http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/12144891/chinese-new-year-2016-year-of-the-monkey.html
This week will also be our Art Expo evening from 5-6 on Wednesday, February 10. We hope to see you there!
Finally, Friday is a non-student day as all staff will be in Riverside for a meeting. Monday is a holiday. There is no homework this weekend, except to finish any classwork.
Classwork for this week:
Sixth Grade:
1. Author's Chair, finish reading our creative writing stories
2. Finish the labeled Roman city project (there will be four class hours to do this).
a. areas must be labeled appropriately.
b. students may only use paper and paper clips. They may use rulers and scissors to measure and cut.
c. projects are due February 16 at the end of the period
d. reflections papers on what students learned about Roman villages/life and working in the group will count for half of the grade. The model of the village will count as the other half.
3. Read "Pot of Gold" page 225 (at home and school!) https://www2.bc.edu/michael-caslin/Ancient%20History%20Articles2/Greek%20and%20Roman%20Plays.pdf
Seventh Grade:
1. Author's Chair, finish reading our creative writing stories
2. Finish the labeled Medieval city project (there will be four class hours to do this).
a. areas must be labeled appropriately.
b. students may only use paper and paper clips. They may use rulers and scissors to measure and cut.
c. projects are due February 16 at the end of the period
d. reflections papers on what students learned about Medieval villages/life and working in the group will count for half of the grade. The model of the village will count as the other half.
3. Read "Macbeth" Act IV (at home and school!) http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/macbeth_4_1.html
Eighth Grade:
1. Finish presenting pioneer plays for the class (turn in the script for credit!)
2. Watch "The Trail of Tears" documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8o0heHXQF8 and write a paragraph reflection on how treatment of the Native Americans is similar or dissimilar to the book read for the Teens Change the World unit.
3. Watch the "Lewis and Clark" Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zK4mcyP01A and do something adventurous over the weekend that requires the help of an expert.
4. Read up to chapter 25 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn http://contentserver.adobe.com/store/books/HuckFinn.pdf
We are almost done with our units. I'm looking forward to hearing everything that people have learned after this week!
