ALL CLASSES - HW CLARIFICATION

ALL CLASSES:   First, THANK YOU for being the wonderful, brilliant, comical, and uplifting students you are.  WE LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW!!!  

In addition, thank you, thank you, thank you for your donations to our Turkey Bowl project.  There were 12 baskets made throughout the school, and ROGO's amazing students accounted for 6 of them!  There is no way we could have done what we did without your help.  As always, GREAT JOB!  Remember, what you do in life will echo for an eternity :) 

For Word of the Day, all you have to do is fill out all the words for this week and next.  We will check your journals next week to ensure all of your words are in there.  Good news - skip your synthesis chart that would have been due this Thursday and Friday (our Thanksgiving gift to you).  You will do something for next Thursday or Friday that is a little different: Pick an article from this week or next (11/19-11/29), print it, annotate it (take marginal notes), and be prepared to speak about it in class!  You will not be doing a chart.  However, do try to find an article that relates to PLESS:  Politics, Love/marriage, Economics or environment, Social media (sports or entertainment), or Science/technology.  This will help you for the argumentative/discursive portion of the AICE exam in May.

There will also be make-up for Reading Plus.  You can make up sessions dating back until the first week of THIS marking period. 

PERIODS 2, 5, and 6:
Take some time this weekend to watch the video below.   It gives you some insight to the Civil War, as well as many of the key battles.  This will help as you read our novel.  Already in the beginning chapters, we learn about Bull Run, and there will certainly be more references to the war as the novel progresses.  

As a reminder, periods 2 & 6, you will read the introduction through chapter 4.  Be ready for discussion and a quiz on Monday.  Period 5, you will read chapters 3-6 for Tuesday.  Be ready for a discussion on the first two chapters through chapter 6.  The lexicon is beneath this post.  Check under the comments for our initial list of words, and feel free to add to it as you read.  

In addition, if you plan to attend the field trip on 12/4, please bring in your money at the beginning of the week.  It's $20 and includes the play on the various short stories/poems, food, as well as your bus ride.