1. IRB

2. Literature Circles meet tomorrow.  Make sure you complete the handout I distributed today.

3. Current Event Groups presenting tomorrow (5/1) are: Ruby T’s and Cheyenne’s

4. Newspaper articles due tomorrow (5/1)

1. IRB

2. Prep your Current Events for Thursday – Ruby T’s group and Cheyenne group are up this week.

3. Newspaper article is due on Thursday.  Make sure you talk to me if you have questions about my comments or are confused with the direction your paper is taking.

1. IRB

2. Japan geography quiz tommorow

3. Good Word quiz tommorow

4. You will get your newspaper rough draft back tomorrow.  The final draft will be due on Thursday.  Make sure you meet with me if you have questions about my comments or the direction of your paper.

1. IRB

2. Literature Circles meet on Monday

3. Japan Geography Quiz, Tuesday

4. Newspaper will be due on Wednesday.  I will get you the rough draft back early next week.

5.  Good Word Quiz, Tuesday.  (see list below):

Core A:
1. Fluke
2. Non nondenominational
3. Philosophy
4. Ghastly
5. Saturating
6. Hypothermia
7. Bourgeois
8. Perilous
9. Marveled
10. Combustible

Core B:
1. Perilous
2. Deprecate
3. Combustible
4. Marveled
5. Divulged
6. Peturbed
7.  Accolades
8. Optimist
9. Molten
10. Ghastly

1. IRB

2. Newspaper Draft due tomorrow!

3. Continue preparing your Current Events

4. Finish Geography sheet

5. Good Word sheet due for those who haven’t handed one in yet.

1. IRB

2. Look over your Newspaper workplan you made today at Core. Make sure you finish all the things you have planned to complete. It’s not a bad idea to also call your partner to update him/her with what you’ve done and to look over the section your writing for in todays paper (example: housing, sports, etc.).

3. Continue preparing for Current Events

1. IRB

2. Continue with your newspaper workplan that we generated in class. Your article will be due early next week.

1. IRB

2. Prep for your Current Events Presentations

3. Read the NY Times article about JK Rowling and fill out the inverted pyramid handout for it. We’ll go over it tomorrow.

1. IRB

2. Bring in a copy of a newspaper tomorrow — any newspaper other than AM NY or Metro will do.

3. A list of all your due dates has been updated in the pages section of the blog. Look to see when your Booktalk and Current Presentations are up.

4. Prepare for your Booktalks and Current Event presentations

1. IRB

2. Good Word Quiz tomorrow!