Jan 14–15

US History: Immigration & Great Migration (1880s–1920s)

📗Wednesday — Jan 14

Joel's Online Reading Class - 2026/01/14 17:58 EST - Recording

Warmup: Figures of Speech
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-9/interpret-figures-of-speech

Newsela:
https://app.newsela.com/view/cmjblyhej00083b6o7husw632/?selectedAssignmentId=cmkemj5zy000e2sorwcjaaqpp

Bias
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/evaluate-newspaper-headlines-for-bias

📘Thursday — Jan 15

Joel's Online Reading Class - 2026/01/15 17:57 EST - Recording

Warmup: IXL Order of Adjectives
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-8/order-adjectives https://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/order%20of%20adjectives.pdf

Slow Graph:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTo7mxTYq-jAqpvi4036THP5Wg0kqLcA3vd6LwiEk47aVYQlb-cTvNBmn0zVnkihu2xKRWbDDlf3KyI/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Poem: https://poets.org/poem/my-heart-you

📚Suggested Readings

Readings US History: Immigration & Great Migration (1880s–1920s)

"The New Colossus" (Emma Lazarus)

Letters from the Great Migration

Jacob Riis: How the Other Half Lives

📝Homework

IXL Homework: Week 17

Reading: Determine the themes of short stories

Writing: Identify counterclaims

Vocabulary: Words with -less

Grammar/Language: Choose between subject and object pronouns, Compound subjects and objects with pronouns