Jan. 19-23, 2015

Focus of Classwork

This week was a short week.  Students were only in school Wednesday through Friday.  In class we turned our attention from "The Most Dangerous Game" to the novel Lord of the Flies.  We focused on characterization as we read and discussed chapters 1 and 2.

Week of Jan. 19, 2015 PowerPoints

January 21 PowerPoint

January 22 PowerPoint

Jan 13-16, 2015

Classwork Focus

This week was focused on writing strong arguments and preparing to write a MEL-Con about the short story "The Most Dangerous Game"  Each day in class we focused on an element of a MEL-Con paragraph and gathered evidence connected to how various themes were shown in "The Most Dangerous Game."

Powerpoints from January 13-16

January 13 Powerpoint

January 14 Powerpoint

January 15 Powerpoint

January 16 Powerpoint

Oct 31 - Happy Halloween

Classwork

Today we finished up our Odyssey Research Project Presentations and dove into major notes on creating proper Works Cited and Bibliography Pages.  Many students are still making major formatting errors, so most of today focused on setting up the Works Cited page.  See below for today's powerpoint.

Homework

1. Due Monday - Read The Odyssey books 1-2 (pgs 1-38)
2. Due Monday - Complete Books 1-2 Comprehension Check Worksheet
3. Due Wednesday - Revised Individual and Group Works Cited pages (make sure to staple your first draft behind your final draft)
4. Study Unit 5 Vocabulary - Test next Friday!

Resources to Use When Reading The Odyssey

1. Odyssey Terms and Characters List
2. Map of Character Relationships from the Odyssey

Today's powerpoint