06/11/09
Opener: "Renaissance Vocabulary"
Correct/Collect: "Three Bears and a Little Lady"
SpringBoard: Continue Speeches and collect Tangerine novels.
06/08/09
Opener: "Three-Two-One"
Correct/Collect: "A Penny Earned"
SpringBoard: Practice Speeches and give speeches
06/05/09
Opener: "A Penny Earned"
Correct/Collect: "One from Three"
SpringBoard: Prepare speeches
Social Studies: Finish and Share Posters
06/04/09
Opener: "One from Three"
Correct/Collect: "Primary Source: Galileo's The Starry Messenger"
Social Studies: Renaissance Science Posters
SpringBoard: Passed back Choices and Consequences Charts.
06/03/09
Opener: "Primary Source: Galileo's The Starry Messenger"
Correct/Collect: "Pair Dare"
Social Studies: Review--"History of Scientific Thought"
SpringBoard: Begin outlining speeches and turn in Choices and Consequences Charts 1-10.
06/02/09
Opener: "Pair Dare"
Correct/Collect: "Quote Notes"
SpringBoard: Finish "Choices and Consequences 10" Notes that all Choices and Consequences charts (1-10) are due tomorrow (Wednesday).
Social Studies: "History of Scientific Thought"
06/01/09
Opener: "Quote Notes"
Correct/Collect: "Town Square"
Social Studies: Review Lesson 3
SpringBoard: "Choices and Consequences 10"**we won't finish the book today, but will continue reading tomorrow.
05/29/09
Opener: "The Town Square"
Correct/Collect: "FourFit 1"
Social Studies: Video about other advancements due to the Renaissance. Quiz Show Game
**Note that about half of our students will be gone on a field trip. You are responsible for grabbing an opener for today and turning in yesterday's opener.
05/28/09
Opener: "FourFit 1"
Correct/Collect: "Reteaching: The Italian Renaissance"
SpringBoard: Speech Lesson 1--students will learn how to transfer a speech to note cards.
Social Studies: "The Renaissance Spreads"--read pages 444-450.
05/27/09
Opener: "Lesson 2 Reteaching Activity"
Correct/Collect: "Occupational Hazard"
SpringBoard: Finish Choices and Consequences 9 and "Saving Paul"
05/26/09
Opener: "Occupational Hazard"
Correct/Collect: "More Verbal Reasoning"
Social Studies: "Renaissance Art"--Mr. Huey discussed the elements of Renaissance art.
SpringBoard: Continue Choice and Consequences 9
05/22/09
Opener: "More Verbal Reasoning Skills"
Correct/Collect: "Compound Confusion"
SpringBoard: Choices & Consequences 9 read to page 266.
Social Studies: Finish "The Italian Renaissance"
05/21/09
Opener: "Compound Confusion"
Correct/Collect: "Check Your IQ"
SpringBoard: Finish reading to page 230 in Tangerine.
Social Studies: "The Italian Renaissance"--read pages 437-439.
05/20/09
Opener: "Check Your IQ"--building vocabulary
Correct/Collect: "Home is the sailor from the Sea"
SpringBoard: Choices and Consequences 8--read pages 200-230.
05/19/09
Opener: "Home Is The Sailor From the Sea"--editing
Social Studies: Review "Origins of the Renaissance" and begin "The Italian Renaissance"
SpringBoard: "Novel Structure"--evaluating plot and sub-plot in Tangerine.
05/18/09
Opener: Self-evaluation of journals and independent reading logs.
Correct/Collect: "Challenge Logic Problems"
SpringBoard: "Who Sees? Who Doesn't See"
Social Studies: "Origins of the Renaissance"
05/15/09
Opener: "Challenge Logic Problem"
Correct/Collect: "Writing Terms"
SpringBoards: "Choices and Consequences 7" continued. Reading to page 199.
**Remember that your journals and reading logs are due on Monday. Thank you.
05/14/09
Opener: "Writing Terms"
Correct/Collect: "Synonym Sets"
Social studies: "Europe During the Renaissance"
SpringBoard: Choices and Consequences 7--read pages 170-199 in Tangerine.
05/13/09
Opener: "Synonym Sets"--vocabulary building
Correct/Collect: "Late!"
SpringBoard: Finish reading to page 170 in Tangerine.
Social Studies: Pass back Africa Tests
05/12/09
Opener: "Late!"--editing practice
Social Studies: Africa Test
SpringBoard: Choices and Consequences 6 Read pages 148-168 in Tangerine.
05/11/09
Opener: Journal #30--At this point, you are writing your last journal entry as a seventh grader. Please look through your entries and explain how successful you have been at keeping your journal or what has prevented you from being successful. You will be turning your journal in with your reading logs for a language arts grade in one week (May 18th). If you are missing a journal, they can be found here, just by scrolling down. If you are missing reading logs, try to get caught up this week. You should have more than 100 reading logs, but having 100 will get you an A. 90 reading logs will be an A-. 80 reading logs will be a B- and so on.
Correct/Collect: "Sorites or Paradox"
SpringBoard: Unpack Embedded Assessment--Speech
Social Studies: Review for Africa Unit Test on Tuesday.
05/08/09
Opener: "Sorties or Paradox of the Heap"
Correct/Collect: "Forward, Please!"
SpringBoard: Finish Reading 97-148 "Choices and Consequences 5"
05/07/09
Opener: "Forward, Please!"
Correct/Collect: "Gone Fishing"
Social Studies: Review "The Kongo Kingdom"
SpringBoard: Choices and Consequences 5--read from page 97 to 148 by Monday.
