4th Quarter |
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| Week of March 23rd |
Monday - Begin Assertiveness Training
(handout) Define assertive, passive, aggressive,and passive-aggressive behaviors.
HW: Students are to watch a TV show for 30-60 minutes (or a movie) and identify at least 10 behaviors and fill in the handout.
Character-Describe what they did-Identify behavior
A PARENT SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED after watching the show.
DUE WEDNESDAY
Tuesday - Assertive Behavior fill in the blanks (handout)
How Do Assertive People Communicate? (handout)
HW: TV Show Behaviors DUE TOMORROW
Handshake Assignment - go up to an adult, smile, look them in the eyes, have some form of polite greeting,and a firm handshake. This ENTIRE assignment can be completed at school. Students need to acquire 20 pts. Administrators = 5pts, staff/teachers that they don't know (or other adults that parents approve of)= 3pts, staff/teachers/or adults they know = 1pt. Can have up to 25pts for 5pts extra credit.
DUE FRIDAY
Wednesday - Identified behaviors
HW: Handshake assignment DUE FRIDAY
Quiz on Behaviors FRIDAY
Thursday - Read situations and create assertive, aggressive, and passive responses.
Review for quiz tomorrow.
HW: Handshake DUE TOMORROW
Quiz TOMORROW |
| Week of March 30th |
Monday - Locate and label map of the western hemisphere and Native Americans
HW: None
Tuesday - Finish the above and begin finding information on the Native Americans.
HW: None
Wednesday - Continue working on Native American information
HW: None (the 5 paragraph essay was an April Fool's joke) ;)
Thursday - Finish Native American information and begin Storyboards.
Storyboards - Choose one Native American Group
Students will create a storyboard (like a comic strip) of six squares.
Each square will have a picture and a caption - no longer than 2 sentences.
Students will tell the story of how their group adapted to their enviornment.
HW: None
**4TH QUARTER GRADES ARE ONLINE**
Friday - Work on Storyboards
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| Week of April 6th |
Monday - Storyboards and maps due!
Begin Medieval WebQuest in the computer lab
http://www.milforded.org/schools/eastshore/pbegin/wq/medieval.html
Also look for information on Mr. Donn's webpage:
http://worldhistory.mrdonn.org/middleages.html
Tuesday - Computer lab
Due to AIMS testing, I will only see 2nd and 3rd period classes today. 6th and 7th need to continue to research on their own.
Wednesday - Due to AIMS we have 30 min classes.
Video - Living in Medieval Europe
Thursday - Brainstorm ideas for student plays
Friday - Read play in class - The Legend of Sir Owen |
| Week of April 13th |
Monday - AIMS Math Field Test
Computer lab working on gathering information from the webquest.
Tuesday - Computer lab complete computer logs
time / website / what I learned
Mr. Donn's Medieval Times - Cusades, Effects of the Cusades, and the Inquisition
Wednesday - Begin writing plays
*EXTRA CREDIT*
Write Scene 10 for The Legend of Sir Owen
DUE NEXT FRIDAY, April 24th
Thursday & Friday - continue to write plays - rough draft is due at the end of class on Friday.
HW: Start preparing costumes and props for your play |
| Week of April 20th |
Monday & Tuesday - Work on back drops/scenery
HW: Gather costumes and props from around the house - a parents big shirt with a belt/rope, tights, jeans, or other pants. Props can be made out of poster board, cardboard, etc.
ALL SWORDS MUST BE MADE OUT OF CARDBOARD/POSTER BOARD AND WILL BE THROWN AWAY AT THE END OF CLASS.
**Extra Credit**
Write Scene 10 for The Legend of Sir Owen
DUE FRIDAY
Wednesday - Rehearsals/dress rehearsal perferred.
DUE THURSDAY - page of notes from the computer lab - questions and answers from the webquest roles AND a final draft copy of your play - one per group.
Thursday & Friday - Presentation of plays
ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT THIS WEEK, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THANK YOU! |
| Week of April 27th |
Monday - Finish performing plays
Read Stories and illustrate your favorite scene (began Friday with Subsitute)
HW: NONE
**LAST EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY**
Parent book interview - students are to read a fiction or non-fiction book on the middle ages. The library has a cart of books set up for us.
Students are to read the book and dicsuss it with their parents. There is a yellow handout titled - Parent Book Interview - that parents are to follow and grade accordingly, sign, date and have students turn in. There is a typo - #7 Symbolism is misspelled.
I will accept these until THURSDAY, MAY 14th - NO LATER
Tuesday -(Sub) Read Ch. 17 Sec. 1 answer Section 1 Reveiw
Wednesday - Began video (20 min) the Midieval Era
HW: World Map due Friday - TEST May 15th
Thursday - Read A Midsummer Night's Dream in class
Friday - Finish video The Medieval Era |
| Week of May 4th |
Monday & Tuesday - Ch. 17 sec. 2 & 3
Johannes Gutenberg
Leonardo di Vinci
Michelangelo
William Shakespeare
Martin Luther
Answer the follow questions for each person:
Who was he?
What did he do?
Handed out new world map.
*Map test Friday, May 15th*
*Extra Credit - Parent Book Interview - Due Thursday, May 14th
Wednesday - Draw and color (not paint) like Michelangelo
Thursday - Finish drawings. Guided Reading for Ch. 17 Sec. 4 - 9 statements - predict if they are ture or false. Correct them as you read and rewrite the false statements to make them true.
Friday - Ch. 18 Sec. 1 - Read the section, Exploring the World, fill out the Explorers Chart and map thier route (handout).
HW: Study for World Map test next Friday, May 15
Extra Credit due no later than Thursday, May 14
**TEXTBOOKS MUST BE TURNED IN ON TUESDAY, MAY 12* |
| Week of May 11th |
**IMORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS WEEK**
-Textbooks need to be returned TUESDAY
-Last day to turn in the Parent book Interview
for Extra Credit is THURSDAY
-World Map test FRIDAY
Monday - Finish Guided Reading 17-4 and Explorers Chart and Map |
