Wednesday will be a remediation and enrichment day for our CLIMB day activity.
Thursday @ 6:30 pm in the theatre will be the 6th grade Fall Orchestra Concert. November 20th progress reports will be visible. In 6th grade ELA this week, students who have not completed their personal narratives will need to complete them. We will be examining internal and external conflict and how it affects characters. Students will be watching video clips from the movie UP to identify and describe how forces of conflict affect characters and their actions. Homework for this week: Monday - come up with 2 examples of conflict; Tuesday - come up with 2 more examples of conflict to stump your classmates. Wednesday and Thursday - Internal and external conflict worksheets. In 8th grade, we will finish up the play, "The Odyssey." Students will be plotting how the elements of literature match up with the Hero's Journey Archetype. Students will have their summative assessment on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students will begin working on preparing to write their Superhero's Journey by using the Hero's Journey Archetype and a graphic organizer to describe their character, the introductory paragraph and place their events on a timeline to help keep them focused. Final story will be due next Friday, November the 22. Homework this week: Monday - The Great Bigfoot Haox, Tuesday - Ephesus, Wednesday - Taking Action, Thursday - The Smilodon and the Tiger, Friday - Ancient Greek PE (completed in class for a grade).
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