Wednesday, September 11, 2013

9/11/13

English 8:   Students worked on DOL/Journal.  Their topic today was 9/11, so we took some time to discuss this before writing.  We reviewed QAR & Unraavel reading strategies for the remainder of class.    Homework: vocabulary -   read AR

Geography 7:  Students read Ch. 2 Section 4 within reading groups.  They worked on and discussed a chart organizing the information read, and then completed the Guided Reading 2-4 independently.  If not completed in class it is homework.  Homework: GR 2-4 - current event due Friday - read AR 



English 7:  Students worked on DOL/Journal.  Their topic today was 9/11, so we took some time to discuss this before writing. We discussed the two terms: denotation and connotation.  Then, students chose at least 5 words in their rough draft to "change & upgrade" using a thesaurus.  the new words must match their connotation (implied meaning of the original word).  If this was not completed in class it is homework.  Final draft due Friday.  Homework:  spelling & final draft (due Friday) -  read AR

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