English 7
Update reading log.
Class activity with Westing Game clues.
Read in class to page 66 (per 1)
Read 30 minutes for homework.

English 8                    

Update reading logs for the weekend's reading.

Literature circle group meetings:

          Be sure you have 2 discussion questions about your book - what do you wonder about at the point where all are supposed to have read to...something about characters' motives or actions, something about the future in the book...
     Next, as a group select a question you will all answer in writing, including the writer of the question.  Choose 4 good questions as a group, (vote if you need to!) answer them independently on loose leaf paper. Ideally, you will choose one question from each group member. When everyone has finished the writing, you should share your answers orally.
Read 30 minutes for homework.

English 9, period 2
Read "Eagle River" chapter from Winterdance.
Complete chapter block on that chapter.

English 9, period 6
Read pages 141-160 in A Northern Light.
Continue silent conversation with the following questions:

Trystin- Do you think Uncle Fifty will give Mattie the money?

Dylan- Why do you think Uncle Fifty drinks so much?

Nicki- Do you think Uncle Fifty is a honest person?

Read independently for homework, 30 minutes.

English 7
Update reading log.
Update information pages on Westing Game characters.
Play with sets of clues!
Homework:  Read 30 minutes.

English 8
Update reading log.
Finish reading Anne Frank together.
Break into literature circle groups.  Two for Code Talker, one each for The Cage and What I Saw and How I Lied, and one miscellaneous.
     Pick a page you will all have read to by Monday
     Write 2 discussion questions on a sheet of loose leaf paper.  As a group pick questions to answer on your papers individually and in writing.  Answer as many as you can in the time you have remaining.
Homework:  Read 30 minutes.

English 9 period 2
Check remaining mushers' progress in the Iditarod.
Read "Alaska" from Winterdance.
Complete chapter block on that chapter.
Complete chapter blocks on the first 2 chapters of independent books.

English 9 period 6
Read A Northern Light to page 140.
Continue (not so) silent discussion in writing:

New questions...

Nicki- Do you think Weaver will turn out like his dad? And Why?

Zach- Do you think that Chester used the tennis racket to hit Grace?

Anthony- Do you think that Weaver will end up getting himself hurt?

Austen-Why do you think Royal helped Weaver out of trouble?

Sage- When and where do you think Royal will propose to Mattie?

Heather- Why was Matties father so against her working at the Glenmore?

Homework:  Read for 30 minutes.  Think of a discussion question if you haven't already contributed one.

English 9 period 6
 Silent conversation (oxymoron) Think of a discussion question about A Northern Light. Answer your classmates' questions and the sample in paragraphs on looseleaf paper.  These will be collected for a grade.  To be continued on Wed.

Example question…What makes Emmie Hubbard hide under the bed?

Spencer: How do you think that Mattie was able to leave the farm to go work at the Glenmore?

Skylar: Out of all the people Grace could have given her letters to, why did she give them to Mattie?

Connor: What do you think was the source of the argument that caused Lawton to leave?

Hope: Do you think Mattie will tell her father about Banard college?

Nicki: Why is Mattie's dad so hard on her?

Spencer: Where do you think Chester went after the day they found Grace Brown?

We read to page 124 from A Northern Light in class.

Read for 30 minutes for homework!

English 8

Update reading logs.
Read Anne Frank - to page 770.  We will finish Wed.

Check mushers on Iditarod.com.  How is your dog sled team doing?

Read "First Snow" chapter in Winterdance.  Complete Chapter block

English 7

Update reading logs with summary of last night’s reading.

Turn in paragraphs stating Sam Westing's assumed wishes and evidence proving such from the will.

Read from The Westing Game. From end of chapter 8 to page 58 (beginning of chapter 10.) (period 1)

English 9

Read the article from the Watertown Daily Times on 3 March 2014 about Jennifer Donnelly and her current writing project.  Then write a response to it in your writer's notebook.

Read in A Northern Light to page 110.

Read from your independent book for homework...30 minutes!

English 8

Update reading log for today.

Using loose leaf paper, write a well written paragraph regarding your independent book on World War II.  Using the timeline provided, identify the time and place in the war your book occupies.  Start with a topic sentence, add 2-3 sentences with details from the book that show how you know this to be true and then finish with a concluding sentence.

English 9 period 2

We read Winterdance, the chapter called "Becoming Dog" and completed a chapter block.

Next we read chapter 2 in independent books.  These should be finished for homework.  Be prepared to share what you read in your independent book with the class on Tuesday.

The mushers in this year's Iditarod are out of Elim.  This puts them within 100 miles of finishing the race.  Jeff King is in 1st place this morning, Aliy Zirkle is in 2nd and Martin Buser is in 4th place.  I guess his sprained ankle isn't slowing him down too much!  Alan Moore is in 36th place.  At this point, 16 mushers have scratched, but he's still going!

English 7                                           Test prep and text analysis

On loose leaf paper:  Answer the following in a well written paragraph:

What do you think Sam Westing wants the pairs of heirs to do after the reading of the will?  Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Hints on writing a well-constructed paragraph: 

Sentence #1 – Topic sentence.  Reword the directions.

Sentences #2-4 – Evidence that proves your idea above.  See chapter 6-7 for the will.

Last sentence – concluding sentence…look to the future of the book, state your opinion regarding Sam’s techniques or desires, tell what you would do if you were an heir…

Homework...read for 30 minutes from your independent book!