English 9: Blocks 5/6

This week, we've almost finished reading  The Crazy Man, and students hvae been working on thier journal response booklets for the novel.

Reminders:

• Final Exam: Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017

English 9: Blocks 1/2

This week, students are working on their Independent Novel Study Projects, and finishing up the found poem assignment for The Crazy Man.

Reminders:

• Novel Study Projects: due Monday, Jan. 23, 2017
• Final Exam: Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017

English 8

Great work this week on your projects!!!

This week, students have been working on a Mythology poster project. We have one more class tomorrow, and then it will be due next week.

Students were also given a review booklet, in case they want to start studying for the exam.

Reminders:

• Mythology Poster Project: due Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017
• Final Exam: Thursday, January 26, 2017

English 9: Blocks 5/6

This week, we've been continuing work on the Independent Novel Studies. You should be finished your novels by the end of next week.

We read the section "Meeka" in The Crazy Man today and students wrote a quiz on the first three sections of the novel. Students also started a 'found poem' assignment today.

Reminders:

• "Dad" worksheet should be handed in!

English 8

This week, students did some review for The Giver and wrote a test on the novel.

We also started looking at poetry terms and mythology traits (there were notes for this). For poetry, we looked the poem, "My Guilt"; students also wrote acrostic, limerick, and haiku poems. For mythology, we read "The Flood".

Reminders:

• Giver Projects: due Friday, Jan.13, 2107

English 9: Blocks 5/6

This week, we've finished reading My Name is Seepeetza and worked on some other activities. All Reflective questions should be turned in. We analyzed the song "In the Walls of His Mind and" compared it to the events in the novel. Students also completed a journal response pertaining to methods of punishment in the book, and they started working on a 'One-Pager' activity.

Reminders:

• My Name is Seepeetza questions should be turned in!!!!
• Seepeetza Test: Thursday, January 12, 2017

Planning 10

Today we continued working through the 2nd Healthy Relationships booklet. We focused on effective ways of communicating. Students paired up, they were given different scenarios and had to act out and demonstrate unhealthy ways of communicating, and effective ways of communicating, using "I Statements"; We also touched on conflict resolution.