Week 10: October 15-October 19

In my regular classes we finished A Long Walk to Water and enjoy hearing the book's unexpected ending. I love teaching this book and doing all the fun stuff in context of the novel. I love discussing the book with students too and hearing their thoughts and ideas. This is such a bright group of students and a total delight!
Honors is going well too as we are continuing Wednesday Wars this week. We also completed our first newspaper that you can access here: CLICK HERE FOR OCTOBER 2018 NEWSPAPER. I'm so proud of them! Coming together and creating a newspaper isn't easy, and we hit a few speed bumps, but they did it and it turned out great.
We are transitioning into the next unit and have a full week planned. I'm happy with how writing workshops are coming together, and we'll finish our essay this week. Just great work everyone and keep it up!
As always, please email or call with any concerns and let me know how I can help you and/or your student. Thanks so much for the ongoing support. A very special, heartfelt thanks to the kindness of my 3rd period Honors who came together to surprise me this week. It was a rough week on many levels and I was touched by their thoughtfulness and kindness. It is a gift to teach these amazing children and I truly enjoy every minute!

Week 10

October 15th-October 19th

Monday, October 15th

Honors: Newspaper Day
Frankenstein Reader's Theater

Tuesday, October 16th

Writer's Workshops
Transitions/Word Choice
Final Draft of Novel Essay Due

Wednesday, October 17th

Honors-March chapter/Shakespeare Insults
*finish March chapter at home & read the April chapter at home*
Short Story/N&N signposts/analysis
Free Reading

Thursday, October 18th

Honors-April Quiz, read May chapter
Short Story Socratic Seminar

Friday, October 19th
**NO Flipgird or Reading Response due, instead, please update your iRead Accountability Form (in Google Classroom) for at least HALF the books you've read this year.
Honors: Finish Wednesday Wars 
Zombie Smart Phone Text/Plan Essay
Book #5 DUE