Friday, February 4, 2011

Friday, February 4, 2011

Block I
We read Chapters 1 and 2 in Tom Sawyer; wrote down two famous quotes from Chapter 2 and discussed their meaning; found our own "Golden Line" from Chapter 1 and discussed that we will be finding a golden line from each chapter we read.

In Social Studies, we discussed the transition to a president after the Constitution was ratified, and completed questions in our Social Studies book about George Washington. The assignment is due Monday -

Read pages 300-303, answer the "Electoral College" question on page 301; the George Washington question on page 302; questions 1,2,3 and 4 on page 303. Answer all these questions by Monday --- many of you completed this in class on Friday, so just remember to bring your answers to class!

Period 3
We read Chapters 1 and 2 in Tom Sawyer; wrote down two famous quotes from Chapter 2 and discussed their meaning; found our own "Golden Line" from Chapter 1 and discussed that we will be finding a golden line from each chapter we read.We related Tom's fence painting activity to our own lives.

Block II
We read Tom Sawyer (Chapter 3) out loud and discussed correlations between Tom's actions and modern day flirtations. We added a golden line from Chapter 3. In Social Studies, we learned about George Washington; completed a Who Was George, Really? activity and answered some questions from our Social Studies book.

Read pages 300-303, answer the "Electoral College" question on page 301; the George Washington question on page 302; questions 1,2,3 and 4 on page 303. Answer all these questions by Monday --- many of you completed this in class on Friday, so just remember to bring your answers to class!