Today in 6A & 6B

ENGLISH: Our lessons for today were our last from the Grammar text book. I implore students to not disregard the knowledge in this book after Friday's test, because the writing we will complete as the year continues will lean heavily on these lessons. Today we spoke about body paragraphs as well as Introductions and Conclusions. Students practiced revising poor paragraphs and making them more interesting. We also looked at some news items from today and how they are written to communicate meaningful information in unified and fluent patterns.

LITERATURE: Prior to advancing in our read, we unveiled the assessment for the Egypt Game. Students will be completing a character analysis that centers around the actions of that character. Students may choose any character in the story, but as we read, they will record the actions of that character and how those actions speak to the character's values and qualities. This document will be used to write a 1-2 page essay that explores the nature of that character.

RELIGION: We got a bit side-tracked during our conversation today as students had a lot of questions regarding how to budget and manage pressures once they move out on their own for college. I shared my experience with them that may or may not correlate with what will be their experience in 6 short years.

SOCIAL STUDIES: After learning about life and death in Ancient Egypt yesterday, students went on a fact-finding mission to explore the mummification process. Some of the responses to their packet required them to infer the answer as not all responses were spelled out directly. This will be take up tomorrow and students will prepare presentations of their understanding of this vital process.

MATH (8:00 class) WS 5-6 & 5-7  (9:00 class) WS 6-7 & 6-8

SCIENCE Worksheet packet