February 23

Today we started doing some Power Notes on the entrepreneurs featured in Chapter 5 of Made in the USA. You had to chose which two entrepreneurs you were going to take notes on. This is practice for an upcoming American entrepreneur project. We also started our Shakespeare unit with a brief introduction to the purpose of the unit. Basically, it won't be a scholarly approach to Shakespeare, but hopefully you will learn a little bit about the Bard and then you won't be too intimidated by his work when you encounter him again in high school. Essentially, you'll leave Grade 9 with an understanding of the main plot points of Romeo and Juliet, the main characters in the play, and some of the major quotes from the play.