05/06/09
Opener: "Gone Fishing"--editing
Correct/Collect: "Fit for Four"
SpringBoard: "Amazing Rescues"
Social Studies: "The Kongo Kingdom" Read pages 194-199
05/05/09
Opener: "Fit for Four"
SpringBoard: "Choices & Consequences 4" Read pages 77 to 94 in Tangerine and complete the chart.
05/04/09
Opener: Journal #29: How would the novel Tangerine be different if the setting for the book was Gig Harbor, instead of a town in Florida? Come up with at least three things which would have to be changed. Include details explaining why those changes would have to be made. In your opinion, would those changes have made the book better?
Correct and collect: "What do you say next?"
SpringBoard: "Character Development" (page 215)
Social Studies:
1. "Drawing Conclusions from Sources" (pages 192-193)
2. "Africa and Trade" (altas worksheet)
05/01/09
Opener: "What do you say next?" (available on-line)
Correct and Collect: "A Poison Tree"
SpringBoard: "Sibling Relationships" (page 213)
Social Studies: "Empires Built on Gold and Trade" (pages 186-191)
04/30/09
Opener: "A Poison Tree"
Correct & Collect: "Subtraction Action"
SpringBoard: Finish Choices and Consequences 3--read pages 50-77 in Tangerine and complete the chart on page 211 in your SpringBoard book.
Social Studies: "The Growth of Coastal Cities" Read pages 180 to 184. What can you add to your study guide from this lesson?
04/29/09
Opener: "Fair or Foul?"
Correct/Collect: "Subtraction Action"
SpringBoard: Choices and Consequences 3--read pages 50-77 in Tangerine and complete the chart on page 211 in your SpringBoard book.
04/28/09
Opener: "Subtraction Action"
SpringBoard: "First Day of School" page 204; "Close Reading of Film" page 207 and 208; "Making Connections" page 209 and 210
Social Studies: Did Babe Ruth really make the "called shot" in the 1932 World Series? How would a historian research that question?
04/27/09
Opener: Journal #28 Describe Paul's new neighborhood of Lake Windsor Downs with attention to color, structures, and other details that create this setting. Remember that mood and atmosphere are part of the setting. What established the mood of Lake Windsor Downs for Paul?
Correct/Collect: Verbal Reasoning Problems
SpringBoard: Choices and Consequences Two (read in Tangerine page 33 to the top of page 50)
04/24/09
Opener: "Verbal Reasoning Problems"
Correct/Collect: "Wholes and Holes"
Social Studies: "Songhai Empire" (read pages 167-169 and worksheet)
SpringBoard: Beginning the novel (page 202, questions 1 & 2).
04/23/09
Opener: "Wholes and Holes"
Correct/Collect: "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"
SpringBoard: Choices and Consequences 1--read in Tangerine to page 33.
04/22/09
Opener: "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"
Correct/Collect: "Errors in Language Usage"
Social Studies: Reading from the social studies book about Mali.
SpringBoard: Scanning the Novel
04/21/09
Opener: "Errors in Language Usage"
SpringBoard: Pass out copies of Tangerine; Read the Prologue pages 1-4 and complete pages 198&199 in your SpringBoard books.
04/20/09
Opener: "Journal #27"--You will have to see Ms. Danberg. There is a picture you need to see and this site does not allow that.
Correct/Collect: "How Much Does That Mystery Box Weigh?" or "Theseus' Ship"
Social Studies: Mali
04/17/09
Opener: "How Much Does That Mystery Box Weigh?" or "Theseus' Ship"
Correct/Collect: "Three to One"
Social Studies: Africa--video
SpringBoard: Analyzing the Cover of Tangerine
04/16/09
Opener: "Three to One"
Correct/Collect: "Quotefalls"
SpringBoard: Investigating the Setting--reading articles about Florida, muck fires, and sink holes.
04/15/09
Opener: "Quotefalls"
Correct/Collect: "Capitalization Practice 2"
SpringBoard: "The Setting" page 197
04/14/09
Opener: "Capitalization Practice 2"
SpringBoard: "Pre-reading quick-write"
Social Studies: "The Empire of Ghana" Continue reading and answer the essential questions: Why did the Empire of Ghana collapse? How do they "make" salt?
04/13/09
Opener: "Journal #26: Imagine that you are a teacher. One of your students is reading a paragraph and doesn't know the meaning of a word. In a paragraph, describe how you would help them without a dictionary to try to figure out the meaning of the word."
Correct/Collect: "The Neighborhood"
Writing: Expository and Persuasive Writing Review
Social Studies: "The Empire of Ghana"
04/10/09
Opener: "The Neighborhood"
Correct/Collect: Capitalization Practice
Social Studies: Review summaries from Chapter 5 Lesson 1
Reading: Practice WASL Test
04/09/09
Opener: "Capitalization Practice"
Correct/Collect: Spelling Practice 2
Reading: Practice WASL Test
Social Studies: Summarizing Chapter 5 Lesson 1**The Chapter is online or attached to your absent packet.
04/08/09
Opener: Spelling Practice Part 2
Correct/Collect: Spelling Practice
Literature: We will read "All Stories Are Anansi's" from the literature book. It is an African folktale and supports what we are learning in social studies. Students need to see Ms. Danberg for the story and questions to answer.
04/07/09
Opener: Spelling Practice
Social Studies: Finish Africa Video; Begin "Early Civilizations of Africa"
4/06/09
Opener: Journal #25--We hope you all had a fun and relaxing Spring Break! Please choose your favorite event, day, activity from Spring Break and explain why it was your favorite.
Correct/Collect: "Random Logic Puzzlers 7"
Social Studies: Intro to Africa Video
03/27/09
Opener: "Random Logic Puzzlers 7"
Correct/collect: "How-To Directions"
SpringBoard: Read-In; or if you have a missing assessment you will be getting caught up.
