5/31

We finished up presentations today and Maggie presented the Dreambook project that we will be working on next week.  No formal English homework for the weekend but you should consider which books you might use in your dream book project.

Thursday 5/30

Good luck on Science Lab Exams today! Maggie came into class today to watch class presentations of their Glogs.  She will introduce the Dreambook assignment tomorrow.
HW: none

Wednesday 5/29

Today we watched the student created movies.  Very well done class of 2017!
No English homework tonight.

Tuesday 5/28

Today we logged into PS in order to double check grades. Students were encouraged to take inventory of what has/has not been turned in in an effort to ensure a strong showing at the end of the year.  A reflection sheet was completed and discussion surrounding the project ensued.  There is no homework tonight unless a student has work to make up.

5/20-5/24

We are working toward completing rough drafts, finding pictures, writing final drafts, recording audio for i-Movies, and putting i-Movies together by Friday of this week.  The below links are a good place to start your search for authentic photos.

Pix--LIFE
Pix--library of congress
national ww II museum
national archives
naval history

Friday 5/17

Today is the day students elaborate on the connections between their IR books and what we have studied in class. Both halves of the block will be devoted to this task. No homework for the weekend.

Wednesday and Thursday 5/15 and 5/16

We covered the Holocaust in class on both days.  We read excerpts from Elie Wiesel's Night and watched clips from Century, Schindler's list and Band of Brothers.  Students whose topic was Holocaust gave presentations as a means of an overview of this very dark time in history.
HW: Blog response tonight--This one must be a minimum of 10 sentences.
Also read your IR books and bring them to class tomorrow for our ELA activity.