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Thursday November 30

2-1 S.S 8: This is the final day, 5/5, of our project! I expect you all to have your materials so you can create your reproduction of your #1 person’s famous work. I will also be handing back your rough copies – I have edited each and every one. I want this to show you how important getting someone else to edit your work is – next time, you will have to reach out to a family member or friend to get them to edit your work. Make sure you are prepared for our Renaissance Fair on Monday! Don’t forget about those 5 extra bonus marks if you dress up.

2-4 ELL S.S: We are headed to the Jokers Classic in the gym today!

2-3 ELL Reading: We are headed to the Jokers Classic in the gym today!

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Wednesday November 29

1-2 S.S 8: We will be meeting in our regular classroom today because there is an event going on in the library. This is the final day, 5/5, of our project! I expect you all to have your materials so you can create your reproduction of your #1 person’s famous work. I will also be handing back your rough copies – I have edited each and every one. I want this to show you how important getting someone else to edit your work is – next time, you will have to reach out to a family member or friend to get them to edit your work. Make sure you are prepared for our Renaissance Fair on Monday! Don’t forget about those 5 extra bonus marks if you dress up. 

1-1 S.S 8: We will be meeting in our regular classroom today because there is an event going on in the library. This is the final day, 5/5, of our project! I expect you all to have your materials so you can create your reproduction of your #1 person’s famous work. I will also be handing back your rough copies – I have edited each and every one. I want this to show you how important getting someone else to edit your work is – next time, you will have to reach out to a family member or friend to get them to edit your work. Make sure you are prepared for our Renaissance Fair on Monday! Don’t forget about those 5 extra bonus marks if you dress up. 

1-3 S.S 9: This is the last day of our Industrial Revolutions around the world project! I will be handing back your rough drafts – I have edited each and every one of them. I hope this shows you how important and helpful it is to get someone to edit your work. Next time, you will have to reach out to a family member or friend and get them to edit your work. Your presentations should be ready to go right at the beginning of next class – Monday, December 5th. I look forward to seeing all of your wonderful projects come alive!

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Tuesday November 28

2-1 S.S 8: At the beginning of class I will be collecting ALL of your writing at the beginning of class – your 3 mini biography paragraphs and your ranking with the explanation of why you ranked number 1 as number 1. If you are not finished this, you will have to come in at lunch and finish it. After this, you will have the entire period to work on your creative part of the production – the person you have chosen as number 1, you are to reproduce one of their most famous works. Please bring a copy of your bibliography to class next day – I will be looking them over and giving you corrections to do. We will be meeting in our regular room next class!

2-4 ELL S.S: We will be talking about the agricultural revolution and its effects on Great Britain. We will be watching another Crash Course Video and answering questions on our worksheets as we go. Then, I will be giving a mini-lecture that talks about Enclosure – as I give my lecture you will be taking short hand notes. For the rest of class you will be working on making a Pros (positives/good) and Cons (negative/bad) list about Enclosure. You should have a list of at least 5 Pros and 5 Cons. Make sure you get this finished up because you will be able to use it on our quiz on Tuesday, December 5. Next class we will be going to the Jokers Classic Basketball Tournament in the gym!

2-3 ELL Reading: I will be finishing up my reading level evaluations today. While I do this, you will be working on a reading comprehension package that I have printed out for you. Next class we will be going to the Jokers Classic Basketball Tournament in the gym! 

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Monday November 27

1-2 S.S 8: At the beginning of class I will be collecting ALL of your writing at the beginning of class – your 3 mini biography paragraphs and your ranking with the explanation of why you ranked number 1 as number 1. If you are not finished this, you will have to come in at lunch and finish it. After this, you will have the entire period to work on your creative part of the production – the person you have chosen as number 1, you are to reproduce one of their most famous works. Please bring a copy of your bibliography to class next day – I will be looking them over and giving you corrections to do. We will be meeting in our regular room next class!

1-1 S.S 8:  At the beginning of class I will be collecting ALL of your writing at the beginning of class – your 3 mini biography paragraphs and your ranking with the explanation of why you ranked number 1 as number 1. If you are not finished this, you will have to come in at lunch and finish it. After this, you will have the entire period to work on your creative part of the production – the person you have chosen as number 1, you are to reproduce one of their most famous works. Please bring a copy of your bibliography to class next day – I will be looking them over and giving you corrections to do. We will be meeting in our regular room next class!

