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Week 30 March 18-22, 2024 Monday-Friday

MONDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside you.-Ralph Waldo Emmerson
Grammar Workout:3.22
-Scope-Read "Would you eat this?" and "Gross! Yuck! Ew!"
     +Finding and Using Text Evidence
-S.S.S
 
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TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: None
Grammar Workout: None
-Writing a Persuasive Essay on Utah Compose = Would you eat this?
     +Work Time

WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation: None
Grammar Workout: None
-Writing a Persuasive Essay on Utah Compose = Would you eat this?
     +Work Time
-If students finish they should work on :
-the reading passage
-Mad Lib
-Word Search

THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote- Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future. -Alice Walker
Grammar Workout: 3.23
-SCOPE: Can you Spot a Scam?

     +Central Ideas and Details

-S.S.S


FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote-You have no control over other people's taste, so focus on staying true to your own. -Tim Gunn
Grammar Workout: None
-Finish up packet to turn in
 

Week 28: March 4 - 7, 2024 Monday - Thursday

MONDAY
Project Work Day! (projects due tomorrow: Tuesday March 5)
 
TUESDAY

Daily Motivation: Confidence HERE IS A LINK TO PASSITON.COM

Grammar Workout: use Towers of Ice for today

-Short Story Starter in notebook

-Start SCOPE February 2024 issue HERE IS A LINK TO SCOPE 

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Read SCOPE story: Heart Saver

-Summarizing sheet in learning packet


WEDNESDAY

Daily Motivation: Being There

Grammar Workout: 3.19

-Short Story Starter in notebook

-Quiz Heart Saver 

-Mad Lib

-Word Search


THURSDAY

Daily Motivation: Loyalty

Grammar Workout: 3.20

-READ - Into the Underworld SCOPE

     +Summarizing Literary Texts 

-SSS- using Into the Underworld- maybe rewrite a scene, or the ending

-Students independently read My Life in a Maya Village

 
FRIDAY
NO SCHOOL!
 
 

Week 26: Feb. 20 - 23, 2024 Tuesday - Friday

TUESDAY
Daily Motivation: Turn Back Moment Steve Harvey *(You will have to look these up yourself on youtube if you miss class OR find your own motivation to write about .)
Grammar workout:  3.11 

Treasure Island Chapter 29 HERE'S A LINK TO THE AUDIOBOOK ON YOUTUBE

   -Summary

   -Mad Lib


WEDNESDAY
Daily Motivation: Never Surrender Kobe Bryant Never Rest in the Middle
Grammar workout: 3.12

Treasure Island Chapter 30

   -Summary

   -Word Search

   -Silver's Fatal Flaw


THURSDAY
Daily Motivation: 3 Things to Remember to keep a humble heart Short
Grammar workout: 3.13

Treasure Island Chapter 31

   -Summary

   -Short Story Starter


FRIDAY
Daily Motivation: Quote "Love and Kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference."
-Finish up the packet and turn in
 
 

10/16-18/2023 Monday-Wednesday

Konnichiwa!,
   This week we have Fall Break starting on Thursday and it goes through next week on Monday. So, I won't see you until next Tuesday.
 
This week, we will be watching another Miyazaki classic, Spirited Away. This is a classic Japanese piece of cinematic art. I hope you enjoy watching it.

Thursday 8/31/2023

Konnichiwa!,
    Today:
-We continued working on our Hiragana Packets
-We started Lesson C: Self Introductions in class and we learned a few introductory basics.
-We reviewed for the upcoming numbers quiz
-We continued watching My Neighbor Totoro

Wednesday 0830/2023

Konnichiwa!,
    Today in class:
-Practiced Hiragana
-Graded our numbers quizzes from yesterday
-continued with the studio Ghibli movie My Neighbor Totoro

Thursday 8/24/2023

Hello Everyone!,
      Today in class we:
-had some daily motivation about saying "Thank You".
-completed Thursday's Skills work
-worked on and completed our summary paragraphs of The White Death
-we discussed and answered some close reading and critical thinking questions about the article White Death.
 
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*REMEMBER! You are looking for the September 2022 issue.

Wednesday 08/23/2023

Konnichiwa!,
    Today in class we:
-Practiced our Hiragana
-Reviewed the numbers 1-10
-Learned numbers up to 100
-Learned ho to form numbers 1-9999