Mystery Fall’s Message

MONDAY: 5/19

Write your EXIT ESSAY. Exemption is contingent upon successful completion of this essay. Discussion will follow (time permitting)

TUESDAY: Group Presentations:
2nd = Romans (Rachel G., Abbie, Jordan)
4th = Ephesians (Jake & Chris)
5th = Philipplians (Brad & Morgan)
6th = 1-2 Peter (Kelso & Jenny)

HW: Gather notes on “3 Biblical Truths” (finish up “My Letter” Essays - they’re due tomorrow)

WEDNESDAY: Begin Final Exam Review

HW: Study for Exam

THURSDAY: Final Review for Final Exam

HW: Study for Exam

FRIDAY: EXAM FOR 1ST AND 2ND PERIODS (I have an open period 1st and 3rd. Students are welcomed to move their exam into either of those slots if possible)

MONDAY: 5/12 Graduation Day! (just two short years from now . . . this will be YOU!)
Today we’ll be reading Letters to prepare our minds for Presentations on those Letters in class tomorrow.

2nd = 1 Corinthians
4th = 1-2 Timothy
5th & 6th = James

We’ll read silently today and write down three different “Biblical Truths” from our reading and explain why we feel each connects with that given truth.

TUESDAY: 5/13

Today we’ll be listening to various Group Presentations:

2nd = 1 Corinthians (Elizabeth & Rachel)
4th = 1-2 Timothy (Michael & Eason)
5th = James (Corrie & Becca)
6th = 1-2 Timothy (Missy & Hunter)

HW: None

WEDNESDAY 5/14

We’ll be reading and discussing in class today the Letters that will be presented tomorrow.

2nd = Hebrews (Rochelle & Nathan)
4th = Colossians (Shantrel & Alex)
5th = 2 Corinthians (Mary & Melissa)
6th = Philippians (Kelsi & Thomas)

HW: None

THURSDAY 5/15

Group Presentations:

2nd = Hebrews (Rochelle & Nathan)
4th = Colossians (Shantrel & Alex)
5th = 2 Corinthians (Mary & Melissa)
6th = Philippians (Kelsi & Thomas)

HW: Begin reading the books for Tuesdays Group Presentations:
2nd = Romans (Rachel G., Abbie, Jordan)
4th = Ephesians (Jake & Chris)
5th = Philipplians (Brad & Morgan)
6th = 1-2 Peter (Kelso & Jenny)

FRIDAY: PIN Pals Project (Summer Prayer Requests)

Continue to read Letters for Tuesday’s Presentations

HW: Begin reading the books for Tuesdays Group Presentations:
2nd = Romans (Rachel G., Abbie, Jordan)
4th = Ephesians (Jake & Chris)
5th = Philipplians (Brad & Morgan)
6th = 1-2 Peter (Kelso & Jenny)

THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL LEFT BEFORE EXAMS BEGIN (FRIDAY MAY, 23)
GREAT CARE SHOULD GO INTO EACH AND EVERY ASSIGNMENT THAT IS CARRIED OUT FROM HERE UNTIL THE VERY END OF SCHOOL. EXEMPTIONS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MAY 22.

ALL THE INFO YOU NEED ABOUT FINAL EXAMS CAN BE FOUND ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE BY CLICKING THIS LINK: http://www.hardingacademymemphis.org/secondary/secondaryexams.html

MONDAY: 5/5 Pulling together information and thoughts from the 4 days of subwork last week while I was at the Bible Lectures at Pepperdine University.

HW: Reading the letter that will be presented in each class tomorrow (different for each class)

TUESDAY: 5/6 Various group presentations.

HW: None.

WEDNESDAY: 5/7 Reading and discussing the books that will be presented tomorrow. Various ones for each class

HW: None

THURSDAY: 5/8 Various group presentations

HW: None

FRIDAY: Special Schedule, Senior and Yearbook Assemblies
Encouragement CDs / Class Discussion

HW: None.

