March 2-5 Friday off

Lesson Plans for March 2-5 Conferences Wednesday, Friday off Students

March comes in like a LION, goes out like a LAMB!

 

Homework for Language Arts Classes

         

• READ AR Book for 40 minutes every night. Next AR book test is Tue, 10
• Library and AR on Blue week Thursdays 

Language Arts 

Read

• Scope "I Quit Football"

• Scope "I Quit Football" 10-12. Read and reflect.
• Scope " Holding on to Heritage" page 21 with writing at the bottom.
• Collections, "After Auschwitz" by Elie Wiesel, 379-383.Analyzing the text 384, #1-7
• Collections, "There But for the Grace" poem 385-387. The role that chance plays in a person's life. Analyzing the Text, 388, #1-7 

Writing and Warm-Ups 

1. Warm-up: read and write from text
2. Scope - Argumentative Essay "Should kids play football?" Draft, revise, publish, post.
3. Scope - "Holding onto Heritage" writing at bottom. 
4.  

Vocabulary - from Scope "Holding on to Heritage Before it Slips Away" page 21

1. dwindled
2. conch
3. grapple
4. palates
5. savor
6. heritage 
7. quest
8. embrace
9. riff
10. immigrant
    

 

 

The Preamble Song
Homework
Study Chapter 9: Do Cornell notes for 9.6-9.9
Listen to the news and bring in relevant, recent news stories to discuss. Write a summary and reflection of one news article for the week.

CNN Student News
Ebolo in Liberia
EQ:What is happening in the world and how does it impact our lives?


Creating the Constitution Chapter 9
EQ: What is the most important, amazing item that the framers wrote in the constitution? What makes the Constitution a document that gives us "a more perfect union"?

9.2 The Preamble   
9. Legislative
9.4 Executive 123
9.5 Judicial 124
9.6 Checks and Balances 126
9.7 Amendments 127
9.8 Federal 128
9.9 Participation 130 
9.10 Summary

Study Guide and Notes for Chapter 9
Essay
TEST


Country Project: Liberia (Russia is due today)