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.