Impact Aid Survey

Every student should have received an Impact Aid Survey during their first period class. It is extremely important that these surveys are returned by Friday, November 21st. Please complete the survey and return to your advisory teacher as soon as possible!

Weekly Update 11/7

Here's our schedule for this week:

Monday: Read Chapter 7 of A Wrinkle in Time individually
Work on Chapter 7 worksheet
Choose AWiT Projects (due 12/11-12)
Homework: Vocabulary Review

Tuesday: Read Chapter 8 of A Wrinkle in Time as a class
Work on Chapter 8 worksheet
Homework: Study for Vocab Test!

Wednesday: Finish Chapter 7-8 worksheet
Review game for Thursday's test

Thursday: 
TEST over Latin and Greek root words.
You can find the list and the study guide under the Important Documents tab.
Responding to AWiT Chapters 5-8

Friday: Group work over AWiT Chapters 5-8

Important Documents

I've added some new documents to the class website that should help you prepare for some major assignments we have coming up!

We will have a cumulative vocabulary test on Thursday, November 20th. You can access the review sheet HERE.

A Wrinkle in Time Projects are due on Thursday and Friday December 11-12. You can access the project sheet for A Wrinkle in Time HERE.

These documents are also on the "Important Documents" tab at the top of the blog. Let me know in class if you have trouble accessing the documents!

Veteran's Day

This week is a short week as we celebrate Veteran's Day. Here's our class Schedule:

Monday: 
-Get AWiT Folder set up
-Read Chapter 5 of AWiT alone or with a partner
-Complete Chapter 5 Review sheet
-Homework: Vocabulary flashcards for chapters 5-6 of AWiT (NO ROOT WORDS!)

Tuesday: Veteran's Day

Wednesday: 
-Read Chapter 6 of AWiT alone or with a partner
-Complete Chapter 6 Review sheet
-Homework: Vocabulary square for one of our words

Thursday: 
-LIBRARY
-Sensory notes for the planet Camazotz
-I will give out project sheets for A Wrinkle in Time Projects

Friday: 
-Quiz
-Journal Entry on A Wrinkle in Time Chapters 5-6

November!

Here's what's happening this week:

Today: We will finish reading chapter 4 of A Wrinkle in Time and start analyzing the three main characters.
Homework: write a sentence using your 10 vocabulary words--inspire, perspire, respiration, spirited, photogenic, telephoto, photosynthesis, flamingo, flammable, and inflammation.
Homework: If you didn't finish your character chart in class, you will need to have it complete on Wednesday!
Homework: You will need a folder with two pockets and brads by Friday.

Wednesday: We will create "body biographies" of the three main characters from AWiT.


Thursday: Continue working on "body biographies" and chapters 1-4 worksheet
Homework: You will need a folder with two pockets and brads by Friday.
Homework: Study for Quiz

Friday: Quiz over lesson 14 words, Chapters 1-4 words, Chapters 1-4 of AWiT.
-I will hand out grade slips with your average.
-All makeup work is due on MONDAY.
-Progress reports come out next week.
-Each group will also present their body biographies after the quiz.

Quick Announcement

You will need to have a 2 pocket folder with brads by next Friday, November 7th.

You will be using this folder as a place to store all of your work for A Wrinkle in Time. It will be graded at the end of the semester!

I have some extra folders, but not many, so please try to have yours in class with your name on it next week. I'll add this to next week's schedule and include it in my weekly email on Monday as well.

Thanks!

Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover! (Classwork 10/29)

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A Wrinkle in Time has had many different covers. This is your chance to judge a book by its cover. Look at each of the book covers above and answer the following questions.

1. Which cover is your favorite? Why?
2. Which cover is your least favorite? Why?
3. After reading only the first chapter, which cover do you think best fits the book?
4. This book combines science fiction and fantasy. Which cover looks the most like a science-fiction book? Why?
5. Which cover looks more like a fantasy book? Why?
6. Why do you think this book has had so many different covers?