Thursdy, December 20

Literacy Prompt

The students read ground breaking US Supreme Court case decisions. They answered Level 1 and Level 2 questions, prepared a class presentation, and assembled a note-taking sheet for their peers to complete while they presented their case to the class. 

Today, we ran class presentations.

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

The students completed a DBQ revision on their first draft, and then they transitioned to group work to help each other determine how to best respond/support the DBQ prompt. 

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Wednesday, December 19

Short Day Wednesday

Literacy Prompt

The students read ground breaking US Supreme Court case decisions. They answered Level 1 and Level 2 questions, prepared a class presentation, and assembled a note-taking sheet for their peers to complete while they presented their case to the class. 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks
December 20: Stems re-assessment

December 20: DBQ First Draft

Tuesday, December 18

Literacy Prompt

The students continued to complete a DBQ review of all the parts of a DBQ, and to show their understanding of all the parts they began completing a practice, open notes DBQ.

The students also read the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, and completed a dystopian literature analysis to determine how well it meets the dystopian literature criteria. 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

We also reviewed the Cornell notes body content for the Bill of Rights summary (due tomorrow).

Stems List 36 answers were reviewed, as well.

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks
December 20: Stems re-assessment
December 20: DBQ First Draft

Dec 19- Bill of Rights summary

Monday, December 17

Literacy Prompt

The students completed a DBQ review of all the parts of a DBQ, and to show their understanding of all the parts they began completing a practice, open notes DBQ.

The students also read the short story "2BR02B" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and completed a dystopian literature analysis to determine how well it meets the dystopian literature criteria. 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks
December 20: Stems re-assesment

Dec 19- Bill of Rights summary

Friday, December 14

Literacy Prompt

Nanowrimo (National November Writing Month)

Mini-lesson:  Revision work & 3-D Presentation

Class work time: 3o minutes

Rubrics: Narrative Structure & Development & Conventions

The students watched two five minute movies that examined the US Citizenship Test and how it impacts immigration in the US. The students also completed the 100 US Citizenship test questions. 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

The students showed their higher level understanding of Stems List 36 vocabulary words by completing a comprehension assessment. 

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 19- Bill of Rights summary

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

Thursday, December 13

Literacy Prompt

Nanowrimo (National November Writing Month)

Mini-lesson:  Revision work & 3-D Presentation

Class work time: 35 minutes

Rubrics: Narrative Structure & Development & Conventions

The students also watched Mo Roca's examination of the positives and negatives of America's voting system: Electoral Dysfunction, and they continued to work on their Level 1 information gathering work on the parts of the Electoral College. 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 19- Bill of Rights summary

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

Dec 14- Stems 36 Assessment

Wednesday, December 12

Short Day Wednesday

The students watched a video about life in America without a Bill of Rights to better support their understanding of the importance of the first ten amendments. The students also were able to identify some of the "parts" of a dystopian society in the movie's plot line. 

The students also read an introductory informational article about America's Electoral College and began to work on their Level 1 information gathering on the parts of the Electoral College. 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 19- Bill of Rights summary

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

Dec 14- Stems 36 Assessment

December 11, Tuesday

Literacy Prompt

Nanowrimo (National November Writing Month)

Mini-lesson:  Revision work & 3-D Presentation

Class work time: 30 minutes
Rubrics: Narrative Structure & Development & Conventions

The students completed a thorough examination of the first 10 amendments and completed situation strip violations.

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 19- Bill of Rights summary

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

Dec 14- Stems 36 Assessment

Monday, December 10

Literacy Prompt

Nanowrimo (National November Writing Month)

Mini-lesson:  Revision work & 3-D Presentation

Class work time
Rubrics: Narrative Structure & Development & Conventions

The students read, took Cornell notes, and wrote a summary on an article that examined the origins of the Bill of Rights. The students also completed a level 1 examination of the first ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

5 minute movie on James Madison's contribution to the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 19- Bill of Rights summary

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

Dec 14- Stems 36 Assessment

Friday, December 7

Literacy Prompt

Nanowrimo (National November Writing Month)

Mini-lesson:  Revision work & 3-D Presentation

Class work time
Rubrics: Narrative Structure & Development & Conventions

The students watched the 30 minute Harrison Bergeron movie.

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

December 14- Stems 36 Assessment

Thursday, December 6

Literacy Prompt

Nanowrimo (National November Writing Month)

Mini-lesson:  Revision work & 3-D Presentation

Class work time
Rubrics: Narrative Structure & Development & Conventions

The students continued post-reading work by completing an on-demand reading response assessment to show their understanding of K.V.Jr.'s dystopian writing techniques/style used in the short story "Harrison Bergeron". 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

December 14- Stems 36 Assessment

Metaphor Project: December 7

Wednesday, December 4

Short Day Wednesday

Nanowrimo (National November Writing Month)

Mini-lesson:  Revision work & 3-D Presentation

Class work time
Rubrics: Narrative Structure & Development & Conventions

The students continued completed post-reading GROUP work to better support their understanding of K.V.Jr.'s dystopian writing techniques/style used in the short story "Harrison Bergeron". 

Why should a citizen understand the foundations of American government?

Homework/Due Dates

Jan 22- 12 Bookmarks

Dec 17- Nanowrimo Revision and 3-D

December 14- Stems 36 Assessment

Metaphor Project: December 7