Saturday, December 6, 2014

G. Wright - December 19

Final Exams:


Third Period:   Planning


Fourth Period:  World History, U.S. History



Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - December 18

Final Exams:

First Period:  English Lit


Second Period:  Healthcare



Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - December 17

Final Exam review for English Lit, Healthcare, World and U.S. History.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - December 16

Final Exam review for English Lit, Healthcare, World and U. S. History.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - December 15

Students in English Lit will review for final exam for Tale of Two Cities that will include comprehension and vocabulary portions.

The Healthcare class will review for final that will include particular healthcare professions and health insurance options available to consumers.

The World History and U.S. History class will review for final that will include information on the 27 amendments and World leaders such as Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi and Shirley Chisolm.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - December 12

Students in English Lit, Healthcare, World History and U.S. History will complete overdue and missed assignments.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - December 11

The English Lit class will complete exercises using the classroom dictionaries as well as the on-line dictionaries to help with vocabulary development.  The students will be using vocabulary from a Tale of Two Cities.  The class will understand the importance of learning how to use both.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - December 10

The Healthcare class will begin reviewing for their final.  The final will include information on the various healthcare professions as well as information on the various healthcare plans available for consumers.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - December 9

Students in U.S. History will continue studying the remaining amendments (11-27) in preparation for the final.  Each student will prepare notecards to help them learn these amendments.  They will also utilize a jeopardy game online on the amendments to help as a learning tool.  The World History class will begin a review on the lives of Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi and Shirley Chisolm and how their lives as world leaders continue to impact us today.  During the course of the week students will work together to plan a study guide for the final.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - December 8

The English Lit class will continue reading the Tale of Two Cities in an effort to wrap up the novel and begin a review for the final exam the week of December 15.  Students will work on comprehension and vocabulary activities.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



Sunday, November 23, 2014

G. Wright - December 5

Group presentations for healthcare class will be presented today.  Class members will be asked to rate the presentations as well as ask questions.

The World History class will have their presentations on Indira Ghandi and Margaret Thatcher.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - December 4

Students in Healthcare class will continue working on health insurance presentations to be completed and reading for presentation on Friday, December 5.

The World History class will complete their assignments on Indira Ghandi and Margaret Thatcher.  Presentations will be given on Friday.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - December 3

The English Lit class will continue the reading of the novel "Tale of Two Cities."  The students will continue to contrast and compare what was happening in England and France during this period of time.  The class will divide into two groups.  One will report on England and the other France.  This assignment will be prepared for presentations for Monday, December 8.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - December 2

Students in Healthcare class will begin to do research on the various health insurance plans available to the consumer.  This will be a group activity.  Each group will have the chance to chose the plan that they want to research and report on.  The choices include Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Tricare, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.  Presentations will begin on Friday, December 5.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - December 1

The World History Class will begin reviewing information on Margaret Thatcher and Indira Ghandi.  They will be asked to do an assignment on contrasting and comparing the personalities and leadership styles of both of these women leaders.  This will be done as a class exercise.  Class Presentation due, Friday, December 5.

The English Lit class will continue reading "Tale of Two Cities," by Charles Dickens.  Students will continue to use the on-line thesaurus to assist with vocabulary.  They will also continue to have group discussions and record reflections of their readings.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


Saturday, November 15, 2014

G. Wright - November 21

The World History class will continue their study on Indira Ghandi.  The class will research and discover what inspired this woman to serve her country as well as be the first.  The students will also begin studying on what may inspire both women and men to become world leaders, how they are alike and different.

Students will be allowed to complete and turn in late assignments for all classes.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School









G. Wright - November 20

Students in English Lit will continue working on class project in groups.  One group will be assigned England, second, France and third, the United States for the time frame of 1750 - 1760.  Again each group will look at the what was going on with the wealthy, the poor and working class.  The groups will examine differences as well as likeness.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - November 19

The students in English Lit will begin to do a contrast and comparison on England, France and the United States from 1750 - 1760.  They will research such topics as the wealthy, those that were in poverty and people that were considered working class.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - November 18

The Healthcare class will begin to study a unit on healthcare insurance and the role that the Affordable Care Act is having since the enactment of 2010.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - November 17

The English Lit class will continue reading "Tales of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.  The reading groups will use the on-line thesaurus along with vocabulary as they continue reading.  They will also be required to record reflections on their readings.

The World History class will begin studying the life of Indira Ghandi, who was the first woman that served in a leadership role for the country of India.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Saturday, November 8, 2014

G. Wright - November 14

The English Lit class will continue reading the novel "Tale of Two Cities."  They will continue working on vocabulary and character development.  Students will also be responsible for daily reflections on their reading.

