DOWNEY -
CULTURE DAY COMING UP!!!!!!!!!!
Today, students signed up to bring in certain items for our Japan/Korea Culture day coming up this Friday. If you want to know what your child signed up to bring, you can check their agendas!
Today we also worked on a Latitude and Longitude crossword puzzle that needs to be completed for homework if not finished in class.
BELL -
Warm up #151 - take notes during Great Locomotive Chase
1. Names of all the locomotives
2. Name of the Yankee spy leader
3. Name of the Confederate conductor
4. Name of city where Yankees boarded the train
5. Name of city where Yankees stole the train
6. reason for spy mission
Today in class: we finished Miss Jane Pittmann with discussion of civil rights and the plight of the black people in America. We began The Great Locomotive Chase. There will be a Senteo quiz on our Kennesaw local history. Students need to take notes.
Homework: none
PANTER -
1. Continued watching the movie, "Andersonville".
2. I will be here in the morning for anyone who wished to work on their project at 8:00 AM
3. Projects will be due on Wednesday!
*****Study Guide for end of Semester Test will be given to students on Friday. End of Semester Test will be next Tuesday.
ARRESE -
1) Listen/Read Aloud "The Diary of Anne Frank"
2) UPCOMING TEST ON MAY 15TH. Open Book test over Act One.
CARMICHAEL -
Continue reading Diary of Anne Frank
Develop a Vocabulary List while reading; write down any unfamiliar words for a collective discussion.
The extra credit assignment is due Thursday, May 16
No HW
BELL -
Warm up #150
1. Give four examples from WWII on scarcity - how did the U. S. redirect its resources?
2. When society has to "make choices", it is because of what?
3. When does the economic cycle end?
Today in class: we collected the primary source project and took the economy test
Homework: none
All late work must be in by Wednesday, May 14.
PANTER -
Students began watching the movie "Andersonville"
REMINDERS..............Battlefield Projects will be due Wednesday! End of Year Test will be next week, and a study guide will be handed on this FRIDAY! :) 9 more days to go!
DOWNEY -
1) Today we finished working creating Paper Cranes
2) Begin our Outdoor Global Map activity.....we will continue working on this through Wednesday!
ARRESE -
Today's Agenda:
1) Turn in The Diary of Anne Frank permission slip. If you cannot find yours, print it from this link:Download anne_frank_permission_form.doc
2) Listen/Read Aloud "The Diary of Anne Frank"
3) UPCOMING TEST ON MAY 15TH. Open Book test over Act One.
4) HOMEWORK - You must finish reading Act Four.
CARMICHAEL -
1) Continue presentations on Holocaust articles
2) Continue listening to "The Diary of Anne Frank"
Don't forget about extra credit opportunities are due this Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ARRESE -
1) Test over the background to the Holocaust and Paper Clips movie and go over.
2) Continue reading The Diary of Anne Frank
CARMICHAEL -
1) Introduces Extra Credit assignment
2) Smart Ideas presentation - The Holocaust
DOWNEY -
1) Finish reading "Hiroshima"
2) Journal Reflection: Imagine you a student in the city of either Hiroshima or Nagasaki, and the atomic bomb has just been dropped where you live. Describe in detail what you see, hear, experience. (1 page)
This must be completed for homework if you did not finish in class! It WILL be taken up tomorrow! :)
PANTER -
2. Project maps and journals are due next Tuesday!
Secret News Flash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Remember that what goes on on the blog stays on the blog
General John Magruder was not really a general before the war. What was his occupation? Look below!
He was an ACTOR!
What do actors do? They...play make believe!
ARRESE -
1) Classwork check!!!!!! Do you have your background to the Holocaust questions done?????? We checked them for a grade!
2) Begin reading "The Diary of Anne Frank"
CARMICHAEL -
1) In groups, continue working on creating a poweroint over the article you read yesterday: "Serving Mein Furher" or "Rescue in Denmark"
2) Present presentations!
We will begin reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" tomorrow!
The House on Mango Street
By Sandra Cisneros
Extra Credit Opportunities!
Option 1
Come in Thursday, May 15, at 8:00 a.m. for a 25-question multiple choice test on the novel.
Option 2
Reaction & Reflection
The following responses must be written in ink (preferably typed) in MLA format. Each response must include textual evidence including specific scenes and examples from the novel with the page number identified (see your MLA checklist). See the RUBRIC ON BACK of this sheet.
1) Describe the conflict(s) that Esperanza faces (both internal and external).
2) Symbols are objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts. What symbols do you find woven throughout this novel?
3) What message did you learn from the book? How was the message conveyed to the reader?
4) For whom was the book written? How do you know? Examples…
5) Write a brief biography on the author. What components of her life or experiences to you feel are represented in the novel?
I have given my child permission to read The House on Mango Street in his own time and understand that there are two ways in which he/she may choose to earn extra credit for Language Arts.
YOU MAY CHOOSE ONE OR BOTH OPTIONS! The grade(s) that you make on this will replace your lowest assessment grade for this class. This assignment is due Friday, May 16th. Good luck!
Parent Signature: ___________________________________________
THIS FORM MUST BE SIGNED AND SUBMITTED WITH THE EXTRA CREDIT.
