Community Gardens in the Bayview

Aims:
1. IWBAT describe how community activists transformed a rough median strip on Quesada Avenue into a community garden.
2. IWBAT explain how the gardens on Quesada Avenue are similar to the garden in Seedfolks.

Tasks:
1. Do Now: Adjectives & Adverbs

2. Finish Seedfolks Unit Assessment

3. Learn about the Quesada Gardens Initiative:

A) Watch a video:

B) Read an article from the San Francisco Chronicle: "A Little Bit of Eden in the Bayview"

C) Think and write: respond to some questions about the article here

D) If there is enough time, discuss the transformation of Quesada Avenue and the influence of the community gardens on area: Pomona / Dartmouth / MSU

4. Exit Slip on Socrative: In one paragraph, explain how the gardens on Quesada Avenue in the Bayview are similar to the garden in the book Seedfolks.

Finished early? Complete these activities:

• adjective grammar blast
• adjective bug adventure
• parts of speech game
• adjectives pick-it / adverbs pick-it
• sentence creation

Homework: "Spring Garden"