This week...

Speech

We are wrapping up Chapter 9: How to Organize Your Speech

and will have the Chapter 9 Test on Wednesday. Next on the agenda: Effective Language.

Reading

We are moving a little quicker than I anticipated through the end of

To Kill A Mockingbird, which means out test

dates have changed. Chapters 22-25 Test will be tomorrow and

Chapters 26-31 Test will be on Monday, March 11 which will finish out

the 9 weeks. I am looking forward to our field trip to the Shakespeare Festival on

Friday, March 15th!

Character Education

Our Philanthropy Billboards are in progess! Photos to come!

Art I & II

This week Art I is starting their torn paper self portrait

and Art II is beginning their symmetry drawing of themselves.

CONGRATULATIONS to 9th grader SAWYER DUNN for winning the Alabama Youth Art MonthFlag Contest for the High School Division!

He will be receiving free art supplies

from Sargent Art! Great Job, Sawyer!!



This week...

Speech

We will be beginning Chapter 9 and learning

how to properly organize speeches.

Reading

We are in Chapters 18-21 of the trial of Tom Robinson. There are so many

major themes that are all starting to come together in these chapters

and we will be continuing to read aloud in class and discuss

as we go. Below is the tentative test schedule for the remaining

chapters of To Kill A Mockingbird (the students should also have this written

down in their notebooks)

Wednesday, February 27 - Chapters 18-21

Thursday, March 7 - Chapters 22-25

Thursday, March 14 - Chapters 26-31

Friday, March 15- Our fieldtrip to the Shakespeare Festival to

see To Kill a Mockingbird!!

(Again, this is a tentative schedule and dates may change slighty if we get ahead of schedule.)

Character Education

In extension to our lesson on charity, we are discussing 'philanthropy'

this week and the students will be creating a

billboard advertising a philanthropy or cause that will

inspire other students at PLAS!

Art I & II

We are wrapping up our "Dream" windows inspired by Marc Chagall

and also working on duct tape projects!

The 7th grade has had some great entries already! Pictures to come.

This week!

Speech

The 9th grade is in Washington D.C. this week and I hope they

are having a great time!

I told them to TRY and learn something while they were there since they will

be surrounded with such rich history.......

we will see how that goes! ;)

Reading

We are in Chapters 15-17 of To Kill a Mockingbird this week and will

have our test on

chapters 15-17 tomorrow!

Character Education

We are in the computer lab today and tomorrow making powerpoint

presentations on the chairty they created last week!

We will begin presenting these powerpoints on Thursday.

Art I & II

There were some GREAT entries for the 100 Uses for Duct Tape

assignment and this week in addition to working on our Marc Chagall piece,

the students

will be making one item from their 100 uses for duct tape list.

Also, I am giving extra credit to any student that brings in

paper towels, baby wipes,

and cleaning wipes. Each item is worth 5 points and they can earn up to

20 extra credit points for bringing these items in!



Pictures!

Below are some pictures of the projects we have been working on lately!

Reading:  Using their imaginations (much like the character Dill Harris would), the students wrote Dill Harris a postcard wishing for his return to Maycomb.

 

Character Education: As a part of our cooperation and teamwork lesson, the class divided into groups and created their own board games! Needless to say, they had a great time playing each others games! 

Art I & II: Our giant collage color wheels are up for all to see and enjoy! They look

great, don't they?!? :)

This Week - Happy Valentine's Day! :)

Speech

We just wrapped up our chapter on Interviewing and there will be a vocabulary

quiz on Chapter 6 Tuesday. Each student has been assigned a section

in Chapter 8 that they will be teaching to

the class beginning on Wednesday.

Reading

We just finished Part I of 'To Kill a Mockingbird and will have

a test on Chapters 12-14 on Thursday! (I forgot

how much I love this book!!)

Character Education

This week we are talking about charities and ways we can

help in our community. They will also be

creating their own charity that they will be

presenting to the class.

Art 1 & II

Tomorrow we will have a short quiz on color theory

and then diving into the work of Marc Chagall.

This weeks Draw Now assignment is

to come up with 100 uses for Duct Tape!

(This should be interesting ;)

This week!

Speech

This week students are conducting in class interviews and they

will be creating a 1-2 minute speech on the

classmate they interviewed. We will begin presenting

on Thursday!

Reading

We are just about to wrap up Part I of To Kill a Mockingbird and the plan

is to have a test on Chapter 8-11 on Thursday!

Character Education

We are continuing our lesson on friendship and will begin our friendship

puzzle- Romero Britto Style- today! Pictures to come!

Art I & II

Our color wheel collages are still in progress! They are looking great and I can't

wait to hang them up! The "Draw Now" assignment for the

week is: Design Your Dream Bedroom. I am looking forward to the

creative ideas they come up with!

This week!

Speech:

We have just started Chapter 2 on Interviewing and will be conducting interviews

on classmates for our first speech. We will

be presenting these next week!

Reading:

We just wrapped up Chapter 7 in To Kill a Mockingbird and

spent the class period reviewing for

the Chapter 4-7 test tomorrow!

Character Education:

This week we are focusing on the elements of friendship

and how we can work on being a better friend.

Art I & II:

Our giant collage color wheels are coming along! As soon

as we finish I will be posting pictures. Also, the

topic for the weekly 'Draw Now'

assignment (due each Friday)

is to draw a pile of stuff you would

buy if you won the lottery!