Announcements:
** Parent-Teacher Conferences at the Middle School will be Tuesday and Thursday, March first and third. Times: 3-7pm. A sign-up letter will be sent home to parents today.
** Please check powerschool frequently as we move towards the end of 3rd quarter.
Agenda:
Wednesday:
1. Finish final Lincoln-Douglas debate topic!
2. Review upcoming due dates for the Westward Expansion Newspaper Project.
3. Students will examine projects from past years and locally printed newspapers to establish article types. Students will be expected to make a final decision on newspaper articles to be finished by Monday. (3 historical fiction newspaper articles based on research completed last week).
4. Find an appropriate old-west photo and save to files for tomorrow's class.
HW: Compose 2 paragraphs of the first article: Students will e-mail this to their own TCSD email accounts.
Thursday:
We will be in the iMac lab with art teacher Wendy Rominger. She will be guiding students through the process of photoshopping themselves into Old West photos! These will be inserted into student newspapers.
Last night's HW will be checked in class today.
HW due tomorrow: Finish 1st article and complete 2 paragraphs of the second research-based newspaper article. E-mail to yourself or use google docs please!
Friday:
We will be in the iMac lab again. Ms. Riley will be teaching a mini-lesson on using MS Publisher to create a newspaper layout.
Students will be finishing their 2nd articles in class. The teacher will be roving, checking student progress/HW and assisting in composition.
HW due Monday: Final newspaper article should be finished. Please e-mail to yourself or save to google docs etc.