ENGLISH 7

We reviewed Mug #12, our last until 2010!
Continued presentations of Sindbad's last last last very last, voyage and got five points for good presentation.

Began reading Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood, an excerpt from her autobiography about at time, one snowy day, as a 7-year-old, she was playing football and throwing snowballs with the neighborhood boys. In literature textbook, p. 562. Questions on p. 566, 1-5, due Weds.


HW: Weds: Planner Check and Questions on Dillard story, p.566, 1-5. Complete sentences.
Fri: Spell test and exercises, Unit 16, p. 79, 1-24.

ENGLISH 8
You are the experts!
We began Fishbowl discussion of Chapters 3 and 4.
With your assigned partners, your group becomes the experts and holds an in-depth discussion about various topics from the reading questions we have already completed for The Pearl. You must identify specific details from the chapter in order to support your position. Each person is responsible for taking individual notes and then sharing in a fishbowl discussion that started today and continues on Wednesday and Thursday.

The group presents as a whole, but points are earned individually for participation, intelligence and responsiveness. The “audience” members who ask intelligent questions will also get points.

HW: Weds. Begin reading Chapter 5. Questions due Friday
• Thurs 12/10: First response due.
• Fri: 12/11: Read and Chapter 5 questions due.
• Mon: 12/14: Read chapter 6 (finish book) and questions due.
• Tues: 12/15: Second response due.