03/26/09
Opener: "How-To Directions"
Correct/Collect: "Proofreading for Punctuation"
Social Studies: Turn in Unit Study Guide
Reading: WASL Reading Practice
03/25/09
Opener: "Proofreading for Punctuation"
Correct/Collect: "Words Worth Their Weight in Gold."
SpringBoard: Understand scoring of expository essays, self-assess and turn them in.
03/24/09
Opener: "Words Worth Their Weight in Gold."
Social Studies: "Inca part 5." We finished reading all of chapter 12 lesson 2 from the textbook, watched a video on the Inca (available on Mr. Hall's site under links, Mesoamerica Unit Links, Videos about the Inca), and completed an atlas worksheet.
SpringBoard: Students peer edited each other's rough drafts. Final drafts are due tomorrow!
03/23/09
Opener: "Journal #24"--Think back to all of the independent books you have read so far this year. Choose one character which you admire the most. In one paragraph please explain why you admire them. Remember to use good details and to elaborate.
Correct/Collect: "Random Logic Puzzlers 6"
Social Studies: Inca Part 4--video
SpringBoard: Writing Groups. Your expository essay is due on Wednesday.
03/20/09
Opener: "Random Logic Puzzlers 6"
Correct/Collect: "Golly Gee! The G's Have Got It"
SpringBoard: Revision Note Taking & Sentence Combining
Social Studies: The Inca Part III
03/19/09
Opener: "Golly Gee! The G's Have Got It"
Correct/Collect: Short Answer Test Questions
SpringBoard: Revision--Pg. 178&179
Social Studies: Correct: Pachacuti
03/18/09
Opener: "Short Answer Test Questions"
Share "Vocabulary: Precise Word Choice"
SpringBoard: Continue Drafting
Social Studies: "Pachacuti--The Inca Emperor"
03/17/09
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Opener: Vocabulary: Precise Word Choice"
Social Studies: The Inca
SpringBoard: Understanding Expository writing and students must have a rough draft of their expository essay in class tomorrow.
03/16/09
Opener: "Journal #23"--Choose a character that made an important decision. In one paragraph expain why that character made that decision. Use details from your book to help you explain.
Correct/Collect: "Random Logic Problems V"
SpringBoard: Unlocking Prompt II--see attached
Social Studies: The Aztecs Part III--see attached
03/12/09
Opener: "Random Logic Problems V"
Share: "An Admirable Person"
SpringBoard: Unlocking Writing Prompts
Social Studies: The Aztecs part two
03/11/09
Opener: "An Admirable Person"
Correct/Collect: Proofreading Adjectives and Adverbs
Social Studies: "The Aztecs"
03/10/09
Opener: Proofreading Adjectives and Adverbs
Social Studies: Mayan Videos
SpringBoard: Voice Choice
03/09/09
Opener: Journal #22--Using a persuasive technique or two, convince me to read your independent reading book. Write at least one paragraph.
Correct/Collect: Beach Balls or Challenge
SpringBoard: Finish letter and decorate envelopes.
Social Studies: "Native American Farming Cultures"
03/06/09
Opener: "Beach Balls" or "Challenge Opener" (both available on Mr. Hall's site)
Correct and Collect: "Run-on Sentences"
SpringBoard: "Reflecting on my Choices"
Social Studies: "Mayan Counting System" (resources available on mr. Hall's site)
03/05/09
Opener: "Run-On Sentence" Editing
Correct/Collect: "More Sentence Combinations"
Social Studies: Correct and Collect the reading assessment
SpringBoard: Revisiting Choices
03/04/09
Opener: "More Sentence Combinations"
Correct/Collect: "Going Hog Wild"
Social Studies: Review and turn in "The Maya" and Complete reading assignment: "Chan Bahlum: Mayan King"
03/03/09
Opener: "Going Hog Wild"
SpringBoard: Turn in your persuasive essay; final copy and rough draft.
Social Studies:
a. The Maya: On the worksheet come up with 4 questions on the Maya. Then as you read Chapter 11 lesson 3, look for answers to your questions.
b. Unit Assessment Preview: The unit assessment is to answer the questions on the Unit Study guide, which you'll turn in at the end of the unit. Your grade will be based upon the accuracy and completeness of your answers.
03/02/09
Journal #21 Author's work very hard to develop characters in novels. Pick your favorite character and explain at least 3 characteristics of their personality.
Correct/Collect: "Challenging Logic Problems"
SpringBoard: Editing our rough drafts. Final draft due tomorrow.
Social Studies: Use the atlas to complete--"The Olmec and Maya"
02/27/09
Opener: "Challenging Logic Problems"
Collect: "Where did the other words go?"
8th grade registration presentation--Due Monday March 2nd
SpringBoard: Revise your rough draft of your persuasive essay.
Social Studies: Correct "The Olmec": answer key is on Mr. Hall's website.
02/26/09
Opener: "Where did the other words go?"
Correct/Collect: "Audience Viewpoint"
SpringBoard: Complete the prewrite on page 137 and then begin your rough draft by choosing one of the products.
Social Studies: "The Olmec"--read and answer questions independently.
02/25/09
Opener: "Audience Viewpoint"
Correct/Collect: "Facts and Opinions"
Social Studies: Finish "Geography and Agriculture in Mesoamerica"
SpringBoard: Begin writing your assessment--Persuasive Essay
02/24/09
Opener: "Facts & Opinions"
SpringBoard: More on Persuasive Writing (Looking back at "America the Not-So-Beautiful" as a mentor text).
Social Studies: Introduction to Mesoamerica--"Geography and Agriculture in Mesoamerica"
02/23/09
Opener: Journal #20--Remember that one part of your 7th grade block responsibilities is to have an independent reading book with you in block class every day for which you respond to Journal entries on Mondays in a spiral notebook. Please write what book you are reading and write a summary paragraph.
