All Periods: November Bingo is due tomorrow--remember, I do NOT accept late Bingos. Be sure to complete it and have it ready to turn in tomorrow! Also, your poetry performances are on Wednesday. Be sure to get together with your partner during Advisory or after school. Your poems must be memorized!
Today we began watching the movie adaptation of Tuck Everlasting--no doubt you have already noticed some differences between the book and the film! Remember, you should be keeping track of some of these differences for your assignment that will be given after we finish the movie. Here is your homework:
All Periods: November Bingo is due tomorrow--remember, I do NOT accept late Bingos. Be sure to complete it and have it ready to turn in tomorrow! Also, your poetry performances are on Wednesday. Be sure to get together with your partner during Advisory or after school. Your poems must be memorized!
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I hope you enjoyed reviewing for our Tuck Everlasting test today--you also took the quiz on the vocabulary from the book. Most of you did really well! Great job! Here is your homework:
All Periods: Prepare for your Tuck Everlasting test--you will need to turn in your packet tomorrow. Remember, November Bingo is due in 7 days! Also, your 4th Book Talk will be due on January 6th! Let me know if you need help in selecting a book! :-) Your preliminary poetry competition Today we visited the library and learned how to use Destiny to look up books and save ones that we are interested in reading.
Now all classes have finished Tuck Everlasting--the response has been excellent! Most of you said that you really enjoyed this book--I'm so glad! Your vocabulary test for this book will be on Monday and your overall test on the book will be on Tuesday. Here is your homework: Periods 3/4: Make sure you have completed the questions for Chapter 24 through the Epilogue. Also, you need to have completed your post for the Canvas discussion "Spring Owner"--you also need to respond to two classmates. Period 7 and 8/9: Also, you need to have completed your post for the Canvas discussion "Spring Owner"--you also need to respond to two classmates. Book Talk #3 was due today before you came to class--if you haven't completed that, it is 10% off per day late. Please get it done as soon as possible! With the exception of Periods 3 and 4, we all finished Tuck Everlasting today! During Periods 3 and 4, we got to go see Poetry Alive--and hear "The Highwayman" performed! WOW! Here is your homework:
Periods 3/4: Make sure you finish your Canvas question and replies for "Spring Owner"--also, Book Talk #3 is due tomorrow! Periods 7 and 8/9: Answers the remaining questions in your packet (chapters 24 through the epilogue). Make sure you use complete sentences! Make sure you finish your Canvas question and replies for "Spring Owner"--also, Book Talk #3 is due tomorrow! Poetry Preliminary Competition is on December 2nd! Mark your planners! Today we read Chapters 21 through 23. The story is definitely picking up! Will Winnie be able to save Mae? Will their attempt to rescue her be successful? We will find out tomorrow when we finish the book!
All Periods: Make sure you have answered the questions for Chapters 21 through 23 (though you should have finished these in class). Also, write one sentence for each vocabulary word from chapters 21-26 (we wrote these down today in your packet). You also have a Canvas question called "Spring Owner" posted--this is due on November 22nd because you need to write your own post and reply to two other classmates. I think it was rather fun to get comfortable for our reading today--we should definitely do that more often! If you missed today, we read chapters 17-20--and lounged around the room while we did it! :-) Here is your homework:
All Periods: Finish the questions for Chapters 17-20 using complete sentences--though this should already be done! Also, answer the question "Hiding Away" on Canvas--this is due tomorrow! Reminder: Book Talk #3 is due on Friday--submit your Reading Snapshot by Thursday night!! Today, we read chapters 12-16---and Jesse has now made a suggestion to Winnie that has made all of you gasp! I wonder what she will choose to do! Here is your homework:
All Periods: Finish the questions for chapters 12-16. Remember, Book Talk #3 is due on Friday! Also, you should be meeting up with your partner to practice your poem--you can do this during in Advisory, at home, through Skype or Facetime, or any other way! Class time for practice is limited, so be sure to plan other times to get together! Mmmm, I dare say that today was delicious! I hope you all enjoyed the pancakes as much as Winnie Foster did in our book. Here is your homework:
All Periods: Make sure you have completed the Canvas question "Big, Dangerous Secret"--it is due by the end of the day Friday. Also, make sure you answered (in complete sentences) all the questions for Chapters 9-11. Today, we read Chapters 6-8 in Tuck Everlasting. You should have completed the questions for these chapters while reading them in class today. Here is your homework:
All Periods: Answer the question for "Big, Dangerous Secret" on Canvas. Click HERE to go to Canvas. Also, write one sentence for each vocab word for Chapters 9-20. If you didn't finish your packet questions for chapters 6-8 in class, that should be completed before you come in on Friday. Scholastic orders are due tomorrow! |