Projects: Students will continue building websites on the Great Depression using videos and reading passages that we watch and read together.
7th Grade Reading: Wednesday is our Paideia Seminar, so students are working ro prepare comments and evidence in response to questions. This is a great exercise and I'm so excited to hear what students have to say.
8th Grade Reading: We will spend most of our week reading and discussing To Kill a Mockingbird. The plan is to finish the book before spring break and participate in Paideia Seminar when we return. We will also watch the movie starring Gregory Peck----he does a great job as Atticus Finch!
Writing: We are working through another collaborative writing assignment. This time is argumentative and students are writing their essays in groups of 5. I am loving this because the kids are really getting into discussing the resources they have to use and having conversations about what evidence to use, transitions, etc. Next week they will write an unassisted argumentative piece.
Homework:
7th Grade: Read for 20 minutes, fill out logs (working on Paideia is fine)
8th Grade: Read for 20 minutes; to chapter 24 by Tuesday and to chapter 26 by Wednesday. Stay tuned for Wednesday night reading (depends on how far we get Wednesday during our block)
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