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
IXL | Interpret figures of speech | 9th grade language arts

Newsela:
Disney, OpenAI deal means you can make short videos with Mickey, R2-D2

Bias
IXL | Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias | 7th grade language arts

📘 Thursday — Jan 15

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

Warmup: IXL Order of Adjectives
IXL | Order adjectives | 8th grade language arts englishforeveryone.org

Slow Graph:
100 Highest - Google Slides

Poem: This Is My Heart For You by Silas House - Poems | Academy of American Poets

📚 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