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Student Summary Movies for Chapter One of Catching Fire

Students in the class were separated into groups to work on the chapter, summarizing the action, clarifying vocabulary, interpreting similes and metaphors, and creating Higher Order Thinking questions that were then used in a class quiz on Socrative.com. Each student then used PowerPoint to show what they know. Check out these two examples - the kids did a great job!

Issael Marquez and Victor King have put together two chapter summaries by way of PowerPoint, adding in graphics, animation, and music

MOCKINGJAY PART ONE IS THIS FRIDAY!!!!

OMGOMGOMG!!! Can't wait!!

Quarter 2 is underway!

We are Catching Fire! Class discussion on the first chapter of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins was most definitely fiery! We explored the question of Katniss Everdeen's state of mind as she has returned home triumphant from the Hunger Games. Her family and friends are safe; she has more money and food than she could ever hope for; her mother and sister live in the Victor's Village; so why does she seem so unhappy? Students had many responses to her current state of mind, and to what they knew or thought would be coming up next.

As the quarter commences, we will be working with the students on expanding their vocabulary through the Wordly Wise program; we will be reading closely, and using higher order thinking questions to really dig deep into the meaning of what we are reading. We will also be relating different themes in our novel, Catching Fire, to the civilization of Ancient Rome and the time of the gladiators. We will be writing responses as well as summaries to synthesize what we learn and to show what we know.

Our next writing project will be the Argument Paper. In these types of writing, a student is not only trying to persuade a reader that what they believe is correct, but they must present facts from reliable sources that back up their claim as well as acknowledge an opposing claim.

Close of the Quarter is Friday!

So we've made it through the first ten weeks of school! Almost. This Friday will be when Q1 closes. You will need to come see me to make up any work, but I do need time to correct! I will be in Monday afternoon, as well as Thursday, so plan accordingly!!


B Period you still need to finish your posters!


This week, we will be starting Catching Fire! I can't wait!