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HOMEWORK

I listed a number of assignments on the board today.  Many are due later in the week.  I've broken down the homework section by day due. (Only the Tuesday Writing assignment was listed on the board.  I wrote the rest of the week's writing assignments here for your benefit :)

Due Monday
History - Read Chapter 5 pt. 1 and take Cornell notes
Math - Survey presentations (We conducted surveys on Thursday.  Each student was assigned to present their results in either a bar-graph, a frequency table, or an information sheet/cover page
Vocabulary - Lesson 2B

Due Tuesday
History - Chapter 4 Beautiful Notes (we took notes over the chapter, students need to transfer these notes over to "beautiful" pages I printed out for them)
Writing - Personal Narrative: Complete First Draft (may be fictional, real, or a mix of both)

Due Wednesday
History - Reach Chapter 5 pt. 2 and take Cornell notes
Writing - Personal Narrative: First Revised Draft

Due Thursday
Writing - Personal Narrative: Second Revised Draft

Due Friday
Writing - Personal Narrative: Editid Draft (should have been looked over by at least 2 adults)
History - Beautiful Notes for Chapter 5

Due Monday (19th)
Writing - Personal Narrative: Published Copy


TODAY
Bible/Literature - In our book, Blood on the River, a secondary character, James, was killed in an attack by Native Americans.  Sam, the protagonist, blames himself for James's death.  Sam regrets many of the things he said and did to James, things that stopped James from trusting Sam during the attack.

Today, on the radio, I heard an interview by the man who was at the ticket counter on the day of the September 11 attacks.  Much like Sam, he blamed himself for taking the hijacker's tickets,  though, unlike Sam, he had not actually done anything wrong.

We listened to that interview today and compared Sam's experience with this man's, and discussed guilt and redemption.  We supplemented the discussion with the Bible verse Matthew 12:36-37.   Here is a link to the radio interview:

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/09/493133084/on-sept-11-he-checked-hijackers-onto-flight-77-its-haunted-him-ever-since