Week of 01/26/15 - 01/30/15
Mon 01/26/15
Students read chapters 3 and 4 of Anthem. Students answered the questions below using the Answer-Cite-Explain model.
Link to full text of Anthem: CLICK HERE
1. (a) What does Equality discover in this chapter?
(b) How important is this discovery? Describe four or five ways in which it would help society, and make life easier or more enjoyable.
2. Outline some of the Council of Scholars’ beliefs, and Equality’s refutation of those beliefs.
3. Discuss the appropriateness of Equality’s new name, “Unconquered.”
HOMEWORK: Begin Unit 6 Week 3, due Friday. Unit 6 Test Friday!
Link to full text of Anthem: CLICK HERE
1. (a) What does Equality discover in this chapter?
(b) How important is this discovery? Describe four or five ways in which it would help society, and make life easier or more enjoyable.
2. Outline some of the Council of Scholars’ beliefs, and Equality’s refutation of those beliefs.
3. Discuss the appropriateness of Equality’s new name, “Unconquered.”
HOMEWORK: Begin Unit 6 Week 3, due Friday. Unit 6 Test Friday!
Tues 01/27/15
Students continued discussing argumentative writing. Students examined a short passage and engaged in a class-wide "argument" providing supporting evidence for their claims and responding to counterclaims.
CLICK HERE for the scholastic article on surveillance cameras.
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 6 Week 3 vocab, Unit 6 test Friday.
CLICK HERE for the scholastic article on surveillance cameras.
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 6 Week 3 vocab, Unit 6 test Friday.
Wed 01/28/15 - Early Out
Students continued working with the story from yesterday. Students worked on an organizer to form an argument.
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 6 Week 3 vocab, due Friday.
HOMEWORK: Continue Unit 6 Week 3 vocab, due Friday.
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Thurs 01/29/15
Students completed vocabulary centers to study for their vocabulary test tomorrow. Students must finish the center in its entirety to receive credit. Students can CLICK HERE to finish centers if they were not finished in class.
HOMEWORK: Unit 6 Week 3 vocab due TOMORROW! Unit 6 test TOMORROW!
HOMEWORK: Unit 6 Week 3 vocab due TOMORROW! Unit 6 test TOMORROW!
Fri 01/30/15
Students took their Unit 6 vocab test after watching the rap video on Flocabulary.com. Grades will soon go in for Unit 6 Test, Unit 6 HW, and CW for Weeks 1-3. (HW and CW are three week grade averages.)
HOMEWORK: None
HOMEWORK: None