Week of December 13-18

This is the last full week before final exams. My junior high students will be taking an end of quarter test on Monday, December 21, over memos, letters, and proofreading skills. The high school classes will have exams on the 21 and 22. For high school exams, I pass back all tests taken during the semester. We will correct the tests as a class. All questions on the exam are taken from chapter tests. All of the questions are either matching, true/false, or multiple choice. Students MUST return all tests to me before taking the final exam. If a student fails to turn in all chapter test he/she will receive a zero on the final exam.

Here is the schedule for this week:

1st and 2nd hours
We will be finishing up personal business letters and reviewing content from the entire quarter.

5th and 7th hours
On Monday and Tuesday, we will cover savings accounts. On Wednesday, we will have a small quiz over the material and I will pass back all chapter tests and we will correct them together. Thursday, I will be at a tech plan writing conference and students will be given an extra credit assignment. On Friday, we will review for the final exam.

6th hour
On Monday, students will take the chapter 8 test. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will hold "mini-debates." On Thursday, students will correct old tests, and on Friday we will have a class party.

9th hour
On Monday, we will review for our final chapter test to be taken on Tuesday. On Wednesday, students will receive all old tests and we will correct them together. On Thursday, an extra credit assignment will be provided and on Friday we will review for the final.

I think that is it for the week. This semester has flown by so quickly. This will be my last blog post until January. Next semester, I will be trying something new: posting students grades on the blog every week. Grades will be identifiable by student number to keep them anonymous. Happy holidays everyone!

MD

Week of December 7-11

The end of the semester is fast approaching. We have two more full weeks before exams on Monday and Tuesday, December 21 & 22. Here is the plan for the upcoming week:

1st and 2nd hours

We will begin personal-business letter formatting this week.

5th and 7th hours

We are now discussing credit. We will finish notes for this chapter on Wednesday, review on Thursday, and take a test over the chapter on Friday.

6th hour

We will review for a test over contract law on Monday and take a test Tuesday. We will begin a very short chapter concluding contract law and students will begin thinking about debate topics for our classroom debates next week.

9th hour

We are continuing Excel projects. No test this week. Last Friday, students made holiday cards for wounded soldiers at a military hospital in Germany using the Office program of their choice. On Monday, I will print them in color and mail them out.

Next week I will have the final update for the semester as well as discuss semester exams. Have a great week!

MD