Tuesday

ELA 7: Divided into literature circle groups and began reading.
CE 7: Creativity trading cards activity. Read page 68 and answer #1-6 for homework due tomorrow.
ELA 8: Expository writing based on one of two prompts and the "Iron Trails to Adventure" article. There will be a work class on Thursday. Rough copies of both paragraphs will be due Friday.
ELA 9: Shakespeare introduction
Media 20: Work period on TV final project and catch up class for all episodes missed.

ELA 8 Webquest

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/alive/survivors-expedition.html
Browse this website for thirty minutes. Spend the next twenty composing a well-written paragraph to answer the following questions: What was the most interesting thing you found on this website? What did you learn about survival? What would you do to survive?

Monday and Tuesday

ELA 7: Reading
ELA 8: Reading
CE: Respect boxes
Science 7: Finished Hot Chocolate lab report
Media 20: "God Grew Tired of Us" conclusion

ELA 7: Rough copy for newspaper article on mysterious topic due Feb 8.
ELA 8: Adventure interviews. Paragraph about most adventurous classmate due Feb 8
ELA 9: "Golden Girl" and grammar booklet work period. Grammar booklets are due Feb. 16
Science 7: Notes and questions from page 203 #1-3

Thursday

ELA 7: Co-constructed criteria for a newspaper article on a mysterious event.
CE 7: Folding Respect boxes and Mass
ELA 8: Mass
ELA 9: Work period for "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" newspaper article. The assignment is due Monday.
Media 20: Documentaries continued. Reminder that the first assignment is due Monday.

My nieces, Hannah and Avery, on Hannah's birthday Saturday. Hannah loved the Cinderella cake I made for her and managed to hold back sampling until the cake was actually cut. Avery's will power was not as strong.
Baby Sophie is somehow getting cuter by the day.

Wednesday

ELA 9: We read "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and answered questions. We will finish working on the newspaper article tomorrow.
ELA 7: Typing and editing writing assessment letter.
ELA 8: Reading
PAA 7: Serging and threading bobbins. Next day we will gather our apron skirt and work on hemming top and bottom edges.