WASHINGTON DC TRIP MEETING TONIGHT (TUES 9/27) AT BMS AT 7 P.M. PLEASE BRING A PARENT OR GUARDIAN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING TO GO ON THE DC TRIP. IT MAY BE THE ONLY SENIOR TRIP THIS YEAR!
SOCIAL STUDIES HW: As usual, review your notes. Today we nearly wrapped up section 1 of chapter 20 entitled Immigration and Urbanization. You should be reviewing the 12 vocabulary words and making sure that you have answered questions one and two in your FOCUS QUESTIONS STUDY-GUIDE. There is a digital copy available in the right hand column of this blog under SS Handouts. We filled out a worksheet detailing at least 10 difficulties to living in a turn-of-the-century tenement building in NYC. We specifically looked at the Tenement Museum at 97 Orchard Street in NY. The links to review that video or other online resources is also in the SS handouts page on the right hand side off this blog.
ENGLISH HW: Although there is no HW tonight, IF you felt that your CARE ESSAY could be improved, feel free to work on it and develop it in Advisory or at home. I will be happy to pick up newer versions tomorrow (WEDS) We've been analyzing our own writing and thinking of ways to make essays stronger. I do have one ESSAY HELP document in the right hand column of this blog to help students or parents to see what is expected in a five-paragraph essay. We are looking into ways to improve our essays to make them more memorable and to make them stand out from the crowd. Including transition words to smoothly change from one paragraph to another and feeling free to use our creativity in essays will make them flow better and be remembered.
