Monday, November 23, 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009

Today in class students started their Unit 5 Vocabulary Boxes.
For each word students need to write:
two things the word is like
two things the word is not like
draw and color one picture to illustrate the word.

The vocabulary boxes are due on Tuesday. They will also have their vocabulary quiz on Tuesday. PreAp students will need to know the definition of the word AND be able to spell the word correctly.

On Monday all students will have a warmup quiz. An example of a quiz question would be: What was the answer to the warmup on September 22nd? or What was the warmup question on October 12th? Students will be able to use their notebooks where they have written the warmups on the quiz. If students were absent or want to check their warmups they can find a record of all the warmups by clicking the link on the left side of the blog.

Friday, November 13, 2009

UNIT 4 Test is on Wednesday, November 18th.

All students will take their Unit 4 Test on November 18th. Unit 4 is one of the hardest units that we study all year. To help students review I will hold an after school review session on Tuesday, November 17th from 3:15 - 4:15. Permission slips will be sent home on Monday to all students who are interested. Students are also welcome to come before school or for lunch to review.

Click here for the ActivVote Review

Unit 4 covers Colonial America and students need to know the following:

The 3 major areas of Colonial America (New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern) and be able to describe the climate/geography, political/civic live, social life and economic life for each areas.

The First Settlements (Roanoke Island, Jamestown, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay, Pennsylvania and Georgia. For each settlement students need to know where it is, who settled there and why they settled there.

Occupations in Colonial America (Slaves, Indentured Servants, Artisans, Women, Large Landowners, Farmers). Students need to be able to describe each of these occupations.

Monday, November 9, 2009

PreAp has a quiz tomorrow on Colonial America. They need to know about the political/civic life, economic life, social life and climate/geography of the three areas of Colonial America.
Colonial America Millionaire Game
Colonial America Challenge Board
Colonial America Battleship

In all the other classes we took notes on Colonial Life in New England. Students need to complete their drawings of New England for homework. See the post below for an example of my drawings.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

PreAp classes took notes on Tuesday on Colonial America. They will use these notes to complete drawings of the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern Colonies on Friday. PreAp students will have a quiz on this information on Tuesday, November 10th. Click here for the notes and drawing worksheet and click here for the PowerPoint that goes with the notes sheet.

All other classes began working on their cartoon projects on colonization. Students will use the computer to design a cartoon about one of the early English settlements. We will work on these projects on Thursday and Friday.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

In class on Monday students completed a review sheet for their quiz on Wednesday. Click here for the review sheet.

Unit 4 Battleship

Unit 4 Millionaire


The quiz on Wednesday will cover:

  1. Location of the 13 colonies (South, Mid-Atlantic, New England)
  2. Colonization notes on the 6 settlements (Roanoke Island, Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Pennsylvania and Georgia)
  3. Occupations of people living in the colonies (Farmers, Women, Slaves, etc.)