Week of November 30th

International Problems: Cover the Universal Healthcare interviews that students were to have completed over the holiday. We will also be starting a presentation that they will be doing to compare the United States with another country’s health care. HOMEWORK: begin work on your presentation

HS Language Arts: I will be checking to make sure that they are on board with their book projects. I will be looking specifically at their “Critical Thinking” part of their presentation. Parents please be looking at their projects and helping them as needed. HOMEWORK: Follow your project calendar

HS World History: We have started the New France section and will be looking at the specifics of why Europeans came to America. HOMEWORK: Follow the classroom calendar

Middle School Language Arts: Jabberwocky…what is it and how does it fit into Good Night Mr. Tom? (This is found in the student's packet) We will also talk about words that are comparable but different in both American English and the Queen’s English. HOMEWORK: Follow the classroom calendar

Middle School World History: How did the Spaniards change life in South America when they came to conquer? We will be looking specifically at the language, religion and the customs that the Spaniards brought with them and established. HOMEWORK: Outline the specifics on the history of your country

Thanksgiving Week

International Problems: Be sure to reread your country's comparison to the US Universal Health Care. Be ready to turn in your interview with an adult who has Health Care and is willing to be interviewed about it.

HSLA: Students should be paying very closely to the calendar and make sure they are working on their plot, setting and character development projects. Their Critical Thinking piece needs to be well thought out and organized by Monday, November 30th.

HS World History: Students were checked on their Sections one and two of Chapter 15. Several did not have it complete and will receive a zero. Parents please double check to make sure your student is working every day on this packet of work!!

MS LA: Students were shown actual WW2 uniforms and pins today. Thanks Mr. Schulz!! Also we went to the library and looked at bomb shelters at www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/research/research_intro.shtml

MS World History: We looked at both the Mayans and the Incas...played Mayan Math!!

November and December

Hi Parents and Students of HomeLink!!
The only Davis Dispatches that you should see will be International Problems, MS World History and Cooking.

The next few weeks up until Christmas Break the classes of HS and MS Language Arts have a calendar they should be following.

The high schoolers are reading in a BOOK CLUB form and are creating projects to show that they have a command of vocabulary, setting, character development and plot. Finally they are to create a "Critical Thinking" piece to show me that they ahve a true grasp of the bigger picture in the book.

The Middle Schoolers are reading "Good Night Mr.Tom" and have a packet of work for you to go through with them on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be having hands on activities on Monday and Thursday.

Also High School World History has also their work for the next 6 weeks as well.

I AM HOPING THAT BY GIVING THEM THE WORK NOW THAT ALL WORK WILL BE DONE ON TIME AND THERE WILL BE NO LATE WORK!! IT IS DUE ON OR AROUND THE END OF DECEMBER...PLEASE CHECK CALENDERS!!

Have a wonderful week!!

Mrs. D

Week of November 2nd

Due to the end of the quarter coming up on Thursday and the overwhelming amount of work I need to sift through, grade and record; the ONLY classes that has "homework" are International Problems and High School World History. The other classes should continue to work on their projects so that they will get the maximum points on Thursday.


High School International Problems
Monday: Israel and the US

Tuesday and Wednesday’s Homework: Make a 16 question test (with answers) 5 Multiple Choice, 5 matching, 5 fill in the blanks and 1 short answer on the material we have covered in class. Print out TWO copies, one with the answers- one without.

Thursday: In class quiz on the Middle East.


High School World History:
Monday: European contact with Asia

Tuesday Homework: Do Connections to Today on page 467 #2

Wednesday's Homework: Do Chapter Assessment on page 468

Thursday: Unit Test