Today in 6A & 6B

ENGLISH: After reviewing our flash cards, students were issued their Unit 9 writing composition in which they are asked to describe the contents of either their desk or their backpack using figurative language. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to practice being descriptive and employing the many different literary devices used to make up figurative language. This composition will be due after class on Friday and I encourage all students to reach out to friends and family to help with peer editing of their work.

RELIGION: Today was very much a review from some information we explored in our previous book, where we explored how the Bible is constructed and organized. We looked at the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and interpreted their significance to Christianity.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Moving right along from yesterday's Hinduism Chapter test, today we began our chapter on Buddhism. Buddhism has its roots in Hinduism and we explored some of the similarities and differences between the two belief systems. Tomorrow we will look deeper into specific Buddhist ideology and reflect on how that compares to what we learned about Hinduism. Students are assigned questions 1-5 on page 222 for homework.

MATH (8:00 class) pg 209 1-12 (9:00 class) pg 254 11-23