Agenda

6/10:

School’s Out For Summer!

No Zoom

 

6/9:

Time Capsule Assignment Due

7th Grade Zoom Celebration at 1:30

 

6/8:

Time Capsule Assignment (due tomorrow)

*ALL missing work and extra credit opportunity due!

Final Zoom Office Hours

 

6/4:

Webquest: Renaissance An Art Exploration!

No Zoom Office Hours

6/3:

Webquest: Renaissance An Art Exploration!

Zoom Office Hours for Help

6/2:

Nearpod – The Renaissance

Zoom Office Hours for Help

6/1:

History of The Renaissance Video and Notes

Zoom Office Hours for Help

5/29:

Missing Work/Projects or GooseChase Extra Credit Opportunity

5/28:

CNN 10 Current Events

5/27:

Nearpod – Inca Civilization

5/26:

Response to Project Showcase 2

 

5/25:

No School 🙂

 

5/22:

Extra Credit Option – GooseChase Challenge 1

5/21:

Turn in Project 2 and Project 2 Check-in/Reflection

Zoom Office Hours – Something Fun!

5/20:

Have a classmate (electronically) or a family member Revise and Edit your Project 2

Zoom Office Hours for Project Help

5/19:

Revise and Edit Project 2

Zoom Office Hours for Project Help

5/18:

CNN 10 and Project 2 Check-In

Zoom Office Hours for Project Help

5/14:

CNN 10 Current Events

Project Work Time – Rough Draft Finished

NO Zoom Office Hours (I will be cleaning out my classroom.)

 

5/13:

Nearpod – The Maya

Zoom Office Hours –  Project or Nearpod Help and Something Fun!

 

5/12:

Project Work Time

Zoom Office Hours – Project Help

 

5/11:

Project Check-in

Project Work Time

Zoom Office Hours – Project Help

 

5/8:

Research and Plan for Project 2

 

5/7:

CNN 10 Current Events

Research and Plan for Project 2

Zoom Office Hours – Something Fun 🙂

5/6:

Nearpod: Exploring South America

Zoom Office Hours – Help with SMART Goals

5/5:

Choose Project 2

SMART Goal Written for Project 2

Zoom Office Hours – Help with SMART Goals

5/4:

Project 1 Showcase – Positive feedback required 🙂

Zoom Office Hours – Project Questions Answered

5/1:

Nearpod Field Trip  – Exploring Japan

No Zoom Office Hours

 

4/30:

CNN 10 – Current Events

Project Reflection (Project Check-in and Reflection DUE TODAY)

Project 1 DUE TODAY

Zoom Office Hours – Fun Charades Thursday!

 

4/29:

CNN 10 – Current Events

Revise/Edit/Polish Project

Zoom Office Hours for Project revision

 

4/28:

CNN 10 – Current Events

Revise/Edit/Polish Project

Zoom Office Hours for Project revision

 

4/27:

Project Check in Form (This will get turned in Thursday with your project.)

Zoom Office Hours for help with Check in and Projects

 

4/24:

Finish Rough Draft of Project

No Zoom Office Hours

 

4/23:

CNN 10 – Current Events

Project Work Time

Zoom Office Hours today is a fun Kahoot!

 

4/22:

CNN 10 – Current Events

Project Work Time

Zoom Office Hours for Project Help

 

4/21:

CNN 10 – Current Events

Project Work Time

Zoom Office Hours for Project Help

 

4/20:

Project  Check-in Form (Don’t turn this in yet, you will be adding to it.)

Zoom Office Hours for help with Check-in Form or Projects

 

4/17/20:

Project Work Time – Plan, Prepare, Research

NO Zoom Office Hours.

 

4/16/20:

Watch CNN 10

Project Work Time – Plan, Prepare, Research

Come to Zoom Office Hours for Project help.

 

4/15/20:

Go to the SMART Goal assignment. Watch the video and work on your SMART goal for project 1. SMART Goal due 4/16 for 35 points!

Come to Zoom Office Hours for help on your SMART goal.

 

4/14/20:

Decide which project you would like to complete first. Go over all the information in the assignment folder. Decide if you will be working alone or with a classmate.

Answer the Project Question in Google Classroom.

Come to Zoom Office Hours to ask project questions.

 

4/13/20:

Look through the Online Project overvue and all nine projects in Google classroom. DO NOT PANIC…YOU WILL ONLY COMPLETE 3 ASSIGNMENTS OF YOUR CHOICE THIS TRIMESTER

Write notes and questions to ask me during Zoom Office Hours.

 

4/10/20:

LA/SS:

Picture inserted in paragraph and share with classmates – Optional!

