Students completed a close reading with multiple choice questions comparing the introductions of The Glass Castle and The Odyssey. TGC Close Reading 1

The first reading guide for The Glass Castle is due on Friday: Glass Castle Reading Guide 1

We took our drama vocabulary quiz in class today.

For the remainder of our time, and for homework (due on Thursday), please complete the Memory Podcast Listening Guide. Memory Podcast

And here is the link to the podcast.

Quiz over drama terms tomorrow! Drama Vocabulary

Today we read an article about hunger in America and completed a reading guide – whatever you have not finished is for homework. The New Face of Hunger Reading Guide   The New Face of Hunger

Hi students – I’ve gotten sick and have requested a substitute for the day. That means: 1 – you get an extra day to work on your hero project in class and 2 – we’ll have to postpone our viewing of Selma until next week (I’m sorry about that).

Please do your best to work hard tomorrow and make sure that your hero portfolios are ready to go on Monday.

We continued working on your multi-genre portfolios – they are due on Monday! No additional homework. And please consider coming to see Selma on Friday afternoon!

We continued working on your multi-genre hero portfolios today. Your homework is to keep working on whatever you listed as your goal for the evening.

And remember – the extra credit film for Friday afternoon is Selma! 🙂 The film will be over at 5:40 PM.

Today students turned in their documented essays. We began working on the portfolio portion of the project: Multi-Genre Portfolio Project Rubric – Chapman 2016. This is due on Monday, February 22, and is worth a major grade. We’ll be working on it for the next three days in class.

We continued to work on our documented essays about heroes! (Due Monday – no vocabulary quiz.)

You all promised me that you will have printed copies, ready to turn in when class begins. Remember that it’s a major grade.

The extra credit movie for this week was Belle; here’s the viewing guide: Belle Viewing Guide

Today students had the period to begin drafting their keystone essays about their heroes. Please make sure that you have read the handout on introductions in your project packet.

No homework for tonight! 🙂

Happy Friday!

We spent today in the library again. Students completed their notes pages to be used for their research-based essays.

REMEMBER TO MEET IN THE MPR ON MONDAY MORNING FOR YOUR MOCK STAAR!

And just to be clear – no homework for this weekend! 🙂

And here is the extra credit viewing guide for The Count of Monte Cristo film: The Count of Monte Cristo Film Viewing Guide