REMINDER: ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT READING BOOK IN THEIR BACKPACKS AT ALL TIMES!!! Visit this website frequently, for all sorts of helpful information. View summaries of daily classwork, see the homework for the upcoming week, or download documents handed out in class. This page will serve to provide general monthly updates about both English and history class. Parents, if you have not yet done so, please e-mail me a 6-10 character password for use on the "Grades" page of this website (if you want to be able to access your child's grades online)! History This month we will wrap up the American Revolution and begin to think about that a new, and uniquely American government might look like. Students will contemplate the challenges facing the newly independent nation, and will brainstorm possible solutions to the problems. Our Asia map quiz will be on December 22nd, and Ms. Mahoney's last day with us will be December 23rd. English December will bring us to the final draft of our third writer's workshop piece (Querencia), and will see us starting the first drafts of our final piece (Tribute). Students are growing more comfortable with the BTP format and are increasingly successful with expanding their own ideas. We are continuing our study of adjectives, which should wrap up at the end of the month. In addition, sometime the week of December 15th students will begin reading Animal Farm. More details on that unit to follow via e-mail. Learn Vocab, Donate Rice Click the above link to play a super vocab game. For each word you get right, 20 grains of rice will be donated to the hungry. The site automatically adjusts the difficulty of the vocabulary to your level. WARNING: This site is addictive ;-). Students are commenting on the Presidential elections right now. Click the link above to see what your classmates have to say! |
