EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY through December 16th

FIRST:  Extra Credit opportunity

Student will be given an extra credit opportunity that will run through December 16th.  It will be awarded the same extra credit points as a reading novel.  The movie is THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN.  This film, though it takes place in a later era, correctly describes some of the obstacles orphaned children faced--or children who had lost one parent.

Students did a FOR of AGAINST on the Orphan Trains which took children out west to be adopted---and I want them to gain better understanding of what it was like for children whose lives were disrupted when their parents died or had to leave home to seek work.

Students are to write a list of just five obstacles or challenges that Natty faced and turn the slip into the IN box with their parent's signature.