SS 8

We've been working on the 3D manors Friday and today - they are looking soooooo great! I'll give another class for the projects. Remember to have your progress reports signed and brought back!

Reminders:

• Signed progress reports

English 10: Blocks 1/2

We started off the day with a grammar quiz, and then I gave students more time to work on their character paragraphs. This is due tomorrow.

We also discussed a Ted Talks by model Cameron Russel regarding body image, and some current events surrounding 'islamophobia'. Students then read "My Body is My Own Business" and "My Body" in Sightlines 10. They completed corresponding questions in class.

In the second half, students started a short story project.

Reminders:

• Character paragraphs : due Friday!!!!

English 10: Blocks 5/6

Great concentration today!

We started off the day with a grammar quiz, and then I gave students more time to work on their character paragraphs. This is due Friday. After, we did some song analysis and read a New Yorker article about "A Tribe Called Quest". In the second half, students started a short story project.

Reminders:

• Character paragraphs : due Friday!!!!

SS 8

Fun class today!

We started off the day working on a visual design of the interior of a lord's house. This was the only class for this assignment, so it will be due for homework. We then finished watching "Worst Jobs of the Middle Ages". After the break, we started working on a 3D diorama of a feudal manor. We'll continue this next class, so bring materials if you can remember!

Reminders:

• Lord and Lady Manor Q's - due today!
• Lord's house Visual: due Friday, March 3, 2017

SS 8

Today we discussed the Lord and Lady of the Manor. We started off with a bit of a review discussion on the feudal manor. We then read an article describing the lord's house, and completed questions as a class. Then students were assigned some reading and questions from the textbook. Additionally, as a class, we completed a chart comparing women's rights then and now. To finish off, we started watching "Worst Jobs of the Middle Ages".

Reminders:

• Lord and Lady of the Manor textbook questions: due next class!
• Bring any materials you can scrounge up for a 3-D model of a manor (cotton balls, toothpick, Popsicle sticks, Lego, clay, etc.) - we'll start this next class

English 10

Today we finished watching the short film "2081". We then started writing a character paragraph; students had the choice of three stories to choose from for this task.

Reminders:

• "Harrison Bergeron" questions and paragraph: due today!!!!
• Open-book grammar quiz: Next class
• Character paragraph (plan, draft, good copy): due Friday, March 3, 2017

SS 8

Welcome back band students!

Today we mostly focused on Manor Life in the feudal system. We took a virtual tour of a medieval manor and watched a video of a 3D model demonstration. I spent most of class going through a PowerPoint; there were "Fill-in-the-Blank" notes to go along with this. We also read a portion of the textbook explaining manor life.

Reminders:

• Europe Maps (p.49) : due today!