Lesson Plans Dec 8-19

Lesson Plans Dec 8-19
   

Homework for Language Arts Classes

• READ AR Book for 30 minutes every night. Next AR Test is Jan 8.
• Core 1: Read The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Due Dec 19, Close Read "My Friend Douglass" 43, Revise and edit memoir writing.
• Cores 2 and 3. Close Read "My Friend Douglass"43 

 

Language Arts 

Read

•  My Friend Douglass, 43  Close Reader for homework
• from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Collections text 151
• EQ: What kind of person was Harriet Tubman? What qualities led others to trust her as a leader? How does a biographer reveal character and create interest?
• Skills: word choice, sentence variety, parallelism, syntax

Writing and Warm-Ups

Writing in Close Reader
Core 1 Memoir - Draft and revise


Vocabulary - Tubman

1. disheveled
2. instill
3. dispel
4. sullen
5. eloquence
6. evoke
7. cajole

Terms  - Tubman

1. Word Choice - the author's use of specific words to impact the reader
2. Sentence variety and punctuation - variations in sentence length and uses of dashes for dramatic effect
3. Parallelism - similar grammatical constructions used to express ideas that are related of equal in importance. 
4. Syntax - the arrangement of words or phrases in sentences used to convey accurate meaning and tone

 

U.S History - Core 4

Research Projects: Amendment Research
Presentations and discussion. Notes.


Chapter 11: Political Developments in the Early Republic, 145-159
EQ: What are the differences between the Federalists and the Democratic Republican parties?

Chapter 12:Foreign Affairs in the New Nation, 161- 173
EQ: How did American foreign policy develop?

1. Read each section and complete Cornell notes.
2. Discuss the two political parties.
3. Study notes.