In 9th grade, we continue to read the biography of James Madison, The Great Little Madison. We have had vocabulary words each week and weekly quizzes on the words. We will hit the halfway mark in the book this week, meaning that we will no longer have the structured vocabulary words and quizzes. At the end of the book there will be a comprehensive test with essay questions. Students are reading and summarizing the text each day as they read.
The 10th grade classes are working in small book clubs to read a familiar book and find the 12 stages of the Heroic journey, a common pattern in literature. Each group has 3 weeks to finish the book, which most groups are able to complete at school or with their reading log time. There should not be extensive out of school time devoted to this project. Students will present a multimedia presentation at the end of October on what they find. We will invite parents to come see these presentations. The date is October 27, from 11:00 - 12:15. As it gets closer, we will schedule a more specific time for each group so you can pinpoint the time your child will present. They will also have an essay test on this literature pattern.
Students in all classes should be reading at home each night and on the weekends. Parents, thank you for signing reading logs each weekend! Have a great week!
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