What's Happening in class?

The week of January 9th through 13th will be a fun, busy one!

In L.A., in order to practice good organizational and speaking skills, students will be presenting introductory speeches.  Each student interviewed a fellow classmate, turned his or her interviewee into an expert in one of his or her interests, and will now be introducing the fellow classmate as a "guest speaker" for an invented event.  We will focus on presenting interesting, organized information, with enthusiasm, great eye contact and engaging voices.

Students turned in their persuasive essays last Friday.  I have read several essays already, and I am impressed!  Nice job!  I will be posting some great example essays at the beginning of next week.

In reading, we will be finishing chapter 16 of THE CAY this week, and spending time reviewing chapters 9-16, including vocabulary.  We will concentrate on important, plot enhancing events and character motivation and growth throughout the novel.  Friday of this week will be the quiz.

Additionally, students chose new AR book reports last week.  They have three weeks to take their AR quizzes.

Here's to a great week!