Persuasive Essay Resources

Third Quarter Writing Prompt and Activity Instructions 

Quarter 3 Matrix and Guide 

Here are the Atomic Bomb Resources

Classroom Update 1/23/2015

Social Studies:
Today we started with  a few notes on the end of WWI.  Mr. Grove collected the Writing Sample Quarter 2: Life in the Trenches writing prompt. We then completed a short peer edit activity on writing samples. Then we had a short quiz on WWI.

 Eric's Notes:

Lt:How were debate and negotiation used by nations as they sought an end to WWI?

Turning points of WWI-

1917-Russian Revolution[Russia becomes a communist]

-Result: Germany increases its attacks on the western front against the allies

1918-American Expeditionary Force arrive in France to help the Allies stop the German assault on the Western front

1919-Armistice ends the War

The Big Three [Britain, France, and the U.S]will decide what the peace treaty will be

Treaty of Versailles[1919]

Germany is punished by the treaty

Germany forced to accept war-guilt clause, disarm its military, pay reparations to France and Britain.

League of Nations is created 

Science: 

Ocean Currents Part 2:

LT: I will explain how currents circulate nutrients and organisms throughout the ocean

Open text to page 162

We read together page 162 to 166 in our science book

Then we made a scatter plot about the buoys of the Atlantic Ocean. We made a correlation between temperature and water density. 

Classroom Update 1/22/2015

Science: 

Chapter 8, Section 4

Ocean Currents

LT: I will explain how currents circulate nutrients and organisms throughout the ocean.

I. Surface Currents

  A. Current-a large stream of water flowing through the ocean

        1. caused by temp. and salinity differences

~Then, we labeled the currents on the blank ocean currents map by writing the name next to the arrow.~

  B. Coriolis effect-rotation of the Earth’s causes currents to curve

  C. Currents help circulate nutrients, organisms, and gasses through the oceans.

  D. El Nino-large sheet of warm water that forms in the Pacific Ocean near South America

II. Upwelling

A.      Upwelling-the movement of cold water up from the bottom of the ocean

1.       Caused by winds along the shore

B.      Importance: upwelling circulates nutrients up from the bottom of the ocean

~Lastly, we did some Agree or Disagree statements.~

Science Chapter 8 Notes
Section 1-2
Section 3
Section 4

Social Studies:

Learning Target: I can demonstrate my knowledge of life in the WWI trenches by writing a letter home.

In class today our assignment was to write a “letter home” from the perspective of a soldier in the trenches of WWI. We are required to use the information given to us on the 21st of January to make the letter more accurate.

Homework

Finish WWI Writing Prompt

            Must Be Finished. NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED

Assignment Sheet
Grading Rubric