Sunday, December 11, 2016

World Literature Week of December 12 - 16

We will finish The House on Mango Street and Julius Caesar this week. At the end of the week, we will begin reviewing for the final exam which will be Tuesday, December 20 during 1st Block.

World History Week of December 12 - 16

We have one more unit before the end of the semester--The Cold War. I will give you a packet to complete on Monday. This will be the major grade for this unit. Our final exam will be on Tuesday, December 20, during 2nd Block.

US History Week of December 12 - 16

The EOC is Monday morning. I will see you in the morning to make sure everyone has word to word dictionaries. Good luck and get plenty of rest. I'll see you Monday afternoon. This week, we will work on grade recovery, watch some historical movies, and attend the presentation of John Overcash about the Vietnam War.
Link to previous EOC test

Sunday, November 27, 2016

World Literature Week of November 28 - December 2

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday. Welcome back. We will focus on finishing The House on Mango Street and testing on it, and we will begin our study of Julius Caesar. 

World History Week of November 28 - December 2

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving Break. We have a lot of history to cover in the three and a half weeks left in the semester. Our current unit covers the event leading up to World War 1 and the actual war itself. We will have notes and activities to discover this fascinating time in world history.

US History Week of November 28 - Dec 2

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break. We only have about three and a half weeks left in the semester. Remember that the EOC is scheduled for December 12. We will spend our time between now and then finishing Domain 5 and reviewing for the EOC. If you didn't turn in your Propaganda Project before the break, be sure to get it turned in ASAP.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

World Literature Week of November 14 - 18

One more week until Thanksgiving vacation! We will write the Odyssey essay on Monday. We will begin the unit on Julius Caesar by Shakespeare this week. As usual, we will continue reading vignettes from The House on Mango Street. Remember that the Mango Street project is due on Friday, November 18.