Preview for week beginning 09/27

If you look in Infinite Campus, you will find that all grades have been re-entered in the appropriate categories and weighted according to the revised expectations. If there is a 0 for any grade at this time, it is because I do not have that document, as all assessments in IC have been completely graded. In light of the transition, I am offering a "late-work amnesty." If students get missing assignments in to me before Tuesday of this week, I will correct and enter it without penalty...just in time for report cards.

Monday
Classes 1,2,3 will take direct instruction on Buddhism which may be followed by a quiz. There is a Buddhism worksheet for homework.

Tuesday
Class 4 will take direct instruction on Buddhism which may be followed by a quiz. There is a Buddhism worksheet for homework.
Classes 1 & 2 will take direct instruction on the Spring and Autumn period in China and on the practices of traditional Chinese religion. There may be a quiz.

Wednesday
Classes 3 &4 will take direct instruction on the Spring and Autumn period in China and on the practices of traditional Chinese religion. There may be a quiz.
Class 1

Thursday
Classes 2,3,4 will read and analyze a selection from the Analects in a think-pair-share paradigm. There will be a Confucianism worksheet for homework.

Friday
Classes 1,2, 3 will read and analyze a selection from the Chuang Tzu in a think-pair-share paradigm. For homework, students will begin the comparison essay packet.

Grading Categories Update

As many of you are aware, guidelines for grading have been set by the leadership team for the high school. In compliance and adherence to these guidelines, the grading system has been modified. Please see the revised expectations document (in the course documents folder) for more specific detail.

Preview for week beginning 09/20

Monday

Classes 3, 4, and 1 will participate in the worldview classroom activity, which is a guided brainstorm on the nature of worldview and the importance of understanding the worldviews of other cultures. There is a written reflection for homework, and Honors students will be expected to complete a worksheet on basic reasoning.

Tuesday

Classes 4, 3, and 2 will begin the Hinduism connected lesson. Students will be generating guiding questions and doing original research for the creation of a poster.

Wednesday

Classes 1 & 2 will finish their Hinduism posters, report out, and discuss as a class. There will be a Hinduism worksheet for homework.
Class 4 will begin the Hinduism connected lesson.

Thursday

Classes 3 and 4 will finish the Hinduism connected lesson and complete the worksheet for homework.
Class 1 will begin the Buddhism connected lesson with the analysis of a primary source ("The Fire Sermon") via the Think-Pair-Share cooperative learning paradigm. There will be a process reflection and students will be expected to answer the guiding questions for homework.

Friday

Classes 2, 3, and 4 will begin the Buddhism connected lesson and complete the guiding questions for homework.

Preview for week beginning 09/13

With great apologies, the first newsletter will be going out later this week, as I have been having technical difficulties on my end. Similarly, I will also be paring down the document server this week, to provide space for the new materials for this unit. I expect that all will be updated by Wednesday.

Mon:

Classes 3&4 will have the Christianity I lecture and quiz.
Class 1 will begin the Christianity II group research. Homework will be to complete the Christianity column of the Religion Matrix and to complete the Christianity worksheet.

Tue:

Classes 2,3,&4 will begin the Christianity II group research. Homework will be to complete the Christianity column of the Religion Matrix and to complete the Christianity worksheet. Hon (2) owes the Christianity primary source.

Wed:

Classes 1,2, & 3 will begin Islam I group research & direct instruction

Thursday:
Class 4 will begin Islam I group research and direct instruction
Classes 1 & 2 will complete the Islam II group research and direct instruction.

Friday:
Classes 3&4 will complete the Islam II group research and direct instruction.
Class 1 will begin the Hinduism direct instruction.

I hope to have the electronic side of things back to normal soon...in the interim, email me if there are any problems.

Week of Tuesday, Sept. 7th

Newsletter mailings will begin next week, once all requests are in.

Tuesday (Day 3)

Classes 3&4 will undertake the Evidence activity and will receive the Understanding Others cloze worksheet for homework.

Class 1


Wednesday (Day 4)

Honors will begin the Judaism connected lesson. We will reflect on the primary source and have direct instruction.

Classes 2, 3, and 4 will begin the Judaism connected lesson. I will begin with direct instruction and students will take notes. Judaism worksheet for homework.


Thursday (Day 1)

Classes 1,3, and Honors Honors students should begin their primary source reading for Christianity, which is an excerpt from the Gospel of Mark.

Friday (Day 2)

Class 4 will complete the Judaism connected lesson. Students will need to submit the Judaism worksheet if they have not.

Class 1 and Honors will begin the Christianity connected lesson with some direct instruction.