MONDAY 4/28: Today I will go over the work that is to be done while I am out at the Pepperdine Bible Lectures Tuesday - Friday of this week.

We will also be reading and taking notes on the next Letter to be presented in each class.

HW: Finish reading the rest of the Letter if not finished during class today.

TUESDAY 4/29: Students will begin to work on a packet of information on “Friendship” from Andy Stanley’s series called “7 Checkpoints for Teens”.

HW: Work on the “Friendship” information as needed. It must be turned in fully completed AT THE START OF CLASS on Thursday, May 1

WEDNESDAY 4/30: Students will continue to work on the “7 Checkpoints” material started yesterday. It must be turned in fully completed AT THE START OF CLASS on Thursday, May 1.

HW: Work on the “Friendship” information as needed.

THURSDAY 5/1: Today students will complete an essay in class on Friendship.

HW: None

FRIDAY 5/2 : Students will watch a video called “Noise”. A set of study questions will be completed in class after watching this short film.

HW: None

MONDAY 4/21: Today we’ll be silently reading over the Letters that will be presented tomorrow. Students will gather into groups of 3-4 and discuss which of the verses or concepts they just read would be most needed by our world today. A class discussion will follow.

HW: None.

TUESDAY 4/22: Class discussion from yesterday’s group work will begin the class. Presentations will follow. The following students should be ready to present:

2nd period: Austin and Philip (Ephesians)
4th period: Kristy and Whitney (1-2 Peter)
5th period: Javonte and Randall (Ephesians)
6th period: Nick and Shea (James)

HW: none

WEDNESDAY 4/23

We’ll listen to the books that will be presented tomorrow:

2nd period: (1-2 Peter)
4th period: (2 Corinthinans)
5th period: (Titus & Philemon)
6th period: (Titus & Philemon)

HW: attend your local church : )

THURSDAY 4/24

Presentations

2nd period: Alex and Erin (1-2 Peter)
4th period: Rachel and Karley (2 Corinthinans)
5th period: Katie and Chrissy (Titus & Philemon)
6th period: Lindsey and Taylor (Titus & Philemon)

HW: None

FRIDAY 4/25 :

Open Class Discussion / Encouragement CDs

HW: None

* Believe it or not, we are half way through the last quarter of the year! Be sure to check K-12 Planet often to be up to date on where your students grades are at the is crucial stage. Finishing strong at the end of the year is difficult and will take encouragement from within and without!!!! “We can do ALL things through Christ who gives us strength!”

MONDAY 4/14: I will be out today and the substitute will lead students through reading the Letters which will be presented tomorrow in class. Students will take notes as they read and turn these notes in for a grade.

HW: none

TUESDAY 4/15: Today we’ll hear the following presentations:

2nd period: Philippians (Glenn and Matt)
4th period: N/A
5th period: 1-2 Peter (Niani and Annedra)
6th period: Colossians (Dylan S. and Dylan L.)

WEDNESDAY 4/16: We’ll be listening to/reading the Letters that will be presented tomorrow.

2nd period: 2 Corinthians
4th period: James
5th period: Colossians
6th period: 2 Corinthians

THURSDAY 4/17: Presentations

2nd period: 2 Corinthians (Samantha, Morgan, Casie)
4th period: James (Tori and Chelsea)
5th period: Colossians (Terrance and Reid)
6th period: 2 Corinthians (Rachel and Andy) * (we’ll make up Dylan and Dylan today too)

FRIDAY 4/18: PIN Pals Project

MONDAY 4/7: The last class day to work on the Letters Project Presentation will be today. We’ll be in the computer lab in case students need access to the internet and/or to Power Point.

HW: Write a paragraph finishing this sentence:
“The most interesting thing about my book was . . . ”

TUESDAY 4/8: Today we’ll discuss the paragraphs written for last night’s homework. We’ll also take a look at the Presentation Rubric so students will be aware of the specific items that will be evaluated during their presentations which begin on Thursday.

HW: None.

