Ms Charara 8th grade US History

• Today: Ch 7 American Revolutionary War quick notes
  • Copied notes on loose leaf paper
  • Students attempted a dictated Yorktown map… then compared it to the real map
  • Exit Ticket- CER paragraph on the scandalous leaf paper
  • staple and turn in
• Watched Yorktown Battle Video clip
• Homework–
  • If you did not finish any notes, compete at home
• Reminder– Unit 2 Test part 1 is Tuesday

• Tuesday:
  • Ch 6 Declaration of Independence article/questions
  • Read the article and annotated
• Wednesday:
  • Complete the questions using QAR strategies
  • Watched Declaration of independence video
• Homework:
  • Bring in the completed work tomorrow for grading

• Today
  • Read textbook pages 108 and page 110
  • Complete Second Continental Congress handout
• Homework- for anyone not done in class … go to Class Documents and click on the link for textbook. It’s from (62-64)

• Today:
• Start Common Sense by Thomas Paine–
  • Read and annotate introduction
  • read and define unknown on left side
  • Read and define unknown on right side
  • Finish Common Sense- matching
  • Re-write (modern language (in order) on the backside of paper

• Today:
  • last day to wrap up typing
  • start… Ch 6 Flashcards on Documents to Independence
    • WORDS on the FRONT
    • BACK on the BACK
• Homework–
  • Finish cards at home if needed
  • Start playing and reviewing … sign in
  • QUIA Ch 6 vocab game (5 min)\]]

• Monday– Black Challengers Essay packet
  • Introduce the essay
    • Read and completed background slides
• Tuesday–
  • Read Document A
  • modeled how to annotate, answer questions and highlight evidence
• Wednesday–
  • Read Document B and C- annotate, answer questions and highlight evidence
• Thursday–
  • Read Document E and F- annotate, answer questions and highlight evidence
• Friday–
  • Go over answers, Read through Essay Rubric and Prewrite Organizer
  • Students start Pre-Writing on loose leaf
  • FINISH Pre-write for homework
• Monday 10/14 and Tuesday 10/15-
  • Type Essay in class (summative grade)

• Today:
  • Students took the Unit 1 TEST (Chapter 3 and 5)
• Homework: none 🙂
  • If you want to retake the test…
    • Have parents sign retake slip
    • Quia minutes must be completed … reach a million $$$
    • Complete Unit 1 flashcards.. study them
    • Complete any missing work or redo half credit work
    • Retake will be on Wednesday 10/9 AFTER school

• Wednesday
  • Played QUIA games
  • Review by creating human timeline in class
• Thursday-
  • Unit 1 study guide/flashcards
  • Create 20 flashcards-
  • Question/topic- on the front that is only
  • Answers- on the back

• Homework– STUDY for Unit 1 TEST – tomorrow -Friday
  • Ch 3 and 5 Vocabulary Flashcards
  • Ch 3 and Ch 5 QUIA games
  • Re-read Ch 3 and Ch 5 articles

• Monday:
• In class
  • BW #10
  • We corrected Extra Events handout
  • Gave out USERNAME and PASSWORD for QUIA site
  • They are needed or your time spent will not log in for points
• Homework: Study for Unit 1 TEST … it will be Thursday Oct 3
• Tuesday: – NO School so study
  • Ch 3 QUIA Review game – 10 min at least to try to reach a MILLION $$$$ a few times
  • Ch 3 Vocabulary – play 2-3 minutes
  • Ch 5 QUIA review game – 10 min at least to try to reach a MILLION $$$$ a few times
  • Ch 5 Vocabulary – play 2-3 minutes

• Today:
  • BW- turn in Ch 5 extra events handout (will correct on Monday)
  • In class- Worked on Ch 5 Unfair Acts Chart work
    • Use the list given to complete the chart
    • Compare to what you originally highlighted in the article
• Homework-
  • any undone work from Ch 5
• Reminder– TEST is moved to THURSDAY 🙂