Wednesday, December 5, 2013

Reminders:

History - Did you forget your textbook or ISN (Interactive Student Notebook) at school? Have no fear! Just go to www.teachtci.com or click TCI under my links on the righthand side.

NJHS- The next NJHS meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 4th  in Mrs. Muldermans's room. Bring a bag lunch and a writing utensil.

Christmas Break - Begins after school on Friday, December 20th. School resumes Monday, January 6th.  

ELA

Warm Up- Caught YA (13-16)  

Lesson-

-finish chapter 6

-Update "Novel Outline" WS   

Homework - No HW

Daily Goal(s): Students will understand alliteration through the example of Robert Frost's poem "Nothing Gold will Stay" from the novel The Outsiders. 

Long Term Goal(s): Understanding and analyzing the Literary Elements to a narrative story and the connection they make to the theme and moral. 

 History

Warm Up-  Discussion questions altogether of "Giving Thanks"  

Lesson- 

-Finally begin and complete 8.4 in your ISN

-Pass out role cards and masks 

Homework -8.4 in your ISN should be completed by tomorrow

Daily Goal(s): Students will understand how the first Continental Congress begins to deal with the issues our nation faced under the Articles of Confederation. 

Long Term Goal(s): Students will understand how the Articles of Confederation did not work and why giving too much power to the states and not the National Government was the wrong idea. 

Debate

Warm Up - SSR 

Lesson 

-Work on "Mini Debate #2: Step 2 Researching" WS/phase - complete by Thursday and be prepared to debate. You should have 5 opinions with facts to back-up your arguments.  

Homework - "Mini Debate #2: Step 2" Ws should be completed by tomorrow 

Daily Goal(s): How and why it is important to search for facts to support an opinion when debating. 

Long Term Goal(s): Utilizing facts in a debate to back-up your opinion