Hello!
My name is Nina Minneci and I am looking forward to another wonderful year at Divine Providence School. I am the Middle School Social Studies (gr.6-8) and English (gr. 6&8) teacher. And I also teach 6th grade Religion. 

I grew up in Naperville, Illinois and attended high school at Naperville Central. After high school, I attended college at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Education. From 2014-2017, I remained in Pennsylvania and taught in various schools, landing my first teaching placement in the Diocese of Erie. Then, in 2017 I decided to come back home to be closer to family and friends. And by divine providence, I was led to a job opening at DP, the school that my mom and aunts attended. I am thrilled to be part of this community and excited for my third year at Divine Providence. 

If you have any questions or concerns throughout the school year, feel free to send me an email at mminneci@divineprovidenceschool.org. 

 

E-Learning Week 6 Lesson Plans Below

April 27th - May 1st

PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION CAREFULLY.
ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DIGITAL (on Google Classroom) and there are specific deadlines for each!

6th Grade World History 
IMPORTANT: Assignment will post on Tuesday and is due Friday at 3PM.
1. ​Virtual Field Trip: Ancient Rome ​(Tuesday-Friday)
● Complete the assignment in Google Slides, paying close attention to the
instructions in the document.
Due Friday at 3PM.

6th Grade English
IMPORTANT: I was able to get your IXL accounts extended through June. So, we will continue IXLs this week. You can complete the IXL’s listed below at your OWN pace, throughout the week.
They are due at 3PM on Friday, May 29th and will be graded over the weekend.

If you decide to go back and improve your score, after it’s graded on Saturday, please email me a screenshot of your new score. Otherwise, your grade will stay as is.

Tuesday -- Verb Tense
D.D. 1 - Irregular past tense: review

Thursday and Friday -- Verb Tense
D.D. 2 - Simple past, present, and future tense: review

6th Grade Religion 
1. Jesus Calms the Storm (Tuesday - Friday) 
Read the Bible story and watch the video in the Google Slides document. Then, complete the worksheet on the last slide.
Due on Friday at 3PM.

7th Grade U.S. History 

1. What to Study for Friday’s Test Video and Notes ​(Tuesday)
  ● Watch the video I will post at 9AM on Monday titled “What to Study for Friday’s
      Test”.
  ●  While you watch, take notes on what to study AND the following topics that I           go over:
        ○ Abolitionist Definition
        ○ Underground Railroad
        ○ Abolitionists
   ● After watching the video, hand in your notes on the following three topics by
   taking a picture(s) of your notes or attaching a Google Docs to the assignment
    titled “Notes on Abolitionists and UR for Test”.
    Due Tuesday at 3PM

2. Study for Underground Railroad and Abolitionists Notes Test​ (Thursday)
● Use the Google Forms I graded last week to study for Friday’s Test.
     ○ Topics to study:
         ■ Underground Railroad (Reading/Google Forms and Edpuzzle)
         ■ Abolitionists (Readings/Google Forms)
              ● Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner Truth, Frederick
                 Douglas, and William Lloyd Garrison.
        ■ Freedom Quilts
        ■ Notes on the differences between the North and South

3. Intro. To the Civil War ​Open Notes/Worksheets​ Test​ (Friday)
This assignment will post on Friday at 9AM and is due on Friday at 3PM.
● You may use any and all notes, Google forms, worksheets, readings, etc., to
complete this test.
● You must complete on ​Google Forms by 3PM on Friday​, otherwise Google
Forms will lock you out.

8th Grade U.S. History 
Work on handing in late/make-up work for Trimester 3. 
ALL late/make-up work is due by 9AM Friday. 

8th Grade English
Work on handing in late/make-up work for Trimester 3. 
ALL late/make-up work is due by 9AM Friday.