This week we will have our scheduled meeting and continue with our established procedures. All work will be posted in Google Classroom and our meetings will occur using iLearn. We will follow our regular class meeting schedule.
Office Hours will continue with teachers available from 11am-2pm on Mondays and Fridays for individual questions. Tuesday through Friday* 40 minute check-in sessions will be held based on academic hour, please see the below schedule:
Tuesday- 1st hour: 1pm, 2nd hour: 2pm
Wednesday- 3rd hour: 1pm, 4th hour 2pm
Thursday- 5th hour 1pm
Friday- 6th hour 12pm*
**All classes are expected to follow this schedule, if a conflict occurs please reach out immediately.
This week, we are introducing a new theme topic of the teenage brain. This week’s materials will include the text of Romeo and Juliet Act 5 and a video of the scene. Please try to review the material prior to your class session. There will be a CommonLit.org article, “Teenage Brains are Malleable and Vulnerable” focusing on adolescence – this assignment will be recorded in the grade book as INDEPENDENT PRACTICE. You will also be required to respond to a Participation/Discussion Question related to the topic theme; you may engage your classmates in dialogue by posting/responding to their answers to the question.
During this week’s class session we will be discussing Act 5 (we will be finisihing our discussion of the play).
****If you fell behind and are attempting to turn in late/missing work, please send an email letting me know what you have completed and if you need an assignment unlocked. It is not enough to submit in Google Classroom, iXL, or CommonLit alone; these platforms do not let us know that you have completed the work. You must send an email to get credit.****
The final element for the week will be iXL skills focused on H.2 and H.5 Developing and Supporting Arguments
To review required tasks:
Read/view Act 5
Complete CommonLit.org
Discussion Question
iXL
