April 23 - 27 Early Release Monday and MAPS Testing (see schedule below for testing)
Tuesday, April 24: Periods 5 & 6
Wednesday, April 25: Period 1
Friday, April 27: Periods 3,4

Monday: Special guest from Eastern Washington University
Period 1 (First half)
All Classes:
Grand Conversations and be prepared to show Final Project progress.
Final Project Presentations Due May 7.

All classes finish Grand Conversations, then read Part 7, do Study Questions (due Friday), and prepare for vocabulary test, also on Friday:
amble
delicate
immense
interior
paradox
retreat
verge
vigilance
depleted
trilogy
formidable
loathsome
apprehension
feign
immutable
futile

Week of April 16-20

Monday: Check Project progress on pink sheets. (20 points)
*For full credit, must show actual work done in addition to having filled out pink sheet.

Read Part Six and Begin Part Seven

Study Vocabulary Words:
amble
delicate
immense
interior
paradox
retreat
verge
vigilance

Do Part Six Study Sheet by Friday. (25 points)

Work on Grand Conversation sheet during week. (25 points) Be prepared to discuss with table group on Friday and share with class.

Friday Quick Write #20: National LBGT Day of Silence

This student lead program is celebrating its 17th year of a Day of Silence. Hundreds of thousands of students nationwide will take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools.

During WWII many Jews, homosexuals, Gypsies, and many others had to hide their true identities. What does it feel like to keep a secret about yourself? Write a couple of paragraphs about this. If you don't have any secret, think about what it must feel like for others that do.

Week of April 9-13

PREDICTIONS
The following questions keep the reader engaged in the story. These questions make us want to turn the page. They result is tension, a key element in any story worth reading.
1)Will Rosa and Hans survive the war?
2) Will the Nazis capture Max?
3) Will Liesel accidentally betray Max?
4) Will Rudy be a hero?
5) Will there be serious consequences from Liesel's last encounter with the mayor's wife?

Try to answer the above questions based on what you already know about the characters and the situation. Save your answers and when we finish the book, see if you were right or not.

Already finished reading the book? Check out this Quick Write:

We discussed whether or not Hans Hubermann was a coward. Some thought he was anything but a coward, and called him a hero. Write about an everyday act of heroism that you have witnessed. What made the actions heroic?

Monday: Fill out pink paper with Log of Final Project progress. (20 points) Depending on which project you chose, you should have at least 5 or 6 diary entries, draft of poem/s or short story, script, interview questions and answers, at least one finished report on ethnic cleansing, underground resistance, etc.

Wednesday: Make-up Vocabulary #8 Test: Lunch or Enrichment

Monday - Friday
Finish Part Five to pp. 303. Begin Part Six: pp 303-350

Prepare for Vocabulary Test: Friday, April 13.
admonish, amiable, audible, commence, diminutive, frail, frugal, hy0ocrite, hypothermia, malice rebate, venom

Week of April 2 - 6

Monday: Final Project progress - 20 points
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday: Testing HSGQE
Thursday: Congratulations to the following students for presenting their poems to the Thunder Mountain High School Site Counsel.
Chelsea Brown
Rafe Sales
Katie Jones
Brock Carey
Carson Barnes

Friday:
Quick Write: We have discussed whether Hans Hubberman was a coward or a hero. Most agreed he was, in fact, a hero. The more we read about him, the more that has been confirmed. Write about an everyday act of heroism that you have witnessed. What made the actions of the person or people involved heroic?

Check out the new vocabulary words: Test is Friday 4/13 - *Uh oh, better study extra hard so no gremlins will distract you.

admonish, amiable, audible, commence, diminutive, frail, frugal, hypocrite, hypothermia, malice, rebate, venom

Final Project Resource:
Go to http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/
This website is part of the United State's Holocaust Museum's on-line exhibits. Find out about these stories and much more.

Life in Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust

Give Me Your Children: Voices from the Lodz Ghetto

Silent Witness: The story of Lola Rein and her dress

The Rescue of the Jews of Denmark