MONDAY, October 9
Graded and turned in Vocab lesson 7
Took Vocab Test 7

HANDOUT--vocab lesson 8 (due Monday, October 16)

ABSENT? Turn in vocab lesson seven and make an appointment to come in and take test seven. Also, pick up or print the HANDOUT, vocab lesson eight, which is due Monday, October 16.

TUESDAY, October 10
Read "The Rainwalkers" and annotate it.
                        NOTES                        DISCUSSION

HANDOUT--"The Rainwalkers"

ABSENT? Pick up or print a copy of "The Rainwalkers." Copy the notes from someone whose notes you trust. Talk to a few different people to see if you can figure out the shape of our discussion.


WEDNESDAY, October 11
Writing practice: today we did a pre-writing activity to prepare for tomorrow's district timed writing. Students worked in pairs and individually to get ready for the writing test.

Then students completed a vocab crossword for this week's vocab lesson 8.
                        NOTES                        DISCUSSION

HANDOUT--vocab 8 crossword (Due Monday, October 16)

ABSENT? Print or pick up a copy of the crossword puzzle. (It's due Monday, October 16.) You'll need to get the notes from someone whose notes you trust and talk to a few different people to get an idea what the activity was like.


THURSDAY, October 12
District CRT Timed Writing
                        NOTES                        DISCUSSION

ABSENT? When you return, you'll have to miss whatever we're doing in class to make up this timed writing. Then you'll have some make up work to complete for missing that other class.


FRIDAY, October 13
SSR: Sustained Silent Reading. Students read silently all hour.

ABSENT? You should be reading your outside reading book, but you do not have to make up today's SSR grade.