Tuesday, May 23, 2017

May 29 - May 31

English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Period 6 Final Exam

Wednesday: Knoebels Trip


SSR 
Period 2

No school on Monday

No class on Tuesday

Wednesday: Knoebels Trip

Career Exploration
Periods 3 and 7

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Wrap-up

Wednesday: Knoebels Trip

May 22 - May 26

English 
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8

Students will review poetry this week and take a test on Wednesday.  Students received a study guide on 5/18.

Periods 4 and 8 will take finals on Thursday, May 25, 2017.

Period 1 will take their final exam on Friday, May 26, 2017.

Period 6 will take their final exam on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.

SSR
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell.  SSR students do not take a final exam.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 and 7

Students will learn about the I-9 and the W-4 and read articles about various jobs.


May 15 - May 19

English
Periods 1, 4 6, 8

Students will continue the poetry unit this week.  Students will learn about narrative poetry, limerick, and sensory poems.

*No homework

SSR 
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell

Career Exploration
Periods 3 and 7

Students will learn about wages and pay stubs.  Students will also work on budgets based on different potential salaries.

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

May 8 - May 12

English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8

Students will work on a poetry unit with Ms. James this week.  Students will read, analyze, and write both haikus and sonnets.

*No homework

SSR
Period 2

Students will read silently from bell to bell

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will present their Shark Tank entrepreneurship challenge projects.


Monday, May 1, 2017

May 1 - May 5

*Please note that the school day will be extended by 30 minutes on Monday

*Mrs. Fowler will be teaching this week.  Ms. James is away, but she will be back next week.

English
Periods 1, 4, 6, 8

Monday

  • Bell Ringer
  • Read/annotate "The Last Dog" pg. 183

Tuesday
  • Bell Ringer
  • Finish reading/annotating "The Last Dog" pg. 183-194
  • Discuss
  • Comprehension Check pg. 195
  • Analyze the Text 1-3

Wednesday
  • Bell Ringer
  • Read/annotate "The Bells"
  • Discuss sound devices (alliteration, repetition, rhyme, and onomatopoeia)
  • Sound devices jigsaw

Thursday
  • Bell Ringer
  • Connect form and meaning
  • Toss one, take one
Friday
  • Bell Ringer
  • Correctly citing a poem in an essay
  • Brief poem essay

SSR
Period 2
  • Students will read silently from bell to bell.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7
  • Students will be in the computer lab (934) Monday through Wednesday working on career research and their personal budget.  All work will be completed on Google classroom.
  • Students will work on their Shark Tank projects on Thursday and Friday.  Projects are due May 9th.