Thursday, March 19, 2015

2 Weeks to Spring Break

Hello all,

I know we're all getting ready for that break, but make sure that you're sticking with your responsibilities until the end!

Honors 10th World Lit
Starting Monday, we're going to have our presentations.  Make sure you're ready and you have double checked all of your rubrics.  Our ATA will be Thursday.

On Level 10th World Lit
Your Parallel Reading Project is due on Friday by Midnight.  This week is vital to make sure that you are on top of this major assignment.  We also have our ATA on Thursday.

Yearbook
Your last deadline was last week!  Whew!  Now we need to focus on Marketing and selling the remaining copies of the book!

Friday, March 13, 2015

Projects and due dates -- 40 more days until Finals

Whether you say we have 8 more weeks of the semester, or only 40 days until finals, the end is quickly approaching.  Are your grades where you want them to be?

Honors 10th World Lit
On Tuesday we'll have our MuB on all of Doll House and through Act 4, scene 2 in Taming of the Shrew.  Students should also be working on their Multigenre Research Projects.  Remember, the instructions said I expect you to wow me.  If you want that A, that's what you should go for.

We're getting really close to our Field Trip and I'm very excited about it.  I hope you are too.

10th World Lit
As we finish up Doll House the students have a couple of projects to complete.  Their Character Analysis Foldable is counting as their MuB for this unit, and their writing assignment is due on Turnitin.com before midnight on Tuesday.

Yearbook
All students are only working on their Spring Supplement pages.  These will be the last pages in the book then we'll focus on marketing and getting ready for next year.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Credit Recovery and Weekly Update

On Level 10th World Lit
Students who qualify for credit recovery for the mid semester opportunity are students who earned a 60 or below on either their test or their writing.  The orange forms were sent home yesterday and are due by Friday.  The session will be four days starting on 3/13, 3:45-4:45, in Ms. Baker's room.

In class this week we're reading Doll House and analyzing the characters.  We started the project that will count as their Mid Unit Benchmark in class today.  If you weren't in class, you'll need to make an appointment before or after school to get the minilesson.

Don't forget about the vocabulary quiz on Friday.  Unit 7.

Honors 10th World Lit
We've had some time in class to work on our Muligenre research projects and I'm really fascinated by some of your choices.  I expect amazing presentations.  Tomorrow we'll start with our background reading of Taming of the Shrew.  I hope you have your No Fear Shakespeare copies in class tomorrow.  Don't forget about our voc quiz on Friday (unit 7), and our Doll House quiz tomorrow.

Yearbook. 
We're working on our final deadline, our Spring Supplement.  There is no more time, we have to get the pages turned in.