Thursday, October 10, 2013

Thursday - October 10, 2013

7th Grade: 
-Spelling Quiz week 7. 

-Students finished reading the "Mason Dixon" story on their own in class.  Assignment:  Write 3/4 - 1 page essay about a time you were left out of an activity you wanted to join.  Make sure to tie it in with the story.  Due Monday. 

8th Grade: 
-Spelling Quiz, Week 7

-Finish watching Flowers movie. 
-Essay:  Write a compare and contrast essay about the similarities and differences between the book and the movie version of Flowers for Algernon.  Cite specific examples from the text and movie.  Be creative, and think outside the box for your examples. 

Parameters:  1 1/2 - 2 full pages.  Typed.  Double Spaced.  11 or 12 point font in Times New Roman or Calibri.  1 inch margins.  Due - Thursday October 17.


10th Grade:
-Spelling quiz for week 7 words
-Continue with J.C. Act I, Scene I.    I enjoyed the discussions we had in class today about honor, lies, and nobility.  Hopefully, this play is making you examine many of your own priorities and moral values.


History: 
-Quiz on My Brother Sam Chapters 10 and 11.  Quiz on Chapter 3, Sections 1 and 2 in Hist. Text.
-Current Events discussions for the remainder of the period.  Remember to read 2 current events to the class by the end of the quarter. 

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