LA & SS Plans for Week of April 23rd

LA: Students have been actively working on writing their Realistic Fiction Stories. Students began typing their stories in class on Friday and will need to have the story completed and turned in by the end of the hour Monday 4/23. Students will have the entire hour Monday to complete the typing. The Realistic Fiction Story is counted as a test grade. Tuesday through Friday students will continue reading our new classroom novel, Soldier's Heart, written by Gary Paulsen. Homework will probably be assigned Tuesday and Thursday evenings. SS: Students will be taking their Reform (Cht. 18 Quiz) on Monday. They will need to be able to identify the major reforms, list at least 2 major leaders of the reforms, and describe what reforms/changes were made. Tuesday and Wednesday we will be reading and taking notes over Chapter 19. Vocabulary homework will probably be assigned for Wed. night. There will be no quiz on Chpt. 19. Thursday and Friday we will begin our Civil War studies (Chpt. 20)