9.17.12 Reminders 10th Grade Periods 1, 3, and 6

Today in class you continued reading the list of apartheid laws and answering questions for five that you selected.  You can find the list of laws here.  The questions you are to answer for each are:

a. What is unjust about the practice
b. Why was this practice in place?
c. What were the penalties for violating this practice?
d. How would your life today be different if any of these policies were legal here in the United States?

Tomorrow we should begin reading the novel, Cry, the Beloved Country.

You do not have homework tonight unless you need to finish the assignment above.

9.14.12 Reminders Ninth Grade

Today in class you presented your findings on the mythological being you and your partner selected to research.

You do not have homework for the weekend.  Enjoy it!

9.14.12 Reminders 10th Grade 5th Period

Today in class you finished the questions from the study guide for Of Mice and Men, and you answered ten short answer essay questions about the novel and its themes.  You also took a vocabulary quiz on the words from chapters 1-3 in Of Mice and Men.

Next week we will continue working with Of Mice and Men.

You have no homework for the weekend.  Enjoy it!

9.14.12 Reminders 10th Grade Periods 1, 3, and 6

Today in class you had a vocabulary quiz on the words from "A Private Experience," we finished notes on the background for Cry, the Beloved Country and colonialism, and you received a copy of some of the laws in place during apartheid.

You can access the apartheid laws here.

Your essay for "A Private Experience" was also due today.  Many people did not hand in their final draft of the essay.  You may turn the essay in on Monday, still, but you will receive a 10-point deduction in your grade.

You have no homework for the weekend.  Enjoy it!

PowerPoint for Cry, The Beloved Country

This is a test run of using google docs to give you some of the resources that we use in class.  I believe you need to have a google account to access the documents.  You can get a google account for free by going to gmail.com.

Click here to access the PowerPoint that we took notes on today.

9.13.12 Ninth Grade Reminders

Today we attended the Gulfstream leadership assembly, so if you were absent, you do not need to worry about making up any assignments.

Tomorrow, Friday the 14th, you will be presenting the information you gathered for your mythology pair/share assignment.  Each person has to participate in the presentation to receive full credit, and you will be receiving separate grades for the written component and the presentation part of the assignment.

Next week we will be moving forward with Edith Hamilton's Mythology as we gear up to read The Odyssey.

9.13.12 Reminders 10th Grade 5th Period

Today in class we finished reading Of Mice and Men.  You need to be sure that your study questions for the book are complete so that you can use them in the assignments we'll be completing about the book.

Tomorrow, Friday the 14th, we will be having a vocabulary quiz on the words from chapters 1-3 of Of Mice and Men.  You will also have a short comprehension quiz on chapters 5-6 of the novel.