The First Settlers
Thursday, 9/21:brief discussion of Native American Unit and a preview of this unit. Went over CLASS POLICIES. Then students take a "Pre Test" on poetry terms.
Friday: Students watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVm1VoEvGVI on the first settlers; link also found on schoology. Students must take 10 notes/facts on the video. This assignment is also on schoology. The film and notes are due by the next class period.
Monday, 9/25: watched short videos on John Smith/Jamestown and Plymouth/Mayflower; both videos are on schoology. Then, assigned questions on Smith due tomorrow.
Tuesday: Class-earned field trip to Goshen Coffee. Students must have guardian-signed permission slip prior to walking to the coffee shop during class.
Wednesday: Discussed John Smith questions, then assigned the questions on Plymouth/Bradford.
Thursday: quiz on Bradford and Smith. Discussed Bradford/Plymouth, and then assigned Jonathan Edwards and Cotton Mather reading and questions.
Friday: Worked on Edwards and Mather questions, which are due on Monday.
Monday, 10/2: Informal discussion of Edwards and Mather questions. Then,
Begin Anne Bradstreet poems questions working in pairs. Complete "To My Dear and Loving Husband" questions by tomorrow.
Tuesday: complete the Anne Bradstreet poems questions in pairs.
Wednesday: One-day graded discussion on AB poems. Students must have 7 points by the end of the day; students who are absent may write a formal paragraph answering the question, how are Bradstreet's poems typical of Puritans? Submit the paragraph on schoology.
Thursday: Complete GD on AB Poems. Kids who are absent can submit a formal paragraph on schoology. Assigned a letter inspired by the unit. The assignment is on schoology. .click here for the letter assignment.
Friday: Assigned an illustration inspired by the unit. Must include the title, the writer's name, and a quote. No tracing! Extra credit for best.
Tuesday, 10/10: Choose best letter and illustration.
Wednesday: Defined Literary Terms on schoology.
Thursday: We went over the Literary Terms.
Friday: Went over the schedule for next week, and played a game.
Monday: Begin next unit!
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Went over contract/rules .
Tuesday and Thursday, choose best letters. Then, students check grades to see what they're missing. For homework, students submit any missing assignments through schoology.
Edwards and Mathers.
Tuesday:Brainstormed questions for Abby England. Informal discussion of DW 7. Prepared for lit terms test by doing DW 8. Lit devices examples. For DW 8, kids write 3 examples of each of the 14 devices listed in the Lit. Terms handout (Part I).
Wednesday: Prepare for lit terms test.
Thursday: Guest speaker Abby England, 3rd hour.
Friday: Practice lit terms with a partner.
Monday, practice for lit test.
Tuesday: literature Terms Test. Then, tableau time! In groups of 4 students create a tableau inspired by the unit. 5 extra credit points for the best one.