Correct/Collect: "Valentine's Day Logic Problem"
SpringBoard: "How Much Water Do You Use a Day?"--editorial
02/13/09
Opener: "Valentine's Day Logic Problem"
Share & Collect: "Part of Speech Fill-In"
Social Studies: Japan Unit culminating project (for details cut and paste this address into your browser: http://peninsula.swiftclassroom.com/gms/chall/index.php?section=documents#japanunit )
Students were given time in class to prepare their end of unit project.
02/12/09
Opener: "Part of Speech Fill-In"
Correct/Collect: "Huh?"
SpringBoard: Finish Reading "America the Not-So-Beautiful"
02/11/09
Opener: "Huh?"--explaining the unexplainable.
Correct/Collect: "Kicking out the cliche"
SpringBoard: Continue Reading "America the Not-So-Beautiful"
02/10/09
Opener: "Kicking Out the Cliche"
Social Studies: Reading Assessment
02/09/09
Opener: Journal #19--Think of an important problem in the United States. How would you fix it? Write a letter persuading the President to take your advice and fix the problem.
Correct/Collect: "Fishing" or "Math Minded"
Social Studies: Chapter 8 Lesson 4. Both the book and the worksheet are on Mr. Hall's site.
SpringBoard: "America the Not-So-Beautiful"--reading the editorial
02/06/09
Opener: "Fishing" or "Math Minded"
SpringBoard: Writing a Persuasive Introduction
Social Studies: Chapter 8 Lesson 3 Discussion
02/05/09
Opener: "Learning Log"
Correct/Collect: "Document Based Questions"
SpringBoard: "America the Not-So-Beautiful" Anticipation Guide
Social Studies: Chapter 8 Lesson 3 Timeline
02/04/09
Opener: "Document Based Questions" (not available on-line)
Correct & Collect: "A Sentence Starter's Purpose"
SpringBoard: *Review "Dictionary Activity"
* Unpack Embedded Assessment 3.1
02/03/09
Opener: "A Starter's Sentence's Purpose"
Locker Clean Out
Social Studies: "Lesson 2--Growth of Japanese Culture"
SpringBoard: Dictionary and Thesaurus Activity
02/02/09
Opener: Journal #18
"If you watched the Super Bowl yesterday, describe in detail your favorite commercial and see if you can identify what persuasive techniques they were using. If you didn't watch the Super Bowl, describe your favorite commercial ever."
Correct & Collect: "Random Logic Puzzlers III"
Social Studies: "Growth of Japanese Culture" Both the lesson from the book and the worksheet are available as documents on the class website.
SpringBoard: "Advertising Claims and Persuasive Techniques" Groups finished their posters.
01/30/09
Opener: "Random Logic Puzzlers III"
Correct/Collect: "Avoiding the Passive Voice"
Social Studies: "From Imperial to Feudal Japan"
SpringBoard: Advertising Claims and Persuasive Techniques poster
01/29/09
Opener: "Avoiding the Passive Voice"
Correct/Collect: "Propaganda"
Social Studies: CBA-revisited for the students who received incompletes
SpringBoard: Persuasive Techniques
01/27/09
Opener: "Writing Persuasive Topic Sentences"
Social Studies: Japan Lesson One--read and summarize
SpringBoard: Product Placement in Movies
01/26/09
Opener: Journal #17--Using your homework about how many advertisements you saw in one hour, reflect on the possible influence of advertisements during your spare time watching tv, surfing the internet or listening to the radio. Were you aware of the advertisements as much as you are now? Which advertisements tended to be your favorites?
Correct/Collect: "The Awards Ceremony"
Social Studies: Intro to Japan--previewing the text.
SpringBoard: Continue "Media, Consumer, and Advertising Choices"
01/23/09
Opener: "The Awards Ceremony"
Correct/Collect: "Redundancy"
SpringBoard: Logo Game results & "Media, Consumer, Advertising Choices" Homework this weekend: Watch tv, listen to the radio, surf the internet, or look at magazines for 1 hour and record how many advertisements you are exposed to and describe your favorites. Note that this says for a total of one hour and you can choose your media.
01/22/09
Opener: "Redundancy"
Share/Collect: "Details Never Hurt"
Social Studies: CBA--turn in if you didn't yesterday.
SpringBoard: Unit 3--Continue and Complete "Looking at My Choices"
01/21/09
Opener: "Details Never Hurt"
Social Studies: Turn in CBA
SpringBoard: Unit 3 Preview
01/20/09
Journal #16: Today a new President of the United States was sworn into office--Barack Obama. Please reflect on your thoughts and feelings for the importance of this day, or if you rather reflect on what changes you hope he makes during his four years in office.
Social Studies: CBA--a)discuss writing a conclusion; b) peer editing and revising
**Final Draft due tomorrow.
01/16/09
Opener: "Connect the Dots" Logic Problem
Share/Collect: Follow Up Sentences
Social Studies: Turn in Final Draft of your Annotated Bibliography. Finish writing your rough draft.
01/15/09
Opener: "Follow Up Sentences"
Correct/Collect: "Placing the Prepositional Phrases"
Social Studies: CBA--Looking at a final annotated bibliography. Continued research and writing of your paper.
01/14/09
Opener: "Placing the Prepositional Phrases"
Correct/Collect: "Transitional Words and Phrases"
Social Studies: CBA--a)writing your first paragraph
b)research and note-taking
01/13/09
Opener: Transitional Words and Phrases
Social Studies: a) CBA Writing--Organization
b)continue research and note taking.
01/12/09
Opener: Journal #15--Write two paragraphs that evaluate the difference between reading for pleasure and reading to complete a school assignment.
Correct/Collect: "Logic Problems"
Social Studies: Annotated Bibliography Lesson and Library research time.
