Have a Good Weekend

All Classes:

• We went to the computer lab today and continued working on our posters on the computer
• We are teamed up with Mrs. Myers' Science classes for this project
• We will have one more day in the computer (Tuesday)
• This will count as a test grade!!!!
• We turned in current events today
• We watched the week in rap

Homework:

• Current events if you did not turn them in today
• GREAT project due in 10 days (May 13th)

What we did Today!

All Classes:

• We began the last leg of the PBL that our students have been working on for three weeks. Students began this in their English and Elective classes and continued this into math class. Social Studies and Science are the last portion of this project.
• What is the PBL? (project based learning)
• We chose to have the students do a recycling PBL and teamed up with the elective teachers as well.
• Science and Social Studies classes will be working together to form an advertising campaign for recycling.
• Students are grouped in 2's or 3's and will have to develop their own poster using Publisher in the computer lab.
• We began working on this today and will finish it on Tuesday.

Homework:

Current events due tomorrow
GREAT project due in 11 days (May 13th)

What we did Today!

All Classes:

• Today we took our Greece test
• We began working on our Political map of Europe
• Continued to work on our "Save the Earth" article out of the Junior Scholastic magazine

Homework:

• Current Events due Friday
• GREAT project due in 12 days (May 13th)

Question about #1 and #4 on Study Guide

There was someone who posted anonymously but commented on a Sept. 9th post.

I'm assuming you meant what is question 1 and 4 on the study guide for Greece's test tomorrow.

Question 1:
Polis means city-state
Acropolis is a "high city", usually the highest, most fortified point in a city-state

Question 4:
Direct Democracy: When all adults take part in decision-making EX: Athens
Representative Democracy: When we elect individuals to represent us in government EX: United States

Greece TEST tomorrow!!!

All Classes:

• Finished reviewing for Greece test
• Played review game
• Began working on "Saving the Earth" Junior Scholastic in groups... this is an introduction to our PBL (problem based learning) activity that we will start on Thursday.

Homework:

• Study for Greece test
• Current Events due Friday
• 13 school days until GREAT project is due (May 13th)

Links to the Review games if you want to practice tonight:

Game 1:

http://www.superteachertools.com/speedmatch/online/game20747/

Game 2:

http://www.superteachertools.com/speedmatch/online/game20748/

Welcome Back!!!

I hope everyone had a relaxing and fun Spring Break!! Hopefully we are all refreshed and ready to dive into our last leg of the school year.

What we did today in All Classes:

• Received our current events notebooks
• Got back many papers that we worked on the week prior to break
• We reviewed these papers and corrected our answers 
• We received study guides today in preparation for our Greece test

Homework:

• Greece test Wednesday
• Current Events due Friday
• GREAT project due May 13th (in 14 school days)

SPRING BREAK!! WOO HOO!!!

All Classes:

• Finished watching Devil's Arithmetic
• Turned in any unfinished work from the week
• NO CURRENT EVENTS today
• Watched the Week in Rap

I am going to give out a study guide for GREECE on Monday after Spring Break. I did not give it today because I did not want students to lose it over Spring Break. 

Be ready for a test on GREECE on Wednesday after Spring Break.

Have a great SPRING BREAK! Be safe! Find lots of chocolate in your Easter Baskets!!!

What we did Today!

All Classes:

• Finished 4 papers (Persian Wars, At War, Pelopponesian Wars, Alexander the Great) and handed these in
• Roman Threat/Timeline papers were handed in... if not done in class this was homework for those individuals
• Began watching The Devil's Arithmetic in Block 3
• Continued watching The Devil's Arithmetic in Block 1
• Block 2 will begin watching this tomorrow

Homework
No Current Events
Only individuals who have been absent or did not finish papers from class have homework tonight

Reminder:

GREAT project is due May 13th... once we get back from Spring Break that only leaves 3 weeks

What we did Today!

My apologies for not writing for the past two days. I have had a substitute in the classroom due to illness.

The past three days (Mon, Tues, Wed) all classes have been working on papers on the topic of Greece.
These include:
1) Persian Wars
2) At War/Weapons
3) Alexander the Great
4) Peloponnesian Wars
5) Roman Threat/Timeline
6) Review Quiz 1 and 2 (these are not graded as a real quiz)

These papers should have been completed as of today; however, there are some students still not done. I will allow time in class tomorrow to continue to work on these.

