Current Week

Monday, Sept. 21

All Classes: Bell work: "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. All Classes: Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." – Michael Jordan 

Vocab Surge L. 7 Day 1

Symbolism Lesson  

7/8 Go over Odysseus and Polyphemus

All Classes: Homework: Read book- due Oct. 6; Study Quizlet flashcards for prefixes 

Tuesday, Sept. 22 

All Classes: Bell work: Write a story starting with the line “The door had never been unlocked before,” 

All Classes: Vocab Surge L. 7 Day 2 student

2/3 and 4/6 Go over Odysseus and Polyphemus

All Classes: Perseus and Medusa- due Wednesday in class

4/6- Background Information on Lightning Thief

All Classes: Homework: Read book- due Oct. 6; Study Quizlet flashcards for prefixes 

Pleasnick ⅞ Black Ships Before Troy: Define an epic? What is the worst gift or argument that ever sparked a massive feud at your school? Read Chapter 1

Wednesday, Sept. 22

Bell work: "Believe you can, and you're halfway there." – Theodore Roosevelt 

Vocab Surge L. 7 Day 3 

2/3- background information about Lightning Thief, vocab lesson for chapters 1-4

4/6-Lightning Thief Vocab Ch. 1-4  Quizlet Chapter 1 (17.51) of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

7/8 Black Ships Before Troy 

All Classes:Homework: Read book- due Oct. 6

Thursday, Sept. 23

All Classes: Bell work: Write about the effects of going to bed early each night.

All Classes: Vocab Surge L. 7 Day 4

All Classes: Greek Myth-Atalanta 

Class 2/3 Chapter 1 of Lightning Thief- take notes in notebook

Class 4/6 Chapter 2 (17.51) of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Homework: Read book- due Oct. 6

Pleasnick ⅞ Black Ships Before Troy:

Friday, Sept. 24

All Classes: Bell work: First Chapter Read- The Maze Runner

All Classes: Vocab Surge L. 7 Day 5 

All Classes: Introduce Grammar Island