January 26, 2015

Monday: Character Study #2: The Life of Winston Churchill

Note-taking Skills: Mind Maps and Venn Diagrams

Homework: Finish Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting Martin Luther King, Jr, and Winston Churchill

Tuesday: Read Chapters 12-13 of Number the Stars

Wednesday: Library Day! Please bring books to renew/return and any fines or fees you might owe! 

Read Chapters 14-15 of Number the Stars

Homework: Test Practice Worksheet

Thursday: Read Chapters 16-17 of Number the Stars

Answer comprehension questions based on the novel.

Friday: IR Test #1 over a novel of your choice. 

Bring IR books to class—you can use them on the test!

Make a comic strip based on Number the Stars.

Homework: Finish Comic Strip based on Number the Stars. 

Week 21: 1/20/15

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! Now the rubber meets the road--we've got about 5 weeks until Spring Break, and they will be busy ones!

Tuesday 1/20: Character Study #1: The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
New Note-taking Strategy: 2-Column Outline

Wednesday 1/21: Chapters 7-8 of Number the Stars.
Homework: Test Practice Lessons 5-6

Thursday 1/22: Chapters 9-11 of Number the Stars.

Friday 1/23: QUIZ over the following topics:
-Vocabulary Chapters 1-11
(contempt, exasperated, imperious, intricate, sabotage, deftly, distorted, protrude, ruefully, tentatively)
-Reading comprehension Chapters 1-11 (I will return Ch. 1-5 sheet tomorrow)
-Character Study #1: MLK

Your Chapters 6-11 worksheet is DUE on Friday before the quiz!
After the quiz we will check Wednesday's homework.

Questions to Consider: How does Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life match up with the definition of courage you created last week?

Weekly Schedule:

Monday 1/12: Read "Suzy and Leah" and compare to Number the Stars.

Tuesday 1/13: Catch up day--discuss Scandinavian countries where Number the Stars takes place.

Wednesday 1/14: Library day and GLOBAL SCHOLAR!
-You will need to check out a novel for your first IR Test (1/30)
-Homework: Test Practice Lessons 3-4

Thursday 1/15: Work with a partner to write a personal definition of courage, read Chapter 6 of Number the Stars.

Friday 1/16: Check Test Practice Homework
Work on Number the Stars Reading Comprehension Questions

Welcome Back!

 

I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Winter Break! Now it's time to hit the ground running! Here's our schedule for this week:

 

Tuesday 1/6: Review classroom policies.

Take a pre-test for the upcoming semester.

 

Wednesday 1/7: Introduce our next unit--Lessons in True Courage

Learn how to take Cornell notes.

Homework: Test Practice Lessons 1-2

 

Thursday 1/8: Introduce vocabulary for Chapters 1-5 of Number the Stars.

Continue background information on Denmark and WWII.

Read Chapter 1 of Number the Stars.

 

Friday 1/9: Check Test Practice Lessons 1-2

Read Chapters 2-3 of Number the Stars.