Greg Mortenson, Author of NYT Best Seller " Three Cups of Tea" spoke to several of Jackson's schools on April 2. His foundation, the Central Asia Institute, has been building schools to better the lives of boys and give new opportunities to girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan for years.
We are asking students to bring in and donate spare change in their homebases until the 23rd of May. The winning HB will get a pizza party!
Please be generous and invest in world peace and understanding by donating in the Pennies for Peace drive this and next week!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Week of May 12th
I hope all had a great Mother's Day weekend!
This week - Moving on with Civil War Novels
Monday: Discussion of High School debate format for Wed.
A public reading and discussion of the Gettysburg Address. How did what Lincoln describe as a "flop" become the most celebration oration in US History?
Tuesday: Literature Circles -- Meet in novel groups for student generated activities and discussion.
Wednesday: JHHS Debate team comes to class to practice their Lincoln-Douglas debate format. Students will act as debate judges.
Thursday: Student literature groups meet once again. Check with specific novel facilitators for page numbers and assignments.
Friday: Paraphrase the Gettysburg Address! Students are assigned parts of the famous speech and translate them to their own words. We then read aloud and use as a jumping-board to discussion to an analysis of the war from Confederate and Union perspectives.
Please e-mail or call with any questions!
This week - Moving on with Civil War Novels
Monday: Discussion of High School debate format for Wed.
A public reading and discussion of the Gettysburg Address. How did what Lincoln describe as a "flop" become the most celebration oration in US History?
Tuesday: Literature Circles -- Meet in novel groups for student generated activities and discussion.
Wednesday: JHHS Debate team comes to class to practice their Lincoln-Douglas debate format. Students will act as debate judges.
Thursday: Student literature groups meet once again. Check with specific novel facilitators for page numbers and assignments.
Friday: Paraphrase the Gettysburg Address! Students are assigned parts of the famous speech and translate them to their own words. We then read aloud and use as a jumping-board to discussion to an analysis of the war from Confederate and Union perspectives.
Please e-mail or call with any questions!
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