Hello!

I would like to begin this post by saying that we have four more days until break!  I know how excited many of you are.  I must admit that I am excited to spend time with friends and family as well.  As excited as we all our about the break, we do still have four more days of school and we need to make sure that we are focusing in our classes and completing our homework on time.  Progress report grades are due on Wednesday.  Students that have a C minus or lower in my class on Wednesday afternoon will be receiving progress reports.  Please make sure to get all late work turned in because I do not want to give one to anyone.

This week in Language Arts we are focusing on the play, “A Christmas Carol.”  Today students read the Prologue and Scene One.  Most classes started Scene Two today.  This is where we will pick up tomorrow.  If you were absent, try using the online textbook to catch up.  While reading, I asked students to answer a few questions to check for understanding.  The following are a list of questions that I will expect students to have answered (in complete sentences) and submitted by Thursday, December 17th:

1. What does the term “Bah! Humbug!” mean?
2. How are Scrooge and his nephew’s views about Christmas different?
3. What does Scrooge value most in life?  What does Fred value most in life?
4. How does Scrooge deal with the gentleman visitor that visits the office?  What does this say about how Scrooge feels about the poor?
5. Why does Marley visit Scrooge?
6. When Marley disappears at the end of the scene, how does Scrooge react?  How does this differ from how he normally acts?

I am very proud of the actors and actress in my class and I am enjoying reading this play with each student.  I look forward to continuing the play tomorrow.  I hope everyone has a great night!