Yesterday and today, students were given time in class to work on their vocabulary and movie report essays.  There is no reading this weekend so that students will have time to complete their movie report.  Students should, however, make sure that they are all caught up on last week's reading through chapter 6.

Link to Vocabulary Definitions & Part of Speech Answer Key

Weekend Homework:

• Finish Movie Report Essay - must be turned in on Google Classroom by 10:00 PM Sunday
• Vocabulary Ch. 8-14 remaining sections due Wednesday 2/3

Have a wonderful weekend!

Today in class, we discussed students' reading from last night and went over the directions for the movie report.  Students then had the remainder of class time to start working on their essays.  I will give them more time to work on them tomorrow in class as well.

Tonight's Homework:
Read Ch. 5 and answer questions
Ch. 7-14 vocabulary quotes, definitions, and P.O.V. ONLY due Friday

I apologize for the delay, but I am going to have to put the Christmas Carol Persuasive Essays on third quarter.  I have a few students who I know have completed the assignment but have not submitted it, and I want to give them a chance to do so.  Thank you for your understanding.

Today in class, we went over the reading questions for chapter 3 and reviewed some difficult passages from the story.  We also went over the characters and clarified some misunderstandings.

Tonight's Homework:

• Read Chapter 4 and answer questions
• Vocabulary Chapter 8 -14 
• Definitions, quotes, and parts of speech due Friday
• Illustrations, categories, examples and non-examples due Wednesday 2/3

The Witch of Blackbird Pond PDF - students can use this to find the quotes from the story much faster than searching through the novel.

Today in class, students were very excited when they saw their Do Now question - "Who is Donald Trump?"  Many students shared their extensive answers, and we then talked about how they should be answering questions about characters and people from history in the same way - talking about the important and interesting aspects of their life.

We then went over their reading questions from the weekend, and analyzed some quotes from the text.  Students seem to be enjoying the book so far!

Tonight's homework:
-The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Ch. 3 Read and answer questions
-Verb Test Corrections (optional) due by Wednesday - can earn back points!

Students are welcome to come after school for extra help on those corrections either today or tomorrow!

Tonight's homework:

Read The Witch of Blackbird Pond and answer questions
Chapters 1 & 2

**The reading calendar says 2 & 3, but we will read chapter 3 together in class on Monday.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Today we discussed the concept of identity, and the different elements that make up a person's identity.  Students created Identity Charts that illustrated the things that make up their own identities. We also went over last night's grammar homework and reviewed for Tuesday's test on verbs.

Weekend Homework:

• Study for the verbs test!!
• Witch of Blackbird Pond Vocabulary Ch. 5-7
• Complete identity chart if not completed in class (Link to example)

Today we began our unit on Identity and The Witch of Blackbird Pond.  Students will be exploring the ways that their identity is formed so that they can better understand the questions of identity that are explored in our novel. We also went over the grammar homework.

Tonight's Homework:
Literature: Chapter 3 Vocab
Grammar: Writer's Choice p. 4-6 Exercise 7

**There will be a test on verbs on Tuesday**