October 19-22

Students have been working on  beginning their Aztec Way of Life research plan. They have worked in small groups in order to categorize and organize their questions and will now take that information and demonstrate their independent ability to begin their research plans. They will need  relevant  categories and questions to ensure they cover what they need in the inquiry process as they begin to read through information and gather what they deem to be important. Please review the Aztec way of Life assignment as this will develop over the next couple of weeks. 

 In literacy we continue to look at the 4 narrative modes. We have worked in partnerships to practice writing narratives utilizing these modes while gathering feedback. Using this feedback, we will now begin to write our own while basing the narrative on our characters we started to build in previous weeks. 

September 20-24

Students will be continuing their beginning understanding of worldview. We will continue to review the elements of worldview as they start to dive into recognizing how their own worldview is developed. They will begin to gain an understanding of what it is they deem important in their lives that shapes their worldview.

In literacy, we will be starting work with character analysis within short story. We will be starting to build our analysis using evidence from text that the students will be reading independently. 

September 13-17

Students examined and remembered the events of 9/11. They later applied their understandings of this historical event in relation to the current takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban. Students practiced their reading comprehension and inferencing skills by working through an article about this current event. They also completed a Worldview survey in order to start thinking about where they individually stand on certain worldviews.  

September 7-10

HUM (social) – We have started looking at the terms point of view, individual, perspective and society and how they relate/build into the larger concept of worldview. What factors influence or guide point of view and perspective.

 HUM (L.A.) – We explored literal and figurative meaning through a media text (video) in order to build into and better understand messages/themes that are communicated in various ways through text. We will also start practicing the skill of finding the BEST evidence to support our answer. Students visited the Learning Commons and were able to sign out books for class.