The Reveiw Quizzes do NOT need to be done at this time. We will work on those Friday.

Block 3 had a homework assignment on Monday. They received 3 quotes from famous Greeks. They were to write 6-8 sentences about their thoughts on each quote. This should have included 3 separate paragraphs. The substitute did not collect these on Tuesday and so I collected them today. 

Block 1 started watching the Devil's Arithmetic in class which is based on the Holocaust.

There are NO CURRENT EVENTS this week. It is my Spring Break present to the students.

What we did Today!

Block 2:

• Progress reports were turned in today
• Turned in current events
• Watched the week in rap
• Turned in Socrates, Aristotle, Pericles Homework
• Continued with Athens and Sparta notes

Homework for block 2

• current events if these were not turn in today
• Sparta and Athens quiz will be Tuesday

Blocks 1 and 3:

·      Progress reports were turned in today

·    We turned in our current events and watched the week in rap.

·    We turned in our Socrates, Aristotle, and Pericles homework.

·    Reviewed Athens and Sparta information.

·    Worked on papers that we received yesterday: Persian Wars, Pelopponesian Wars, Alexander the Great, and At War/Weapons of War. These were done in groups. 

Homework:

• Athens and Sparta quiz Monday
• Current events if you have yet to turn this in

What we did Today!

All Classes:

• Collected signed progress reports
• Worked on papers about the Persian Wars, Weapons of War, Peloponnesian War, and Alexander the Great
• We will discuss more about these tomorrow in class
• Half the class was spent in the computer lab with the guidance counselors working on scheduling for next year

Homework:

• Progress reports due tomorrow
• Socrates, Aristotle, and Pericles fill-in-the-blank worksheet due tomorrow
• Current Events due tomorrow

There is no quiz tomorrow like originally planned. The quiz on Sparta and Athens will now be on Monday.

Remember to bring in items for the food drive for the GREAT project. These are due by May 13th.

What we did Today!

Blocks 1 and 3:

• Handed out progress reports today
• Finished notes on Athens and Sparta
• Went over answers on Athens and Sparta worksheet
• Discussed differences in Athens and Sparta education
• Talked about Hippocrates and the Hippocratic Oath

Block 2:

• Handed out progress reports today
• Began notes on Athens and Sparta
• All students are now done with their Quiz Wizards on Brazil and Time Zones

Homework for All Classes:

• Progress reports due back signed by Friday
• Athens and Sparta quiz on Friday... look over notes and readings from class
• Current events due Friday

What we did Today!

Blocks 1 and 3:

• Reviewed Quiz Wizard and Junior Scholastic maps. Received stickers for Quiz Wizard.
• Finished Athens and Sparta worksheets.
• Began notes on Athens and Sparta.

Block 2:

• Finished Gods/Goddesses paper
• Finished Quiz Wizards and Junior Scholastic Maps
• Began working on Athens and Sparta worksheets.

Homework for All Classes:

• Current Events due Friday
• Progress reports will go home tomorrow

What we did Today!

Blocks 1 and 2:

• G.R.E.A.T. class was done by Mr. Bullins
• We received our South America test and Minoans/Mycenaeans quiz back; We reviewed these and received stickers

Block 3:

• Mr. Bullins was unable to conduct G.R.E.A.T. today; most likely he will make this up later this week
• We received our South America test and Minoans/Mycenaeans quiz back; We reviewed these and received stickers
• We worked with partners to complete our Athens and Sparta question sheet... we will continue this tomorrow

Homework All Classes:
Current events are due Friday


REMINDER: May 13th is approaching fast!!! Get your GREAT projects done.

What we did Today!

All Classes:

• Turned in current events
• Watched the week in rap
• Finished Greek gods and goddesses worksheet and turned this in (block 3: you did this on Wednesday)
• Finished Junior Scholastic Quiz Wizard (block 2: some of you still have more to finish)
• Began working on Athens and Sparta questions

Homework
If you didn't turn in your current events, then you need to have two articles done by Monday.
Block 2: you need to have your Greek Gods and Goddesses worksheet completed if you have not done so.