Mrs. Suggs: April 2007

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April 27, 2007

Assignments for week of 4/30-5/4/07

**Plans are always subject to change if the need arises.**

Lesson Plans – week of 4/30-5/4/07

Monday:

1. Tests will be returned on Tuesday – after Chorus and Orchestra students have taken the test
2. Judge illustrations
3. Read poem “Thar’s More in the Man Than Thar Is in the Land” together and discuss
4. Students complete backside of worksheet – chart of Thought Questions – on own – read pages 206-207 to complete worksheet.
5. Progress reports distributed

**Progress reports - project grades from Civil War journal project will not be posted on this progress report. I am grading and returning a few of these each day:-)

Tuesday:

1. Return tests.
2. Go over chart from yesterday.
3. Have students look over Georgia Labor Contract and answer 5 questions – discuss as a class – as an overlay.
4. Students read – on own – pages 207-210 to prepare for note taking activity.
5. Take notes on pages 207-210 – teacher writes on overlay and students supply answers.

Wednesday:

1. Read pages 210-216 – individually – and complete cloze activity with chart on “Political Reconstruction”

Thursday:

1. Go over cloze activity and chart – have students fill in any missing gaps on their sheets.
2. Watch Georgia Stories Program 10 – The Rise of Modern Georgia, Part I (Reconstruction and Growth) – discuss afterwards

Friday:

1. ACROSTIC on “Reconstruction” – test grade for chapter

Watch video – What if the South had won the War? and discuss - we will start this today and finish on Monday.

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April 23, 2007

Weekly assignments - week of 4/23-4/27/07

Here are our assignments for this week:
Monday and Tuesday - Watch video of Sherman's March w/question and fact sheet

Wednesday- Projects due (this due date was extended from 4/24 to 4/25

Thursday- Review for chapter 13 (The Civil War) test

Friday- 1. Chapter 13 test
2. Illustrate chapter 14 - Reconstruction

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April 16, 2007

Weekly assignments - week of 4/16-4/20

We have a shortened class schedule due to CRCT testing in homeroom.

Lesson Plans – 4/16-4/20 (CRCT testing- 40 minute classes)
**notebook check sometime between Mon. - Wed. of this week**

Monday:

1. Introduce project – diary/journal project with character cards - due on Tuesday, 4/24 *video from last week and the ones from this week (along with textbook information and information found on the internet) should be helpful in completing the project.
2. Finish notes from Friday.
3. Read pages 191-194 and answer questions #1-4 - due Wednesday.

Tuesday:

1. Watch Georgia Stories II – The Civil War, Part I
2. Work on project.

Wednesday:

1. Go over questions pages 191 (from last week) and 194 from Monday.
2. Civil War “Word Research” puzzle – pairs compete to see who can fill in sheet 1st for some sort of prize.
3. Work on project.

Thursday: Jakaitis

1. Watch Georgia Stories I – Program 9 First Century of Statehood, Part IV (The Civil War) – Battle of Jonesboro, The Civil War and the Black Soldier, and Andersonville Prison.
2. Follow up video with questions related to topics featured in the video.

Suggs:

1. Watch Georgia Stories II – Program 8 – The Civil War, Part II - March to the Sea and Thomasville: Playground of the Northern Industrialists.
2. Follow up video with questions related to topics featured in the video.
3. Work on project - project is due Tuesday, 4/23

Friday: Suggs

Jakaitis:

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April 13, 2007

Notebook check next week (week of 4/16)

Here are the items that should be in your notebook - notebook check either Mon, Tues, or Wed:
1. North Before the War
2. South Before the War
3. Growing Economic and Regional Diff.
4. ?'s pages 169 and 173
5. Road to War packet
6. Framed paragraph - beg. of chapter 12
7. ?'s pg. 178
8. Reaction to slavery - letter
9. ch. 12 vocabulary story
10. ?'s page 180 and 182
11. Ch. 12 review
12. ch. 12 test
13. ch. 13 illustration
14. Strengths vs. Weaknesses
15. ch. 13 ?'s
16. Bull Run ?'s
17. Comparing soldiers - Billy Yank vs. Johnny Reb
18. Ch. 13 notes sheet - 2 column notes

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April 10, 2007

Weekly assignments - week of 4/9 - 4/13

Monday: 1. Return test chapter 12 - given before Spring Break

2. Review reasons for Civil War

3. Begin discussion of chapter 13
4. Strengths and weaknesses of Union and Confederacy before the war

Tuesday:
1. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses worksheet from yesterday
2. terms of the war - quiz on Friday of this week
3. Read pages 184-188 and answer question on page 188

Wednesday:
1. Go over questions page 188
2. Pose question - students write in notebook - "Do you think you would be will to fight against someone in your own family (like in a war) based on your feelings about different political issues? Why/why not?
3. Review Civil War terms - quiz on Friday
4. Map activity - War Divides The Nation - 1861
5. Read pages 188-191 and answer questions page 191

Thursday:
1. Go over map activity from yesterday
2. Watch DVD on Bull Run and answer questions that go along with it
3. Compare Johnny Reb and Billy Yank - soldiers from each side - differences

Friday:
1. Quiz on terms
2. Take notes on Civil War - 2 column notes

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Textbook adoption

If you are interested in viewing the two different textbooks that we are thinking of adopting for next year, they are now available for view in the media center.
Thanks
Amy Suggs

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April 01, 2007

Dance Tickets

If you did not purchase your dance ticket the week of 3/26 (the week before Spring Break), you can still do so. You will need to see Mrs. Johnson - she will need your $, your shirt size, and your 6th period teacher. Dance tickets are $20. You don't want to miss this great time!!!

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