Thursday, May 17, 2012

May 17, 2012

Block 1
    For Social Studies - Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on page 607 in your Social Studies book. Answer the two questions that are found on page 607.  Also, bring a printed copy of your CBA rough draft to class tomorrow for peer editing.
     For LA - keep up with your LitCircle group reading assignments. For tomorrow - be prepared for an in class timed write on your LitCircle books; this will be based on the discussion questions you talked about today in your LitCircles. There will be an oral spelling test on the 12 words we have been looking at for the last two weeks - Their, there, they're, your, you're, definitely, defiantly, character, caricature, precipice, precipitation and precipitous.

Finally, remember that your final Reading Presentations for your Independent Reading Program are due on Tuesday, June 5th. All reading logs, which MUST be completely and legibly filled out, are due on Friday, June 8th.


Period 3 -
 Keep up with your LitCircle group reading assignments. For tomorrow - be prepared for an in class timed write on your LitCircle books; this will be based on the discussion questions you talked about today in your LitCircles. There will be an oral spelling test on the 12 words we have been looking at for the last two weeks - Their, there, they're, your, you're, definitely, defiantly, character, caricature, precipice, precipitation and precipitous.

Finally, remember that your final Reading Presentations  for your Independent Reading Program are due on Tuesday, June 5th. All reading logs, which MUST be completely and legibly filled out, are due on Friday, June 8th.

Block 3
For Social Studies - Read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on page 607 in your Social Studies book. Answer the two questions that are found on page 607. In addition, answer the following questions:

  •     How did Lincoln demonstrate his desire for unification in this speech?

  •    How did Lincoln see the Civil War as an opportunity for the nation to bring forth a "new birth of freedom" (or liberty for all), and why was this necessary for the survival of American self-government?

  •       The Declaration of Independence says "all men are created equal" is a "self-evident" truth, suggesting that human equality is obvious to any unbiased person. Why does Lincoln at Gettysburg call human equality a "proposition," meaning something that needs to be proven? (Hint: What does the Civil War suggest about American convictions in the 1860s regarding human equality?)

Please bring a printed copy of your CBA rough draft to class tomorrow for peer editing.

For LA - keep up with your LitCircle group reading assignments. For tomorrow - be prepared for an in class timed write on your LitCircle books; this will be based on the discussion questions you talked about today in your LitCircles. There will be an oral spelling test on the 12 words we have been looking at for the last two weeks - Their, there, they're, your, you're, definitely, defiantly, character, caricature, precipice, precipitation and precipitous.

Finally, remember that your final Reading Presentations for your Independent Reading Program are due on Tuesday, June 5th. All reading logs, which MUST be completely and legibly filled out, are due on Friday, June 8th.