Book Talks

April 2:  Isabella, Mackenzie, Jade
April 4: Marra, Paolo, Alex
April 10: Eduardo, Nella, Caitlin
April 12: Austin, Miguel, David
April 16: April John, Stephanie de A., Jessica
April 18: Kailin, Christina, Renee, Danielle
April 20: Cassandra, Stephanie de J.
April 24: Brittney, Marcus, Jeffrey

March 7

You did an excellent job working hard in your Cornell Notes for the Renaissance. HW: Finish the first page of notes if you haven't done so.

March 6

CE:

• We worked on a journal entry: Which commandment do I find most challenging to follow; why is it challenging; what are the sacrifices in Lent I can make to help me follow that commandment?
• We then got into groups, mostly according to the commandment we wrote about:

1. Mackenzie, Jade, Paolo
2. David, Jeffrey
3. Eduardo, Miguel
4. Kailin, Isabella, Marcus, Christina
5. Caitlin, Nella
6. Austin, Alex
7. Cassandra, Jessica
8. Brittney, Stephanie de J
9. Danielle, April John
10. Renee, Stephanie de A, Marra

• In our groups, we'll be making posters of our commandments. We will include the commandment, its application to modern teenagers, and images/drawings to help illustrate this. You will be given class time to complete this activity.
• No homework for today.

EN:

• We discussed last day's Family Ties activity.
• We did silent reading.
• We returned to our Most Memorable Moment paragraphs and gave peer feedback using the following criteria:

1. Does the paragraph follow the given format (TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS)?
2. Is the paragraph engaging?
3. Is there enough detail?
4. How are the mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, spelling, grammar)?
5. Does the concluding sentence end the paragraph successfully, or is it flat/inconclusive/confusing?

• We worked on a new draft due Thursday.  Please attach the first draft to the second.

March 5

More Renaissance!

• You handed in your inventions sheets to Mr. Martin.
• We read and discussed geography, Florence, and Venice.
• You worked on questions from the textbook: p. 217 q. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6a

Homework: Complete the questions if you did not finish them in class.

March 1

• We read today's Gospel and discussed the messages, especially the "golden rule."
• We discussed the 10 commandments then got into groups.
• In our groups, we listed the 10 commandments then discussed the ones we find most challenging to follow.
• We reported back to the class on our discussions.
• We continued the work from yesterday.  It is now for homework: Complete Cornell notes up to "Why the commandments were so important"

Tomorrow:
D block: SS with Mr. Martin
B block: English

Monday: SS in G block