MARCH 10 - MARCH 15

THURS

6th GRADE:

Students wrote down a question to God. They swapped these questions and are responsible for answering them in an imaginative, clever, creative or logical way. On Monday, they will be expected to present their answer and support how they came to their conclusion.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Read Ch. 5
Think-Pair-Share Questions - 1)Have you ever experienced telling the truth when no one else believed you? How did you feel? What did you do? 2)Why do you think Edmund chose to be dishonest? 3)What do you think about the Professor's use of logic to conclude that Lucy was telling the truth?

HW:

Answer Question to God - Due Mon

Vocab Chart: faun, panting, 'jolly good,' sledge, dreadful, copper, shovel down, inquisitive, especially, clever, Duchess, dwardf, snappishly, perhaps, superior, 'most firghtful,' disposal, reliable, sightseer, fumble
DUE MON

7th GRADE

Androgynous Character Sketch: 1)What did you decide to add & why? 2)What did you decide to remove & why? 3) How did you come to decide the name for the character(s)? 4)Which persona/character do you most connect to and why?

HW:

Publish Ch. 3, 4, & 5 by Thursday

FINAL BOOK PROJECT due Monday, March 31

8th GRADE

HW:

Androgynous Character Sketch: 1)What did you decide to add & why? 2)What did you decide to remove & why? 3) How did you come to decide the name for the character(s)? 4)Which persona/character do you most connect to and why?

WED

We watched the Shakepeare Co. of San Francisco's fun, lively and humorous rendition of Twelfth Night! 7th & 8th Gr. did an amazing job during the Q & A session! Impressive and insightful!

6th GRADE:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - read Ch.1 - 4

HW:

Signed Parent letters due Tomorrow

7th GRADE:

HW:

Finish Andrgynous Model Sketch

Publish Ch. 3 & 4 of Mango Street novel

8th GRADE:

Nothing new.


MON

6th GRADE

James & the Giant Peach - Art Gallery of Painted Peaches
Students evaluate and critique each other's painted are pieces

HW:

Bring The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe tomorrow!

7th GRADE

Twelfth Night - Discussed Iambic Pentameter, Parts of Plot Line, and Peer-Edited Thank You Letters

HW:

Finish Final Draft of Thank You Letter

8th GRADE

Twelfth Night - Discussed Iambic Pentameter, Peer-Edited Thank You Letters, and finished Sketch of Androgynous Model

HW:

Finish Final Draft of Thank You Letter

MARCH 3 - MARCH 7

WED.

6th GRADE

James and the Giant Peach - finished painting project, began writing art description

HW:

Finish description of art piece. Include name, grade, title, medium, and vivid description of piece.

7th GRADE

Twelfth Night - watched Act II, Sc. 3

Began writing Thank You Letter to Shakespeare Company

HW:

Bring $1 for performance

Finish Thank You Letter

Bring $1 for performance

Publish Ch. 1 & 2 of House on My Street Book

Final Draft of House on My Street DUE MON, MAR 31

8th GRADE

Twelfth Night -

Began writing Thank You Letter to Shakespeare Company

Began translating scenes for Act. II

HW:

Bring $1 for performance

Thank You Letter due Tomorrow

Scenes & Characterization due Tues., March 11th

MON.

6th GRADE

James and the Giant Peach - presented Literary Circle
Compare & Contrast - Students were put into pairs and each given a peach. They created a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the inside and the outside of the peach.

HW:
Imagine that you found a giant peach. What would the hidden and magical worl inside be like? Sketch out how you imagine the inside of a giant peach.

Vocab. Chart: air-raid, chap, passage, moth-balls, ardrobe, muffler, parcel, eternal, region, sardines, jollification, handkerchief, wretched, lulling, hoasx, spiteful, vanih, sulk, merely, awkward, sternly (all words are derived from Ch. 1-3 in The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe) DUE FRI.

7th GRADE

Twelfth Night - presented scenes

Symmetry & Drawing - each student was presented with an ad featuring either a male or female model. They pasted the half image onto paper, and drew the rest of the image to the best of their ability. This is practice of noticing detail in art and symmetry.

HW

Finish Drawing

Bring $1 for the play

"How To" Outline due Thursday

House on Mango Street - Publish Ch. 1 and 2; Entire book due MONDAY, MARCH 31!!

8th GRADE

Twelfth Night - discussed Act I, Sc 5

Symmetry & Drawing - each student was presented with an ad featuring either a male or female model. They pasted the half image onto paper, and drew the rest of the image to the best of their ability. This is practice of noticing detail in art and symmetry.

HW:

Finish Drawing

TUES.

6th GRADE

James and the Giant Peach - Students began art project; they will paint bowls to emulate the giant peach. The outside will be one way, and on the inside, they will illustrate the world that they imagined.

Many Waters - Presented News Report

HW:

Vocab Chart Due Friday

Bring $1 for play

7th GRADE

Twelfth Night - presented scenes
Watched Act I, Sc 1 - 5 of film version

HW:

Respond to the following debriefing questions: 1) How would you feel if you were Viola, just shipwrecked into a strange land? 2) What common bond do Viola and Olivia share? 3)How is it possible that Orisino di not notice Viola's true nature--that she is a woman? 4) Which character, thus far, is your favorite and why?

Bring $1 for the play

"How To" Outline due Thursday

House on Mango Street - Publish Ch. 1 and 2; Entire book due MONDAY, MARCH 31!!

8th GRADE

Twelfth Night
Watched Act I, Sc 1 - 5 of film version

HW

"How To" Speech Outline due Thursday

Respond to the following debriefing questions: 1) How would you feel if you were Viola, just shipwrecked into a strange land? 2) What common bond do Viola and Olivia share? 3)How is it possible that Orisino di not notice Viola's true nature--that she is a woman? 4) Which character, thus far, is your favorite and why?