classwork Wed. Feb. 2

English: Use correct MLA format to write a bibliography (Works Cited page) for your research report. Cite sources including books, encyclopedia entries, magazine articles and websites.

Social Studies: 1.) Discuss the causes and effects of the War with Mexico. 2.) Explain how the Gold Rush changed California.  3.) Describe why the Mormons came to Utah and the community they built there.

English Intervention: Assesment: Identify literary devices in “The Overhead Man” (such as: metphor, simile, symbolism, dialect, irony) that define a writer’s style.

classwork Tuesday Feb. 1

English: 1.) complete Literary Devices Chart: Identify the use of irony and other literary devices in “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe and explain how these contribute to the mood of the story.   2.) Grammar: guided practice–Subordinate Clauses Identify adjective clauses and the nouns or pronouns that the clause modifies.

Social Studies: 1.) Describe California’s Spanish culture  2.) Discusst the causes and effects of the War with Mexico—Cornell Notes ?s CH. 11 sec. 3 and 4

English Intervention: As you read and respond to “The Overhead Man”, identify literary devices (such as metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony) that define a writer’s style.

Classwork Monday Jan. 31st

English: 1. Explain the difference between: verbal irony, situational irony, dramatic irony. 2.  As you read “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe, identify his use of irony and other literary devices that give his writing a particular style and mood.

Social Studies: Video and questions: “Manifest Destiny”—Explain why Texans declared independence from Mexico and how they achieved independence.

English Intervention: As you read and respond to “the Overhead Man”, identify significant literary devices (e.g. metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony) that define a writer’s style and use those elements to interpret the work.

homework assignments: Jan. 31- Feb. 4

English:  1.) reading log 1/31-2/4—due Friday Feb. 4                                                                 2.) grammar worksheets: Subordinate and Independent Clauses—due Friday Feb. 4

****Holocaust Research paper and poster DUE TUES. Feb. 8th!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Social Studies: Guided Reading 11-3—due Wed.

classwork Wed. Jan. 26

English: Holt Handbook p. 119-123—Identify word groups as independent or subordinate clauses. Write sentences with independent and subordinate clauses.

Social Studies: Flip boards–review Ch. 11sec. 1 Westward to the Pacific. Finish Cornell notes ?s Ch. 11 sec. 1 and 2.—Explain why Texans declared independence from Mexico and describe how they achieved independence.

English Intervention: Assessment: “Wise Old Woman” and “Legacy”—Identify and analyze recurring themes (for example good versus evil) across traditional and contemporary works.

classwork Tuesday Jan. 25th

English: Achieve an effective balance between researched information and original ideas–Writing Workshop 4: Research Paper.

Social Studies: Cornell Notes ?s Ch. 11 sec. 1 and 2—1.) Describe the lives of mountain men. 2.) Explain how and why Americans settled in Oregon Country. 3.) Discuss how the U.S. and Britain settled the dispute over Oregon.

English Intervention: Analyze recurring themes as you read and compare the short story “The Wise Old Woman” to the poem “Legacy”.

homework assignments Jan. 24-28th

English: 1.)  reading log 1/24-1/27—due Thursday   2.) parent signature on research assignment letter—due Thursday

Social Studies: Guided Reading 11-2—due Thursday

***Research paper and poster due TUESDAY FEBRUARY 8TH!!!!!

classwork Monday January 24th

English: Write a summary and a paraphrase of a passage in the textbook.

Social Studies: Describe the lives of mountain men. Explain how and why Americans settled in Oregon Country. Discuss how the U.S. and Britain settled the dispute over Oregon Country.

English Intervention: Analyze recurring themes as you read nad compare the story “The Wise Old Woman” to the poem “Legacy”

classwork Wednesday Jan. 19

English: Writing Workshop 4 Research Paper: 1. Explain the difference between a primary source and a secondary source and give any example of each. 2. Explain the difference between a summary and a paraphrase. 3. Write a summary and a paraphrase of a passage in the textbook.

Social studies: 1. Discuss why and how Native Americans were relocated from eastern states to western states. 2. Explain why some Native Americans resisted relocation and the outcomes of their resistance.—finish and turn in Cornell Notes ?s Ch. 10 sec. 1 and Ch. 10 sec. 2

English Intervention: Analyze recurring themes as you read and compare the story “The Wise Old Woman” to the poem “Legacy”.

homework assignments: Jan. 18-21

English: 1.) reading log 1/18-1/21—due Friday  2.) both grammar worksheets (gerund phrases/appositive phrases)—due Friday

Social Studies: 1.) Guided Reading worksheet 10-3—due Friday

***upcoming tests/quizzes: English–grammar quiz The Phrase on Friday; Social Studies—Test Ch. 10 The Age of Jackson on Friday.