1. Read 30 minutes each day in class.
  • Begin documenting ideas in your composition book to provide the first 2-3 minutes of your presentation: I will be checking composition books on February 4-5. You will need to have your book finished by then. I will look for 6 different entries. One per class day. The following will help to guide you through the first stages.
2. Begin creating a Powerpoint Presentation on your social issue project. References must be cited for each slide.
  • Title: (one slide)
  • Author: (One Slide)
  • Characters
    • protagonist (1 SLide)
    • antagonist (1 Slide)
    • Favorite Character (1 Slide)
    • Least Favorite Character (1 Slide)
  • Plot Summary
    • Rising action (1 Slide)
    • Exposition (1 Slide)
    • Climax (1 Slide)
    • Falling Action (1 Slide)
    • Resolution (1 Slide)
  • Setting (1 Slide)
    • Time period- Why is it important
    • Place- Why is it important
  • Themes: Choose at least three and give brief descriptions of each(1 Slide)
  • Rating of book: 1-10, with explanation of your rating.
  • Introduce your social issue. (1 Slide)
3. Begin preliminary research on social issue
  • Define your main topic and bring it down to a workable and manageable project


4. We will have a guest speaker this week on Tuesday and Wednesday speaking about preparation for life beyond high school and what to expect.