Week 12: October 27-October 31

Whew-what a great week! From watching "Cinderella" to finishing (or almost finishing) novels, it's been a whirlwind week of learning. What a fun week of diving into literature, analyzing and understanding how thoughts, ideas and emotions are communicated through text. More than anything, I love hearing what students think and seeing their "a-ha" when they get a concept or express deep understanding. It has been a fantastic week!

A big congrats to Shayne Nielson for winning the St. George Book Festival Youth Poetry Contest. It is wonderful to see students achieve and be recognized. Way to go Shayne! (picture coming soon).

Another congrats to Shade Joines for becoming the newest member of our iRead "40 Club" for completing 40 books this trimester! Woot!

The end of the trimester is rapidly approaching, here are important dates for everyone to be aware of:

Monday, October 27th: Select Novel Project to complete & start working 

Tuesday, October 28th: Work day for Novel Project, Newspaper Day for Honors

Wednesday, October 29th: Book Finales Due and Novel Projects Presented, Work Day for Honors

Thursday, October 30th: Honors Novel Project Presentations

Friday, October 31st: Honors Writing Contest, Writing Blog and 3 Comments are due

Monday, November 3rd: Honors Newspaper Published, Scholastic Book Orders Due

Monday, November 3rd-5th: Book Finale Presentations(all classes)

Wednesday, November 5th: 2nd Utah Expedition Question Due, All Work Finished for Trimester, 10 iRead Books Finished (3rd-6th periods), 12 iRead Books Finished (2nd period)

Friday, November 7th: END OF TRIMESTER

*Missing work can be accessed through links on PowerSchool or pick up a hard copy in my room. I will offer extra effort assignments (see bin in my room) and students can do a writing contest for extra academic credit (also in my room). If students score low, they are welcome to redo assignments. Please remember, I am available before and after school or students can ask that I request them during FLEX for extra help. I cannot stop class and help students find missing work, so please talk to me as listed above.

Nation-in-the-News

present on Friday, October 31st

2nd period: Shayne Nielson, Ethan Pack

3rd period: All Finished

4th period: Madison Pierson

5th period: Liddia Jaques, Colton Maycock, Emily Memmot, Ady Moak

6th period: David Barazza

Weekly Schedule

October 27-October 31

Monday, October 27th

2nd period Honors: Final "Wednesday Wars" Quiz, sign-up for projects, begin Novel Projects *See previous blog post for Novel Project menu and links

3rd-4th periods: Finish "Out of the Dust"

3rd-6th periods: Sign-up for projects, Begin working on projects 

Tuesday, October 28th

Finish Plot Chart and Notes

2nd period Honors: Newspaper Work Day (last one before publication)
3rd-6th periods: Novel Project Work Day

Wednesday, October 29th

Free Reading/Book Business

2nd period Honors: Novel Project Work Day
3rd-6th periods: Novel Project Presentations

Thursday, October 30th

Free Reading/Book Business
2nd period Honors: Novel Project Presentations
3rd-6th periods: Page-to-Film Unit

Page-to-Film Vocabulary
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street: story and film.

Friday, October 31st

Happy Halloween!! (Yes, costumes welcome--check out guidelines in last school newsletter)
Random Student Form
Nation-in-the-News
Page-to-Film:

Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven audio poem version, The Simpson's "Raven"

Page-to-Film Vocabulary (2nd period Honors)