Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Week of November 11, 2013

Happy Veterans' Day to all our military men and women who are serving or have served our country bravely.

Sophomores are working on group Kamishibai projects for Beowulf.  Please see the link to the right for a description of the project.  The groups will be presenting starting next Tuesday, November 19.

The Freshmen are working on their essays for the Odyssey, which will be due this Friday, November 15.

Thanks,

Mr. Hacker

Friday, November 8, 2013

Week of November 4, 2013

Hello,

Sorry about the late post.  A reminder that grades close November 8.

Sophomores will complete Beowulf with a quiz on Thursday/Friday.  Next week, we will begin a "Kamishibai" project on Beowulf (see link to the right).

Freshmen are planning their comparison essays on Odysseus and Luke Skywalker which will be due next week.

Mr. Hacker

Monday, October 28, 2013

Week of October 28, 2013

Hello,

This week, sophomores will be completing the English Dept. writing assignment and then continuing on with the last third of Beowulf.

Freshmen will be finishing The Empire Strikes Back and moving on to Return of the Jedi.  Freshmen will have a quiz on Wednesday on the first two Star Wars films.

Thanks and as always, please email johnhacker@k12.waltham.ma.us with any questions or concerns.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Monday, October 21, 2013

Week of October 21, 2013

Hello Everyone,

Sophomores will continue working on the third part of Beowulf this week.  At the end of the week we will conduct our district writing assessment for sophomores, which will continue next week.

Freshmen are completing their district writing assessment this week and then continuing on with Star Wars and the Hero's Journey.

As always, please email with any questions or concerns.

GO RED SOX!!!

Mr. Hacker

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Week of October 7, 2013

Sophomores will continue work on Beowulf.

Freshmen will be working on their group projects for the Odyssey.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Week of September 30, 2013

Freshmen will finish reading The Odyssey. Sophomores will write their essays on why Beowulf is the only person qualified to kill Grendel and pass them in Friday, October 4.