Saada Charara – Ms Charara 8th grade US History

mon 11-18 tues 11-19 wed 11-20 … 3 branches

Ch 9 The 3 Branches of Government Article
Monday:
- Read Legislative Branch … annotated duties/powers
- Completed The Cure for Teacher Insanity Bill
- Class Senators voted on the Bills and gave written explanations
Tuesday:
- BW #5
- Read Executive Branch … annotated duties/powers
- Completed 3 branches diagrams… draw tree/fill in notes
Wednesday: …
Homework:
- 3 Branches with checks and balances video
- Ch 9 QUIA matching- The 3 Branches

Today:
Ch 9 Preamble– the intro of the Constitution
Homework:
- Ch 9 Preamble Drawing
- Memorize Preamble – test to recite on Nov 24

Today:
- Ch 8 TEST
Retakes: retake on Tuesday 11-18 after school (2:00-2:30)
- 69% or less have an opportunity to retake
  - Study this weekend
- MUST attend review session after school Monday 11-17 (3:25-4:00)
- MUST have played QUIA prior to test today to qualify
- MUST have a signed retake slip by parents

Today: Ch 8 Event Cards
- Create 10 cards of the event words for Ch 8
- Front – EVENT
- Back – Description
Homework:
Ch 8 Test on Thursday … Start studying
- Ch 8 QUIA Event Terms … 2 minutes
- Ch 8 QUIA Vocabulary … 2 minutes
- Ch 8 QUIA Articles of Confederation … 10 min/reach a million
- Ch 8 QUIA Convention … 10 min/reach a million

Today:
- Organized binders… US Documents binder order
- Filled out Conference Evaluation form
- Highlighted key information on the grade REPORT
Homework:
- Parent Meeting at 2-2:30
- Conferences are Tuesday 2:30-8 pm
- Students must attend for my conferences … it is student led

Today:
- Ch 8 Executive Compromises
- Ch 8 Ratification Compromises
- Took notes together in class
Absent students-
- Read the articles in the link to complete notes
- Federalists and Anti-federalist video clip
HW–
- Formative EXTRA CREDIT opportunity
- Federalist Vs Anti-federalist diagrams

Wednesday: Ch 8 Legislative Compromises Articles and handouts
- Issue #1 … The Great Compromise
Thursday: Issue #2… 3/5th Compromise
- Read articles
- Answer questions
- Take notes together in class
Videos:
- Great Compromise video clip
- 3/5th Compromise video clip

Today: Constitutional Convention Settings
- BW: Check/Grade Ch 8 Vocabulary flashcards
- Ch 8 Constitutional Convention Setting
- Read the article and completed NOTES in class
Homework
- none
Tuesday: NO SCHOOL

Today:
- BW #2
- Ch 8 Geography Map Skills handout
- Used the textbook maps and graphs to complete the work
- MUST finish in class by the end of the hour
Homework:
- none 🙂 Happy Halloween
Absent students… maps and graphs are included in the link above