Tuesday, January 12, 2016

My apologizes - Website was down for a couple of days

REMINDERS

Early Release Days : 1/20, 2/24, 3/23, 4/27, 5/11

End of 2nd Quarter: Wednesday, January 27th
All REDO or RESUBMITTED work MUST be turn in by January 22nd! 

ELA Midterm - Tuesday, January 19th

Social Studies Midterm - Wednesday, January 20th  

ELA -

Warm Up - Study vocab cards/ I will take any questions you have upon your Midterm Study Guide  

Lesson  

1. Begin Drafting your Informational essay - your rough draft should be done by tomorrow at the end of class 

Homework-  1. Make sure you are caught-up with where you should be at on your Informational/On-Demand Essay (On-Demand essay has been pushed back to Thursday, January 14th)     2. Begin to study for your midterm  

Goal(s): I can...explain, identify, and demonstrate the differences between an informal essay and a narrative essay. I can identify what qualifies as factual evidence from a reliable source.

History

Warm Up - answers questions on midterm study guide/practice "Separation of Powers Chart"

Lesson  

1. Check 9.2 
2. Go over answers to "Separation of Powers Chart"

Homework - 1. Midterm Study Guide is due Jan. 19th; Midterm is on Wednesday, Jan. 20th 

Goal(s): I can...identify the strengths and weakness of our first Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, and WHY it was revised. 

Debate

Warm-Up: SSR

Lesson:

1. Complete a total of 5 fact cards in order to be on track 

Homework - No HW 

Goals(s): Understand how to utilize a fact to back-up an opinion.