World Literature Week of October 31 - November 4

We will finish watching The Odyssey this week and have a writing assignment as an assessment. Our next major unit will be a study of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. We will continue to read "The House on Mango Street." Most of you are making great progress on your Mango Street projects. Since we are not currently reading anything from the textbook, our vocabulary will come from Mango Street.

World History Week of October 31 - November 4

On Friday, we started a 3 day mini-unit on Asia. We will conclude that with a quiz on Tuesday, and begin Unit 7. Continue to work on your HOF project that is due Nov 18. I was very pleased with your success on the Unit 6 Test. All A's and B's. Those review games really help!

US History Week of October 31 - Nov 4

Happy Halloween. This week we will finish talking about the Great Depression and the "New Deal" and begin WWII. We will complete the entire Domain IV by November 18, the day we start our Thanksgiving Break. The WWII Quiz will be Friday. On Monday, I will assign a Propaganda Project that will be due on Nov. 18.

World Literature Week of October 24 - 28

We will review for the test on Chinese and Japanese Literature on Monday, and the test will be Tuesday. We will continue reading from The House on Mango Street and begin a new unit of World Lit about Ancient Greece and Rome. Remember the Mango Street project is due November 18.

World History Week of October 24 - 28

We will be finishing Unit 6 on Wednesday and having the test on Thursday. Remember to work on your Hall of Fame project that is due on November 18. Also, turn in the Reading Guide for this unit.

US History Week of October 24 - 28

We finished WWI and took the quiz on Friday. We will next learn about the Roaring 20's and the Great Depression. On Thursday, we will have a Between the Wars quiz. Look at schoology to study for the quiz.

World Literature Week of October 17 - 21

We are about halfway through the Chinese and Japanese Literature unit. We will finish by the end of the week. We are continuing to read vignettes from The House on Mango Street. Continue to work on your projects that are due November 18.

World History Week of October 17 - 21

We just started the new unit on the Americas and Exploration. We will spend about a week and a half more on it. We watched a video about the Aztecs on Friday. On Monday, I will assign a project called Explorer Hall of Fame.

US History Week of October 17 - 21

We will begin Domain 4 this week. This is a long unit that involves World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. Lots of wars. We will spend at least 3 weeks on this unit.

World Literature Week of October 10 - 14

We had the unit test on Indian Literature on Friday, and most of you did very well. Good job! We will begin the unit on Chinese and Japanese Literature this week. We continue to work on The House on Mango Street. Remember that the Mango Street project is due November 18. Several of you are working hard already. Two of you have even given me your vignette on the neighborhood to proofread. Remember, if you give it to me to proofread before the due date, you have a much better chance of getting a high grade. The key to writing is revise, revise, revise!

Summary of "The Tao Te Ching"

The Tao Te Ching from Scmoop

World History Week of October 10 - 14

We will have the test on the Renaissance and Reformation on Thursday. We are still watching 30 minutes a day of the movie about Queen Elizabeth I. Wednesday will be review games.


Videos about The Renaissance and Reformation

Martin Luther

Elizabeth Fast Facts

The English Reformation

Humanism

The Renaissance (Song)

Copernicus

US History Week of October 10 - 14

We are half-way through with the shortest domain of the semester, Domain 3. In this domain are two sections, Big Business and Expansion, and the Progressive Era. The test over this domain will be a take home test. I will give you the test on Wednesday, and you will turn it in on Friday. You may use your notes, google, etc. to complete this test. Also this week, we will finish the DBQ that we started about the effects of the Civil War, and we will do a mostly in-class project at the end of the week. Remember that notes and other helpful resources are at Coach Sawyer's Schoology account. All of you have accessed this at least once.