Monday, January 28, 2019

Hoping for snow...

Congratulations to Levi Gordon who won 1st place at the Regional Tech Fair and now moves on to State Level competition. My photography student, Ori Gal, also won. I am proud of both of you!

This week we continue our study of verbs with subject-verb agreement, understanding plot structure in storytelling of all media types, and beginning the process of gathering information to write a persuasive/argumentative essay.

Monday: vocabulary test on Membean, roots test units 1-6
Day 2: subject-verb agreement, Block 6 - diagramming subject complements
Day 3: plot structure, pros and cons of high altitude climbing
Day 4: persuasive/argumentative essay introduction: What is a thesis?

On Wednesday of this week during P.E. time, we will FaceTime with Mr. Adam Korenfield, who recently returned from a climb to Everest Base Camp.