NO ZOOM OFFICE HOURS FRIDAY FOR CAL YOUNG!

4/9/20:

LA/SS:

Talk about online school – Optional!

Zoom – Peer Editing

4/8/20:

LA/SS:

Quarantine Metaphor Paragraph – Optional!

Zoom – Kahoot! Review

4/7/20:

LA/SS:

Simile and Metaphor Videos and Practice – Optional!

Zoom Etiquette 

4/6/20:

LA/SS:

World of Hearts – Optional!

 

3/20/20:

LA:

-Weedflower 7 and 8

-Journal

SS:

-STW

-Gold Age of Japan Research

 

3/19/20:

LA:

-Weedflower 5 and 6 

-Journal

SS:

-STW

-Read Heian-kyo: The Heart of Japan’s Golden Age

-Jigsaw Notes

 

3/18/20:

LA:

-Weedflower Chapter 3 and 4

-Journal

-Background Information

SS:

-CNN 10

-Tanka Poems

 

3/17/20:

LA:

-Journal

-Vocabulary Chapters 4-11

SS:

-STW

-Role of Confucianism and Prince Shotoku

 

3/16/20:

LA:

-Library: Check out Weedflower

-Weedflower Chapter 1 and 2

 

SS:

-STW

-Japan and its Neighbors

-Focused Notes

3/11/20:

LA:

-Weedflower Pre-reading Task Cards

-Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

 

SS:

-STW

-Primary Source: Role of Confucianism and Prince Shotoku

3/10/20:

LA:

–Manzanar Video

-Set up Weedflower Journal

-Weedflower Pre-reading Questions

 

SS:

-STW

-Geography Challenge; Japan

HW: Finish Geography Challenge

3/9/20:

LA:

-Book Fair Preview

-Japanese American Internment Background Research

-Mary TsuKamato Interview

 

SS:

-STW

-Geography Challenge: Japan

3/6/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Present Charity Movies and Vote

 

SS:

-STW

-Japan: Geography Presentation – notes in CJ

-Vocabulary for Japan

3/5/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Finish Charity Movies

 

SS:

-STW

-China Then and Now

3/4/20:

LA:

-Library Read-In

 

SS:

-STW

-Charity iMovies

 

3/3/20:

LA:

-SSR

– Charity Movies

 

SS:

-Documentary – Great Wall of China

 

3/2/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Make Charity Movies

 

SS:

-CNN 10

-Shark Tank: Pitch/Present

 

2/28/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Essay Due

-Charity Movie Story Board

 

SS:

-CNN 10

-Pitch/Present

2/27/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Bibliography with Easy-Bib 

-Persuasive Essay Revise and Edit

 

SS:

-Shark Tank Clip

-Worktime: Poster, Prototype, Pitch

2/26/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Persuasive Essay Rough Draft

HW: Finish Essay RD

 

SS:

-Shark Tank Clip

-Worktime: Poster, Prototype, Pitch

 

2/25/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Persuasive Essay RD

SS:

-Shark Tank Clip

-Project Plan – Shark Tank

2/24/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Persuasive Essay Outline

 

SS:

-Intro to Shark Tank – Clip

-Groups and Invention Assigned

-Additional Research in CJ

 

2/21/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Persuasive Essay RD

 

SS:

-CNN 10

-Golden Age of Medieval China Reading

-Mark the Text/Graphic Organizer

2/20/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Charity Research

 

SS:

-STW

-Silk Road Presentation and Questions

2/19:20:

 

LA:

-SSR

-Charity Research

SS:

-CNN 10

-Silk Road Simulation

 

2/18:20:

LA:

-SSR

-Choose a Charity

SS:

-CNN 10

-Finish Letter to an Emperor

-Coronavirus Research

2/14/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Choose a Charity

-Charity Research

SS:

-STW

-China Develops a New Economy/or Finish Letter

-Focused Notes

2/13/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Application in Advertisements – Ethos, Pathos, Logos

-Introduction to Charity Project

-Brainstorm Local/Familiar Charities

SS:

-CNN 10

-Letter to an Emperor

2/12/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Understanding Rhetorical Devices

SS:

-STW

-The Political Development of Imperial China

-Focused Notes

2/11/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Introduction to Rhetoric – Ethos, Pathos, Logos

SS:

  • China Vocabulary
  • The Political Development of Imperial China
  • Focused Notes

 

2/10/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Ethos, Pathos, Logos

-Prove Something Ridiculous

SS:

-Born In China

-Video Notes on Geography

 

2/7/20:

MAPS Testing

2/6/20:

LA:

SSR

-Long Walk to Water Final Assessment

 

SS:

STW

Geography Challenge

2/5/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Long Walk Kahoot!

