Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Wednesday, September 24

8th Language Arts:
TP: Readers look for signposts when they are reading.
*We read an excerpt from Esperanza Rising.
*Students read the second chapter of Hunger Games.
*Students looked for aha moments in both excerpts.
Homework:
Vocab
Read 140 mins/wk + look for aha moments

World History:
LT:  Gain an understanding of the Byzantine Empire.
*We corrected the movie sheet from yesterday. (Engineering an Empire: Byzantine Empire)
*Students worked on Byzantine Empire slideshow in their groups.
Homework:
Students will present slideshows on Friday. Students have Thursday to finish research and work on slideshows.

Journalism:
LT: Write an inverted pyramid article.
*Students worked on choice inverted pyramid article.
Homework:
Rough draft of choice article is due on Thursday.

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