We're back to the real world! I hope everyone enjoyed the LONG weekend and Thanksgiving Holiday. Today we reviewed our Week 2 SAT Words and signed up for December book talks. We also briefly discussed The Pearl and the idea that it is a work that is based on the idea of oral tradition. Students were asked to spend some time this evening working with the pre-reading questions that will guide them toward the ideas and themes of this novella as we begin reading tomorrow. These pre-reading qustions are due tomorrow prior to students moving to their encore classes.
We will read the vast majority of this work in class, although students will be asked to spend some time at home and out of class responding to the reading and making connections between their own lives and the text, the text and other similiar texts, and the text and the greater world.
We will spend time Wednesday reviewing our Week 2 words in preparation for the test Thursday. If you have a few free minutes, ask your child to share his/her word list with you. How many of these words are you familiar with? It's a tough list, I'm warning you!
As we look ahead, Wednesday (12/2) is an early release day and interim reports will be sent home on December 9th. There is also one editorial due this month, on 12/14.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call 644-3200 ext. 31900 or send me an email emily.myers@orange.k12.nc us
Have a great day!
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