– 3rd Guest Speaker

 

SS:

-STW

Setting the Stage: Imperial China

-Geography Challenge

2/4/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Library

-New Book Love Journal

 

SS:

-Africa Assessment

-CNN 10

2/3/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Turn in Long Walk Packets

-Long Walk CSG’s

 

SS:

-CNN 10

-Naviance

 

1/30/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Long Walk to Water Chp. 17-End

-Finish Packet

HW: Packet due Monday!

 

SS:

-A Lost Boy Finds His Purpose

-Study Guide for Africa Assessment

Assessment will be Tuesday 2/4 and you may use whatever notes you can fit on ONE side of the provided note card.

  • Geography and Trade
  • Griots
  • Mansa Musa
  • Gold and Salt
  • Introduction of Islam to Africa
  • Sundiata
  • Lost Boys of Sudan

1/29/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Should the U.S. Admit more Refugees?

-Persuasive Paragraph

 

SS:

-A Lost Boy Finds His Purpose

-Study Guide for Africa Assessment

 

1/28/20:

LA:

-SSR

-GC Infer

-Refugee Webquest

-Exit Ticket

HW: Finish Webquest

 

SS:

-God Grew Tired of Us – Lost Boys of Sudan

1/27/20:

*Author Visit! Alexandra Diaz

LA:

-SSR

-L W to W Chapter 15 and 16

 

SS:

-Mask Due

-God Grew Tired of Us

 

1/24/20:

LA:

-SSR

-L W to W Chapter 15 and 16

-Packet

*Water Usage Due

 

SS:

-STW
-Family Griot Mask

HW: Finish mask

1/23/20:

LA:

-SSR

-L W to Water Chapter 13 and 14

-Packet

HW: Track Water Usage

 

SS:

-CNN 10
– Family Griot Mask

1/22/20:

LA:

-SSR 

-L W to W Chapter 11 and 12

-Packet

HW: Track Water Usage

 

SS:

-STW
-African Art and Music

-West African Crossword

 

1/21/20:

LA:

-SSR

-L W to W Chapter 9 and 10

-Packet

HW: Track Water Usage – Due Friday

SS:

-CNN 10
-Finish Sundiata

 

1/17/20:

LA:

LA:

-SSR

-L W to W Chapter 7 and 8

-Packet

 

SS:

-CNN 10
-Sundiata

 

1/16/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Present on Water Borne Illness

 

SS:

-STW

-Finish Medieval African Webquest

 

1/15/20:

LA:

-SSR L W to W Chapter 6

-Finish Presentation on Water Borne Illness

 

SS:

-STW

-Medieval African Kingdoms Webquest

1/14/20

LA:

-SSR

-L W to W Chapter 5

-Water Borne Illness Research

SS:

-CNN 10

-Naviance

1/13/20:

LA:

-SSR

-L W to Water Chapter 4

-Water Borne Illness Research

SS:

-STW

-Who Were the Medieval West Africans? 

-Reading and Review Game

 

1/10/20:

LA:

-SSR

-L W to W Chapters 3 and 4

-Packet 3 and 4

 

SS:

-CNN 10

-African Current Event by Region

1/9/20:

LA:

-SSR

-L W to W Chapters 1 & 2

-Packet 1 and 2

SS:

-STW

-African Current Event by Region

1/8/20:

LA:

-SSR

-Vocabulary

-Map

-Prereading Slides

SS:

-CNN 10

-Africa Map

1/7/20:

LA:

-Student Vue Evaluation/SSR

-Anticipation Guide

-Just Add Water Documentary

SS:

-STW

-Africa Map

 

12/20/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Word Puzzle/Holiday Kahoot!

SS:

-Present

12/19/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Current Event Analysis

SS:

-Present

 

12/18/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Current Event Analysis

SS:

-Work on Group Presentation

-Begin Presenting

 

12/17/19 :

LA:

-SSR

-Finish Tribute Poem

SS:

-CNN 10

-Work on Group Presentation

12/16/19:

Ducks Basketball Game!

 

12/13/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Current Event Analysis

SS:

-CNN 10

-Work on Group Presentation

12/12/19

LA:

-SSR

-Annabel Lee Tribute Poem Final/Print/Illustrate

SS:

-Write Speech

– Revise and Print

 

12/11/19

LA:

-SSR

-Annabel Lee Tribute Poem – Prewrite/Rough Draft

SS:

-Write Speech

12/10/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Annabel Lee Poetry Analysis

SS:

-Finish Research 

-Bibliography

12/9/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Finish Yo Ghana! Letter 2 with drawings or pictures

SS:

-Research

-Websites

12/6/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Final Draft/Drawings or Pictures

-Free Rice!

