Today in 6A & 6B

RELIGION: Students took a short quiz on the meaning behind the Advent wreath and candles.

ENGLISH: Students have been assigned a new writing composition, a personal response to literature. Here students are asked to express their feelings about a piece of award winning literature, "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type." In this composition students will practice expanding on their "why" in each of their body paragraphs. They will also get practice developing their essay writing format (intro-body-conclusion). In tomorrow's class students will share their work with their peers, make necessary edits, and submit for review.

LITERATURE: In today's excerpt from "The Wednesday Wars" we pick up with Holling haven just had the image of his hero, Mickey Mantle, destroyed after having met him. There was a strong paragraph on page 93 where Holling describes this painful feeling. Later in that same chapter, Holling uses familiar language to describe his new heroes, signifying that he refuses to close his heart off once damaged. We took a moment to examine that interaction and reflect on keeping our own hearts open, despite the fact that we may also later be burned.

SOCIAL STUDIES: In class we performed a role-playing activity where groups students were divided into individual castes, following the Indo-Aryan tradition. Students were required to follow the rules of their caste, which in some cases involved only speaking when spoken to. They had to navigate certain obstacles all the while staying in character. It was a helpful exercise to understand the benefits and limitations of a rigid social structure.

MATH (8:00 class) Worksheet 3-6  (9:00 class) pg 183 1-44

SCIENCE 6B takes their test Tomorrow