Homecoming Week!

It's finally here, that crazy week known as Homecoming!  It feels late this year, despite the fact that it's early October, so it really can't be that late.  I love this week because it's so much fun to see the kids all dressed up and participating and having fun.  I'll try to take many pictures this week.

Despite the fact that it's a fun week, the academics keep rolling, so here's what we've got:

In English 9 we have now read through Progress Report 13 in Flowers for Algernon.  They will be reading through Progress Report 16 over the course of the next week, which leaves us just one section to go!  They will have quizzes to make sure they're reading, but I'll also try to build in more time this week during class for them to get some of the reading done.  We also are continuing forward with the prepositions unit and vocabulary.

In English 11 we are finishing up Beowulf.  Two of the four classes have taken their test and will move on during Monday's lesson to the writing.  The other two classes will take their test on Monday.  Second Hour got behind by a day due to the fog delay, and fourth hour has had a rough time because one of our members experienced the loss of a parent, so we postponed things a bit.  Please keep the Strickland family in your thoughts and prayers, and note that if your student is out, either to support this family, or because of field trips or something else, we'll work with them.  When we are finished with Beowulf, we will continue on into the medieval time period and The Canterbury Tales.  As usual, grammar and vocabulary will continue to be a focus.  Our vocabulary quiz this week was electronic, and due to all of the coming and going, it will be electronic this coming week as well.  This means that your student needs to get onto Edmodo to take their test, on their own time.  I usually give them four days to complete the task so that it can be done in school, or out.

The temperatures have dropped, but the scenery continues to be gorgeous.  Here is a picture from my river walk last week:

Enjoy your week!


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