Friday, June 16, 2017

Friday, June 16th


HAPPY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!  It's been a pleasure being your teacher.


Please take some time to add a slide to THIS slide show and write a note to an incoming seventh-grader giving them advice.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Wednesday, June 14th

Happy Wednesday!

AGENDA

Today you will complete an evaluation of this class.  To access the evaluation, please click HERE. Make sure to show me the screen after you submit your evaluation. Otherwise, you will not receive credit!

Here is a link to ratemyteacher.com

When finished, we will work a goodbye activity.

TO DO

Bring stamp and envelope if you forgot!
Tomorrow we will watch Tom Sawyer. You may bring a snack.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Monday, June 12, 2017

Monday, June 12th

It's our last Monday together.  As much as I am looking forward to summer, I am a little sad too!

AGENDA


SRI TEST

Learning Map

You will work with a group and reflect on all that we have learned, studied, and practiced this year.  Consider these categories:

Reading
Writing
Listening/Speaking
Other

You will create a poster mapping all that you have learned this year.  I suggest looking through Aeries (both semesters) as a reminder of the assignments you've completed, looking through your English notebook. and revisiting Turnitin.com to see your assignments, rubrics, and comments. 

TO DO

If you haven't brought your stamp and envelope. please bring it!

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Friday, June 9th

Agenda

Discuss chapters 33, 34, 35
Read chapter  36-FINISH
Presentations
Playlist for Tom Sawyer

TO DO

Stamp and envelope
Test Tuesday on vocabulary 

Thursday, June 8th

AGENDA

Review chapters 30 and 31
Read chapter 32
Presentations



TO DO

Stamped envelope by Monday]
Vocab Test on Tuesday
POST TO KIDBLOG

Read 33, 34, 35

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Wednesday, June 7th

Good Morning!

Collect vocabulary homework.
Discuss chapters 26 and 27
Read 28 and 29
Begin Presentations-Share the link HERE

TO DO
Stamp and envelope on Monday
Read   30 and 31
Study vocabulary for test
Make sure ALL of the work I told you to post to KIDBLOG is posted.  

Friday, June 2, 2017

Tuesday , June 6th



GOOD MORNING

Review chapters 21, 22, 23, 24
Read 25
Work on presentations
Begin presenting

TO DO 

Read 26 and 27 Do vocab for chapters 21-26 .  The words you need to do are highlighted.   Use the word map.  Study all vocab for test next week. Bring an envelope and a stamp by Monday. 

Friday, June 2nd

AGENDA

Review chapters 18, 19, 20
Review project requirements
Work on Project


The book takes place in the 1840's in Missouri

Presentation Topics-I am giving you a good link as a starting point. Try to find at least one other source.  Take a THEN and NOW approach.


Games and Pastimes during Tom Sawyer- Research and explain at least four popular games that Tom and his friends may have played. Explain how the games were played, what was needed to play them, and anything you can find about how they originated. Compare to TODAY's games and pastimes.

 Education Then and Now- Reasearch  the typical classroom, teacher, and ways students were taught during this time.  Compare and contrast school today to school in the mid 1800s.  What would a typical day be like in school for Tom?  What was discipline like?

Women’s Fashion     Men and Women’s Fashion-What were some of the typical fashions worn by men and women?  Describe them?  Shoes? Roundabouts? Compare them to today's fashions.

Lives of Women during this TIme-What did women have to do on a typical day?  Describe a typical day and some of the tasks.  Laundry?  Cooking?  HOW was it done. Compare it to today.

Patent Medicine  another Patent Medicine-What were some of the patent medicines used during Tom's time?  Describe them and what they claimed to cure?  Were any of them dangerous?  Compare them to a few of the medicines we have today.

Superstitions-What were some of the superstitions in the book?  Describe them. What are some modern day superstitions? Describe them and find how they originated.

Your last slide MUST have a works cited page. Use easybib.

TO DO

Read 21, 22, 23, 24 by TUESDAY

Friday, June 16th

HAPPY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!  It's been a pleasure being your teacher. Please take some time to add a slide to  THIS  slide show and wr...