This is just a reminder to all students that you were required to read chapter 9 for homework this weekend. If you don’t have a book, the story can be found in an earlier blog post.
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Greaser Soc Dress Up Reminder
Remember, tomorrow is greaser soc dress-up day.
All attire and accessories must adhere to school dress code.
Here are some photo ideas that were shared with students last week.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Outsiders-Greaser/Soc Dress-up Day
As a part of our unit on The Outsiders, students are asked to participate in a Greaser/Soc dress-up day.
We will do this on Friday, May 20th, 2016. Students can choose what to wear to best represent the group they choose, but all attire and accessories must follow school dress code.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Round/Dynamic Character Info
A round/dynamic character is a major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it. Round characters tend to be more fully developed and described than flat, or static, characters.
Flowers for Algernon Packet and Quiz Information
Attention all parents and students-
The Flowers for Algernon packet is due Monday, May 2nd. This work is worth 90 formative points. This is something that was assigned over 1 week ago and was listed on the FFA calendar (see previous blog posts). Unfortunately, it will not be acceptable to turn this in “late” as it is going in on this card-marking. If your student will not be in school (Monday), for whatever reason, the packet must be dropped off to my mailbox no later than 4 pm.
Today we had our final quiz on Flowers for Algernon. Several students missed this due to absence and will need to make it up on Monday either before school (at 7:15 am) or during their class period. As we will be watching the Flowers for Algernon movie in class Monday and Tuesday, I want to let students know they will miss part of it, if they are unable to come before school to take the quiz.
Both of these assignments were listed on the calendar, which they have had since April 18th, and students were repeatedly made aware of the importance of adhering to the deadlines.
As always, please email me with any questions.
Have a GREAT weekend!
End of the Card-Marking Obligations
This is just friendly reminder that the end of the card-marking is Friday April 29, 2016. All students are required to turn in an Exit Ticket (for a book they completed this card-marking), as well as a Literary Letter, for SSR. They know what these are, and have directions sheets for both. They also know that these can be turned in at anytime throughout the card-marking. To this point approximately 15-20 of 150 students have turned in both. THESE ITEMS ARE DUE BY TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH. After this the items will be considered late (see syllabus for late work information), and will not be accepted at all if not turned in by Friday.
The Literary Letter is summative points and will negatively affect the students grade (like getting a zero on a test) if not turned in by the end of this week. For some students who did not turn them in at all in a previous card-marking, this was the difference between a B and a D on their report card.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Compare/Contrast Essay Preparation Work
This weekend students will need to put together their Non Violent protester information for an in class essay on Monday. Remember, you are NOT allowed to pre-write your paper. Details are attached; please email with any questions that you have.
Flowers for Algernon Quiz
Please remember that ALL students (classes that met during testing and those that didn’t) will be having a quiz tomorrow on progress reports 1-9.
This was stated in class Monday and is posted on your calendar.
Email me with any questions.