of cooked rice, one choice." This means that they must leave everything else, essentially the only life they have ever known behind. For her 'choice' item Ha chooses her doll, what item would you choose? If you had to leave your life behind what would be the hardest things to leave behind? Make sure to explain your choices and give specific details. This thinking will help you better relate to what Ha is going through!

Make sure to write in complete sentences and use details from the story to support your answers. Type this in your 'blogging doc' first so you can make corrections if necessary. Make sure to edit and revise your answer before you post it.

Wyman - Week 3 Agenda (April 21st - 25th)

Here is your agenda for this week. This is what you should be working on and completing each day. Enjoy!

Monday, April 21st

- No School 

Tuesday, April 22nd
- Lucy Caulkins Lesson
- Add to Charts
- Read Pages 49 - 60 (write questions/use sticky notes as you read) 

Wednesday, April 23rd 
- Lucy Caulkins Lesson
- Add to Charts
- Read Pages 61 - 76 (write questions/use sticky notes as you read) 
                                                                                       

Thursday, April 24th
- Answer Weekly Blog Question on Your Blog (type it in your 'Blogging Doc' first please)

- Comment on Other Posts - Specific, Strong Comments Only

                                                                                   

Friday, April 25th
- Group Discussion

Week 2 Discussion Question

In the section called "Should We" the family has a meeting about whether they should stay in Vietnam or go now that the war is getting worse. Some of the family thinks they should stay, some of the family thinks they should go. Why would they want to leave? What could happen to them if they stay? Use specific examples from the story to support your thinking (especially from the section "Should We"). 

Make sure to write in complete sentences and use details from the story to support your answers. Type this in your 'blogging doc' first so you can make corrections if necessary. Make sure to edit and revise your answer before you post it.

Wyman - Week 2 Agenda (April 14th - April 18th)

Here is your agenda for this week. This is what you should be working on and completing each day. Enjoy!

Monday, April 14th

- Lucy Caulkins Lesson

- Begin Group Charts (Setting and Character)

Tuesday, April 15th
- Lucy Caulkins Lesson
- Read Pages 24 - 40 (write questions/use sticky notes as you read) 

Wednesday, April 16th 
- Lucy Caulkins Lesson
- Add to Charts
- Read Pages 41 - 48 (write questions/use sticky notes as you read) 
                                                                                       

Thursday, April 17th 
- Answer Weekly Blog Question on Your Blog (type it in your 'Blogging Doc' first please)

- Comment on Other Posts - Specific, Strong Comments Only

                                                                                   

Friday, April 18th 
- Group Discussion

Week 1 Discussion Question

Ha has proved in the beginning of the story that she is a bit mischievous. What are some of the things she has done that show that she is a bit of a rule-breaker? What in her life might make her act this way?

Make sure to write in complete sentences and use details from the story to support your answers. Type this in your 'blogging doc' first so you can make corrections if necessary. Make sure to edit and revise your answer before you post it.

Wyman - Week 1 Agenda (April 7th - April 11th)

Here is your agenda for this week. This is what you should be working on and completing each day. Enjoy!

Monday, April 7th

- Work on Culture Note-Catcher (research your countries culture)

Tuesday, April 8th
- Finish Culture Note-Catcher (share and discuss your findings) 

Wednesday, April 9th - Begin Reading 
     - Pages 1 - 13 (1975: Year of the Cat, Inside Out, Kim Ha, Papaya Tree, TiTi Waves Good-bye,                                        Missing in Action)
- Sticky Note as You Read (use text codes, write questions, observations about character) 
     - Focus on Character  
                                                                                       

Thursday, April 10th 
- Read pages 14 - 23 (Mother's Day, Eggs, Current News, Feel Smart, Two More Papayas, Unknown                                          Father)  

- Begin Story and Character Charts

                                                                                   

Friday, April 11th 
- Answer Weekly Question on Your Blog (type it in your 'Blogging Doc' first please) 
- Work on Story and Character Charts