This week all students are working on completing our books to line up with our testing and finals. Tenth graders are reading Animal Farm, with plans to finish by the end of the week. This book has prompted some great discussions during class time. Tenth graders are also having a vocabulary quiz, possibly the last one of the quarter. As students know, only a quiz can raise a low quiz average in the quarter, so hopefully all students will be prepared to do well on this quiz.
Ninth graders are presenting their group research about one aspect of the 1920s in class, then beginning The Great Gatsby. It is a fun book to read, but it can be a difficult read. I recommend that students read the assigned chapters in class and plan to reread at home. They can count that for their reading log time, but it will help anyone who may be confused about what is happening in the book. Ninth graders also have some IXL standards due this week.
All students will take the ACT Aspire test next week, which will modify our normal class schedule.
All in all, we are off to a strong start this week!
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