Starting a New Path

Good morning! I hope everyone enjoys the warm weather on Sunday because it sounds like it's all about to go away. Since I'm a summer warmth person this makes me a bit sad. The way I've been dealing with stress and screens is to get outside, so I hope it stays nice enough that I can do that for a while longer. Which reminds me, I also hope everyone was able to get away from the screens awhile, too, and just do something for themselves this weekend.

This past week was quite productive for both English 9 and English 10. English 9 is finishing off the alternative assessment for "The Scarlet Ibis" (the literary element slideshow is due by midnight tonight). English 10 is now getting ready to write their first analytical essay of the year, basing it around the story "The Sound of Thunder." It will be due by the end of the week.

As many of you know, I have a student teacher this year: Mr. Lukasik. He has spent the last three weeks getting to know the kids and figuring out how my classroom runs. Beginning this week he is going to be taking over some of the teaching. He will be doing a short story with the 9th grade, and by the end of the week he'll start Animal Farm with the 10th grade (if you have an online learner in ELA10 we have placed books in the office to be picked up). Mr. Lukasik has great strength with academic knowledge and he is excited to work with your students and these texts. I think he'll do a fabulous job!

Here is the schedule for this week:

English 9

• Monday, 9/28 - Bell Work; prepare to read "Borders"
• Tuesday, 9/29 - Bell Work; read "Borders"; notes
• Wednesday, 9/30 - 1/2 Day - finish "Borders"; notes
• Thursday, 10/1 - Bell Work; Personal History Assignment; Begin "Charles" on Common Lit.
• Friday, 10/2 - Bell Work; Finish "Charles" on Common Lit.; quiz

English 10

• Monday, 9/28 - Bell Work; Outline the Essay
• Tuesday, 9/29 - Bell Work; Draft the Essay
• Wednesday, 9/30 - 1/2 Day - Revision/Editing
• Thursday, 10/1 - Bell Work; Begin Animal Farm
• Friday, 10/2 - Bell Work; Essay is due by Midnight submitted on Turnitin.com; Animal Farm

That is our plan, and as always, plans do change, so if you have questions, feel free to ask. I hope your week is filled with love, laughter, family, and friends. Ciao! 

Starting a New Path by Laura Stubbs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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