A New Beginning

Yeah for new beginnings.  It's the start of a new term which means that any of my students who struggled in term 1 get a fresh start.  We'll average term 1 with term 2 to get the semester grade, and that will be the one that determines credit for the transcript.

As we move forward, it's good to look back, so here's what we accomplished last week: English 9 finally finished Act I, Scene i of Romeo and Juliet; English 10 got through a large chunk of "The Palace Thief"; and all of us learned more about using Destiny to negotiate our way through the library with the help of our media specialist Mrs. Brakel.

This coming week has a special activity - a Veterans Day assembly on Friday.  We will honor our country's veterans and the students are asked to wear specific colors: 9th grade wears white; 10th grade wears blue.  We'll be on an activity schedule that day so that the assembly can take place from 1:30 - 2:15.  I always enjoy this assembly and hope they will, too; I also hope we all learn a bit more about what it truly means to make a sacrifice for others.  It's always good to be reminded, and always good to honor those who step up and serve to protect all of us.

Here's this week's schedule:

English 9

• Monday, 11/6 - prepositions - 1st, 3rd turn in packet #3; finish scene i notes and vocab.; continue reading Act I
• Tuesday, 11/7 - Academic Advisory - prepositions - 1st, 3rd short assessment; continue Act I
• Wednesday, 11/8 - 2nd Hour prepositions; continue Act I
• Thursday, 11/9 - PSAT Advisory - TURN IN R.L. #9; Act I activities and quiz
• Friday, 11/10 - Activity Schedule - hand out R.L. #10; silent reading

English 10

• Monday, 11/6 - nouns; jigsaw activity for "Palace Thief"; read through p. 199
• Tuesday, 11/7 - Academic Advisory - nouns; finish and turn in study guide; quiz for pp. 175-99
• Wednesday, 11/8 - nouns; write Analysis Paragraph #2 - due Friday
• Thursday, 11/9 - PSAT Advisory - TURN IN R.L. #9; continue writing/typing Analysis Paragraph #2
• Friday 11/10 - Activity Schedule - TURN IN ANALYSIS PARAGRAPH #2; hand out R.L. #10; silent reading

And there you have it.  I hope everyone has a good transition in to November, and a great week.  Ciao!

 
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