Monday, February 9, 2009

7th Grade - Students are continuing The Bronze Bow.  Today worked on a character comparison for Leah and Malthace.  We read part of Chapter 14 together.  Students are to complete reading Chapter 14 for homework.  Tuesday - Discuss Chapter 14.
Discuss character comparison.  Begin reading Chapter 15; complete for homework.
Reading response on Wednesday.  Thursday, pre-reading voacabulary for Chapters 16 - 18.  Read Chapter 16-18.  Complete packet questions. 

8th Grade - Hand in project - I've Lived a Thousand Years.  Introduce Discovery Process.  Prereading activity for Discovery Unit. Define discovery.  Identify outward and inward discoveries.  Discuss process of discovery.  Tuesday - Read Pages 266-268 in text book.  Choose and read several Aesop's Fables.  Discover the lesson to be learned and the life application.  Choose an Aesop fable and illustrate.
Wednesday - Continue Discovery Unit.  Pre-reading activity for "The Wild Duck's Nest," pgs. 269-272.  Read story.  Thursday - discuss, analyze story.  Discuss Scripture conntection.  Identify discoveries made in God's Word.  Applying God's truth.

9th Grade - Students have just completed presenting projects on I Have Lived a Thousand Years.  Tuesday - Finish reading and discussing Phaethon.  Wednesday - Post reading conversation on Paethon.  Using About the Story Questions as basis for conversation.  Introduce "The Revolt of Mother" - prereading activity - discuss positive and negative aspects of being strong-willed.  Thursday - continue "Revolt of Mother" - Read - Discuss - Analyze.  Friday - No school for students. 

10th Grade - Drama - continue Romeo and Juliet.  Tuesday - Watch a short excerpt from West Side Story.  Compare to what we have read and viewed.  Handout on balcony scene.  Wednesday - continue Act II - Scenes V and VI.  Work on handout.
Thursday.  Students will present activity associated with the balcony scene.

12th Grade - Drama - Macbeth.  Notetaking on historical elements of Macbeth.  View and discuss Act II.  Handout to be completed in class on both Acts I and II.  Wednesday - Begin Act III.  Complete handouts on Acts I, II, and III.  Final discussion on Acts I, II, and III.  Related notes and activities.

8th Grade Math - Each student is working independently on adding and subtracting fractions.  All students should complete work in Chapter 3 by Thursday.  We will begin Chapter review and be prepared to take a test on Chapter 3 sometime next week.