FOR SOPHOMORES: Quiz on Chapters 18-21 (though FI read through 22) Power point on the principles of photography and receive a photo art assignment Read short story written by a Syrian author HWK: 10C — Vocab due tomorrow. Read Chapters 23 & 24 HWK: 10B – Vocab due Monday. Read Chapters 22, 23, and 24 […]
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FOR FRESHMEN: Turn in final Samurai’s Garden essay. Turn in vocab if you have it today for extra credit. If not today, then Friday is fine (but no extra credit on Friday). Get 3D art grades and take photos to be shown at end-of-year assembly Begin class reading of “Home Was a Horse Stall.” We’ll finish this […]
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FOR FRESHMEN: Answer questions on writing essay for next class, review how to use quotations in an essay, and go over expected punctuation standards. Peer edit the rough drafts of a partner’s essay. HWK: Bring final essay to class in MLA format with typed rough draft stapled to the back. Also, you’ve had over 2 […]
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FOR SOPHOMORES 10C and 10B: Get vocab assignment and go over how to do it correctly. Test on these words will be Tues. 2/4 Watch YouTube video with K. Hosseini and discuss the background of the novel Discuss relevant passages in the novel with 10C; go over your typed discussion questions with 10B HWK for […]
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FOR FRESHMEN: Using your outline, create a rough draft of your essay HWK: Type the rough draft of your essay and bring to class for peer editing. Be sure to double space! FOR SOPHOMORES: Quiz on Chs 10-14 Discussion of the novel HWK: Read 12-15. Type 3 good discussion questions based on those chapters, and […]
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FOR FRESHMEN: Brainstorming ideas and creating an outline for the essay on Samurai’s Garden HWK: Bring in a completed outline FOR SOPHOMORES 10C: Collect and discuss sheets with background info on Afghanistan Class discussion on the importance of shelter Class time to work with a partner on “Inner Conflict” assignment HWK: Read Chs. 10-14
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MLK Assembly, so only 45 min per class 9th: No class – due to the assembly 10C (FI): Book discussion. Quiz on Chs. 1- 5. Review of quiz and more book discussion. HWK: Read Chs 6-9. Fill out “Background Info” sheet 10B: Quiz on Chs. 1 – 5. Handed in character grids. Reviewed quiz and […]
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Monday 1/20 was a holiday (MLK) This week Ms. Owens will be guest teaching. 9th grade: Day one of The Samurai’s Garden essay. We reviewed essay structure, strong thesis statements, how to create interesting assertions and essay assignment sheet for this essay. We started on the outline during class. HWK: None. Bring topic charts and […]
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FOR SOPHOMORES 10C: Introduction to A Thousand Splendid Suns Work on character art HWK: Finish character art. Read pgs. 4-34 in Suns FOR SOPHOMORES 10B: Introduction to A Thousand Splendid Suns Begin Sufi poetry — “perform a poem” HWK: Finish character art. Read pgs. 4-34 in Suns
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FOR FRESHMEN: Work in groups on poster project with assigned parts of the today’s reading. If you missed this class, be sure to email me this week so I can give you help in figuring out how to make up this project. Next week will be too late! HWK: None. Next class, we’ll finish these […]
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