01/09/09
Opener: Logic Problems
Correct/Collect: Five Each
Social Studies: Bibliography Lesson and Library research time
01/08/09
Opener: Five Each--part of speech practice
Correct/Collect: Constructing Sentences
Social Studies: Bibliography Lesson
01/07/09
Opener: Contructing Sentences
Correct/Collect: Commonly Misspelled words
Social Stuides: Instruction on the CBA
01/06/09
Opener: "Commonly Misspelled Words"--spelling practice
Social Studies: Part Two of Note Taking
SpringBoard: Final Literature Circle Discussion/turn in role sheets/turn in novels
Happy New Year!
01/05/09
Journal #14: Literature Circle Reflection--Please respond to the following questions:
1. Did you finish your novel over the break?
2. Did you complete all of the literature circle role sheets? If not, which ones are unfinished?
3. Would your group benefit from having a final discussion tomorrow?
Social Studies: Turn in Middle Ages projects. If you do not have yours today, you have until tomorrow at the latest.
Social Studies: Note Taking lesson and video.
12/17, 18, & 19/08
School was cancelled these days due to the weather.
12/16/08
Opener: Social Studies Project Update: Tell Mr. Hall how far along you are with your project, due Thursday.
SpringBoard: We continued our class reading of the play "A Christmas Carol: Marley and Scrooge"
12/15/08
Journal #13: Creative Writing
Choose one of the following prompts to write about:
Option 1: Write a diary entry from the point of view of a snowflake. Tell about all the exciting things that happened to you today.
Option 2: Pretend you are in charge of a training academy for superheroes. Write a letter to your new recruits about what to bring to the training session and why.
Correct/Collect: "On the Train"
SpringBoard: Literature discussion #4. Our next discussion is Wednesday and our last discussion is on Friday. Books will be turned in on Friday along with your packet of completed papers.
12/12/08
Opener: "On the Train" logic problem (available on Mr. Hall's site under documents).
Correct & Collect: "The Hundred Years' War" atlas
opener
Social Studies: Compare and contrast the version of the Hundred Years' War in the Atlas with the version in the history book.
SpringBoard: We continued our class reading of the screen play "A Christmas Carol"
12/11/08
Opener: "The Hundred Years' War" You'll need a school atlas to complete this opener; we can't put it on-line.
SpringBoard: Literature Circle #3.
Social Studies: The Hundred Years' War (chapter 10, lesson 3, pages 335-336).
12/10/08
Opener: Reading time for literature circles. **Reminder: Literature circle discussion #3 is tomorrow.
Correct/Collect: "Crusades to the Holy Land"
Social Studies: Written response to the last lesson--What motivated the Cursaders to attack Palestine?
12/09/08
Opener: "Crusades to the Holy Land"--Historical atlas work
SpringBoard: Literature Circle Discussion #2 (next discussion will be on Thursday)
We also continued our class reading of the screen play "A Christmas Carol"
12/08/08
Opener: Journal #12
Thinking back to your first literature circle discussion, reflect on what was successful. Please also state what you need to do in order to be prepared for tomorrow’s discussion. When you finish responding please be reading your literature circle books or filling out your role sheet.
Correct/Collect: "Scoop It"
Social Studies: "The Crusades"--Creating a timeline.
12/05/08
Opener: "Scoop It"--logic problem
SpringBoard: Discussion #1--students should have read 1/6 of their books and completed the role sheet as determined by their groups.
We will also be reading Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in order to investigate how a screen play is put together. This play is in our literature books which are not online. If you would like to check one out please let me know.
12/04/08
Opener: "Chapter 10 Lesson 1 Review Questions"
Social Studies: "The Role of the Chatholic Church"--discussion
SpringBoard: Reading time for literature circles
First Discussion for Lit. Circles is tomorrow!
12/03/08
Opener: Instead of an opener, we corrected and collect yesterday's opener, "Early Kingdoms of Medevial Europe"
SpringBoard: Literature Circles-we passed out our literature cirlce books, and groups got together to assing roles for the circle group meetings.
12/02/08
Opener: "Early Kingdoms of Medevial Europe"--atlas work
SpringBoard: Pass Back Monologues & Pass out literature circle expectations.
Social Studies: Discussion groups on "The Role of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages"
Questions to be answered in the disussion:
1. Why was the Catholic church so powerful?
2. Why did monarchs and popes have conflicts over power?
3. Is there any wrong with church leaders having authority over governmental leaders?
12/01/08
Opener: Journal #11
In one paragraph (5-7 sentences), please explain how and why reading a book in a small group with other students might help you stay on track and understand what you read better than if you were reading a book by yourself.
Social Studies: 1. "The Role of the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages"--reading and discussion. The reading is available once again at our classroom website linked below. You just go to the documents section.
2. We introduced our Middle Ages projects. Information is available on Mr. Hall's site, under "Announcements."
11/26/08
SpringBoard: Monologue Presentations
11/25/08
SpringBoard: Monologue Presentations
11/24/08
Opener: Read reflection questions in your SpringBoard book on page 87.
Correct/Collect: How Does that Equate part 2
SpringBoard: Monologue Presentations
11/21/08
Opener: "How Does That Equate Part 2"
SpringBoard: Practice your monologues for presentations on Monday.
11/20/08
Opener: Mark your monologue for inflection
SpringBoard: Group Presentations for Monologues
11/19/08
Opener: "Chapter 9--Drawing Conclusions"
Social Studies: "Daily Life in Mideval Europe" Discussion
SpringBoard: Group presentations of monologues for practice. Full draft of individual monologues should be in class tomorrow.
11/18/08
Opener: "Conference Reflection"
Social Studies: "Daily Life in Mideval Europe"--Reading is available online.
