Upcoming week: October 12-16

The end of the 1st quarter is almost here! It is especially important for students to work hard to keep up (or bring up) their grades at this time. Here's what is going on in all classes this week:

1st and 2nd hours

These classes will only meet for two more weeks. This week we will continue typing personal business letter and memos. Next week, we will review and take a test over what was learned during the quarter.

5th and 7th hours

We finished up the chapter about careers on Wednesday with a test. I was really happy with the test results. On Thursday, students were given an in-class extra credit assignment. Everyone's grade should get a little boost with those points added. This week, we will begin a chapter about everyone's favorite topic...taxes! Students will learn about paycheck withholdings and will learn how to file a 1040EZ form. I will hand out a study guide packet this week, but it will not be due until next week sometime. I will give a definite date next week.

6th hour

We finished the chapter over court systems with a test on Thursday. Each student researched a Supreme Court justice and I'm hoping some will volunteer to tell us about their justice on Tuesday. This week we will start the chapter over criminal law, which students usually find interesting. The chapter will end with a group project and presentation over a famous criminal trial.

9th hour

Last week, we finished typing MLA reports. On Tuesday, we will review the chapter and on Wednesday we will take a test. For the test, students will have a written portion and a production portion. For the production portion, they will be required to open a typed report and apply the required MLA formatting. Then on Thursday, we will start learning how to format resumes and cover letters.

I think that's all for this week. Hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend!

MD