May 12
Homework: Read 40-42! We are almost finished!
Quiz over 31-36
NING: Fill out your NING Tracking/Participation Sheet. It is due on Friday.
Access NING though Moodle @ http://moodle.edina.k12.mn.us/
A = At least 15 thoughtful, in depth comments.
B = At least 12 thoughtful, in depth comments.
Model response:
Huckleberry Finn is a great American classic. This book is just as appropriate as any other book that has been written. Many of such books hurt people because they are or were a reality. The racism found in this book is just as true as the holocaust and a way to remember it is by continuing to teach it. Through, the remembrance of this issue, we are better able to avoid it and progress to a better nation.

May 11

Homework:
Read 37-39

Today:
News Tues: Blackface at Bethel
Final Word: Reread 31 as a class
Flow map 31-36
Quiz 31-36

May 10

Homework:
Read 34-36
Quiz over 31-36 Tuesday
Today:
Quiz 19-30
Discuss 31
Finish satire PP
Apply satire/techniques of satire

May 6

NING Homework: Postponed. I was unable to access Wednesday, thus there were no new conversations.

Tonight: Read through chapter 30. Quiz Friday over 19-21, 22-30: The duke and king episode.

Today:

Satire PP. Unpacking satire.
With your table partner, you will be assigned one episode or character that could be considered satirical.

May 5th

Homework:
Add two comments to the new NING discussions by Thursday night. All discussions have been closed, but but there are two new ones that you can respond to for your homework! One of your responses should be a a reply to something someone else said.

Today:
Writing Wednesday: What's on your mind?
Draw a picture of your head. List past, present, and upcoming people, places, events, ideas, "things", activities, you are thinking about.

Huck:
Start at 23.
Quiz over the duke and king episode (chapters 19-21 and 23-30) at the start of class on Friday.
Chapter 22 summary (will not be on Friday's quiz):

• Sherburne scolds the lynch mob for not being a "real" lynch mob.
• He tells them they have no men among them.
• They need to return at night with on masks to do a proper lynching "Southern style".
• Huck goes to a circus, and watches the crowd go wild when they are tricked into believing a drunk wanders into the ring and is almost killed.

Tuesday, May 4th

News Tues.
Writing Tuesday!
What are you an expert at?
List five things you are an expert at.

Listen to 21-22
Quiz over 21-22???

Monday, May 3rd!

THANK YOU for being so mature and responsible with the NING! I was reading and responding to entries you made, and I was floored. Absolutely floored! You are the best thinkers I have come across in a long time (maybe not the best spellers though...).

Today:
Writing Monday! We will brainstorm each day for a topic.
Today: Write ten things you like to do that involve NO electricity or technology.
Circle one topic, then do one of the following:
1. Write five sentences explaining why you like it
2. Tell a story about it
3. Write a poem about it
4. Bubble/Circle map it
5. Draw a picture of it
6. Write a song about it

Listen to Chapter 20.