Block I
We read Light in the Forest, Chapter 3. On your own, read Chapter 4 and complete the questions by the beginning of class on Friday. For Social Studies, complete your portion of the Colonial Brochure - due in class tomorrow. Also, if you have not already finished your notes for 4.1 and 4.2 and your Memoir Brainstorm, you need to have those completed by tomorrow as well!The political cartoons are not due at the beginning of class on Wednesday - that has been changed to the END of class. You will have class time to complete them on Wednesday!
Period 3
We read Light in the Forest, Chapters 2 and 3. On your own, read Chapter 4 and complete the questions by the beginning of class on Friday.Make sure you have completed your memoir brainstorm by tomorrow!
Block II
We read Light in the Forest, Chapter 3. On your own, read Chapter 4 and complete the questions by the beginning of class on Friday. For Social Studies, complete your portion of the Colonial Brochure - due in class tomorrow. Also, if you have not already finished your notes for 4.1 and 4.2 and your Memoir Brainstorm, you need to have those completed by tomorrow as well!
Remember the political cartoon which is due on Wednesday...and the vocab test coming up on Thursday!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Block I
We read in our independent novels and talked about how we should be half way through our 1000 pages by next Tuesday - mid tri! We worked on our memoir chronologies. In Social Studies, we took notes on Chapter 4.1 and 4.2 in Social Studies - the Pilgrims have finally arrived! The notes should be completed by Tuesday. Next week - the British Colonies!
Period 3
We read in our independent novels and talked about how we should be half way through our 1000 pages by next Tuesday - mid tri! We worked on our memoir chronologies - they are looking great! We will have writing lab next week to begin typing our rough drafts.
Block II
We read in our independent novels and wrote a short reflection on our current novel. We worked on our memoir chronologies; we will have writing lab next Tuesday and Thursday to work on our rough drafts.
In Social Studies, we completed notes on Chapter 4.1 and 4.2.These will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday!
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War in Virginia – how did Pocohontos fit in?
Daily Life in Virginia – how is headright like the PLMS magazine drive? And what was the 7:1?
Labor in Virginia-what is the difference between an indentured servant..and a slave?
Bacon’s Rebellion – were they right?
The Pilgrims and Puritans – who were they?
Plymouth and the Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims and the Indians – Who was Squanto?
The Pilgrim Community
We read in our independent novels and talked about how we should be half way through our 1000 pages by next Tuesday - mid tri! We worked on our memoir chronologies. In Social Studies, we took notes on Chapter 4.1 and 4.2 in Social Studies - the Pilgrims have finally arrived! The notes should be completed by Tuesday. Next week - the British Colonies!
Period 3
We read in our independent novels and talked about how we should be half way through our 1000 pages by next Tuesday - mid tri! We worked on our memoir chronologies - they are looking great! We will have writing lab next week to begin typing our rough drafts.
Block II
We read in our independent novels and wrote a short reflection on our current novel. We worked on our memoir chronologies; we will have writing lab next Tuesday and Thursday to work on our rough drafts.
In Social Studies, we completed notes on Chapter 4.1 and 4.2.These will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday!
Start on Page 94 through 102
War in Virginia – how did Pocohontos fit in?
Daily Life in Virginia – how is headright like the PLMS magazine drive? And what was the 7:1?
Labor in Virginia-what is the difference between an indentured servant..and a slave?
Bacon’s Rebellion – were they right?
The Pilgrims and Puritans – who were they?
Plymouth and the Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims and the Indians – Who was Squanto?
The Pilgrim Community
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Block I
We read Chapters 1 and 2 in Light in the Forest; we reviewed our vocab words and worked on our webs for our memoirs.
Period 3
We began our novel study of Light in the Forest, by reading Chapters 1 and 2 out loud in class. We continued working on our memoir writing project - we will continue working on that in class tomorrow.
Block II
We took a quiz over Chapter 1 in Light in the Forest and read Chapter 2 out loud in class. We reviewed our vocab words from the novel and worked on our memoir webs and brainstorms.
