Thursday, December 20, 2007

Social Studies Jan7-18th

SPI's 7.2.1, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.3.1, 7.3.10, 7.1.1, 7.3.14

Monday 7th:
Bellwork: Latitude and Longitude use map 252 Madrid, Lisbon, Malta, Dublin
Compare and Contrast the different kinds of maps at the begining of the unit
Group Activity: Students will draw different kinds of maps and answer the questions that go with their map
Tuesday 8th:
Bellwork: What physical charateristics do Spain, Italy, and greece have in common?
Complete a Venn Diagram using pg. 262 (teacher edition) students will see this on the board
Greece: What do we get from the Greeks? What would it be like without these items?
Wednesday 9th:
Bellwork: Define 13.2
PowerPoint on Mount Versuvious
If we finish we wil begin Spain pg. 275 #5
Thursday 10th:
Bellwork: Define 13.3
Video Mount Versuvious
Greek Word Searches if they finish
Friday 11th:
Bellwork: Define 13.4
Complete a tutorial WS in class

Monday 14th:
Bellwork: Complete map activity pg. 277
Trivia game
Tuesday 15th:
No Bellwork-study time
Test
Unit Crossword Puzzle
Wednesday 16th:
Bellwork: Define 14.1
Complete chart pg. 280
Thursday 17th:
Bellwork: Define 14.2
Chart pg. 285 Read Section
Friday 18th:
Bellwork: Define 14.3
PowerPoint Germany and the Holocaust

January 7-18th

Spi's covered: 7.1.01, 7.1.06, 7.1.07, 7.1.08, 3.01-3.04

Monday 7th:
Bellwork:quick write pg. 146
Read The Smallest Dragon Boy
Tuesday 8th:
Bellwork: List Adj. that describe the setting of the story
Finish reading the story and complete a plot pyramid
Wednesday 9th:
pg. 148 C Breakdown
Quiz over story
Read pg. 165 Here be Dragons answer 1-5 pg. 167
Thursday 10th:
Bellwork: Quickwrite pg. 168
Read pg. 169 A Rice Sandwhich
Discuss 1st person omniscient narrator
Friday 11th:
Bellwork: Underline all pronouns in sentence
Complete Grammar Link
Discuss and write story from a different character's point of view

Monday 14th:
Bellwork: Read pg. 263 yellow box write 3 facts about Poe
Partner up to read Annabel Lee pg. 261
Answer WS with partner
Discuss in class
Tuesday 15th:
Bellwork: pg. 265 write out definition of an analogy
Take notes from over head and practice solving analogies together as a class
Wednesday 16th:
Solve analogies
Analogies worksheet as a class
Thursday 17th:
Bellwork: Analogies
pg. 267 Fall of the House of Poe
Complete 1-4 outloud
Friday 18th :
Bellwork: Analogies
Analogies WS independent practice

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

SS 12/3-12/7

Monday:
Bellwork: Longitude and latitude
Eugene Oregon
Pierre South Dakota
Casper Wyoming
Complete section reviews for the chapter as a study guide
Tuesday:
No Bellwork: just study
Take test
Watch a short documentary
Wed:
Bellwork: List the four countries of Atlantic South America
Complete an organizer on the board as we read section 1 of Ch 11
Thurs:
bellwork: What set the Amazon River apart from the world's other rivers?
How do you think soil exhaustion in Brazil could lead to more deforestation?
Go over section rev. to rev. info. from yesterday.
Read section 2 outloud as a class. After reading we will make a chart of the advantages and disadvantages that Brazil brings into the future. pg. 216

LA 12/3-12/7

SPi's: 7.1.01, 7.1.047.1.08, 7.3.01

Mon:
Bellwork overhead b's
TLW finish writing their carol. We will share carols with the class to decide whose goes outside on the bulletin board.
Tues:
Bellwork: overhead choosing the right word for the sentences
Read "I'm Nobody" by Emily Dickenson and complete activity in the reader.
Wed:
Bellwork: overhead choosingt he right word for the sentences
Begin Adverbs: TLW take notes from the overhead and complete a ws activity
Thurs:
Bellwork: overhead
5th period will take Think Link
All other class will complete adverb activities in the green grammar book in class.
Fri:
Bellwork: overhead
1st and 3rd will take Think Link
5th period will complete adverb activities in the green book