Week of February 26-March 2

Monday - Intro to Great Expectations.

Homework - Volume I vocabulary for Great Expectations is due Friday, March 2nd.  This is completed in vocabulary.com

Tuesday - Intro to Great Expectations.

Homework - Volume I vocabulary for Great Expectations is due Friday, March 2nd.  This is completed in vocabulary.com

Wednesday - Reading day.

Homework - Read chapters 1-3 for Friday and be ready for a reading quiz.

Thursday - Reading day.

Homework - Read chapters 1-3 for Friday and be ready for a reading quiz.

Friday - Discuss chapters 1-3.

Homework - Read chapters 4-6 for Tuesday and be ready for a reading quiz.

Week of February 19-23

Monday - NO CLASS.

Tuesday - "15 volts" presentations.

Homework - 1.) Volume I vocabulary for Great Expectations is due Friday, March 2nd.  This is completed in vocabulary.com  2.) Purchase your copy of Great Expectations.

Wednesday - Anticipation guide.

Homework - 1.) Volume I vocabulary for Great Expectations is due Friday, March 2nd.  This is completed in vocabulary.com  2.) Purchase your copy of Great Expectations.

Thursday - "15 volts" presentations.

Homework - 1.) Volume I vocabulary for Great Expectations is due Friday, March 2nd.  This is completed in vocabulary.com  2.) Purchase your copy of Great Expectations.

Friday - Discuss anticipation guide.

Homework - 1.) Volume I vocabulary for Great Expectations is due Friday, March 2nd.  This is completed in vocabulary.com  2.) Purchase your copy of Great Expectations.

"15 Volts" Presentation Resources

CLICK HERE for a useful news site called "Newsela" that tailors news articles for students.

Class code: 258AF6

And HERE is a link to a google slide template that will be helpful for putting together your presentation.  Remember that this is a suggested presentation format.  Feel free to tailor things to meet your group's needs.

Week of February 12-16

Monday - Film.

Homework - Lord of the Flies "15 volts" presentations start Monday, February 19.  This includes your own personal reflection.

Tuesday - Intro to "15 volts" presentation.

Homework - Each person in your group should come to the library tomorrow with 3 possible topics in mind AND key word searches for those topics.

Wednesday - Library research and work time.

Homework - Each person in your group should read 3-4 news articles either from Newsela OR from the library databases.  Have these printed off and be ready to summarize them for your fellow group members.

Thursday - Library research and work time.

Homework - Start putting together your presentation.  I recommend using google slides because you can easily share the presentation with the people in your group.

Friday - Group work day.

Homework - Lord of the Flies "15 volts" presentations start Tuesday, February 20.  This includes your own personal reflection.

Week of February 5-9

Monday - Discuss chapter 10 and body biography presentations.

Homework - Chapter 11 and google doc. entry due tomorrow.

Tuesday - Discuss chapter 11 and body biography presentations.

Homework - Chapter 12 and google doc. entry due THURSDAY.

Wednesday - Reading day.

Homework - Chapter 12 and google doc. entry due tomorrow.

Thursday - Discuss chapter 12 and intro to google doc. reflection assignment.

Homework - Google doc. reflection assessment due Monday.

Friday - Film.

Homework - Google doc. reflection assessment due Monday.