We read Chapters 1 and 2 in Light in the Forest; we reviewed our vocab words and worked on our webs for our memoirs.
Period 3
We began our novel study of Light in the Forest, by reading Chapters 1 and 2 out loud in class. We continued working on our memoir writing project - we will continue working on that in class tomorrow.
Block II
We took a quiz over Chapter 1 in Light in the Forest and read Chapter 2 out loud in class. We reviewed our vocab words from the novel and worked on our memoir webs and brainstorms.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Block I
We shared our political cartoons and analysis sheets with our table groups. We decided on our favorites from each group and shared those with the whole class. We had our regular library visit to renew and check out books - so far, no fines yet! We also wrote thank you notes to our parent volunteers with our Reading and Writing in the Workplace panel and checked our our Light in the Forest novels.
Period 3
We checked out our new class novels, completed rough drafts for our thank you notes and visited the library for check out and renewal.
Block II
We shared our political cartoons and analysis sheets with our table groups. We decided on our favorites from each group and shared those with the whole class.We checked out our class novels, Light in the Forest, and received our political cartoon assignment.
We shared our political cartoons and analysis sheets with our table groups. We decided on our favorites from each group and shared those with the whole class. We had our regular library visit to renew and check out books - so far, no fines yet! We also wrote thank you notes to our parent volunteers with our Reading and Writing in the Workplace panel and checked our our Light in the Forest novels.
Period 3
We checked out our new class novels, completed rough drafts for our thank you notes and visited the library for check out and renewal.
Block II
We shared our political cartoons and analysis sheets with our table groups. We decided on our favorites from each group and shared those with the whole class.We checked out our class novels, Light in the Forest, and received our political cartoon assignment.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Block I
We completed our Light in the Forest Jigsaw activity and turned in our sections. We read the short memoir in our Literature books, "Jalapenos Anyone?" and discussed it's strengths and weaknesses. We began working on creating webs for our own memoirs. Our webs are due on Thursday. We took our Chapter 3 quiz in Social Studies and discussed political cartoons in more detail. Our cartoons are due in class tomorrow!
Period 3
We read the short memoir in our Literature books, "Jalapenos Anyone?" and discussed it's strengths and weaknesses. We began working on creating webs for our own memoirs. Our webs are due on Thursday.We also began discussion themes from our Light in the Forest novel; we each chose one of the discussion questions to write about - these are due at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Block II
We turned in our Light in the forest pre-reading paragraphs and then began working on our webs for our own personal memoirs. The webs are due in class on Thursday. We completed our Social Studies test over Chapter 3; we are also working on finishing up thank you notes to our parent volunteers who served on the panel for our Reading and Writing in the Workplace activity last week.
We completed our Light in the Forest Jigsaw activity and turned in our sections. We read the short memoir in our Literature books, "Jalapenos Anyone?" and discussed it's strengths and weaknesses. We began working on creating webs for our own memoirs. Our webs are due on Thursday. We took our Chapter 3 quiz in Social Studies and discussed political cartoons in more detail. Our cartoons are due in class tomorrow!
Period 3
We read the short memoir in our Literature books, "Jalapenos Anyone?" and discussed it's strengths and weaknesses. We began working on creating webs for our own memoirs. Our webs are due on Thursday.We also began discussion themes from our Light in the Forest novel; we each chose one of the discussion questions to write about - these are due at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Block II
We turned in our Light in the forest pre-reading paragraphs and then began working on our webs for our own personal memoirs. The webs are due in class on Thursday. We completed our Social Studies test over Chapter 3; we are also working on finishing up thank you notes to our parent volunteers who served on the panel for our Reading and Writing in the Workplace activity last week.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Block I
We worked on our first four vocab words from our new novel The Light in the Forest. No vocab test this week - we will work on the new words for two weeks this time!
