November News

Happy November! 

The sports projects were creative and fun.  We've worked this past week on introducing students to persuasive techniques in reading.  Propaganda techniques were our focus and I used a flyer I got in the mail from Sonny Perdue to point out how many of these techniques are used in political campaigns.  The students also gave short speeches using propaganda techniques to advertise a product.

We have begun our next novel study, "The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963".  We've had fun listening to music from 1963, discussing slang terms used in that era, and talking about what it was like "back then".  This novel is always a favorite with the students.  There will be many written assignments in class for this study, so there will be alot of chances for students to earn grades.  We like to cover many aspects of this book and it draws in alot of history about racism at that time, so we will spend several weeks reading and completing various activities that apply.

As always, continue to encourage daily use of the book logs.  There are several students who have completed reading multiple books already, but there are many who have yet to fill out a book report.  We are checking book logs and notebooks tomorrow, and the students were advised about this on Monday....with a notice on the board all week. 

Enjoy your weekend and this crisp fall weather!