WEDNESDAY 4/9: We’ll continue talking about the paragraphs from yesterday as needed as well as taking time to read the books that will be presented in class tomorrow and writing a paragraph on our first impressions of them.

HW: None

THURSDAY 4/10: Presentations

2nd period: Colossians (Bianca Price and Bianca White)
4th peroid: NA
5th period: 1st and 2nd Timothy (Natalie and Haley)
6th period: Ephesians (Sokoya and Chris Stacup)

HW: TBA

FRIDAY 4/11: Discussion of Presentation from yesterday

Today we will discuss what we learned from yesterday’s presentation. We’ll begin by writing out what our “second impressions” were and comparing them with what we wrote on Wednesday. We’ll also discuss how what we heard can apply to how we live out our lives on a daily basis.

HW: None.

Monday 3/31: Today we will continue and hopefully finish up the Historical Background section of the project. Many will already be looking at their books from a standpoint of surfacing the “3 Biblical Truths” from the writing in their given Letter.

HW: none

Tuesday 4/1 : Today will be the last day in the Library. Materials will be on reserve (unable to be checked out) until the end of the project so that all students who need to use them will be able to find them in the Library. Today should end the research portion of the project. Research from this point on must be done independently.

HW: None

Wednesday 4/2: We will take a break from the project today by coming back to our Praying in Color activity.

HW: None.

Thursday 4/3: Project teams will be continuing the preparation for their Presentations by working together to produce their outlines (to be turned in for a grade at the time of presenting). They will also be making note cards that can be used while presenting. Another item to be started today possibly is to talk about what visual aids will be used to help their audience understand the content that will be presented.

HW: Work on the presentation as needed.

Friday 4/4:

Project teams will be continuing the preparation for their Presentations by working together to produce their outlines (to be turned in for a grade at the time of presenting). They will also be making note cards that can be used while presenting. Another item to be started today possibly is to talk about what visual aids will be used to help their audience understand the content that will be presented.

HW: Work on the presentation as needed.

Monday: 3/24 Today I’ll lay out all of the details of the project. I’ll explain what the end product will be and what the expectations are on the process to that final presentation.

HW: none

Tuesday: 3/25 Today I will review the expectations and specific pieces to the project.
I will also reveal the groups and allow the team to get together for the first time. Their task today will be to read through their book at least once and answer a few cursory questions about it:

>What stood out to me upon my first reading?
>What questions do I have?
>Can I already see where some sections will coincide
with one or more of the “3 Biblical Truths About God�?

HW: None.

Wednesday 3/26:

Today students will be in their groups and working on preparing for the Historical Background section of their presentation. We will be in the Library using books such as NIV Application Commentaries, Study Bibles, Internet sources, etc.) from which they can pull information on the author, audience, etc for their particular letter.

• Students must turn in an essay sharing the historical background information they found as they studied.

HW: None

Thursday 3/27

Today students will continue to be in their groups and working on preparing for the Historical Background section of their presentation. We will be in the Library using books such as NIV Application Commentaries, Study Bibles, Internet sources, etc.) from which they can pull information on the author, audience, etc for their particular letter.

• Students must turn in an essay sharing the historical background information they found as they studied.

HW: None.

Friday 3/28 Now students will get into the process of uncovering ways in which Paul has connected with the “3 Biblical Truths� as he was writing to the various churches.

HW: Read the Letter that you are researching again.

Monday: 3/17 Welcome back!!! Today we’ll introduce a new in-class prayer project inspired by a book by local author Sybil MacBeth (a math professor at Rhodes) called Praying in Color.

Tuesday: 3/18 Review the rationale for the new Praying in Color idea and then put the idea into practice.

Wednesday: 3/19 Return Quarter Exams (grades will be available on K12 Thursday after 4:00)
Debrief yesterdays Praying in Color project.

Thursday: 3/20 Introduce the new Group Project involving Paul’s letters and the “3 Biblical Truths About God”

Friday: 3/21 GOOD FRIDAY! No school today.