We worked on a class brainstorm for Light in the Forest; each group had a part of the "Puzzle" to complete - if you didn't finish your part in class, complete it at home and be ready to share/turn it in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
The memoir unit was introduced - brainstorm on topics is due tomorrow in class!
Come with three possible ideas to class tomorrow!
Social Studies - Homework - Two quesions, #2 and #3 on page 88 under the heading "You Be the Historian- Reviewing Themes". Also, if you didn't complete the notes on Chapter 3.4 on Friday, please finish those tonight!
For Wednesday - Complete the political cartoon worksheet and bring to class on Wednesday!
Period 3 -
We worked on our first four vocab words from our new novel The Light in the Forest. No vocab test this week - we will work on the new words for two weeks this time!
The memoir unit was introduced - brainstorm on topics is due tomorrow in class!
Come with three possible ideas to class tomorrow!
Block II
We worked on our first four vocab words from our new novel The Light in the Forest. No vocab test this week - we will work on the new words for two weeks this time!
We worked on a class brainstorm for Light in the Forest; each group had a part of the "Puzzle" to complete - if you didn't finish your part in class, complete it at home and be ready to share/turn it in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Social Studies - Homework - Two quesions, #2 and #3 on page 88 under the heading "You Be the Historian- Reviewing Themes". Also, if you didn't complete the notes on Chapter 3.4 on Friday, please finish those tonight!
We worked on our first four vocab words from our new novel The Light in the Forest. No vocab test this week - we will work on the new words for two weeks this time!
We worked on a class brainstorm for Light in the Forest; each group had a part of the "Puzzle" to complete - if you didn't finish your part in class, complete it at home and be ready to share/turn it in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
The memoir unit was introduced - brainstorm on topics is due tomorrow in class!
Come with three possible ideas to class tomorrow!
Social Studies - Homework - Two quesions, #2 and #3 on page 88 under the heading "You Be the Historian- Reviewing Themes". Also, if you didn't complete the notes on Chapter 3.4 on Friday, please finish those tonight!
For Wednesday - Complete the political cartoon worksheet and bring to class on Wednesday!
Period 3 -
We worked on our first four vocab words from our new novel The Light in the Forest. No vocab test this week - we will work on the new words for two weeks this time!
The memoir unit was introduced - brainstorm on topics is due tomorrow in class!
Come with three possible ideas to class tomorrow!
Block II
We worked on our first four vocab words from our new novel The Light in the Forest. No vocab test this week - we will work on the new words for two weeks this time!
We worked on a class brainstorm for Light in the Forest; each group had a part of the "Puzzle" to complete - if you didn't finish your part in class, complete it at home and be ready to share/turn it in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
Social Studies - Homework - Two quesions, #2 and #3 on page 88 under the heading "You Be the Historian- Reviewing Themes". Also, if you didn't complete the notes on Chapter 3.4 on Friday, please finish those tonight!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Here is the link for a good Cornell notes template:
http://www.freewebs.com/lanzbom/cornellnotes.pdf
Block 1
We took our second vocab test; reflected on our activities yesterday with the panel sharing about reading and writing in the workplace; completed Cornell notes for Chapter 3.4 in our Social Studies books.
Period 3
We took our vocab test and reflected on our activities yesterday with the panel sharing about reading and writing in the workplace;
Period 5-6
We took Vocab Test #2, watched a presentation about memoir and read an example in our lit. books. For Social Studies, we took notes on Chapter 3.4 - quiz over that Chapter next Tuesday!
http://www.freewebs.com/lanzbom/cornellnotes.pdf
Block 1
We took our second vocab test; reflected on our activities yesterday with the panel sharing about reading and writing in the workplace; completed Cornell notes for Chapter 3.4 in our Social Studies books.
Period 3
We took our vocab test and reflected on our activities yesterday with the panel sharing about reading and writing in the workplace;
Period 5-6
We took Vocab Test #2, watched a presentation about memoir and read an example in our lit. books. For Social Studies, we took notes on Chapter 3.4 - quiz over that Chapter next Tuesday!
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