Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Nov. 16

Prayer Intentions

- for those sick, injured, or stressed
- for Alex's friend, Ricky
- for Jessica's brother
- for the grade 8 football team
- for the grade 8 boys' and girls' basketball teams
- for all the members of this class

Prayer leaders were McKenzie and Ria.

Next class, prayer leaders will be Jea and Xander.

CE

- group work: share your reflections
- review of Abraham story so far (travel to Canaan to visit by God's representatives)
- continued Abraham story: Sodom and Gomorrah, expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, Abraham's sacrifice (textbook pp.41-43, Genesis 19:1-29; 21:1-21)

No CE HW

EN


- AR
- talked about theme and how to write a paragraph on theme
- read "The Dog of Pompeii"

HW

- Write a paragraph on theme for "The Dog of Pompeii." Refer to the notes/checklist you created in class.


 Title (properly formatted)
 Author
 Brief summary of story (1-2 sentences)
 Statement of theme (sentence)
 detail from the story that supports your statement of theme
 detail from the story that supports your statement of theme
 detail from the story that supports your statement of theme
 Concluding sentence that restates the theme


SS

- returned marked Cornell notes and handed out sample of Charlemagne's web
- group work: create questions on the material (Rome, Charlemagne) which we will use to test the other groups
- had competition
- Winners: Marisol, Isabella, Arturo, Tyson

No SS HW.