Monday - October 21, 2013

7th Grade: 
-DOL
-Short story, and Main Point of View practice. 



8th Grade: 
-DOL
-Continue Reading "Monkey's Paw" in the textbook, then we had a financial discussion about mortgages, interest rates, etc.  The goal was to give students a few life-tips about finance, and help them understand the story a little better. 


10th Grade:
-DOL
-Finish Act II in J.C.  Begin Act III, scene I.  There will be  a test on Act II on Tuesday.


History:  In connection with our English class lesson about the "Monkey's Paw", where the father wanted to ask for enough money in his wish to pay off their mortgage, we looked at www.DaveRamsey.com.  He has a mortgage calculator anyone can use to see how much money they can save by paying a little extra each month.  You can save yourself thousands of dollars by doing this.  Students played around with the numbers, to see the graph differences. 

Then, we watched and discussed a 10 minute video clip about Native American/Colonial American relationships, and how eventually the Indians were basically exterminated from English colonies and surrounding areas through disease, warfare, and loss of lands/resources.  It is important to understand that these actions were not limited to the English colonists, but were simply part of a larger pattern by European colonizers all throughout the new world.