Friday, September 11, 2009

Civics:
Today, we are first going to discuss the events of September 11th, 8 years ago. How did those events effect your life??
We are going to look at the following writing prompt:

Everyone remembers this event:
•Write half a page telling:
–Where were you, when you heard the news?
–How did it make you feel?
–What does it mean to you to be an American?
–What are your responsibilities to your country?
–Make sure to use correct punctuation and grammar.

I am going to handback your graded quiz that students retook.

Then, we agre going to transisiton to Colonial Life.
We are going to take notes on Colonial Life.
Here is a link to the presentation.
The assignment is on the last page:

If Traveling across North American during the colonial period, one would notice that each region developed a distinct economic life.

• How did the economies of the Southern, Middle and New England Colonies differ?
• What led to the development of these differences:
• Explain:
  Each response should include:
  An Introduction Statement.
  
• A three-paragraph body; each paragraph within the body should include a topic sentence
• Include a conclusion paragraph with topic sentence
• Include appropriate grammar and punctuation usage
• Be neatly handwritten.

US History:

Today, we are first going to discuss the events of September 11th, 8 years ago. How did those events effect your life?? We are going to look at the following writing prompt: Everyone remembers this event:

•Write half a page telling:

–Where were you, when you heard the news?

–How did it make you feel?

–What does it mean to you to be an American?

–What are your responsibilities to your country?

–Make sure to use correct punctuation and grammar.

We are going to go over pages 5 and 6 in your binder.

I am going to give back your graded Test 1 and discuss the results.

Then we are going to work on Guided Reading 2.