September 30

Orange Shirt Day!

Humanities 8

Today we started off class reading chapter 5 of The Outsiders.  Chapter 4 quiz results were shared at this time. Students who did not finish reading chapter 5 in the allotted time were asked to finishing reading it for tomorrow as there would be a little comprehension quiz.  Next we presented our posters from yesterday's group activity about Johnny's crime.  Finally, we went over the non-fiction worksheet about drive -ins. 

English 10

Today we started off class by making some predictions about the novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by looking at the cover (title, pictures, text/font).  Students were asked to record their answers and date it as it will be part of a unit collection of work.   We discussed our answers as a class and there were some excellent predictions and comments made!  Next we looked at a powerpoint with some background information about the setting of the novel, which is a reservation in Washington State.  Finally, we listened to the author, Sherman Alexie, read the first chapter of the novel. 

*Identity projects were returned and students were reminded to hand in their Marcus the Great work.