SpringBoard: Reading a Monologue--practice time.
Homework: Please bring a rough draft of your personal monologue to class tomorrow (Wednesday).
11/17/08
Opener: Journal #10--please see Ms. Danberg for a self-evaluation of your journals and reading logs.
Correct/Collect: "Home Run Series"
Social Studies: Continuation of "The Development of Feudalism"
SpringBoard: "Reading a Monologue"--Students will see examples of professionally written monologues, be assigned groups and work to present/practice for their independent monologue.--See Ms. Danberg
11/14/08
Opener: "Home Run Series" (available on-line)
Correct and Collect: "The Medieval Manor"
Social Studies: "The Development of Feudalism" Read pages 291-293, review the map of Europe on page 287, plus the "Geography" box on page 300, then answer the following questions:
1.What changes occurred in Europe after the fall of Rome?
2.How does climate impact farming?
3.How does topography impact trade?
4.How does the lack of a highly developed government, such as the Roman Empire, impact trade?
5.What impact might global warming have on our society today?
6.Is global warming an issue for science or government?
SpringBoard: "Choosing to Use Inflection, part 2." Pages 70-73; choose one of the three poems, and follow the TP-CASTT steps to prepare to perform a critical analysis of the poem.
11/13/08
Opener: "The Medieval Manor" (not available on-line).
Correct and Collect: "Recognizing Changing Interpretations of History"
SpringBoard: "Choosing to Use Inflection-Part 1" (pages 68-69)
11/12/08
Opener: "Recognizing Changing Interpretations of History" (not available on line)
SpringBoard: 1. Continue with "Writing with Feeling" You'll compare your article with a professionl newspaper article; your copy will be in your packet when you return.
2. "What we Choose to Emphasize" (page 67).
11/11/08--NO SCHOOL Veteran's Day
11/10/08
Opener: Journal #9--Expository writing is writing that explains something or someone. Here is a list of different kinds of texts. Make a list of the ones that are expository.
• Newspaper articles
• Poems
• Editorials
• “How To” books
• Biographies
• Persuasive brochures
• Informational brochures
• Essays
• Narrative
• Letter to the editor
• Advertisement
Correct/Collect: Choice of Logic Problem Openers
SpringBoard: 1. "Emotional Choices" and 2. Writing with Feeling--go online or in the newspaper and choose an article with an emotional headline. Then without reading the article try to write a fictitious article that fits the headline. Then bring in the article on Wednesday along with your version to compare the two.
11/07/08
Opener: Choice of Logic Problem Openers: "How Much Does the Mystery Box Weigh?" or "How Does That Equate?" (both are available on-line)
SpringBoard: 1. Unpack E.A. 2.1 (see Promethean Board document on-line)
2. Warming Up with Pantomime (page 64)
3. What Are You Choosing to Eat? (class activity)
11/06/08
Opener: "Writing Diagnostic Test 1" (take it on the SpringBoard site)
Correct and Collect: "Animals in Similes"
Social Studies: "Feudalism: A New Social Order" (Chapter 9, lesson 1, pages 295-297; available on-line under documents)
11/05/08
Opener: "Animals in Similes"
Correct: "Transitional Word Find" (place it in your portfolio)
Reading: "How to Score Your Reading WASL Sample Questions"
Writing: Use your "Check-up" analysis and re-write your "Bullying Essay"
11/04/08
Opener: "Transitional Word Find"
Collect: Journals #7 & #8
Reading: WASL Reading Sample
Writing: Elaboration Check-Up. Use this tool to evaluate your "Bullying Essay"
11/03/08
Opener: Journal #8 Rip out Journal # 7 from your spiral notebook. Then using the revision strategies of adding, deleting, and replacing, revise your entry. You will be turning both Journal #7 and #8(revised version) tomorrow.
Correct/Collect: "Random Logic"
Social Studies: Map of Europe**The blank map and instructions are on our classroom website. Click the link below and look under the Documents tab.
SpringBoard: Unit 1 Reflection
10/31/08
Opener: "Random Logic"
Correct & Collect: "Wordiness is Out"
SpringBoard: Turn in Embedded Assessment 1.2
Bullying Follow-Up
10/30/08
Opener: "Wordiness is Out"--revison by deleting practice
Correct/Collect: "Put the Extra in Ordinary"--revision by replacing practice
Social Studies: Islam Unit Test
SpringBoard: Review Scoring Guide for our revised narratives. Revised narratives are due tomorrow. Students should just have to fix their old version--most of the revision has taken place in class.
10/29/08
Opener: "Put the Extra in Ordinary"
Correct/Collect: "The Spread of Islam"
SpringBoard: "Revision by Replacing and Deleting"
Social Studies: Chapter 3 and 4 Review
***Test Tomorrow
10/28/08
Opener: "The Spread of Islam" (questions 1, 2, & 4)
Social Studies: "The Legacy of the Muslim Golden Age"
Unit Review: Islam Unit test Thursday!
SpringBoard: Revising by Replacing (page 53 & use this skill to revise your first Embedded Assessment)
10/27/08
Opener: Journal #7
Analyzing “tone”: Consider the novel you are reading; how has the author used tone? Think about the book, and select a specific passage where you can find the use of tone. What specific word choices were made to express tone? What tone(s) can you identify? Do you think the author did a good job of using tone in the passage? How important was the use of tone in the passage?
Correct and Collect: "Puppy Love"
Social Studies: "A Golden Age in the West" (pages 134-137, of chapter 4, lesson 3)
SpringBoard: Revision by Replacing (page 52)
10/24/08
Opener: "Puppy Love" logic problem (available on-line)
Collect: "Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Review"
Social Studies: Chapter 4 lesson 3, "Muslim Rule in Spain." All six lessons from this unit are available on Mr. Hall's site, under "Documents."
