We recently started listening to a short story called ‘The Difficult Path’ by Grace Lin. The story is about a young girl who had been sold into servitude, by her own mother! In the last part of the story, we’ll find out about the superpower the pirates want from her. [Grace Lin is also the author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, which some of you may have read from our classroom library shelf. While the short story we’ve been reading is a work of fiction, you might be surprised to find out about one of the pirate captains of the actual Red Flag Fleet from the 19th Century]

During our class circle yesterday, we discussed our ongoing asssigned activities for this week, including a video we will try to put together and preparing for a (virtual) poetry slam.  Here again is the link to what we’re working on this week, which includes links to part 2 of the story (along with a few questions to answer). There is also a link to part 1 if you need a review and an exercise to help those poetry-writing skills.

Remember to come with questions during the morning feedback/discussion sessions (see the Teams calendar), and remember our next meeting time Thursday afternoon at 1PM (again join from the Teams calendar event).