Week 2 Activities and Homework

Week 2 (August 20-24, 2007)

Language Arts:

M: Update planner. Journaling. Grammar- verbs. HW: practice list of helping verbs

T: Class reading: Raymond’s Run. Discuss elements of personal narrative. HW: none

W: DUE: notebook with 5 divider tabs (check). Weekly vocabulary list. Begin cards. Continue class reading. HW: finish vocab cards

TH: Finish class reading. Brainstorm for personal narrative writing. HW: none

F: Begin personal narrative writing. Review vocab words for quiz next Tuesday. HW: study vocab.

Social Studies:

M: Learn about the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth. Homework procedures. HW: CA (Creating America worksheet) #1, Qs 1-2

T: Compare/contrast Jamestown and Plymouth colonies. HW: CA #1, Qs 3-4

W: DUE: notebook w/ 5 tabs (check). Learn format for current event assignments. Continue studying colonies. HW: CA #1, Qs 5-6

TH: Learn about the founding of the rest of the 13 colonies. HW: CA #1, Qs 7-8

F: Research one of the original 13 colonies. DUE: CA #1 HW: none

Unit Objectives:

LA: In our current unit, “Personal Narrative”, the student will:
-Utilize the 6 steps of the writing process in creating examples of personal narrative
-Review the ‘6 Traits’ of effective writing and edit his/her own work
-Increase reading fluency and comprehension through various activities
-Learn roots, prefixes, and suffixes that appear in English
-Review and strengthen understanding of grammar

SS: In our current unit, “Road to Revolution”, the student will:
-Describe why the 13 colonies were founded
-Evaluate important components of colonial government, and their roots in Enlightenment ideals
-Describe the events that built up discontent in the colonies
-Evaluate the different viewpoints of Loyalists and Patriots
-Understand the steps that led to the beginning of the Revolutionary War