Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great weekend. Our overview for this week is below. Reminder to make sure you've submitted your current events research. Also if you have missing assignments which you are not exempt from, this is the final week to submit them. Make sure to check Powerschool to ensure you have no missing assignments.

Monday June 13th: Finishing Current Events Slides and Starting Social Review

Tuesday June 14th: Sharing Current Events and Social Review 1-4-2-3

Wednesday June 15th: CARS, Block Change 2-3-1-4

Thursday June 16th: Review Change 4-1-2-3

Friday June 17th: Finishing Review, Mark Cutoff (Meaning Absolute Last Day To Submit Missing Assignments), Block Change 3-2-1-4

Hi everyone! I hope you've had a great weekend. Throughout this week we will be working on a current events job in groups. We are not going to be presenting these to the whole class at once, but instead will be sharing in small groups. More details to come! Our overview for this week is below.

Monday June 6th: Finishing Up The Last Samurai

Tuesday June 7th: Current Events Research

Wednesday June 8th: Current Events Research and Making Presentations

Thursday June 9th: Finishing Current Events Slides and Practicing

Friday June 10th: Current Events Assignments Due

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. Our overview for this week is below.

Monday May 30th: The Meiji Period in Japan

Tuesday May 31st: Finishing the Meiji Period

Wednesday June 1st: Reading Comprehension Practice

Thursday June 2nd: Japan Quiz

Friday June 3rd: Changes In Japan

Hi everyone! I hope you've been having a great long weekend. This week we'll be continuing to take a look at Edo Japan during its long isolation.

Tuesday May 24th: Finishing Cultural Tradition Advertisement Posters

Wednesday May 25th: Trade In Isolated Edo Japan

Thursday May 26th: Ending Isolation

Friday May 27th: The Meiji Period In Japan

Note that we are going to have a small quiz for Japan on Tuesday, May 31st.

Hi everyone! I hope you've been having a great weekend, our overview for this week is below.

Monday May 9th: Overview of Edo Japan's Social Hierarchy

Tuesday May 10th: Research for Social Hierarchy Performances (Group Project)

Wednesday May 11th: Preparing Performances

Thursday May 12th: Finishing Preparing and Practicing Performances

Friday May 13th: Presenting Our Social Hierarchy Presentations

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a great weekend. Our overview for this week is below:

Monday May 2nd: Introduction to Japan

Tuesday May 3rd: Japan's Geography

Wednesday May 4th: Foreign Influences in Japanese Culture

Thursday May 5th: The Sengoku Period

Friday May 6th: Continuing The Sengoku Period

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend, our overview for this week is below.

Monday April 11th: Intro to Analyzing Poetry

Tuesday April 12: Aztecs Unit Test

Wednesday April 13th: Using STRIPE to Analyze Poetry

Thursday April 14th: Poetry Research and Analysis

Friday April 15th: Good Friday, No School

Hi everyone! Hopefully you've all been having a great weekend. Our overview for this week is:

Monday April 4th: The Clash Between the Spanish and the Aztecs

Tuesday April 5th: Changing The Aztec Worldview

Wednesday April 6th: Finishing Changes To the Aztecs Worldview

Thursday April 7th: The New Conquistadors

Friday April 8th: Aztecs Review

Note that our test for the Aztecs unit will be on Tuesday April 12th.

Hello everyone! Our overview for next week is below.

Note that we will be working with computers quite frequently this week, so if you have your own that you sometimes bring to school, this week would be a good time to bring it.

Monday March 28th: Spain's Complicated Religious History

Tuesday March 29th: Motivations for Spanish Exploration

Wednesday March 30th: Comparing the Spanish and Aztec Worldviews

Thursday March 31st: Who Were Cortes and Monteczuma?

Friday April 1st: Contact Between the Spanish and the Aztecs

Hi everyone! Our next week will be focused on our essays to finish up the Outsiders, here is our overview below.

Monday February 28: Planning Outsiders Essays

Tuesday March 1st: Starting Rough Drafts For Essays (rough drafts are due for Thursday March 3rd).

Wednesday March 2nd: Rough Drafts for Essays

Thursday March 3rd: Editing Rough Drafts

Friday March 4th: Finalizing Good Copies for Essays (due on Monday March 7th at midnight but no class time on Monday).

Hi everyone!

I hope you've all been having a great long weekend! Our overview for this week is:

Tuesday February 22nd: Introduction to the Aztec Social Hierarchy

Wednesday February 23rd: Aztec Education

Thursday February 24th: What Are Essays?

Friday February 25th: Planning for the Outsiders Essay (planning sheet is due at the end of the day).

Hi everyone!

I hope you all have a great weekend and get a chance to enjoy some of the nice weather. Our overview for next week is:

Monday February 14th: Finishing Up Duotangs for The Outsiders

Tuesday February 15th: Final Literature Circle for The Outsiders

Wednesday February 16th: Outsiders Duotangs Due and Continuing With The Aztecs

*Note if students are not done their first three Literature Circle Jobs (Illustrator, Connector, Literary Luminary, and Discussion Director), they should make sure that three of those are done BEFORE Monday's class, as we will be busy working on the fourth and final job on Monday.

