7th Grade: DOL - Clauses and phrase identification.
-Finish reading the story "Rikki Tikki Tavi" in the text. Answer questions 7 and 8 on page 157. Then read the information on page 159 about active and passive verbs.
Homework: Write a 1/4 page summary of the story Rikki Tikki in the most passive voice you can muster. We will read these in class tomorrow to see how everyone did.
8th Grade: DOL - Clause practice
-Finish reading "A Retrieved Reformation" in the text.
Homework: Write a 1/4 page biography of the detective Ben Price from the story. There is not much directly stated about him, but there is quite a lot of indirect characterization. What kind of man is this? How can you tell? Use examples from the text for the best score.
10th Grade:
Julius Caesar Act III test.
Homework: Read through act IV, Scene 3 for tomorrow.
History: Busy day today. . .
Quiz on chapter 4, section 1 in the text. See Mr. Hawley for make up quiz.
Lots of current events discussions today, including:
-1st amendment Free speech discussion about a woman who lost her job for wearing an inappropriate Halloween costume to work
-Political campaigns from the 1800 election that were just downright NASTY between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
-4th Amendment discussion about New York police strip searching every person who is arrested for whatever reason.
-Then we started discussing the notes on the 5th amendment.
-Tomorrow, there is a test on the Philosophy of Government Notes. Then we will begin discussing the Wyoming History Day project. This is a very large and time consuming project. It is not hard, but can't be done in a weekend.
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