History Fun: Halloween

Ever wondered where the holiday traditions of Halloween came from? Well, here's your chance to learn!

DON'T FORGET: SS NOTEBOOKS DUE TOMORROW!

Tomorrow Social Studies Notebooks are due! Students will receive a grade on the organization and neatness of their notebook as well as grades for the following assignments:


* Colony Ad
* Colony Outline Notes
* French and Indian War Primary Source Work
* American Revolution Vocabulary #1
* American Revolution Causes Foldable

The Week In Rap: October 22nd

Social Studies Class - 10/25

Here is what we did in class today:

* More class time to finish French & Indian War Primary Source Work (there will be no more class time and this is due Friday) - This will count as a quiz grade!

- Task #1: Why did the British use biological warfare? You must cite reasons using the primary source document.

- Task #2: Do you think armies today should use disease as a weapon? Explain your reasoning. (3-5 sentences)

- Task #3: Rewrite each of the journal entries from the perspective of an American Indian.

* Students began working on American Revolution Vocabulary (Part 1) - this will be used for other assignments in class and there will be a quiz in the near future. Students were asked to write the word, define the word, and draw a picture to represent the definition. Students will have more class time for this assignment tomorrow, however, if it is not done at that time it will become homework. 

1. revenue

2. writs of assistance

3. resolution

4. effigy

5. boycott

6. nonimportation

7. repeal

8. propaganda

9. committee of correspondence

10. militia

11. minutemen

12. Loyalist

13. Patriot

14. petition

15. preamble

Homework: None

Language Arts Class - 10/25

Here is what we did in class today:

* Created an anchor chart on character inferences

* Reviewed "Moving Around" to make character inferences

* Whole class discussion on our inferences and how we might choose to change the chart

Homework: Read!

The Sugar Act

The Stamp Act

The Shot Heard Round the World

American Revolution

Characteristics of a Memoir

Here is the list of Memoir traits that we generated in class:
- significant life event
- true story
- emotional (positive or negative)
- focus on 1 single event
- sensory details
- written like a story
- could change thinking of the main character OR the reader
- you are the main character

Memoir Hooks

Struggling to find a way to start your memoir? Here is a video with some suggestions that may help as you craft the beginning of your piece:

Social Studies 10/20/10

Here is what we did in class today:


- Primary Source work with the journal entries of a British soldier from the French and Indian War

Language Arts - 10/20/10

Here is what we did in class today:

- Learned how to access and use the Chapman Lexicon

- Worked on the rough draft of our memoirs

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

We will be studying The Declaration in the coming weeks. 

The Road to Independence

This quiz is a fun way to help you prepare for the American Revolution unit we are currently working on in class.

Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness Book Trailers

If you're into supernatural books you should give this series by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl a try. The first book is Beautiful Creatures and book #2, Beautiful Darkness, just came out October 12th. Happy Reading!

Last Week's Current Events in Rap

I love that this week features Atlanta! The Shepherd Center you see in the video is one of the major spinal cord injury rehabilitation centers in the South. This is where my husband played wheelchair basketball before we moved to Atlanta.

Reminder: Early Release for the Rest of the Week!

Don't forget that students will be released at 12:15 for the remainder of the week. Enjoy your afternoons! Do some reading OR write in your writers notebook. :)

Social Studies - Tuesday October 19th

Here is what we did in class today:


1. French and Indian War Cloze Reading Activity (see me for a copy)
2. Discussion on the French and Indian War
3. Comparing and contrasting primary and secondary sources
4. Began reading journal entries from British soldier about his experience in the French and Indian War
5. Independent Reading Time


HOMEWORK:
Complete the French and Indian War Word Search - this is due tomorrow!

Language Arts - Tuesday October 19th

Here is what we did today:

1. Responded to the following writing prompt as a warm up:

Is war ever okay? Why or why not?

2. Looked back over the memoirs we read together to study the writer's craft 

3. Created a list of things memoir authors do well in their writing

4. Began writing the first draft of our memoirs