SS:

-CNN 10

-Research – Books

12/5/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Yo Ghana! Letters – Finish Rough Draft

SS:

-Introduction to Muslim Contributions Project

-List Top 4

-Nearpod – The Islamic Golden Age

 

12/4/19:

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-Yo Ghana! Letters – Rough Draft

SS:

-CNN 10

-Gallery Walk – Muslim Contributions

 

12/3/19:

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-Goal Setting

-Yo Ghana! Read Letters/Rough Draft

SS:

-STW

-Five Pillars of Me

 

11/27/19:

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-Harris Burdick Read-Around and Compliment Cards

-Word Puzzle

SS:

-CNN 10

-Five Pillars of Me

 

11/26/19:

LA:

-Library: 2nd and 4th

-Read-In

SS:

-CNN 10

-Five Pillars of Me

-Introduce Project/Brainstorm

 

11/25/19:

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-Harris Burdick Print with Cover

SS:

-STW

-Five Pillars of Islam

-Read  in Google Classroom

-Notes

 

11/22/19:

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-Harris Burdick Self and Peer Edit

-COPS

SS:

-CNN 10

-Five Pillars of Islam

-Jigsaw Read Articles in Google Classroom

 

11/21/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Harris Burdick Revise

-ARMS

SS:

-CNN 10

-The Life of Muhammad/Open Mind Notes

 

11/20/19:

LA:

-SSR

-Harris Burdick Revise 

-Sensory Detail and Word Choice

SS:

-CNN 10

-Finish Geography

-The Life of Muhammad/Open Mind Notes

 

11/19/19:

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-Finish Harris Burdick Rough Draft

SS:

-STW

-Vocabulary

-Geography of the Arabian Peninsula/Notes

 

11/18/19:

LA:

-Check Student Vue for Missing Work

-SSR and Journal

-Harris Burdick Rough Draft 

-Dialogue Practice

SS:

-Quizlet/Notes Back

-Unit 1 Assessment

 

11/15:19:

SS:

-Quizlet/Study Silently

-Unit 1 Assessment 

 

LA:

-SSR

-Harris Burdick Rough Draft

-Paragraphing – SETS

 

11/14/19:

SS:

-STW

-Chapter 5 – Decline of Feudalism

-Jigsaw Reading and Notes

-Plague Simulation

LA:

-SSR

-Harris Burdick Rough Draft

-Show Don’t Tell

 

11/13/19

SS:

-CNN 10

-Quizlet Live – Practice Vocabulary

-Finish Chapter 4 Jigsaw Notes

 

LA:

-SSR

-Harris Burdick Rough Draft

11/12/19

SS:

-STW

-Read Chapter 4 – Life in Medieval Towns

-Focused Notes I and II

LA:

-SSR

-Harris Burdick Website Rough Draft

 

11/6/19

SS:

-CNN 10

-Finish Postcard

LA:

-SSR

-Conference Letter

-Harris Burdick Prewrite/Plot Graph

 

11/5/19

SS:

-STW

-Why Were Medieval Towns so Unhygienic? 

-Postcard from a Medieval Town

LA:

-SSR

-Conference Letter

-Harris Burdick Prewrite

 

11/4/19

SS:

-CNN 10

-Magnificent Medieval Europe

-Life in Medieval Europe Video

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-Habits of Learning

-Harris Burdick Introduction

-Gallery Walk/Brainstorm

HW: 20 Minutes Reading

 

11/1/19:

SS:

-CNN 10

-Feudalism Nearpod

-RAFT Writing

LA:

-SSR

-Three Skeleton Key Kahoot! Review

-Three Skeleton Key RACER

HW: 20 Minutes Reading

 

10/31/19:

SS:

-STW

-Feudalism Simulation

-Feudalism vs. Our Lives

LA:

-SSR

-Finish Three Skeleton Key

-Comprehension Questions

HW: 20 Minutes Reading

 

10/30/19:

SS:

-CNN 10

-Read Chapter 2 Feudal Europe

-Notes

LA:

-SSR

-Vocabulary Review

-Continue Three Skeleton Key

HW: 20 Minutes Reading

 

10/29/19:

SS:

-STW

-Read Chapter 2 Feudal Europe

-Notes

LA:

-SSR

-Three Skeleton Key Vocabulary

-Begin Reading

HW: 20 Minutes Reading

 

