Class News 2015/16

Unfortunately we were not able to do the role plays today, but we will for sure do them on Monday.  Too many groups were just not ready to perform today. role play directions Have a great weekend!

Today and yesterday, students have been preparing role plays about different social classes in ancient Egypt.  For their role plays they are to bring in props and costumes to make it look and seem more realistic. We will start performing our skits tomorrow.  This will be their summative grade for chapter 9. Here are the … Continue reading »

Can’t believe it’s already 2016!! Hope everyone had a great break. Today in class we continued with chapter 9: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.  We re-read section 2 and completed the notes for it (whatever they don’t finish, they are responsible for finishing on their own when I check reading notes). Then I assigned each … Continue reading »

Students took the chapter 8 assessment today in class. When they finished they worked on their chapter 9 illustrated dictionary, which will BE DUE TOMORROW! Here is the illustrated dictionary for chapter 9.  They only need to do the BLUE terms! ch 9 illustrated dictionary HOMEWORK Chapter 9 ID DUE TOMORROW!! Thank you

Today we went over the study guide for chapter 8. CHAPTER 8 TEST IS TOMORROW! Here is the study guide: ch 8 study guide I will check bellwork and their reading notes tomorrow.  Here are the reading notes in case they lost them: ch 8 reading notes QUIZLET Here is the link to Quizlet for … Continue reading »

TUESDAY IS CHAPTER 8 ASSESSMENT I gave students their study guides today to work on.  We will review on Monday, and test is on Tuesday.  Here is the study guide: ch 8 study guide We watched a video on the pharaoh Hatshepsut.  Here is the link to the video.  We only watched 8 minutes of … Continue reading »

Today we continued with chapter 8, and completed section 6 about pharaoh Ramses II and his temple at Abu Simbel. Students need to have the reading notes completed before the assessment.  I plan on taking the chapter 8 assessment on Tuesday. ch 8 reading notes Code of Hammurabi last day is tomorrow.  Any one who … Continue reading »

Today we worked on section 4 in the text and completed the notes.  Students need to either complete their notes on a separate sheet of paper, or they can print them here and complete them on the printed sheets.  Here are the reading notes for chapter 8 ch 8 reading notes CODE OF HAMMURABI IS … Continue reading »

Today in class we continued chapter 8 and learned about Pharaoh Khufu and the Great Pyramid of Giza.  We discussed the different Hypotheses of how the pyramids were built.  Students need to complete sections 2 and 3 in their reading notes. (sections 3-6 reading notes will be done as ‘tweets’ using hashtags, instead of using … Continue reading »

Today we began chapter 8 on the Egyptian Pharaohs. Monday the chapter 8 illustrated dictionary will be due: ch 8 illustrated dictionary Next Wednesday the Code of Hammurabi project will be due hammurabi assignment (1) Please be sure to follow all of the directions on the project. Have a great weekend