The healthcare class will continue preparing for test.  They will also begin to make preparation to begin studying about the different health care plans available to the public, how they work and what impact the affordable care act  (Obamacare) has on healthcare.


Students in U.S. history will begin their presentations today on the amendments.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - November 13

Students in English Lit class will begin reading the novel "Tale of Two Cities."  Each group will continue working on vocabulary using the on-line thesaurus.  Groups will also be responsible for selecting characters to study.

The healthcare class will continue reviewing for their test the following week.


The U.S. history class will continue to put final touches on amendment project for presentation on Friday.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School




G. Wright - November 12

Students in English Lit class will have an open book test today on Call of the Wild to complete this novel.

The healthcare class will continue to prepare for their test which will be administered the following Tuesday week of November 17.

The U.S. history class will continue working on amendment project in preparation for presenting on Friday.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - November 11

The English Lit class will begin studying Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.  They will begin with a author study and vocabulary introductions.

Students in healthcare will continue to prepare for test as they complete their study guides.

The U.S. history class will continue working on class project involving the 27 amendments.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - November 10

Students in English Lit will complete review for preparation of test for Call of the Wild.

The healthcare class will begin to prepare for test on the different occupations we have learned.  The students began working on a study guide on last week.  Test to be determined before the Thanksgiving holidays.

The students in U.S. history will begin to work on class project for amendments 1-27.  Upon completion students will present their projects in groups.  They will decide if the projects will done using cartoons or graphic design.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



Sunday, November 2, 2014

G. Wright - November 7

Students will wrap up and complete their study guide on "Call of the Wild" and look at additional clips of the movie in preparation for a test on Monday.

The World History class will continue to study the life and work of Indira Ghandi.

The U. S. History class completed a scavenger hunt on amendments 1 - 27.  We discovered as a class that the first (10) were ratified in 1791.  The class is planning a class project on all (27) of the amendments.  Amendment 27 was placed on the books for U.S. citizens in 1992.

Incomplete assignments will be finished and passed in.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - November 6

Students will continue to work on study packet for "Call of the Wild" unit test.  They will listen to audiobook readings by various narrators.

Group reports on healthcare professions continuing and completed.  Students will begin to study the different health care plans available which include the varying options include and the affect that the Affordable Care act has had on consumers as well as health care agencies.

The World History class will begin studying the life of Indira Ghandi as we continue to examine women in foreign countries as world leaders.

The students in U. S. history began a unit on amendments 11-20.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - November 5

Study packets will be handed out to students in preparation for unit test on "Call of the Wild."  Students will begin working on them.   They will also view parts of the movie in preparation.

Group reports begin today on healthcare professions.

Students in World History will continue to study the life and work of  Margaret Thatcher.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - November 4

Professional Development for staff and teachers..... No school for students.

G. Wright - November 3

Begin review for Unit test on novel "Call of the Wild."  Students will complete their remaining assignments in preparation.  A study packet will be given on Wednesday.  Test on Friday or Monday.

Retest for some students in U. S. History class on Bill of Rights.

Students will complete healthcare group projects on a profession in healthcare from entry level to a higher position.  Reports will begin on Wednesday.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Friday, October 24, 2014

G. Wright - October 31

The U.S. History class will begin to study amendments 15-21.  The class will understand the history behind all of the amendments and why it is important that we have them as U.S. citizens.

Students will make preparation to report on healthcare assignments.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - October 30

The English Lit class will begin character studies for the novel "the Call of the Wild."


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 29

Students in U.S. History will continue with amendments 11-15.  The first (10) will also be reviewed.  The class will also study what would happen if we did not have these amendments as U.S. citizens.

The World History class will continue to study Margaret Thatcher.  Each group in the class will discover what made this woman great as well as historical.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - October 28

The Healthcare class will begin group projects on particular health fields beginning from entry level and building on those positions from entry level to higher level jobs.  Example:  working as a certified nursing assistant and returning to school to become an LPN and/or RN.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 27

The English Lit class will continue answering questions for the novel "the Call of the Wild" for chapters 1 and 2 to help with comprehension skills.  Students will continue reading through to chapter 5 or 6.  They will continue using the on-line thesaurus to assist with vocabulary development.

Students in U.S. History will present their collages on the first (10) Bill of Rights.  The next (5) amendments will be introduced.

The history classes will also begin to study the life and work of Margaret Thatcher, first female Prime Minister also considered a world leader for World History class.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Friday, October 17, 2014

G. Wright - October 24

The Healthcare class will continue to study jobs at entry level.  Students will be required to put together a chart on these jobs listing requirements, field of study, salary and what the future holds for these needed positions.

