Literature
Welcome back from Fall Break! We are now well into the novel Tunes for Bears to Dance To by Robert Cormier. This is our first reading assignment for Unit II."Good vs. Evil." Students have been discussing the meaning of the title and epigraphs. We are working on study guide questions for chapters 1-3. The novel includes much rich figurative language, Writing We have completed a rough draft of a comparison and contrast essay over the two poems, "Those Winter Sundays" and "Digging." Students have been using Chromebooks in the classroom to type and revise their essays. We will peer share essays and complete the final draft this week. Vocabulary We are completing our study of Greek roots this week. Sentence sheets are due on Thursday, October 20, right before our quiz. We will move on to Latin roots next week. IXL Our exercises this week include UU.2, UU.4, and UU.5. These skills reinforce our ability to recognize and interpret figurative language such as puns, verbal irony, idiom, and allusion. These are due Friday, October 21 by 8:00 PM. Independent Reading Our second book is a nonfiction work (autobiography, biography, or memoir). Students have selected a book and are filling out a log entry for each chapter based upon important quotes and notable writing style techniques. The log sheets can be accessed on our website under the Resources tab. This project is due Friday, November 11. |
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A Classroom Prayer
Holy Spirit, Giver of all good gifts, enter into my mind and heart. Give me the gift of knowledge and the grace to use it wisely. Help me in all my endeavors. Give me perseverance and fortitude. Help my memory, that I may remember what I learn and recall it when necessary. Guide me in the classroom.
O Jesus, You who are the Way, the Truth, and the Life, let me not be deceived by false teaching. Our Lady of Good Studies, pray for me. Amen. Mary, Undoer of Knots,
Pray for Us! A Prayer to Christ, the Divine Teacher
O source of all Wisdom, Christ the Teacher,
You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Teach us to embrace the truths You have revealed to Your Church. Fill our souls with Your Grace that we may love God above all and our neighbors as ourselves. Christ Jesus, friend and Teacher most patient, bless us and teach us. O Light of the world, teach us always to follow You that we should not walk in darkness, but have forever the Light of Life! Amen. Archives
August 2023
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