Tuesday, November 18, 2008

This Week in Core: Nov 17 - Nov 21

Greetings!

This week we have Twilight fever, well I suppose it's fair to say that I have Twilight fever, but a large number of students and staff seem to have it as well (the movie opens Friday).

In Language Arts we have begun our process paper assignment, more affectionately known as the How to Packet. The packet will be our focus for this week and next week. Please see the due dates below. In addition, there are 2 more reading logs due before the end of the trimester (this Wednesday Nov 19th and next Wednesday Nov 26th).

How-to Packet Deadlines
Page 1 and Page 2: due at the end of the period Nov 17th
Page 3: due at the end of the period Nov 18th
Steps 3, 4, and 5: due at the end of the period Nov 20th
Steps 6 and 7: due at the end of the period Nov 21st
Step 8: typed in class Nov 24th and 25th
Last day to work on the packet in class: Nov 25th
Packet and paragraph (rough and final draft) due: Nov 26th

In Social Studies we continue our study of culture. This week we look at the ways in which geography defines a culture. On Wednesday students will begin the Create a Culture project. Please check back for details on this project.

Important Dates to Remember:
November 24th: Last day for late work/EC/make up work for Core
November 26th: Last day of Trimester 1
November 26th: Beaver/Duck Day (CIVIL WAR IS NOVEMBER 29th!!!!!)
November 27 -28:N No School (Thanksgiving)
December 1st: No School (grading day)
December 12th: Science fiction/fantasy book needs to be completed

Have a great week!

Check out this picture (from Sunday's sports section):

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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