Category Archives: 2017-2018 Second Semester
4/17 Human Rights Cartoon – Powtoons due 4/30
Kumu Siarot gave a lesson on storyboarding for the human rights cartoon assignment. Today we reviewed the directions and the due dates. These dates were put in the planners. Next weekʻs regularly scheduled Newsela assignment has been postponed, in order … Continue reading
4/16 – Newsela due dates
You have been assigned the latest Newsela article regarding the recent tariffs on China. Please complete your reading and annotations by Wednesday, as we will conduct a Socratic circle, that will assist you in understanding tariffs, and complete the Write. … Continue reading
4/14 Exemplars to Roosevelt speech
It is a mistake to choose the higher level of reading, when you have been given the option of the lower lexile and you donʻt understand the higher level, but you chose it because it seems shorter. I wanted you … Continue reading
4/12 Exemplars – Nothing is given. Everything is earned.
The directions were to make a connection between LeBron Jamesʻ famous quote and the road to the Universal Declaration of Human rights that we have been studying. You needed to use explicit evidence to support your connection. 3 means … Continue reading
4/11 – Road to Democracy Big Ideas
Instead of providing you with exemplars, I will be giving you the big ideas that I hoped to see in your extended responses. Please review them. If you feel that you adequately explained them in your answers, you can bring … Continue reading
4/10 Newsela Write due this Friday/Work this week
Last week you were summatively tested on your ability to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the earliest forms of government in Ancient Greece. I will be assessing them this week. Yesterday we continued our learning about the United Nations … Continue reading
3/31 Hua exemplars from “I Am Malala” for Bubbles 1,2,3
I had to edit some of these because of length, or the mistakes in grammar or spelling, but the quality is still the same. If you recognize your work, come and see me. Bubble 1 – The one human right … Continue reading
3/31 Exemplars for Pro/Con Gun Laws – Informed Opinion
I put in these opinions, because they use a primary source as background knowledge, and cited it: My opinion is that I think we should strengthen guns laws so that it is harder to buy guns then “making plans with … Continue reading
4/2 Summative Road to Democracy test on Thursday/Friday
On Monday 4/2, we will have completed our Road to Democracy lessons. Thursday and Friday you will be taking an extended responses type of test for the four different forms of government. You may begin practicing now. The test is … Continue reading
3/27 What is due this week?
The Malala autobiography book should be returned on Thursday, with the completed worksheet. Today and tomorrow I will be answering questions about the worksheet. See blog 3/9 for details. The Newsela Write informed opinion is due on Friday. I will … Continue reading