As I reflect back on this past week, the first word that comes to my mind is ‘perseverance’. We were tested emotionally with the tragic loss of one of our beloved Coyotes, we were tested physically/mentally with late night homework marathons, and we were tested on our ability, amidst the already challenging tasks this week, to persevere through challenge and loss, which is the greatest test you’ll ever take. Fortunately, a growth mindset welcomes challenge as a means of becoming better/stronger, and it was an honor to see you all ‘grow’ this week.
This week, we read Ursula K LeGuin’s ‘The Ones Who Walked Away From Omelas’ before practicing summary and analysis of the theme ‘we often make great sacrifices for what we believe in’. We then compared the ways in which Harrison Bergeron and the teens who left Omelas approached their conflicts by writing a comparative analysis. We will culminate our analysis on Monday by creating a dual diorama depicting the scenes discussed in our analyses. Many of your responses have been insightful thus far, and I am pleased to see that you are beginning to make ‘analysis’ a natural part of your reading/writing.
Enjoy the weekend, take time to 'smell the roses', and I'll see you Tuesday/Wednesday.
~Mr. Allen
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