Did you know that MS St Louis was a real ship and Captain Schroeder was a real person? Recently the ship was in the news because Canadian Prime Minster, Justin Trudeau, apologised to the passengers and their descendants for Canada’s decision in 1939 refuse entry to the passengers. Sol Messeinger was one of the passengers on the ship. 3 Read More…
Time and space
In 6W we are using second a day to tell document our learning for the year. Ms Stephanie found this ‘second a day’ video that made her think about the book Refugee. What connections can you make between this video and the book, Refugee? Take some time to think about: the purpose of having the Read More…
The role of technology in a refugee’s journey
A few weeks ago we debated what we might take on our journey Mahmoud is different from both Isabella and Josef – his family has access to phone. How important do you think the phone might be to Mahmoud’s family? You might want to think about: how Mahmoud’s family uses the phone in the book. Read More…
What would you take and why?
Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud all had to leave behind many of their possessions to make the journey. Some characters and their families had time to make decisions, other characters had less time. 6W thought about the 10 items they would take if they were forced to leave their homes. First they did so by themselves, but then Read More…
Illustrator
Take some time to create an illustration about a character from the book, Refugee. You might want to include in your illustration: Their families. An important scene from the book so far. A symbol important to them or to the story. Where they lived at the start of the story. The cause of their family’s Read More…
Thoughts about the cover
Before we start listening to Refugee, 6W took some time to analyse (observe and think) the cover and annotate (add pictures and arrows to an image) our thinking. You may want to join our our conversation by clicking this link. What connections can you make between slides – are there details that many people notice? What Read More…
Welcome!
We are group of awesome Year 6 students from Nexus International School in Singapore! We want to collaborate with other classes from around the world reading Alan Gratz’s amazing book Refugee as part of the Global Read Aloud. You don’t have to come form Asia to be part of our blogging community but we do ask Read More…