The week of October 31

Monday- Read out Loud, Caught Ya, go over learning targets for reading, writing, and speaking that we'll cover with this week's lesson (on Alexander the Great). We'll define what greatness is and read some background information on Alexander the Great.

Tuesday- Work with social studies class on the Alexander the Great lesson. We'll work on understanding the question- Is Alexander the Great really great? and we'll be reading through documents that can be used to support either side.

Wednesday- We have library and after that we will look at the documents and pick documents that support whether or not Alexander is great. We will have a debate versus Mrs. Striegle's class on whether Alexander the Great really was great or not- English will always debate that he wasn't, and social studies will always debate that he was.

Thursday- Work with social studies on organizing our ideas on Alexander, creating a thesis, and writing an outline.

Friday- Students will type their essay on Alexander the Great.

Homework-

Monday- Finish the final draft of the myth. It's due Tuesday.

Friday- Finish paper on Alexander the Great

Due to working with social studies on Tuesday and Thursday (our usual SSR days), we will not have a weekly reading report this week.