11/14-21/22 - Scholastic Book Fair @ Coonley, stop in and support
11/15/22 - 8th Grade Trip Meeting with Hemisphere @ 6:00pm
(Meet link sent to parent email)
11/21/22 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Q1- Sign up for your conference at the link.
11/22-25/22 - Thanksgiving Holiday Break
12/2/22 - GoCPS Application Closes
12/2/22 - Walking Field Trip to Davis Theater for Chicago International Children's Film Fest @9:00 am
12/23/22 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students
12/26/22 - 1/6/23 - Winter Break
1/9/23 - Return to School
1/16/23 - MLK Jr. Day - No School
1/30/23 - Coonley History Fair @8:30AM
Reminders: Please make sure your student has submitted their 2023 Graduation Cap & Gown Order Form.
Homeroom/Advisory - We will continue the 7 Mindsets: Unit 5.3 Thank It Forward. We are continuing to read Chapter 11 of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson as our Equity Read Aloud on Wednesdays. Thursdays - students will have time for Free Reading. On Friday, we will check Google Classroom Submissions to ensure all assignments were submitted, checked Aspen Gradebook for any missing word/assignments or opportunities for retakes, cleaned out binders, desks and lockers as needed.
ELA - Students will complete Science Fiction reading assignments and annotations for each chapter of Nyxia, Across the Universe and City of Embers. Students will share out their annotations (Words of the Wise, Tough ?’s, Contrasts & Contradictions, A-Ha, Memory Moments and Again & Again) as well as their Chapter Summaries created in storyboard that.com. As we read, students will look for the characteristics of a science fiction anti-hero which we explored through film clips of The Matrix and I-Robot. We'll see if our anti-heroes are: the chosen one, have special powers, are outcasts/outliers, are unlikely/unlikeable heroes.
Writing - Students will take our Quarter 2 Grammar Diagnostic in Quill to focus their personalized plans. Students will complete their High School Application Essays. Students will apply techniques to write a strong essay to represent their skills, talents and strengths whether for an application essay, cover letter, or entrance essay.
Civics/Social Science - Students will complete exploring legislative dilemmas and move into a look at federalism. We will focus on Launch 2.4 How Individuals Influence Government through Elections. Students will research the process of voting, and students will research who represents them in government looking at federal, state, and local representatives.
If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected].