Week of February 23rd

Davis Dispatch February 23rd

High School Language Arts
Monday’s Topic: PoetryIn Class Activity: Lyrics and Rhyme: What makes Poetry, Poetry?
Tuesday and Wednesday Homework
**As always 30 minutes reading with a short summary (5-7 sentences) of what you read**

Read :”Incident in a Rose Garden” by Donald JusticeAnswer questions: 1-3 and 5 page 149 and #2 on page 150
Read: “Annabel Lee” and “The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe pg 199
Answer questions #1-4 on page 204Do Activity under Literary Analysis on pg 204Thursday: No School
Read the Author Study of Edgar Allan Poe on page 194-197. After reading write a 3 paragraph essay explaining how his life led to his writing. Be creative and think outside the box!!


High School World Geography
Monday’s Topic: Culture
In Class Activity: Cultures; what are they and how do they impact us? Language, food, dress, and religions

Homework: Complete assigned work on APEX.

Thursday: No School—Research your country and bring on Monday 3 recipes from your home country as well as an illustration of ‘traditional dress”

Middle School United States History
Monday’s Topic: Amendments of the Constitution

Homework Tuesday: Using the chart; define and illustrate the listed Amendments
Wednesday: Watch video on Bill of Rights and take the quiz: http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?SearchText=amendments&GradeLevel=3360055&MediaFormat=3360062&ID=132501

Thursday’s Topic: No School -Activity to do at home: Go to http://pbskids.org/democracy/govandme/ to see how Government is involved in your daily lives!

Middle School Language Arts

Monday’s Topic: Poetry
Homework: Students will need to read a minimum of 30 minutes a night and will write a 5 sentence of summary of what is occurring in their book.

Tuesday’s Homework: Read “Messy Room” by Shel Silverstein. Using the Poetry Handout find the examples that exist in the poem and write them out.
Wednesday’s Homework: Using the “Paint with words” handout, write your own nature poem. Highlight the poetry terms you used.

Thursday: No School-Activity to do at home: Select lyrics to your favorite song and write/print them out. Analyze them to see which poetry terms they used in class.

Writing/Reading Workshop:Students were given their Workshop Workbooks. These will be what the students work on independently in class. Student’s final drafts of their newspaper articles were completed in class and hopefully next Monday (March 2nd) they will be passing out the newest edition!!

Cooking Class: There is no class on Thursday but please keep working on your techniques, menus and recipes!!

Week of February 9th

Davis Dispatch
February 9nd

Cooking Class: list of items needed for February and March will be emailed out on Tuesday! High School will be responsible for this list and Middle Schoolers will be responsible for April and May.

High School Language Arts
Monday’s Topic: Irony
In Class Activity: Grammar in Context page 161

Tuesday and Wednesday Homework **As always 30 minutes reading with a short summary (5-7 sentences) of what you read**

Read :The Gift of the Magi” by O.Henry and “Luxury” by Nikki Giovanni
Answer questions: 4,6,7,8 page 159
Do “Vocabulary in Action” page 160 #1-10
Write one paragraph about your favorite or worst gift you ever received.


Thursday: Student analysis/quiz on literature homework. There will be a vocabulary drill and author interpretation activity.

High School World Geography
Monday’s Topic: Expectation on APEX *Students will be required to do all study guides and reviews. They will turn those in when they have successfully completed the quiz.
In Class Activity: Cultures; what are they and how do they impact us? Language, food, dress, and religions

Homework: Complete assigned work on APEX.

Thursday: Cooking around the world

Middle School United States History
Monday’s Topic: Foundation of American Government

Homework Tuesday: Read with your parents the Section one of the Constitution. List the duties of Congress and the connection to WHY the framers of the Constitution would have put them in the Constitution. Find at www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html

Wednesday: Watch video on Learn 360 and write 10 important facts
Go to: www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?SearchText=congress&ID=131581

Thursday’s Topic: Creating a Constitution

Middle School Language Arts
Monday’s Topic: Prefixes/Suffixes

Homework: Students will need to read a minimum of 30 minutes a night and will write a 5 sentence of summary of what is occurring in their book.

Rough draft of ONE biography due Thursday.

Read "The Lottery" A short story by Shirley Jackson

www.classicshorts.com/stories/lotry.html
Answer the following questions:
How does the author lead up to the climax? (Rising Events)
What is the main idea of the story?
In what ways does the main character change over time?
Describe how you can see yourself in one of the roles of the story.

Writing/Reading Workshop:
Students began to create their collection of evidence. Each wrote a 5 paragraph essay on their favorite topic. We will be using these throughout the semester as a template for what good writing looks like.
Students also used their books to practice scanning as well as for a vocabulary search.

Cooking List:

Will be available on Thursday for students to sign up. I will also email them out to all High School parents so you can look at them ahead of time and so you can have a conversation with your student about what you feel comfortable bringing.

The end of the week

Just a note about homework over the weekends:

World Geography needs to keep up with whatever APEX assignments are due! Please check the report page on the account!

Language Arts classes (both Middle School and High School) ALWAYS have 30 minutes of reading to do a night. They should be making a short summary (5-7 sentences) entry into their notebooks or writing composition books. These are checked every Thursday in class.

Middle School History will not have homework per se but should continue to work on their powerpoint presentations...just a reminder that they should have a 10 slide story board that explains specifically their American's impact on our country.

Cooking needs to have complete ready to turn in on Thursdays: One recipe card that shows that they have practice the weekly technique, a menu consisting of 3 meals as well as a shopping list that shows the items they need to actually prepare this meal.

Hope this helps!!

Correction

The trip to Kadlec is in March not February!! Sorry everyone!

Week of February 2nd

Upcoming Events: School trip to Kadlec on Thursday afternoon. Check with Mrs. Wise regarding more information!!

High School Language Arts
Monday’s Topic: Plot: Rising-Climax-Falling Conflict: Internal vs External
In Class Activity: Writer’s Workshop

Tuesday and Wednesday Homework

Read “The Necklace” page 26 and “ The Most Dangerous Game” page 38
Define: Vocabulary Preview; page 26 and 38
Answer Questions page 35 #6-8, page 58 #8 and page 59 #2
Personalize the story: Have you ever wanted something so badly you were willing to do about almost anything to get it? Write about it.

Thursday: Student analysis/quiz on literature homework. There will be a vocabulary drill and author interpretation activity.

High School World Geography
Monday’s Topic: Expectation on APEX *Students will be required to do all study guides and reviews. They will turn those in when they have successfully completed the quiz.
In Class Activity: Cultures; what are they and how do they impact us?

Homework: Complete assigned work on APEX.

Thursday: Mapping our world, how do we do it and what will it look like?

Middle School United States History
Monday’s Topic: Introduction to Pre-Revolutionary America

Homework Tuesday: Read with your parents the historical documents and list possible causes and effects.
Wednesday: Watch video on Learn 360 and write 10 important facts
Go to: http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?SearchText=american+history&GradeLevel=3360055&MediaFormat=3360063&Subject=3332156&Page=2&ID=141716

Thursday’s Topic: Colonial life

Middle School Language Arts
Monday’s Topic: Parts of a story; plot, character, setting and theme

Homework: Students will need to read a minimum of 30 minutes a night and will write a 5 sentence of summary of what is occurring in their book.

Interview ONE family member using the Interview questions from 1/29.