We have turned our attention to Romeo and Juliet in the month of November!  We began learning (and teaching) about the Elizabethan Era in an Informational Jigsaw Activity where students chose a different topic and taught their classmates about that particular aspect of the Elizabethan Era.  Students have taken on the roles of our actors as we perform the play in class, with students making use of our pool noodle swords and wigs (and high fives when the stage directions call for kisses).   Our writing has focused on narrative techniques, as we have discussed characterization, pacing, and sensory details to create engaging narratives that draw in the reader.

For Georgia Studies, we had the amazing privilege of visiting the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta. This was an incredible opportunity for our students to get an insight into life in Georgia during the Civil War, and build on what they had already learned from our lessons over the Antebellum South! Our students explored the importance of railroads in Atlanta, the impact of slave narratives, and even got to experiment with morse code using a telegraph! Last but not least, our students were able to experience the Cyclorama depicting the Battle of Atlanta.