Students began a Tall-tale/legend unit this week which will take us to the Christmas break. We have been introduced to different types of legends, tall tales, and cultures. The students will be reading a variety of stories and will eventually write a tall tale.

Upcoming events before the break:

Dec. 9th - Spelling quiz #6
Dec. 14-16 - Cultural presentations by the students. Each student will present to the class a story, tradition, or food that is part of his/her culture. Students will refer to their pedigree chart to find their heritage and talk to families about traditions that they celebrate.

Dec. 15 - A book mark or timeline will be turned in on a book that was read.

Dec. 16 - Spelling quiz #7

Dec. 18 - out for break until Jan. 4th

Contact me at the school if you have questions about what we are doing.

Wed. 11-18 / Students will take a spelling quiz on Voc. #4. (It is on the back of #3). The students will receive a new list Voc. #5.
They will have the rest of class time to read their library books.

Thursday/Friday - students will work in groups on the short story they were assigned. They are to plan a presentation for Monday on the elements of a short story. They have spent the past couple of days reading and discussing their stories.

Monday/Tuesday - students will do presentations in front of the class on their stories.

Tuesday - we'll wrap up any presentations that weren't completed on Monday. Students will have a spelling quiz on #5.

Have a great rest of the week/break. See you on the 30th.

Monday - students will read pg. 61 A Retrieved Reformation and answer the questions on the study guide they have.

Tuesday - Reality Town - no class

Wednesday - Spelling quiz on Voc. #3 Students will discuss the questions to pg. 61 and review the elements of a short story. We will then discuss pg. 97 and 113 in the short story unit.

Thursday / Friday - students will be placed into groups and assigned a short story. Check with your students to see what their story is. Each group will have questions to answer, then they will plan a presentation for the class on that story including all the elements of a short story.

Please remind your students to keep up on their reading. The first book report is due on Friday for periods 1-7 and on 11-17 for periods 2-5

Wed. the students will have a spelling quiz on Voc. #1. It is ten words and definitions.
For the rest of the week, we will be working on short stories and being able to identify the elements of each.

The students received information on the reading pages for 2nd term. Please check with your student and have them explain what is required. The first report is coming soon and is worth 100 points.

Friday, the final draft of the Great Mail Race letter is due. It must be revised, typed and a perfect copy. If the copy isn't quality work, the student will have to re-do the paper until it is acceptable. The final drafts will be mailed within the next week. Check with your student to find out where his/her letter is going.

Tuesday, the students will work on revision of their Great Mail Race letter and discuss the story on pg. 12, Rain Rain

Wed. they will receive a new list of spelling words - quiz will be Nov. 4th

Thursday and Friday the students will watch The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Contact me at the school if you have questions:
patd@provo.edu

Monday - all students will be reading pg. 3 in the brown anthology - Tears of Autumn.
Tuesday - we will discuss the story and continue discussing the elements of a short story.
Wed. - Students will take the spelling quiz that they didn't on the 13th. They already have a list. We will begin a unit called The Great Mail Race where students will mail letters to other schools in the U.S. This will take about 2 weeks to complete and mail the letters. Cont. reading Short Stories
Thursday - Free choice book report is due. All students received the form for this on Oct. 8th.
Friday - students will read a story called Raymond's Run and complete a study guide to it.

Monday the 12th, all classes will have an in-class essay on Flowers for Algernon. They can use their books and notes. Tuesday, we will watch part of the movie Charly. Wed - Frid is Fall Break.