Ready to Get Back to Work???

I hope everyone enjoyed their extra long Thanksgiving Break. We have a lot of work to do between now and winter break so come prepared to work hard and learn a lot!


As many of you know this is my first winter in the Pacific Northwest. It has been an interesting introduction. The snow was a huge shock as I have never lived anywhere where it snowed that much or this early! I also got a huge dose of snow due to my commute. I left the middle school at 3 pm on Monday afternoon and did not arrive at my home until 8:15 pm. The driving conditions were quite scary in parts and so many roads were closed! 

Celebrities Read the Declaration of Independence

Language Arts & Social Studies - Tues. Nov. 16

Language Arts:

1. Skill Work - Seed Questions vs. Tree Questions

2. Creation of Reading Groups

3. Revisit the Peer Review Work from Monday

Homework:

- Finish Memoir Draft

- Collect Titles for Reading Group

Social Studies:

1.Review Purpose of the Declaration of Independence

2.Read and Discuss the Declaration

3.Take Notes on the Sections of the Declaration

Homework:

- Collect resources for debate

Language Arts & Social Studies - Mon. Nov. 15

Language Arts:

1. Skill Work - Evaluating Ideas

2. Peer Review Notes and Discussion

Homework:

- Finish Memoir Draft

Social Studies:

1. Review Complaint Lists created on Friday

2. Narrow down your complaint to one that you will focus on in your personal declaration

3. Personal declaration pre-writing

Homework:

- Collect resources for debate

What Not to Do in Peer Review Sessions

We will be working on this in class on Wednesday-Friday. Even though this is elementary students creating this video it still has some valuable information:

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Declaration of Independence