End of the Quarter

Wow! It really has been a while since I updated here, I'm sorry for that. This month has been nuts. As you most likely heard, I was on call for jury duty and that caused me to have a great deal of trepidation in my planning as I never knew when I was going to have to be gone. Fortunately, that is over now. However, I have been asked, very last minute, to attend an invaluable conference next week, causing me to be out for three days. I am confident that it will be a worthwhile conference and will aid in both my classroom instruction as well as building wide programming, but it is not the best time to be out of my room. I have been very clear that the students need to take responsibility for their actions in these last days of the quarter to ensure that the grade they earn is an accurate reflection of their skills, i.e. the substitute and the students are responsible for ensuring that the lesson plans are completed. I will be in school on Monday and gone the rest of the week.

10/31
Students will type up the first body paragraph of their Hunger Games Essay. This will be graded and included on their 1st quarter grades.

11/1
Vocab Lesson 4 due (there will be no quiz for this lesson, students should focus on studying for their final exam on Thursday)

11/1-11/2
Students will by finishing their Hunger Games essay in the computer lab

11/3
* FINAL VOCAB EXAM on lessons 1-4 (students should have all the words in their notebooks to use for studying, this is included on 1st quarter grades)
* FINAL DRAFT OF ESSAY is due either by paper or emailed electronically to ms.zumberge@gmail.com (the full essay will go on 2nd quarter grades)

*** NEVER USE MY HOMEWORK DROP BOX THROUGH THE SCHOOL WEBSITE

Please contact me with any questions. I will be available over email when I am out of town.

Thanks!