New reading unit in Language Arts class - Please Read

Students started reading Fever, 1793 in class last week. This is our first experience with literature circles this year. Aimed at the young adult reader, this book tells the harrowing story of young Mattie and how she survives the infamous Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. Fever 1793, serves as the main focus of the literature circles and prompts readers to validate the tragic events described therein. We will be pairing this historical fiction novel with various nonfiction material, mainly Jim Murphy's An American Plague, which I will be reading to them each day in class. Students will discuss what they read, refine their ideas, argue and debate, clarify misunderstandings, reconsider opinions, learn new words, and build new understandings about content through this literature circle experience.

How can you help?

It will be very helpful if you ask your child each night if they finished their reading assignment and associated job in class. They have approximately 40 minutes each day for this reading and writing, and many students finish in class.

Over the next two weeks, we will post this table in our homework blog to help you check in. The audio version of Fever is accessible in my Google Classroom, and students each have a copy of the book.

Thank you for your support at home! It makes a difference!

Due Date	Pages to read from Fever, 1793
3/29	1	to 13	and complete corresponding job in Fever journal
4/1	14	to 23	and complete corresponding job in Fever journal
4/2	24	to 33	and complete corresponding job in Fever journal