Hello,

Today in LA the students were given their comprehension assessment for the articles on athlete’s salaries and The Black Death.  I will have these graded tonight and hopefully posted for you to see.  This should tell you what your grade is like before going into the vocab. test on Friday.  Please make sure you are STUDYING!

With the remainder of our class time, we discussed the diary of Clara Barton.  Students discussed what they believed the passage was about in small groups and we went over it again in a whole group setting.  Each student needs to write a summary of the diary entry for homework.

Instead of having a journal topic today, I gave students the opportunity to practice some of the vocabulary words they need to know for the text.  If you were absent today and would like to practice, here is what we did:

Match the term to the synonym:

Prosperous      history, report, record

Horde               tend, prepare land, grow

Chronicle         contend, deal with

Cope                successful, wealthy, rich

Cultivate           group, crowd

I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!