Title: Jars of Hope: How one woman helped to save 2,500 children during the Holocaust

Author:​​  Jennifer Roy Illustrator: Meg Owenson
Copyright: 2015
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
Reading Level: 4.2
Description:​ tragedy, WWII, Holocaust, Jews, Nazis
Suggested Delivery:  Guided Reading

Electronic Resources:
Blabberize
This tool is used for students to bring characters to life with their own voices!
Irena Sendler
This website includes more information about Irena Sendler and how she helped during WWII. 
ELA Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary-
Gestapo- the secret police of Nazi Germany
Uprising- a revolt, usually against a government
Vaccine- a medicine that prevents disease
Convent- a building where a group of religious women live
Yiddish- a language used by Jews in central and eastern Europe before the Holocaust
Foster home- a safe place where children can live for a short time   

Before- Ask students about their experiences of seeing others being treated differently or being treated differently themselves.
During- Students will complete a semantic feature analysis by students first calling out random things (related to the book) and then each student having to organize them to make sense. Then analyzing them by making connections and predictions.
After- Students will use Blabberize to create children during the Holocaust and make up what they might say using support and evidence from the book.
Writing Activity- Students will research people in our society that have or had made a difference like Irena Sendler. Then they will create a Facebook Profile about their person and present it to the class.

Title: Kira Kira

Author: Cynthia Kadohata
Copyright: 2004
Publisher: Atheneum Books
 Reading Level:​ 4.7
Description: tragic, child narrative, heartbreaking, realistic, empowering
Suggested Delivery: Guided reading
Electronic Resources:

Lymphoma

This website gives more information about the cancer that Lynn has. 

Poultry Processing

This website describes the conditions of working in a poultry processing plant.

ELA Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary-
Alclove- a recess, typically in the wall of a room or of a garden.
Barren-empty
Obstinate- stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so
Placid- peaceful
Recede- gradually diminish.
Anemia- a condition in which you don't have enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to the body's tissues
Lymphoma- a cancer that starts in cells that are part of the body's immune system
Bask- soaking in
Chasm- a deep fissure in the earth, rock, or another surface (Grand Canyon)
Emanating- coming from
Heathen- nonbeliever
Jubilant- feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.
Pallor- an unhealthy pale appearance
Boisterous- loud
Sultry- oppressively hot; sweltering
Wistful- longing
 
Before-  Have students complete an anticipation guide with statements about the characters and the story that the students agree or disagree with. As students read, they will reflect on their previous answers and mark the page numbers where they found the information.
During- Have students discuss the conditions of the hatcheries, the unions, Katie's immaturity, and Lynn's changing character.
After- Discuss the changes of Katie's character from the beginning of the story to the end.

Writing Activity- Ask students to continue the story based on the storyline and structure of the book.

Title: Maggot Moon

Author:​​  Sally Gardner
Copyright: 2012
Publisher: Candlewick
Reading Level: 4.5
Description:​ dyslexia, imagination, dystopian, friendship, unique
Suggested Delivery: Guided Reading

Electronic Resources:
What it Feels Like to Be A Dyslexic Reader

This website shows students what is it like to have dyslexia.
Animoto
This Web 2.0 tool is used for students to make creative videos.   ELA Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary-
Derelict- old, empty, and broken down
Democracy- a system of government in which citizens can vote and choose their leaders
Dictatorship- a system of government where one person seizes power and does not allow voting

Affront- something that is an insult and makes someone angry
Oblivion- Unconsciousness or complete lack of awareness; blotted from memory
Oppressive- putting others down or treating them cruelly

Before- Present students with some information about the book. Ask students to do Student Questions for Purposeful Learning and have them answer their questions as they read.
During- Discuss why Standish mixes reality with fantasy and its effects on him.
After- Have students create a video using Animoto depicting an important scene from the text.
Writing Activity- Present students with information about a Utopian society. Then ask them to compare and contrast the societies using support from the the information you provided and from the text.

Title: Malala: A Brave Girl From Pakistan
 Author:​​  Jeanette Winter
Copyright: 2014
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Reading Level: 3.6
Description:​ Taliban, Pakistan, brave, education, survivor
Suggested Delivery:  Independent

Electronic Resources:
Malala Yousafzai
This website is the biography of Malala.

Iqbal Masih

This website is the biography of Iqbal.

ELA Teaching Suggestions:
Key Vocabulary-
Taliban- an Islamic militant group operating in Afghanistan and western Pakistan.
Pakistan- country in the Middle East
Extremists- a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to extreme action
Intricate- detailed
Trudging- walking slowly
Liberated- freed from imprisonment, slavery, or enemy occupation

Before- Ask students about their prior knowledge on Malala or Iqbal. Ask them how they changed society.
During- Have students discuss the differences in laws and about people are treated in the Middle East vs. in America.
After- Have students engage in a popcorn review by having students prompt each other with questions, asking them to state facts or asking them to add other related information.
Writing Activity- Have students research brave people from our society. Then have students create a twitter as that person with tweets and pictures. Then have the students present them to the class.