SpringBoard: "Revising Using Similies"
10/23/08
Opener: "Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Review"
Social Studies: Read Chapter 4 Lesson 2 and complete study guide
SpringBoard: Continuing our Revision Strategy of Adding using Similes.
10/22/08
Opener: Counselors came and gave a presentation on Bullying for our students.
Correct/Collect: "Primary Sources"
Social Studies: Preview Chapter 4 Lesson 2--"A Golden Age in the East"
10/21/08
Opener: "Primary Sources"
SpringBoard: "Revision Process: Revising by Addition"
Social Studies: Chapter 4 Lesson 1--"Expansion of Muslim Rule"
10/20/08
Opener: Journal #6
"Last Friday, we discussed and worked with three types of questions: literal, interpretive, and universal. If you don’t remember how they were different from each other, you may review them on page 45 in your SpringBoard book.
Today, I would like you to prepare three questions, one of each type, for the novel you are reading, or just finished reading. Please also include an answer to the questions."
SpringBoard: Tone in Phaethon (page 46)
Social Studies: read Chapter 4, lesson 1, “The Expansion of Muslim Rule.”
10/17/08
Opener: Logic Problem- "Jelly Beans" (available on Mr. Hall's site)
Correct and Collect: Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Literature
SpringBoard: "Phaethon-Questioning the Text." (available on the SpringBoard site; page 45)
Social Studies: "Islam After Muhammad" We'll finish lesson 3, and practice summarizing the lesson (for help with summarizing, see pages 104-105). We'll also have a study guide. The study guide will be available in class only.
10/16/08
Opener: Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Literature
SpringBoard: Venn Diagram for Derice in "Cool Runnings" and Phaethon in "Phaethon"
Social Studies: Chapter 3 Lesson 3 "Islam after Muhammad's Death"
10/15/08
Opener: "Reading 2" Diagnostic assessment--students, please log on to www.springboard.collegeboard.com and input your answers for the assignment called "Reading 2." Remember that your username is your student number, the password is PENINSULA and the school code is define.
Correct/Collect: "Scrambled Sentences"
SpringBoard: "Determining Life's Choices"
Social Studies: Reviewing our key terms sheet for Chapter 3 Lesson 2.
10/14/08
Opener: "Scrambled Sentences"
SpringBoard: Continue Phaethon
Social Studies: Review Islam and Muhammad
10/13/08
Opener: Journal #5--Choose three of your vocabulary words from your reading logs and discover the meaning by recording the context and guessing the meaning; then look them up in the dictionary and create a visual for the words.
Share/Collect: "Previewing the Headings and Pictures" Why is this an important skill?
SpringBoard: "Phaethon"--chunking the text and discussing the character's choices. At home, you may download the instructions from the "Phaethon" worksheet at Mr. Hall's website, under documents. How we chunked the text in class is also available on the site, under "Promethean Board" documents.
10/09/08
Opener: "Previewing the Headings and Pictures"--practicing a reading strategy for social studies.
Correct/Collect: "Jive with Five"
SpringBoard: "The Road Not Taken"--vocabulary
Social Studies: Continued lesson on "Islam and Muhammad"
10/08/08
Opener: "Jive with Five"--work with fragment and run-on sentences
Correct/Collect: "Running Down the Run-On Sentence"
SpringBoard: "The Road Not Taken--Choral Reading"
10/07/08
Opener: "Running Down the Run-on Sentence"--work sheet to practice our editing skills
SpringBoard: We passed back EA 1.1--narratives. If a student received an incomplete they need to make corrections and turn it in as soon as possible. We also discussed our next assessment which is to deeply revise our narratives by practicing adding, deleting and replacing text.
Social Studies: "Islam and Muhammed"--go to our class website to find the book section to read.
10/06/08
Journal #4: Please choose four of your vocabulary words from your reading logs and find their definitions. Then create four sentences using your vocabulary words. For example:
Definition: tradition--the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information
Sentence: It is tradition for us to sing "Happy Birthday" for each family member as we bring in the birthday cake.
Correct/Collect: "Where's the pun in homophones?"
SpringBoard: Hand in E.A.1.1 if you didn't on Friday.
Social Studies: Life on the Arabian Peninsula & Islam and Muhammad
10/3/08
Opener: "Where's the pun in homophones?" (available on Mr. Hall's website)
Correct and Collect: "Oops!"
Collect: SpringBoard Embedded Assessment 1.1, "A Narrative About Choice"
Social Studies: Read Chapter 3 Lesson 1, "Life on the Arabian Peninsula" and complete the worksheet, filling in details from the reading. Both the book and the worksheet are available on Mr. Hall's site under "Documents."
10/2/08
Opener: "Oops!"
Correct & Collect: "Expressing Problems Clearly"
SpringBoard: E.A. 1.1: Work on refining our rough drafts, following the final steps on page 26. Your Final Copy is due Friday. It should follow the scoring criteria on page 26, be neatly handwritten in ink or typed using Times New Roman 12 point font.
10/1/08
Opener: "Expressing Problems Clearly"
Share & Collect: "Bodacious Beginnings"
Review & Collect: Middle East map worksheet
SpringBoard: Embedded Assessment 1.1. Today we worked through the first three steps, as found on page 26. Remember, your narrative must be about a choice you made, and the consequences of that choice. Your rough draft should be double spaced, should have a clear beginning, middle, and end, and must have a lot of details! Bring your rough draft to class Thursday, so we can refine them in class.
9/30/08
Opener: "Bodacious Beginnings"
SpringBoard: Pet Peeves
Social Studies: Introduction to Islam Unit & Map Activity
9/29/08
Opener: Journal #3
Please describe an important event from your novel, or if you just started a new novel pick an important event from your last novel. Provide at lease four specific details about the event.