Hi everyone! I hope you're all having a great weekend and getting a chance to enjoy this wonderful weather. Our overview of this upcoming week is below.

Monday February 7th: Chapter 9 of The Outsiders and Current Events

Tuesday February 8th: Literacry Circles For The Outsiders Chapters 7-9

Wednesday February 9th: Aztec Values and Geographic Challenges

Thursday February 10th: Aztec Society

Friday February 11th: Continuing The Outsiders

Hi everyone! Our overview for this week is below.

Tuesday February 1st: Literature Circles for Outsiders and Report Cards Available This Day

Wednesday February 2nd: The Outsiders Chapter 7, and Introduction to the Aztecs

Thursday February 3rd: The Aztecs' Beliefs

Friday February 4th: The Outsiders Chapters 8-9

Literature Circles for the Outsiders Chapters 7-9 will be on Tuesday February 8th.

Hi everyone!

Our overview for next week is below.

Monday January 17th: Finish and Preparing For Chapter 6 Presentations

Tuesday January 18th: Presentations for Chapter 6 and Pre-Reading for The Outsiders

Wednesday January 19th: The Outsiders and Roles For Literacy Circles

Thursday January 20th: Review for Chapters 5-6 In Social Studies

Friday January 21st: Literacy Circles for The Outsiders

We'll be havig our quiz for Chapters 5-6 on MONDAY JANUARY 24th.

Hi everyone!

Below is our overview for this week.

Monday January 10th: The Age of Exploration

Tuesday January 11th: Reviewing Figurative Language

Wednesday January 12th: Costa's Three Levels of Questioning

Thursday January 13th: Imperialism Presentations Start

Friday January 14th: Preparing Imperialism Presentations (will be presenting on Monday second half of class).

Overview for December 13-17th:

Reminder that this week we have a FULL week of school. Friday is ugly holiday sweater day!

Monday December 13th: Morning Girl Chapter 9 and Responses

Tuesday December 14th: Why Do We Explore?

Wednesday December 15th: Navigational Tools and Explorers From The Renaissance

Completed Morning Girl Duotangs Are Due

Thursday December 16th: Plots

Friday December 17th: Plots

Overview for December 6th-10th:

Grade 8s are collecting Non-perishable food items for Holiday Hampers until Wednesday, December 9th.

Monday December 7th: Why Do Europeans Explore During the Renaissance and Pre-Reading Morning Girl (Story).

- The Landlady endings are due on Monday.

Tuesday December 8th: Morning Girl Chapters 1-2

Wednesday December 9th: Morning Girl Chapters 3-4

Thursday December 10th: Morning Girl Chapters 5-6

Friday December 11th: Morning Girl Chapters 7-9

While we work through the story, Morning Girl, we'll be working through duotangs each day in class. Our goal is to finish the work for the chapters we read each day in class as we proceed through the week. The finalized work from the duotangs will be due on Wednesday December 15th.

Hi everyone! I hope you've had a good weekend, this week we have a few important upcoming jobs.

Our overview for this week looks like:

Monday November 29th: Finishing the Church and The Protestant Reformation

Tuesday November 30th: Review For Renaissance Test

Wednesday December 1st: Test for the Renaissance

Thursday December 2nd: Planning For and Starting To Write The Landlady's Ending

Friday December 3rd: Finishing Writing The Landlady's Ending (will be due before class on Monday)

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great weekend, our next week includes:

• Monday November 22nd: Machiavelli and Foreshadowing

• Tuesday November 23rd: The Reformation and Starting Short Story: The Landlady - We should be finished the Scientists in the Renaissance sheet (from last week) by the start of this class.

• Wednesday November 24th: The Landlady Continued

• Thursday November 25th: Finishing The Landlady

• Friday November 26th: No School for Students, Parent Teacher Conferences

*Important Note we are going to have our unit test on the new ideas in the Renaissance the next week on Wednesday, December 1st. This test will focus on Chapters 2 (ctiy-states and trade), 3 (Humanism) and 4 (scientific discoveries and ideas from the Renaissance.

November 1-5 Overview

Monday November 1st: City-States In the Renaissance

Tuesday November 2nd: The Early Renaissance

Wednesday November 3rd: Humanism in City-States

Thursday November 4th: Myths and Legends In The Renaissance

Friday November 5th: Myths and Legends in the Renaissance continued.

October 25th-29th Overview:

Monday October 25: Finishing Our Discussion On Facebook and Review For the Middle Ages

Tuesday October 26: Middle Ages Test

Wednesday October 27: Trade In the Renaissance

Thursday October 28th: Italian City-States

Friday October 29th: Italian City-States Continued

* This is also the school's Halloween dress-up day if you choose to participate!

October 18-22 Weekly Overview:

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a good weekend and are ready for coming back to school tomorrow. For this week we will be focusing on the Black Death and how this disease affected the European worldview in the Middle Ages.

Tuesday October 19th:

Finishing The Black Death Signs and Symptoms

Wednesday October 20th:

Please bring a book as on Wednesday's we will do some independent reading to start off

Investigating the Black Death

Thursday October 21st:

The Black Death's Effects on Society

Friday October 22nd:

The Peasant Revolts