Monday, March 28, 2016

Lesson plans for March 29th-April 1st

Reminders: Third quarter grades went home last week. Please have a conversation with your student about the importance of finishing out the year strong. Fourth quarter will be a long one with all of our make-up days, so focus and motivation will be essential to attain our goals before the end of the year.

English 7: Tuesday- word of the day; interrupting data, graph construction, summary writing practice
                 Wednesday- word of the day; graph construction from researched data
                 Thursday- word of the day; finish graph construction, start summary writing
                 Friday- word of the day; finish summary writing- graph and summary due

English 8: Tuesday- word of the day; PBL research and review of proposals
                 Wednesday- word of the day; PBL research
                 Thursday- word of the day; PBL research
                 Friday- word of the day; checkpoint- conference with teacher on PBL progress

Please contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns. Let's have another great week of learning, Green Devils!

Ms. Ashley L. Alonzo

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Lesson plan for March 21st-25th

Reminders: Easter vacation will be Friday, March 25th, and Monday, March 28th. Classes will resume as normal on March 29th. Third quarter grades will be sent home this week. As fourth quarter gets underway, please encourage your child to finish strong. Summer vacation will be here before we know it!

English 7: Monday- word of the day; monologues with music lyrics
               Tuesday- word of the day; monologues with music lyrics
               Wednesday- word of the day; monologues with music lyrics
               Thursday- Hunting for our Talents mini-course day
               Friday- no school- Have a happy Easter!

English 8: Monday- word of the day; PBL proposals
               Tuesday- word of the day; PBL proposals
               Wednesday- word of the day; PBL proposals
               Thursday- Hunting for our Talents mini-course day
               Friday- no school- Have a happy Easter!

Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Let's have another great week of learning, Green Devils!!

Ms. Ashley L. Alonzo

Friday, March 11, 2016

Lesson plans for March 14th - 18th

Reminders: Third quarter ends on Thursday, March 17th. Students have till Monday, March 14th to turn in all their missing work for half credit. After Monday, all missing work scores will be permanent zeros. This is a full week of school, so let's finish third quarter strong!

English 7: Monday- word of the day; work day on oral commentaries
               Tuesday- word of the day; present oral commentaries
               Wednesday- word of the day; present oral commentaries
               Thursday- word of the day; finish presentations; finish No Red Ink exercises
               Friday- word of the day; No Red Ink exercises due; object of my affection speaking activity

English 8: Monday- word of the day; Passion Prezi introduced and assigned
               Tuesday- word of the day; work day on Passion Prezi
               Wednesday- word of the day; present Passion Prezi
               Thursday- word of the day; present Passion Prezi
               Friday- word of the day; introduce PBL proposals; finish autobiography prompts

Please contact me with any questions, comments, or concerns. Let's have another great week of learning, Green Devils!

Ms. Ashley Alonzo