Jan. 31

• Silent reading
• Writing a literary paragraph: character sketch (Cinderella)
• Lit circles

Homework: prepare for lit circles if not finished yet

Tomorrow: short classes (45 minutes each), activities from noon till 2:00, Valentine's colours (white, red, pink, purple) non-uniform day (no charge)

January 30

SS

• Groups for Rome
• Reading and highlighting important information using handouts

Homework:

• Review previous responses to textbook questions and add to them with your new knowledge.

CE

• Joseph video

What's new?

On Monday, you worked with Ms. Gilder on Joseph and Rome.  Ms. Gilder assigned HW questions from page 12 in the SS textbook.  On Tuesday, we caught up on missed tests and watched basketball.

Jan. 24

• lit circles and AR
• studying
• SS test - Ch. 13
• starting Rome
• sentence fragments

No HW.

Tomorrow: Jacob oral test in B block.

Jan. 22

CE

• spent time going over what Friday's Jacob test will look like
• worked on criteria for leading class prayer

SS

• in-class paragraph
• time to study for SS test on Thursday

Here are the answers to the Review Questions:
1) Renaissance

2) soldier
3) projecting, curved eaves
4) canals and rivers made it impossible
5) carried on much as before
6) welcome
7) Mongols, not Chinese
8) division of races, more severe punishment for Chinese
9) It went from great (expansive) to non-existent with no real explanation. It could be because it benefited merchants too much, and they were lowest in Confucian society.
10) Eunuchs - controlled army, diplomatic corps, taxation, imperial workshops, palace guard
11) The rebellions and wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty had damaged China's business and agriculture to such an extent that there were some areas with almost no population.
12) foot binding
13) peasant rebellions
14) invasion by Japanese and Mongols, lost touch with the people

Wednesday: regular start, alt Mass Day schedule
Thursday: SS test (multiple choice)
Friday: Jacob test (oral)

Jan. 21

• reading
• lit circles
• grammar - fused sentences, comma splices, and fragments

See Grammar Power Points to review the information.  Click on the link that opens the fused sentences, comma splices, fragements presentation.

HW:

• Prepare for lit circles.
• Finish up to number 10 in correcting fragments.

Jan. 18

• We watched a film on Jacob to refresh our memories.
• We went over the Jacob test questions.
• I reminded you of the following dates/activities:

Jan. 22 - SS paragraph (in-class, open book)
Jan. 24 - SS multiple choice test (Ch. 13)
Jan. 25 - CE oral test on Jacob (three questions)

Jan. 17

English

• AR
• lit circles
• grammar: sentences - complete, incomplete, and fused sentences

Homework:

• Answer the following journal question in a paragraph of 5-8 sentences: What do you think is going to happen to the main character? Why?
• Read for your lit circle.
• Prepare for your role in your lit circle.

Jan. 16

Important Dates:

• Jan. 22 - in-class open-book paragraph (China ch. 13)
• Jan. 24 - Ch. 13 m/c test
• Jan. 25 - CE in B block - Jacob oral test

What did we do today?

CE

We worked in our Jacob groups, making sure we had all the notes for Jacob. We looked at the questions for the test. Next class: watching another Jacob video to reinforce the material.

Test: Jan. 25 in B block - oral test, 3 questions

Homework: start studying

SS

We chose the best samples of Cornell Notes for the Ming Dynasty and each received a copy. After that, we got a set of questions and got into groups for preparing answers to 3 questions.  We'll finish that off next day then get into our letter groups to share information.

Paragraph on Jan. 22 (open book); multiple choice test on Jan. 24 (closed book)

Homework: start preparing for the test

Jan. 14 & 15

CE

• continued group work on Jacob
• no homework

SS

• worked on Cornell notes for Ming Dynasty
• finish for HW

EN

• AR
• lit circles
• Journal question for next class (choose one; write 8-12 sentences)

1. With which character do you most identify and why?
2. Which character do you like most/least and why?

HW: prepare for lit circle and complete journal response

Wednesday: Juggler Day - $2 for Juvenile Diabetes; late start 9:10

First week back

English

We've started lit circles.  Students have chosen from The Outsiders, Forbidden City, and Throwaway Daughter.  Groups have made their reading calendars and have different roles/preparation for their lit circles.

CE

We are working on Jacob now.  We started by watching a Jacob video then got into groups to brainstorm what we know then read from Genesis and add to our notes.

SS

We are working on 3 more dynasties of China (from Chapter 13 in the textbook): Song, Yuan, and Ming.  We started by dividing the section on the Song Dynasty into 4 parts and creating Cornell notes.  Groups then got together to make master notes for their section.  These will be photocopied and distributed to the class.  The next task is to read the section on the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (414-418) and complete questions 1-3 on page 418.

Homework:

For Monday - Finish the reading and questions for SS.
For Tuesday - Complete the reading and lit circle preparation for your group.