Windows on My World Letters from Rifka - Discovery Education

<strong>Windows</strong> on My WorldLetters from RifkaO NWINDOWSM YW O R L DProgram Viewing #3 OutlineFor the Teacher Mode ScriptMake a chart for the classroom of the 3kind of questions.Respond to quote.StudioStudio TeacherStudio TeacherYour Time #1Introduction.Share letters written to Tovah.Using Question-Answer Response, QAR,help students to identify different kinds ofquestions.“Saying goodbye to Mama and Papa hurtin chest the way it hurts when Saul heldme underwater too long.’Have students’ journal open.Hot Seat is a procedure in which studentsassume the persona of a character fromthe story. They answer questions askedby peers as though they were thatindividual.Your Time #2ClassroomStudioStudio TeacherRoll in #1I am poem Resiliency Charts. Respond toSaul's quote.Introduction to Hot Seat.Watch a clip of other students doing HotSeat.Students discuss Rifka’s personalcharacteristics and generate a list ofquestions they would ask her.Your Time #3ClassroomStudents discuss...What are your thoughts about Rifka?What questions would you like to askher?Have students listen or follow along.StudioStudio TeacherStudioVideo ClipStudioStudio TeacherStudio Teacher reads letter of October 1,1920.National Geographic Perspective in U.S.History video clip about Ellis Island orWho Built America: From the Centennial tothe Great War, 1876-1914.Introduction of Photo Time Line.TEAMS English Language Arts — <strong>Windows</strong> on My World: Letters from Rifka© 2001-2002 Los Angeles County Office of EducationTeacher Guide: 35