Tuesday, January 5, 2016

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 - "Frayer's Model Academic Vocab Words #16-18"/ I will take any questions you have upon your Midterm Study Guide  

Lesson  

1.  Begin the "Outline" to your informational on-demand essay  

Homework-  1. Make sure you are caught-up with where you should be at on your Informational/On-Demand Essay (On-Demand essay will be given in class on Tuesday, January 12th)     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 - #10/answers questions on midterm study guide

Lesson  

1. Provide time 20 minutes to study for chp 8 quiz on Thursday or Midterm. I will continue conferencing with groups of 4 students upon what they have completed.

2. Preview Game on the Constittion (What do you already know?) 

Homework - 1. Chp 8 Quiz is on Thursday, Jan. 7th       2. 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. Pick teams for Final Debate

2. Pick topics and dates

3. "Brainstorming" WS 

Homework - No HW 

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