Week 34 Activities and Homework

Week 34 (April 21-25, 2008)

Language Arts:

M: Revise literary response essays to “I Have a Dream” speech. HW: finish literary response if not finished in class.

T: Journaling. Begin novel study. HW: none.

W: Vocabulary list #15. Continue novel study. HW: make vocab cards, study words.

TH: Discuss uses of literature to enhance historical topics. Continue novel study. HW: choose newspaper or news article to bring to class.

F: Practice reading strategies for factual text. Continue novel study. HW: continue to study vocab words.

Social Studies:

M: Revise literary response essays to “I Have a Dream” speech. HW: CA #13, Qs 1-2

T: Learn about events of early 1960s (Cuban Missile Crisis, Freedom Summer) HW: CA #13, Qs 3-5; study for quiz

W: QUIZ on social studies review (post-test). Continue learning about events of early 1960s. Evaluate Pres Kennedy’s actions towards Cuba. HW: CA #13, Qs 6-7

TH: Learn about gradual rift in civil rights movement, other groups organizing. HW: CA #13, Qs 8-9

F: DUE: CA #13. Learn about beginnings of US involvement in Vietnam. Compare/contrast to situations today. HW: none.

Unit Objectives:

LA: In our current unit, “Fact and Emotion”, students will be able to:
Evaluate differences in objective and subjective writing
Determine the type of writing that is appropriate to a situation
Study examples of effective factual writing and effective emotional writing
Complete a factual research paper and a persuasive essay
Learn suffixes, roots, and vocabulary in order to increase understanding of the English language

SS: In our current unit, “The Cold War Begins”
Analyze factors that led to tension between the US and Soviet Union
Evaluate and describe differences between capitalism and communism
Describe changes in the US after World War II, including anti-communism movements
Analyze the ‘arms race’ and advances in technology during the Cold War
Explain the beginnings of the civil rights movement in the 1950s