Happy New Year!

I hope you all enjoyed your break and had the time make good memories with your families.

We are back to business. =)

This week we focused on Bloom's Taxonomy (Questioning) and creating a Web Quest. This assignment was a bonus assignment. My hopes for this project was to introduce the differences between a Mac and a PC, introduce the concept of Web Quests, and understand the FCAT complexity through questioning. No penalties will be applied for students that did not get to finish. I hope all of my students enjoyed learning more about their topic.

As you know, the nine weeks exam for ELA is scheduled for Monday, January 12th. As I mentioned in the previous posting the exam will cover all Non-Fiction stories that we covered in class from pgs. 532-582. I recommend that you re-read the stories and use the questions at the end of the story to guide your review.

I will be sending home scholarship warnings on Tuesday to students who earn a D or an F in ELA. After the last progress report each student had the opportunity to increase their grade by turning in the five assignments that held the highest value (the Open Book Test, District Writing Prompt #1, Summer Reading Assignment, pg. 569 Autobiographical Narrative, & the Selection Test on Autobiographies and Biographies). I will continue to accept any of these five assignments until Wednesday of next week.

Thank you for your continued support. I hope you enjoy your weekend!