Humanities

Today we had some time to work on our Literature Circle assignments and The Outsiders and The Shakespeare Stealer had their discussions with a teacher.
Tomorrow the two groups reading Samurai Shortstop will have their discussion groups. 

 We also continued to talk about Myths and their characteristics. Students were given the task to start brainstorming to write their own myth.

Challenge: Choose a culture you have lots of knowledge on (perhaps Medieval Europe, Renaissance, Aztecs, Japan, or other) and include parts of the culture in your myth. 

April 21 - Science

We have started a brand new  unit in Science "Light and Optics"

For tomorrow:
1. All glossary words defined and page numbers placed into your Science Journals
2. Front page of the "textbook" walk through.

Humanities

Today we continued to work on a Worldview Element Wheel for Japan that was started on Friday. Students should have read through Ch.12, using text features for support, and have placed information about Japan on the wheel where they feel it fits best.  It is due for tomorrow!

Also, today students continued to work on their Literature Circle reading and roles. Today, The Outsiders and The Shakespeare Stealer had their discussions. The following discussions are scheduled for this week:

Tues. April 21 - Samurai Shortstop (x2)
Wed. April 22 - Men of Stone, Under the Blood Red Sun, and Of Nightingales that Weep.

Please come prepared!

Humanities April 16

Students are starting a unit on Japan.  A mapping activity was given out today.  It is due tomorrow.  Also, current events will be shared in small groups tomorrow.  Please be prepared to share if it is your turn.

I Cube Ready to Go

All I Cube projects are due tomorrow~ Wednesday, April 15!

 

Be ready to present to your class:)

Humanities

Today we assigned novels to students to start our Literature Circle unit. Every student had some choice in which book they wanted to read and everyone was assigned either their first or second choice based on availability of the book.

Discussions will be had each week for every novel group. Each member of the group will have a job to complete to bring to the discussion. Jobs will be handed out and assigned tomorrow. The schedule students have so far is as follows:

The Shakespeare Stealer, The Outsiders

Samurai Shortstop

Men of Stone, Of Nightingales that Weep, Under the Blood Red Sun

Week	Chunk to Read	Discussion Date	Job Description	Assignment & Due Date
1-     April 13th -17th	This will vary by book.		You will rotate each week!	Start reading first chunk!
2-     April 20th -23rd		Mon. April. 20 Tues. April 21nd Wed. April 22
3-     April 27th –May 1st		Mon. April 27 Tues. April 28 Wed. April 29		Reading Response #1 – “Book Intro” Due Date:
4-     May 4th – May 8th		Mon. May 4th Tues. May 5 Wed. May 6
5-     May 11th – 15th		Mon. May 11th Tues. May 12 Wed. May 13		Reading Response #2 – Due Date:
6-     May 18th – 22nd		Tues. May 19 Wed. May 20 Thurs. May 21
7-     May 25th – 29th		Mon. May 25 Tues. May 26 Wed. May 27