SS8

Welcome to Social Studies 8! I'm very excited to be teaching this course!

We started off the class by going over the Course Outline and classroom expectations. Please bring home the Course Outline for your parents to sign. Then students completed a questionnaire for me to get to know them, and we played a game of "2 truths, 1 lie". After that, I introduced the concept of 'historical significance'. I introduced myself in the form of a timeline, and explained all the events that shaped who I am today.

Students then started working on a plan for their own personal timeline assignment, which we'll continue next class.

Reminders:

• Have your course outlines signed!
• Talk to your parents about events for the timeline assignment

English 10: Blocks 1-2 and 5-6

Welcome to English 10!!!

It's nice to see familiar faces again!

Today we went through our Course Outline, which you can bring home for your parents to look over. As an introduction, we discussed the importance of studying literature and the meaning of 'themes'. I related themes to the modern idea of hashtags (we watched a Jimmy Fallon clip as an example). As an activity, students circulated around the classroom to write examples on chart paper of some common themes we look at in English 10: oppression, conformity, power conflict, and justice.

Also, we started a writing assignment; I'll allot more time for this tomorrow.

Planning 10

This week, we've been discussing Choice & Accountability and Decision Making. Mr. Colvin also stopped in today to talk about career programs at RSS.

We've also looked at addictions and drug use, which, we'll continue discussing tomorrow.

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!