WEEK OF MARCH 18, 2024. **Subject to change
LATE WORK WILL BE GRADED AS ZERO unless you have a valid excuse for being late and you email me the night before asking me for an extension.
HW: If you don’t turn in your HW, you will write a 5-paragraph essay: “Why it is Harmful to Not Do My Homework.”
NO NAME on the physical paper = Grade 0.
Period 1: English HS (If absent, see “Period 1” folder for handouts).
We are starting the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. We will break the book up into sections, several chapters in each section. Each section will require a journal entry (handout), have vocabulary work, reading, reading comprehension and a post-reading activity (all handouts).
TUES NIGHT HW: Write down the definition, part of speech, and two sentences for each of these words: Standardized, Politicized, Upsized.
Period 2: Reading/Literature/Film (IF ABSENT, see the “period 2” make-up work folder). This week we will be reading Chapters 3 & 4 of The Outsiders. We will have group comprehension work and an individual activity (handout).
Period 3: ELA 6th Grade (IF ABSENT, see the “period 3” make-up folder).
MON-FRI: Continued work on the novel Out of My Mind. Reading, comprehension activity (handout) and individual activity (handout).
TUES. night HW: Essay Introduction Paragraph Worksheet #2.
Period 4: Political Science (IF ABSENT, see “period 4” folder for makeup work.) For the next two weeks, we will have a “Presidential Candidate and Campaign” activity (handout) (group) resulting in a slides presentation.
Period 5: STUDY HALL – 8th grade
This period is intended to offer additional time to complete assignments in all classes, absentee work, and afford help in 8th grade ELA. Come prepared to work and study. Grades are based upon dedication to study and behavior standards.
Period 6: Creative Writing (no class Wednesdays)
During this semester, writing assignments will be given via written handouts with instructions. They may be daily or over several days.