Test on Bill of Rights in U.S. History.  Students will begin to study the remaining 17 amendments.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 23

Students in World History will begin to study the life of Margaret Thatcher.  They will be required to look up facts on this famous woman and share out information in groups about Prime Minister Thatcher.

The U.S. History class will continue to study for their bill of rights test on tomorrow.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 22

Students in English Lit will begin the novel, "The Call of the Wild," by completing an author study.

The United States History class will continue to prepare for test on Friday on the bill of rights.  Each student will develop a collage detailing the bill of rights.  They can use magazines, internet pictures and drawings to demonstrate an aspect of all (10) amendments.  Each student will be asked to present their collage on Friday after their test.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - October 21

The United States History class will prepare for a test on the first ten amendments, considered the bill of rights on Friday.

Students in Healthcare will begin studying the different jobs at the entry level.  They will be required to find out what the requirements of each job is.  This will include how much education and background are required as well as salary.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 20

"Great Expectations" test moved to today.  The English Lit class will begin reading the novel "The Call of the Wild."

The students in World History will begin studying famous women such as Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi and others that have shaped our world view.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Saturday, October 11, 2014

G. Wright - October 17

The English Lit class will be tested on "Great Expectations" by this date.

Students in Personal Fitness will also study exercise at home as well as having a membership at a Fitness center.  We will study the benefits of both.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - October 16

Students in Personal Fitness will study the importance of exercise and understand the benefits such as good heart health, endurance, and life long factors.  They will understand that personal fitness is not just for weight lost, but also for being in a position of positive fitness.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 15

The English Lit class will continue studying and sharing in groups the study guide they have developed for their test on "Great Expectations" before week's end.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - October 14

Students in economics will wrap up reports on economists.  We will begin studying particular factors that have shaped our United States History.  The emphasis will be on events and people of interest.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - October 13

Students in English Lit will work on creating a study guide to wrap up the book "Great Expectations" for a test on Thursday or Friday.

The Health class will conclude the course with group presentations on Type I and II Diabetes.  They will begin to study the benefits of exercising as we begin the remainder of  the semester on Personal Fitness.

Students in Economics will do individual presentations on economists that have helped shaped our economy.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Sunday, October 5, 2014

G. Wright - October 10

The English, Health and Economics classes will work on completing assignments to include presentations and classwork that needs to be finished and passed in.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - October 9

Students in English Lit will continue to work on character presentations  for the novel "Great Expectations" to be completed and ready for reporting on Friday.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 8

The students in Economics will begin during their oral presentations on selected Economists.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - October 7

Students in Health class will begin studying how diabetes receive medical treatment for their illness.  This will also include how diabetic patients do their own treatment at home.

The class will also begin to prepare research presentations on both types of Diabetes.

Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School



G. Wright - October 6

The English Lit class will continue to read "Great Expectations" chapters 25-30.  The class will begin to slowly wrap-up the novel by studying an individual character as they have grown up.  Each group will prepare a presentation in the class comparing the youth of that character to where they are as adults.  This assignment will be presented in class by week's end.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Saturday, September 27, 2014

G. Wright - October 3

Students in Economics class will begin preparing reports and projects on economists to report to the class beginning the week of October 6.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - October 2

The Health class will begin to really investigate the causes and treatments of diabetes.  There is a need for all of us to understand how important it is to develop healthy habits to prevent this disease.  We will study both types of the disease.  Assignments will follow.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - October 1

Students in English Lit class will continue reading chapters 21-25 of Great Expectations.  Each group will be allowed to select a chapter to read, discuss and then share reflections with the class.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 30

The Economics class will continue with the unit on the "Free Enterprise System in the United States."  Students will continue to study Adam Smith and other economists that have had an effect on how our economy has been set up from early times until now.  The class will begin doing research on other economists, especially those that have affected our standard of living in the United States.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - September 29

The English Lit class will continue reading chapters 21-25 of "Great Expectations."  Students will continue working in groups on the comprehension/paraphrasing activity presented in class on Friday.

Students in Health class will begin new unit on Diabetes and Obesity.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Thursday, September 18, 2014

G. Wright - September 26

The English Lit class will continue reading chapters 13 - 17 and view a few minutes of the movie.  They will be required to continue group discussions and written reflections.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - September 25

Students in Health will form study groups to prepare for test on foodborne illnesses.  They will be tested on listeria, staph, botulism, salmonela, ecoli, mad cow, and shigella.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 24

The Economics class will continue with the unit on the free enterprise system in the United States.  Group assignments will be given on: private property rights, economic competition, profit, etc.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 23

Students in Health class will begin a review for an upcoming test on foodborne illnesses.  Test will be administered on Friday or Monday of the following week.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 22

The students in English Lit will continue with the novel "Great Expectations."  The class will begin reading chapters 13 - 17 and use vocabulary to help in continuing to understand the story line.  Group discussions and reflections will continue.  Facilitation will be done by Mrs. Wright and Ms. Plato.


G. Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Sunday, September 7, 2014

G. Wright - September 12

The English class will continue reading "Great Expectations" and continue to use the on-line thesaurus in continuing to assist them with the various uses of vocabulary.



Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 11

Students in Health class will begin or continue reporting on their selected foodborne disease topics.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 10

The English Lit class will continue reading "Great Expectations."  Students will develop a timeline of events from the story.



Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School


G. Wright - September 9

Students in the Economics class will review their tests as they will be passed out.  Some students with grades lower than a 74 will be allowed to retest.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 8

The health class will complete their graphic organizers on the different foodborne diseases.  They will be assigned a group project to pick one of the diseases to work on and present during the week.



Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Saturday, August 30, 2014

G. Wright - September 5

The Economics class will have their quiz to wrap up the unit on the (4) economies.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 4

The Economics class will review for a quiz on Friday to wrap up the market, traditional, command and mixed economy.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High

G. Wright - September 3

Students in English Lit class will continue reading chapters 7 and 8 of Great Expectations.  New vocabulary will be introduced.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - September 2

The Health class will begin a unit on foodborne diseases to include e. coli, samonella, etc.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School




Saturday, August 23, 2014

G. Wright - August 29

The English Lit class will see a second viewing of "Great Expectations."   We will discuss the similarities in book and in the movie that has been seen so far.  The class will also be invited to do reflections.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 28

Students in the first and second block will be allowed to complete any missed assignments for English Lit and Health class.  The fourth block class will wrap up their reports on the (4) different economies.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 27

The Economics class will have completed their reports on one of the (4) kinds of systems.  They will share out orally in groups on the system they choose and how it affects a particular culture (U.S., India, Asia, etc.)


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 26

Students in Health class will complete reports on the varying food diseases that lead to health problems.  They will begin giving them orally in class.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 25

The English Lit class will continue working on the comparisons of the 19th and 21st century of customs, class, and education for Great Britain and the United States as we continue our lesson on the novel "Great Expectations."


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Saturday, August 16, 2014

G. Wright - August 22

Students in Economics will have a quiz on the (4) factors of production.  We will also continue to study the (4) types of economic systems.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 21

We will begin viewing some parts of the movie "Great Expectations" as begin reading chapter 6 to help us to understanding the story and the vocabulary.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 20

The Economics class will prepare for a quiz on Friday on the (4) factors of production.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 19

Students in Health class will begin studying the various diseases that are result of not taking care of our bodies.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 18

The English Lit class will complete chapter 4 of "Great Expectations" and begin chapter 5.  Our emphasis continues to be on vocabulary.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Monday, August 11, 2014

G. Wright - August 15

There will be a quiz in English Lit on vocabulary.



Gianna Wright
Special Education Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 14

Students in economics will review the factors of production and begin putting together a project on the following economies:  market, traditional, command, and mixed.


Gianna Wright
Special Education Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

Sunday, August 10, 2014

G. Wright - August 13

The English Lit class will analyze characters and study the period of time in the novel "Great Expectations."  Students will be asked to write reflections.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 12

Students in the English Lit class will begin to prepare to create a word wall for their class.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 11

Students in health will study the food groups.
They will then break up in groups and each create a healthy menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 8


The health class is studying proper health in terms of eating.  We discussed the pros and cons and how important it is to develop healthy eating habits.  The class was assigned to make a 7-day meal plan of what they already have in a week's time.  They are being displayed on the bulletin board on the outside of the classroom.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 7

Students were introduced to the author of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens.  We explored his life together on biography and looked at other information given on Wikipedia.  He is noted for his other famous work "A Christmas Carol."  He passed away at the early age of 58 after suffering a series of strokes.  As we discussed his life, students were taught how to take notes on his life and the novel that we are reading "Great Expectations."


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 6

The economics class began a unit on factors of production that included learning terms such as capital, labor, entrepreneur and land.  These terms were discussed and students were asked to complete an assignment giving examples of each category.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 5

The English literature classes were introduced the use of vocabulary along with the story Great Expectations.
We also discussed the time frame and the author that wrote this novel, Charles Dickens.

As an ice breaker, each student was asked to think of a word that described their summer and give a definition or reason why they used this particular word.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School

G. Wright - August 4

The students were introduced to their classes today.  My classes include English Lit, Health/Personal Fitness, and Social Studies.  We went over classroom rules and requirements for each of the classes.


Gianna Wright
Teacher
Pebblebrook High School