Correct/Collect: "Beach Balls" or "Brain Pain"
SpringBoard: "An Autobiographical Memory"
9/26/08
Opener: "Beach Balls" or "Brain Pain"--logical thinking practice
Correct/Collect: "Height of the Roman Empire"
SpringBoard: "An Autobiographical Memory"
Social Studies: Hand back Unit One quizes
9/25/08
Opener: "Height of the Roman Empire"--you will need an historical atlas
Social Studies: Unit One Quiz
SpringBoard: "Homophones"--go online to www.springboard.collegeboard.com and click the Instruction tab, then Level 2, then Unit 1 and "Homophones" to see a copy of the lesson.
9/24/08
Opener: Diagnostic Assessment(Reading 1)--Log on to SpringBoard online (the link is below) and complete the test under class assignments. This is not part of your grade in terms of what you get right or wrong. It is a way for Ms. Danberg and Mr. Hall to know what skills we still need to work on before the assessment that is graded.
Correct/Collect: "Finding the Main Idea"
Social Studies: "Interpreting History"--getting ready for our CHAPTER ONE QUIZ tomorrow.
9/23/08
Opener: "Finding the Main Ideas"
SpringBoard: "Know Your Roots: Word Choice" A blank form is available at the SpringBoard site; a completed form is available at Mr. Hall's site under "Documents" & "Promethean Board."
Social Studies: Continue "Interpreting the Past"; read pages 34 & 35, and complete a "Main Idea" chart for those pages.
**Unit One Quiz on Thursday (Latitude/Longitude/Finding the Main Idea)
9/22/08
Opener: Journal #2 Please choose six of your vocabulary words from your reading logs. List them and provide their denotations and connotations.
For example:
Autumn
Denotation: the season between summer and winter
Connotation: fall, rainy, candy, leaves, brown, dark afternoons, warm, cozy
Reminder: You should have two journal writes and 4 reading logs complete by now! Conferences begin during opener time this week.
Correct/Collect: "The Foreign Neighbors"
SpringBoard: "You Light Up My Life"--more connotations
Social Studies: Finishing up "Interpreting the Past"
9/19/08
Opener: "The Foreign Neighbors" logic problem
Correct & Collect: Atlas openers
SpringBoard: "Denotation and Connotation"
Social Studies: Interpreting the Past (pages 32-35). As you read prepare a "Main Idea/Detail" chart (page 30) for each section.
9/18/08
Opener: "Reviewing Basic Map Skills"--you will need an historical atlas
Correct/Collect: "'F' in Disguise"
SpringBoard: "Tough Choices: Selective Highlighting"
9/17/08
Opener: "'F' in Disguise"--spelling practice
Social Studies: Interpreting the Past--see reading pages on our class website (pages 31-32) plus modeling how to fill in the chart on page 30.
SpringBoard: Review of our first timed writing
9/16/08
Opener: Create a Portfolio Cover--It must have your first and last name and the theme for this year "Choices."
SpringBoard: "Timed Writing to a Prompt"
9/15/08
Opener: Journal #1:
Please record the title of your independent reading book and provide a four sentence summary of the book so far. Who are the characters? What is the main problem/plot?
Correct/Collect: "Ice Cream"
SpringBoard: Unpacking the first Embedded Assessment--Creating a Narrative About Choice--also available under the documents section of the website.
Social Studies: "Tools of History: Archaeology"
9/12/08
Opener: "Ice Cream"--logic problem
Correct/Collect: "Understanding Latitude and
Longitude"
Social Studies: Shared our "Thinking Historically" Paragraphs
Social Studies: Finished our SQ3R worksheet and reading and read pages 27 and 28 from the book and discussed changes in history over time
9/11/08
Opener: "Understanding Latitude and Longitude" and "Using Latitude and Longitude"--both of these are available under the documents section of the class website.
Correct/Collect: "A Mess in the End"
COllect: Learning to Think Historically"
Social Studies: "Discovering the Past"--reading section is available under the documents section of the class website.
9/10/08
Opener: "A Mess in the End"--more spelling practice
Correct/Collect: "Small Problems"
SpringBoard: "Brainstorming Choices"
9/9/08
Opener: "Small Problems"--spelling practice
Correct/Collect: "From Roman Republic to Empire"
Review Independent Reading Requirements
SpringBoard: Labeling our books
Social Studies: "Learning to Think Historically"--see the video linked on our class website.
9/8/08
Opener: "From Roman Republic to Empire" Students will need an historical atlas to complete this activity.
Correct/Collect: "Darnell's Class Schedule"
Review Scavenger Hunt
Introduce Independent Reading--There is a parent letter going home today regarding independent reading.
Permission Slip for Mr. Hall
9/5/08
Opener: "Darnell's Class Schedule"--a logic problem
Collect: Parent signature sheet
Finish/Collect: "Creating Classroom Norms" activity
Classroom Scavenger Hunt--getting to know the resources in our classroom.
9/4/08
Opener: "Creating Classroom Norms"--responding to questions about classroom community
Parent Letter Explained--to be signed and returned
Classroom Norm group activity
9/3/08
Opener: "Getting to Know You"--student questionaire
Introductions
--Who's Who in 201 and 202--getting to know us.
Some Favorite Links:
Springboard Curriculum Please visit this website if you would like to see our language arts curriculum for this year. With a student code you can access the actual book and activities, as well as, any diagnostic tests taken by your student.
World History Curriculum This link will take you to the website of our 7th grade social studies book. There are notes for each chapter, activities, and practice exams. Enjoy!
Our Class Website This website will have documents from class as well as important discussion notes students may have missed.
A Look Into Our Classroom This site has photos and discussions about what is going on in class. Check it out and see if you made it on the site.
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