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Wednesday, May 22

8-23 Make sure to be ready to pick your country for the Social Studies final project as we will begin working on this tomorrow. 9-27 Make sure that you are caught up with all of your work, including handing in your Reading Response journal that is due today.

Tuesday, May 21

8-23 We are going to finish the song analysis presentations tomorrow, so please be ready to do this. You will also be selecting your country tomorrow for your Social Studies final project. Please come with a list of your top 10 choices and we will use the random name generator to select the order. 9-27

Thursday, May 16

8-23 Be prepared to present your song analysis on Tuesday. Also, make a list of countries that you may want to do your final project on as we will be starting to look at this next week. 9-27 For Tuesday make sure to have your novel, and a reminder that your next Reading Response is

Wednesday, May 15

8-23 Please remember your novels for tomorrow. You will be given one period of class time to work on your Poetry & Song – Song Analysis. We will be presenting these on Tuesday so please be ready to go. Make sure to share your song, presentation, lyrics, and anything else with me. 9-27 I will

Tuesday May 14

8-23 3rd Reading Response is due tomorrow. You were given time today to work on this if needed. Song Analysis will be presented on Tuesday, May 21 since there is no school on Friday or Monday. Make sure that you are ready to go. You will be given time on this tomorrow, and one period

Monday, May 13

8-23 Today you were given some time to read with a reminder that your next Reading Response being due this Wednesday, May 15. Continued to work on the Songs = Poetry assignment. At this point you should have began your analysis. We will be presenting these on Tuesday, May 21. 9-27 I hope that the

Friday, May 10

8-23 For Monday please make sure that you have found the lyrics for your song and that you have shared these with me in Google Drive. Next Reading Response is due on Wednesday, May 15. 9-27 Relax, and try to prepare for your LA Exam on Monday. Remember that you have been preparing for this

Thursday, May 9

8-23 Today we explored the world of Street Art by sharing some of the poetry we have written on the sidewalks outside of Tom Baines School. By sharing with others we hope to inspire creative thought and respect. 9-27 We spent most of today go over each other essays / narratives, and business letters in preparation for

Wednesday, May 8

8-23 Our plans changed a bit today so we did a slight detour and watched “The Truman Show” in the hopes of exploring the change in world view affected by the beliefs, values, knowledge, time, geography, and economy that was reflected in the movie. Please have your novels tomorrow. Bring all of the poetry you

Tuesday, May 7

Remember that your Complimentary Class Selection forms for next year are due tomorrow. 8-23 Continue working on the writing of your poetry. If we have nice weather on Thursday, then we might be able to get out and do some of the sidewalk poetry. Lets hope for good weather. 9-27 The purpose of today was to give