Monday, March 25, 2013-- Wednesday, March 27,2013

Writing: Students will be working on an essay about Core Democratic Values this week.  They will have all of class time through Wednesday to work on this assignment.  The final draft will be due at the beginning of the hour on Thursday.  While is it not being assigned as homework, students may choose to bring it home to work on.

 

Friday, March 22, 2013

Students went to the library today to check out a book for their non-fiction book report.
We went over the rubric for the book report in class.  Book reports are due on April 22nd.

Writing: Students began work on a four-paragraph essay about "courage".  It was not homework.  We will use class time on Monday to complete the assignment.

 

March 19-21, 2013

Friday is the end of the marking period.  All late/fix assignments are due by the end of the day on Friday.  Each student was given a list of assignments that need to be taken care of.

There will be no homework this week.  Students turned in their final writing assignment for this marking period this morning. 

Students will be watching the historical account Ruby Bridges Wednesday and Thursday.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Delayed start. Students began with third hour.

Writing: Third hour students wrote a four paragraph essay in class.  Topic was chosen from the "What's the Scoop" topic list.
Spelling: There is no spelling homework this week.

Last day to turn in missing assignments for this marking period is Friday, March 22nd!!! 

Thursday, March 14, 2013

  Reading: discussed a variety of different genre of literature focusing on Rosa Parks.
              HW: Fact/Nonfact worksheet

English: Review of double negatives.  Test on modifiers tomorrow.
               HW: Modifiers review worksheet

Writing:  Text connections essay will be due on Tuesday.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Spelling hw is due tomorrow.
Reading: Students investigated the autobiography and a historical account of Ruby Bridges.
English: Review of adjectives and adverbs in preparation for Friday's test.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Writing: Students continued to work on their "Text Connections" essay.
English: Students reviewed the use of double negatives in preparation for the English test on Friday.
      HW: Adverb/adjective review sheet
Reading: Students read a short story about school segregation.  Discussed the problems that students faced before integration.
      HW: Selection test for "The Shut Out"