Thursday, April 13th

1. Curious - Sustained Silent Reading (30 minutes)

    ***read pages 50-99 (chapters 83- 149) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 17th!

2. Journal #4: The Language of Lying

3. Curious - Perspective Taking Quickwrite

***Block schedule for SBAC testing

Objective: Students will discuss and analyze pages 51-99 of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Tuesday, April 11th

1. Curious
    ***Reading quiz - pages 1-50
    ***Discussion Questions (small groups)

 2. TED Talk - Temple Grandin "The world needs all kinds of minds"
    *** 5 Cs

3. Curious
    ***read pages 50-99 (chapters 83- 149) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 17th!

***Block schedule for SBAC testing

Objective: Students will critically interact with Temple Grandin's ideas and speech.

Monday, April 10th

1. SDD - workday!

2. Curious
    ***read pages 50-99 (chapters 83- 149) Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 17th!

Objective: Students get caught up on missing assignments.

Friday, April 7th

 No school - Spring Recess!

Wednesday, April 5th

1. Return Community Activism Papers + update Digital Portfolios and "Where I am ..." chart

2. "The Science of Lying: The More You Do It, the Easier It Gets" 

    ***Article and Precis Paragraph
   
3. Curious
    ***read pages 1-50 (chapters 2-79) - Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 10th!

Objective: Students will write a strong precis paragraph.

Tuesday, April 4th

1. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
    ***Complete, discuss, and submit Curious Webquest

2. Curious
    ***read pages 1-50 (chapters 2-79) - Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 10th!

Objective: Students will understand background information about Autism Spectrum Disorder and the author, Mark Haddon.

Monday, April 3rd

1. Journal #3 - Truth

2. Library - Check out Curious novels

3. Curious

    ***read pages 1-50 (chapters 2-79) - Due: at the beginning of the period on Monday, April 10th!

Objective: Students will reflect on the importance of what truth means to them.

Monday, March 27th - Friday, March 31st

 No school - Spring Break!

Friday, March 24th

1. "The Pursuit of Happyness"

Objective: Students will reflect on what they are willing to struggle for in their lives.

Wednesday, March 22nd

1. "The Most Important Question of Your Life" article and activity

2. "The Pursuit of Happyness"

Objective: Students will reflect on what they are willing to struggle for in their lives.

Tuesday, March 21st

  1. Finish Community Activism Project Presentations

Objective: Students will research and report on a social issue/movement that is important to them.

Monday, March 20th

 1. Continue Community Activism Project Presentations

Objective: Students will research and report on a social issue/movement that is important to them.

Friday, March 17th

1. Finalize Community Activism Paper
    ***Individual paper is due: today, March 17th before midnight!

Objective: Students will research and report on a social issue/movement that is important to them.

Wednesday, March 15th

1. Continue Community Activism Project Presentations
   

2. Work on Community Activism Paper

    ***Individual paper is due: Friday, March 17th before midnight!

Objective: Students will research and report on a social issue/movement that is important to them.

Tuesday, March 14th

School is canceled due to a severe rainstorm. 

Monday, March 13th

1. Begin Community Activism Project Presentations
    ***Individual paper is due: Friday, March 17th before midnight!

Objective: Students will research and report on a social issue/movement that is important to them.

Friday, March 10th

School is canceled due to a severe rainstorm. 

Wednesday, March 8th

1. Work on Community Activism Project and Paper
    ***Group project needs to be ready to present at the beginning of the period on Friday, March 10th!
    ***Individual paper is due: Friday, March 17th before midnight!

Objective: Students will research and report on a social issue/movement that is important to them.

Tuesday, March 7th

1. KnightCite / Example Works Cited

2. Work on Community Activism Project and Paper
    ***Group project needs to be ready to present at the beginning of the period on Friday, March 10th!
    ***Individual paper is due: Friday, March 17th before midnight!

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to gather information for their community activism project and paper.

Monday, March 6th

1. Community Activism Project Template

2. Community Activism Project
    ***Continue research and work on the project and paper

Objective: Students will use reliable sources to gather information for their community activism project and paper.