10/28/19:

SS:

-CNN 10

-Jigsaw Legacy of Rome

-Nearpod Assessment  – Rome Then and Now

LA:

-SSR

-Rikki-tikki-tavi Movie

-Venn Diagram

HW: 20 Minutes Reading

 

10/25/19:

SS:

-STW

-Quizlet Vocabulary Practice

-Focused Notes Legacy of Rome

LA:

-SSR

-Rikki-tikki-tavi Assessment

10/24/19:

Career Exploration Field Trip 10:00-1:00

SS:

-CNN 10

-Nearpod – Ghost of the Coliseum

LA:

-SSR and Journal

 

10/23/19:

SS:

-CNN 10

-Career Fair Prep

LA:

-SSR

-Kahoot! Review Rikki-tikki-tavi

10/22/19

SS:

-STW

-Read 1.1-1.2

-Fall of Rome Notes

LA:

-SSR

-Career Exploration – How do I communicate my skills?

-Resume

-Mock Interviews

 

10/21/19

SS:

-STW 

-Roman Numerals

-Practice and Kahoot!

LA:

-Library

–Career Exploration – Who will be there and what should I say?

-Research and Question Writing

 

10/18/19:

SS:

-CNN 10

-Geography Challenge

LA:

-SSR

-Socratic Seminar Rikki-tikki-tavi

-Courage/Family Cards

HW: Finish Cards

 

10/17/19:

SS:

-STW

-Read Text Setting the Stage

-Geography Challenge

LA:

-SSR

-Exit Ticket

-Plot Graph

HW: Finish Plot Graph

 

10/16/19:

SS:

-MAP Assessment

-Unit 1 Vocabulary with Quizlet

LA:

-Finish reading Rikki-tikki-tavi

-Perspective Chart

 

10/15/19:

SS:

-STW

-MAP Assessment

LA:

-SSR

-Vocabulary Practice

-Continue Reading Rikki-tikki-tavi

 

10/14/19

SS:

-Naviance

-Textbook Scavenger Hunt

LA:

-SSR

-Personification

-Entrance Ticket

-Begin Reading Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

 

10/9/19

SS:

-CNN 10

-Finish Yo Ghana! Letter 1

-Textbook Scavenger Hunt

LA:

-SSR

-Anticipation Guide for Rikki-tikki-tavi

-Vocabulary Practice

10/8/19

SS:

-CNN 10

-Editing Checklist

-Yo Ghana! Final Drafts

LA:

-SSR

– The Mongoose passage

-RACER

 

10/7/19

SS:

-CNN 10

-Yo Ghana! Rough Drafts

LA:

-Career Exploration – Who should I talk to? 

-Survey

-SSR

10/4/19

SS:

-STW – The Danger of a Single Story

-Yo Ghana! Brainstorm

LA:

-SSR

-Balderdash

 

10/3/19

SS:

-STW

-Go over Latitude and Longitude Work

-Yo Ghana! Introduction

LA:

-SSR

-You Are in the Picture Print/Assemble/Share

 

10/2//19

SS:

-CNN 10

-Latitude and Longitude Practice

-Career fair Field Trip Permission Slip

HW:Finish Latitude and Longitude

        Field Trip permission slip signed

LA:

-SSR

-You Are in the Picture Revise and Edit

 

10/01/19

SS:

-STW

-World Map Review

LA:

-SSR

-You Are in the Picture Rough Draft

HW: Read 10 minutes

 

9/30/19

SS:

-CNN 10/Agenda Check

-World Map Review

LA:

-SSR

-You Are in the Picture Prewrite

HW: Read 10 minutes

 

9/27/19

CW:

-Study Vocabulary

-Biome Test

LA:

-SSR and Journal

-My Room

-You Are in the Picture Prewrite

HW: Missing Work

 

9/26/19

SS:

    • Biome Presentations
    • Biome Review – Kahoot!

HW: Study  Vocabulary for Biome Test

LA:

    • SSR
    • My Room – GC

 

9/25/19

SS:

    • CNN 10
    • Finish Presentation
    • Biome Presentations

HW: Study Unit Vocabulary

LA:

  • SSR 
  • Similes
  •  

 

9/24/19

SS:

    • Vocabulary Practice
    • Make Presentation Slides

LA:

    • SSR and Journal
    • Book Talk Sign-Up/Expectations
    • Sensory Detail/Similes

 

9/23/19

SS: AVID Survey in GC, Biome Research in GC

HW: Study Vocabualry

LA: SSR, Journal, The Monster – Sensory Detail

HW: Read 15 minutes

 

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