1-3 S.S 9: You need to complete all of your writing by the end of the class – I am going to be collecting your writing and doing editing on it. I will hand it back to you next class so you can write up your good copies. As well, next class (Wednesday) you must hand in your works cited so I can help you fix them up. We will be in our regular room next class!

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Friday November 24

2-1 S.S 8: We are working in the library again on our Renaissance Fair project. It is day 3/5 for the project! I am going to be checking your notes as they should be completely finished. You should be spending the class writing your 3 mini-biography paragraphs, along with doing your ranking of your 3 people and explaining why you ranked number 1 as the best/greatest/most significant person IN YOUR OPINION! While explaining your ranking please remember to use phrases like “I believe” “I think” “I agree with” etc. Next class, I will be collecting all of your writing, along with your notes so I can go through them and edit. It is very important you have all of your writing completed! Monday and Wednesday will be dedicated to working on the piece of work that you are reproducing – please bring all of your materials that you need for this. If you feel like you are behind, please complete more of your project for homework over the weekend.

2-4 ELL S.S: We are going to be finishing up watching our Crash Course video about the Industrial Revolution. As we watch, we will finish up answering our questions on our worksheets. Then, we will be playing a game! Rock, paper, scissors war – two of you will face off with each other at the front of the room. Whoever loses rock, paper, scissors will have to answer a quiz question – then, they will be able to pick the next victim to go up and battle! After this game, we will finish up reading Pg. 115-118 and complete the 3 questions on Pg. 114.

2-3 ELL Reading: We will be reading a current events article about The Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Then, we will be working on the remaining activities in our workbook – they will be due NEXT CLASS (Tuesday, November 28).

  • Pg. 44 #1-10
  • Pg. 45 Activity A
  • Pg. 46 Activity B
  • Pg. 47 Activity C
  • Pg. 48 Activity D
  • Pg. 49 Activity E and F
  • Pg. 50 – two questions at the bottom of the page.

While we are working on these activities I am going to be doing testing with each of you individually. I am going to be testing you on reading out loud. Starting Monday, we are all going to be doing daily reading out loud each week and tracking our progress!

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Thursday November 23

1-2 S.S 8: We are working in the library again on our Renaissance Fair project. It is day 3/5 for the project! I am going to be checking your notes as they should be completely finished. You should be spending the class writing your 3 mini-biography paragraphs, along with doing your ranking of your 3 people and explaining why you ranked number 1 as the best/greatest/most significant person IN YOUR OPINION! While explaining your ranking please remember to use phrases like “I believe” “I think” “I agree with” etc. Next class, I will be collecting all of your writing, along with your notes so I can go through them and edit. It is very important you have all of your writing completed! Monday and Wednesday will be dedicated to working on the piece of work that you are reproducing – please bring all of your materials that you need for this. If you feel like you are behind, please complete more of your project for homework over the weekend.

1-1 S.S 8: We are working in the library again on our Renaissance Fair project. It is day 3/5 for the project! I am going to be checking your notes as they should be completely finished. You should be spending the class writing your 3 mini-biography paragraphs, along with doing your ranking of your 3 people and explaining why you ranked number 1 as the best/greatest/most significant person IN YOUR OPINION! While explaining your ranking please remember to use phrases like “I believe” “I think” “I agree with” etc. Next class, I will be collecting all of your writing, along with your notes so I can go through them and edit. It is very important you have all of your writing completed! Monday and Wednesday will be dedicated to working on the piece of work that you are reproducing – please bring all of your materials that you need for this. If you feel like you are behind, please complete some more of the project for homework over the weekend.

1-4 S.S 9: We are working in the library again on our group project on the Industrial Revolution around the world. Your notes need to be completely finished today and you should be starting to write all of your information into paragraph form, or a script for those of you doing a video/podcast. I will be collecting all of your writing at the end of NEXT CLASS (Monday!). It must be completed so I can read through and do editing for you. If you feel like you are behind, please complete more of your work over the weekend for homework.

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Wednesday November 22

2-1 S.S 8: We will be meeting in the library and working on our project. This is day 2/5 of the project. Ms. Walks will be helping us to find more resources to aid in our research. Remember, our mini-biography paragraphs should be finished (completely written) by the end of next class (Thursday, November 23) – if you need to do some research at home to catch up then that is what is for homework. I will be doing a homework check at the beginning of class to see exactly where you are – if I think you have some catching up to do I am going to ask you to come to the library at lunch to get caught up. You can bring your lunch and eat at the library, and I will be there to help you get caught up.

