Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Wednesday - November 6, 2013

7th Grade:
-DOL - Still working on clauses and phrases.
-Finished reading Rikki Tikki in class today.  Students read their responses to each other in class.  We began the next unit on Foreshadowing, and will begin reading the story "Three Skeleton Key" in class tomorrow.  No homework.


8th Grade:
-DOL - Clause and Phrase practice. 
-students read their indirect characterization responses in class. 
-Homework:  Read the story "Hamadi" in the text.  After reading, choose one character from the story and write a 1/2 page discussion of that character's motivations for their actions.  Use examples from the text for the strongest answers. 


10th Grade:
Act IV, Scene 3.  Finish reading Act IV for tomorrow.  We start and FINISH act V in one day.  Then it is on to Star Wars, and the compare/contrast paper.


History:
Philosophy of  Government test.  Retakes are available for up to 80%.  Then we started talking about the Wyoming History Day project.  This is a very large, lengthy project that we will be working on for the next three months in History class.  It is not hard, but it is time consuming.  Details and rules packets will be passed out tomorrow, and all questions will be answered. 

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