Today is Sunday, 05 May 2013.

I.  10th Grade: Unit 4: Can We Talk or How to ask good questions.
  1. We are going to practice our E-CART process today by reading and analyzing a short story by O. Henry, an American author.
  • First we will watch a video overview of the story.
  • Then we will read the story in small groups
  • Next we will do a character analysis about the main character of the story,
  • Finally we will do various activities on the E-CART chart.
II.  11th Grade: Unit 3: Natural Disasters
  1. Text page 39 and 40:  discussion of Natural disasters.
  2. Read, eyewitness account on page 42: I Survivied a Tornado.
  3. Write sensory details: hear, see, feel, smell, taste.
  4. Begin E-CART exploration and practice with O. Henry's two short stories: Randsom of Red Chief or Gift of the Magi