November 23-27/20
** There is no printable learning package available this week. Please do the online assignment below.
Novel Study
This week is the beginning of the novel we will be reading. The goal is to read/listen to the story, then fill out the comprehension questions.
Fatty Legs is about an eight-year-old girl named Margaret Pokiak. She has set her sights on learning how to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with increasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five day journey to attend school, but he warns Margaret of the terrors of residential school.
Watch the video, then do the Introduction Questions below.
Introduction to Fatty Legs written by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margeret Pokiak-Fenton,
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