2-4 ELL S.S: We are watching Crash Course (with John Green) – The Industrial Revolution. We will be answering questions as we watch. Then, we will be using our new textbook to get to know more about the Industrial Revolution. We are going to be reading Pg. 115-118 and answering the 3 questions on Pg. 114. 

2-3 ELL Reading: First, you need to hand in your vocabulary homework. Then, We will be reading our current events article about Time Capsule’s. After that, we will be working on more activities from our workbook. 

  • Pg. 44 #1-10
  • Pg. 45 Exercise A 
  • Pg. 46 Exercise B
  • Pg. 47 Exercise C 
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Tuesday November 21

1-2 S.S 8: We will be meeting in the library and working on our project. This is day 2/5 of the project. Ms. Walks will be helping us to find more resources to aid in our research. Remember, our mini-biography paragraphs should be finished (completely written) by the end of next class (Thursday, November 23) – if you need to do some research at home to catch up then that is what is for homework. I will be doing a homework check at the beginning of class to see exactly where you are – if I think you have some catching up to do I am going to ask you to come to the library at lunch to get caught up. You can bring your lunch and eat at the library, and I will be there to help you get caught up.

1-1 S.S 8: We will be meeting in the library and working on our project. This is day 2/5 of the project. Ms. Walks will be helping us to find more resources to aid in our research. Remember, our mini-biography paragraphs should be finished (completely written) by the end of next class (Thursday, November 23) – if you need to do some research at home to catch up then that is what is for homework. I will be doing a homework check at the beginning of class to see exactly where you are – if I think you have some catching up to do I am going to ask you to come to the library at lunch to get caught up. You can bring your lunch and eat at the library, and I will be there to help you get caught up.

1-4 S.S 9: We are meeting in the library to continue to work on our project. This is day 2/5 for the project. Please use your class time wisely as there is a lot of work to get done. Remember, your rough copies of any writing you are doing and your WORKS CITED is due on NOVEMBER 27! That means today I expect you to finish all of your research and your notes TODAY – next day, you will use those notes to write about the section you have been assigned so your rough drafts will be completed by the 27th. I am giving you lots of class time to work on this, but if you feel you need to do any catching up or want to get ahead then you can do some homework or some work at lunchtime. Don’t forget, your group’s project, completely finished and beautiful, is due on December 4. 

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Monday November 20

2-1 S.S 8: We are starting our Renaissance Fair project today! We will have five classes to complete it so we need to stay focused and motivated so we can finish it in class and hopefully not have homework. I will be giving you the instructions for your project, you will then be picking the people you will be studying, and then Ms Walks will give us some information about where to research and how to create our bibliography. For our bibliography please remember easybib.com is a fantastic resource! 

Project Instructions: Renaissance Fair Project Instructions

Renaissance people: Renaissance People

2-4 ELL S.S: You will be handing in your project. If it is not completed you will have to come in at lunch until it is completed. Then, we will be starting a new unit on The Industrial Revolution. You will be taking some notes while I give a mini-lecture, and then we will have a map assignment to work on for the rest of class. Map assignment due Wednesday November 22. 

Map Assignment: map of GB Assignment

2-3 ELL Reading: I will be collecting your homework. If you are not done you will have to come in at lunch until you are finished. We will then read our current events article for the day and talk about how we would feel if we had robots as teachers! Then, we will be reading our new story, “The Smell of Food and the Sound of Coins”. We will have the rest of the class to work on our vocabulary – vocabulary due Wednesday November 22 

Vocabulary words:

  • Respect
  • Decision
  • Food Stand
  • Tasty
  • Reply
  • Pair
  • Agree
  • Shook (Shake)
  • Jingling
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Friday November 17

1-2 S.S 8: I will be collecting your historical significance worksheets and then giving you instructions for our upcoming project – A Renaissance Fair! I will go in depth about what we will need to do for the project and then you will be given the rest of the class to begin your research. Should be a very fun and creative project! It is due on December 4th. 

Project Instructions: Renaissance Fair Project Instructions

Renaissance People: Renaissance People

1-1 S.S 8:

I will be collecting your historical significance worksheets and then giving you instructions for our upcoming project – A Renaissance Fair! I will go in depth about what we will need to do for the project and then you will be given the rest of the class to begin your research. Should be a very fun and creative project! It is due on December 4th. 

Project Instructions: Renaissance Fair Project Instructions

Renaissance People: Renaissance People

1-3 S.S 9: We will be meeting in the library today to begin our project! Ms Walks is going to talk about plagiarism and how to properly format a Works Cited. Then, you will have the rest of the project do conduct research. Be sure to use your class time wisely.

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