TGIF!

Date to remember: Holiday Dance for 6th and 7th grades next Friday 4:00-5:30. Put on your dancing shoes!

Thanks to so many of my students who emailed me last night expressing their feelings about Mandela's legacy. As a matter of fact, I heard the news first from a student while I was still at school! Your thoughts touched my heart. How exciting to be able to share sentiments about such a relevant topic in our news today. DMS has the best kids in the world.

P.1,4: Today we spent class preparing for Socratic Seminar on Monday. There are two essential questions, and you are to make a judgment on these and support it with evidence/details from their novels. Remember, for question #1 you are not writing a character's name...you are answering in terms of our society. So, your answer should be something such as siblings, parents, therapist, school, community. Then you support that response with evidence and details from the book.
H/W Socratic Seminar Monday. Your admission ticket is your completed yellow sheet!

P. 2,6: We had a brief discussion in remembrance of Nelson Mandela and watched an interview with Colin Powell expressing what he believes are Mandela's legacies. Students then worked in groups on Wordmaster activities/skits to prepare for the test Monday.
H/W: Monday... the big WM test!
         Ties that Bind, Ties that Break due Dec. 16

P. 5: We had a brief discussion in remembrance of Nelson Mandela and watched an interview with Colin Powell expressing what he believes are Mandela's legacies. After that we began a story by South African author Doris Lessing, "Through the Tunnel" that connects with the inner power struggle of trying to fit in. Students chose their own content-specific vocab. for a "Keep It, Cloud It, Junk It" activity.
H/W: chpt. 12 Red Glass

Enjoy the weekend!