• SLOT-Article of the Week #6
  • Read for Audience and Purpose
• SSR-Read/Vocab/Conference
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night!
• Personal Essay-Outline. Due Tomorrow.
  • Outline Tree Map

• SLOT-Article of the Week #6
• Read for Connections and Vocab.
  • AoW #6 Learning How to Code
• SSR-Read/Vocab/Conference
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night!
• Personal Essay-Brainstorm belief ideas/Review other personal essays from https://thisibelieve.org/

• Journal-Cultural Stereotypes

  • Cultures	Stereotypes	Implications
    African American
    Caucasian
    Asian
    Middle Eastern
    Hispanic

• SSR-Read/Conference/Vocab
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night!
• Personal Essay-Continue reading mentor texts and identifying the author’s claim (belief), use of emotional appeals, and literary devices for each of the four essays.
  • Be Cool to the Pizza Dude
  • Find a Good Frog
  • Seeing Beyond Our Differences
  • America’s Beauty…

• SSR-Read/Vocab/Conference
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night!
• Commonlit-Complete the following reading and questions in Commonlit.org:
  • “The Power of Like”
  • A Matter of Prejudice
• Google Classroom-Complete the additional “Meaning in Context” questions for each of the Commonlit texts.

• SLOT-AoW #5
  • Read for Audience and Purpose
    • AoW #5 Effect of Social Media on Mental Health
• SSR-Read/Conference/Vocab/Book Talks
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night!
• The Odyssey-Finish reading the “Cyclops” section and your triple entry journal. Tomorrow you will be quizzed on your ability to read, make observations, inferences, and connections with one section of The Odyssey.  Review the work we did together for “Sailing From Troy” and your work from “Cyclops.”
  • Cyclops
  • The Odyssey Triple Entry Journal

• SLOT-Article of the Week #5
  • Read for Speaker and Occasion
    • AoW #5 Effects of Social Media on Mental Health
• SSR-Read/Conference/Vocab/Book Talks
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night!
• The Odyssey-“Cyclops” section.
  • View film clip
  • Read the “Cyclops” section of The Odyssey. While reading, begin working on triple entry journal.
    • Be sure to look up vocab and key terms while reading!
      • Cyclops
      • The Odyssey Triple Entry Journal

• SSR-CM 3 Goals/Book Log/Vocab Log/Book Talks
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night! You should also do some extra reading over the long break!
• The Odyssey-Finish reading “Sailing From Troy” and the triple entry journal for this section.
  • Sailing From Troy Text
  • The Odyssey Triple Entry Journal

• SSR-Read/Book Talks
  • Vocab Log/Book Log/Goals due Friday
  • Be sure to read for an additional 20 minutes each night!
• The Odyssey-Expert Activity #4
  • Slides due tomorrow by 11:59 PM to Google Classroom
  • Group presentations Friday!

• YouScience results with counselor
• Book Talks
• Continue working on Expert Activity #4
  • Slides due 11/15 by 11:59 PM to Google Classroom
  • Presentations 11/16
• Cardmarking #2 ends Friday. Make sure you have met the requirement of reading at least 2 books for SSR! Vocab Log and Book Log/Goals due Friday!

• Monday-YouScience Testing

PERSONALIZED Strong-Fit / Good-Fit MATCHES to 500+ CAREERS through YouScience’s proprietary matching algorithm.

IN-DEPTH INFORMATION on each career including a day-in-the-life, core job tasks, salaries, and educational requirements.

Comprehensive INSIGHTS on how YOUR natural ABILITIES impact your work, school, and social life, and tips for improving your performance.

Self-advocacy LANGUAGE designed to communicate your UNIQUE ABILITIES on resumes, job interviews, applications, or college essays.

Online access to your results for the next 10 years.

• Tuesday-No School/Election Day
• Wednesday and Thursday-YouScience Testing (Monday, November 12th the counselor will be back to review your results!)