December 23rd - NO homework. Enjoy spending time with your family and
friends. Come back on January 4th well rested and ready to put your best
effort forward.
Happy Holiday!!!!
December 11th - Portfolio assignment due December 15th - no late assignment
accepted.
December 8th, 9th, 10th - Oral test on either Thursday or Friday, be
prepared you do not know which day you will be going.
Portfolio assignment due December 15th - no late assignment accepted.
December 7th - Genghis Khan Cartoon handout pages 13 and 14 in notes.
Oral test on either Thursday or Friday, be prepared you do not know which day
you will be going.
December 3rd - Complete page 9 of notes -ABC ditto on the Mongols. Think of
words or phases to describe the Mongols using each letter of the alphabet. Do
not complete the summary paragraph at the bottom.
December 1st - Define the following vocabulary on page 6 of your notes in
your own words. Read pages 162-169 in the textbook.
1. Mongols
2. steppe
3. clan
4. khan
5. anda
6. allegiance
7. khanate
8. typhoon
November 30- Complete the map pages 1,2,3,5 in your notebook. We began this
in class today but it needs to be completed.
IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, PLEASE PLAN ON STAYING AFTER
SCHOOL ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH TO MAKE UP THE MIDDLE EAST/ISLAM UNIT TEST.
IF YOU ARE IN SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY YOU MAY TAKE THE OBJECTIVE PORTION DURING
CLASS BUT ESSAYS/SHORT ANSWERS WILL NEED TO BE WRITTEN AFTER SCHOOL ON
NOVEMBER 30TH DUE TO THE SHORTENED PERIODS FOR HALF DAY.
November 18th- 23rd - STUDY for the Middle East/Islam Unit test given on
Tuesday, November 24th.
Do-nows must be STAPLED with NAME before entering the classroom on Tuesday.
Computer students- pages 9, 10 plus the second internal citation is due on
Weds, Nov. 25th.
November 17th - FOOD DRIVE THIS WEEK!!!!!
Define the vocab words listed below on page 26 of notes.
Unit test on Islam/Middle East next Tuesday.
Do-nows collected next Tuesday- stapled with name before arriving to class.
VOCABULUARY - PAGE 26
1. bureaucracy
2. emir
3. dissent
4. faction
5. calligraphy
6. legacy
COMPUTER STUDENTS - pages 7,8 of research packet (1st guideword) along with
one internal citation on page 6 is due November 18th.
November 16th (first grade of the second marking period)
Create a Venn diagram with Muslim Teen on the left and Yourself on the
right. Use the information from the video in class today to compare and
contrast yourself to a Muslim Teen. You need 8-10 bullets total.
November 11th and 12th - Story of Muhammmad quiz on Friday
Veterans Day activity- Choose a project (free verse poem or acrostic).
Directions given out in class.
Due Friday, November 13th.
Directions:
Honoring Veterans
Today we celebrate Veterans Day to show our gratitude for all those who have
honorably served our country. In honor of those brave men and women I would
like for you to spend 5 minutes reflecting on the video clips you viewed
during social studies class.
With these reflective thoughts in mind you have a choice of the following
projects:
1. a poetry piece of your choice which captures the essence of Veterans
Day
2. An acrostic poem using a main word that would be appropriate for
this
day (example, America, Freedom, Veteran).
Grading Rubric
Requirements:
Powerful Title 5pts.
Colorful 10 pts
Captures the essences of the day 5 pts.
Uses facts about Veterans Day 10pts
Use strong, meaningful, colorful words to capture emotion 10 pts
Total 40 pts
November 10th - Story of Muhammad quiz on Friday. Use your storyboard
(pages
15 and 16 of notes) to study.
Food Drive is going on now. Please bring an item by next Friday.
November 2nd - (Periods 1,6/7, 9, 10)- Read pages 56-57. Answer the red box
question which is on page 57 on page 10 of your notes.
October 28-30th - no homework
October 27th- Make a Venn diagram comparing bedouins of 500AD to modern day
bedouins. Use the information used in class to assist you.
Computer Students - speeches and final paper due Wednesday.
October 26th - Complete page 7 in your note section on drawing conclusions
(reading strategies).
Computer Students - speeches and final paper due Wednesday.
October 22nd- Define the following vocabulary words on page 2 of notes.
Define the words in your own words.
1. Nomad
2. Oasis
3. Tribe
4. Pilgrimage
5. Idol
6. Arid
7. Irrigation
8. Shaikh (shiek)
October 21st- We are starting a new unit on the Middle East. This will
focus
on chapters 3 and 4 of the textbook.
Tonight students are to complete pages 1,3,4 of their notes - geography
skills.
October 16th - STUDY, STUDY, STUDY...Rome test on Tuesday.
Do-now's 7-16 should be stapled with name and ready to turn in on Tuesday.
There will be no time for stapling!!!
Study pages 1-21 in notes, do-now's 7-16, and re-read chapter 2 lessons 1
and
3 in the textbook!!
October 15th - Fix your rough draft of your portfolio assignment. Staple
the
papers together in the following order:
1. Rubric (in portfolio section of binder) with name at top
2. Final copy of portfolio
3. rough draft of portfolio
4. both peer assessment sheets
YOU MUST have ALL of the above elements. Come in prepared tomorrow! Do not
expect to staple and organize tomorrow.
NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED...IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT ON THURSDAY IT CANNOT
BE
TURNED IN ON FRIDAY.
October 14th - PORTFOLIO assignment due TOMORROW!!! NO LATE assignments
accepted.
Rome TEST on TUESDAY, OCT20th! Start studying now...do not wait until the
night before!
Study pages 1-21 in notes, do-now's 7-16, and re-read chapter 2 lessons 1
and
3 in the textbook!!
October 9th - Glory of Rome Porftfolio assignment is due on Thursday,
October
15th. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ARE ACCEPTED as we will be peer reviewing on
Thursday. Students will then be permitted to take the assignment home on
October 15th and make any corrections based on the peer feedback and they
can
submit their portfolio project for a final grade on Friday, October 16th.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND...IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A QUALITY, COMPLETED PORTFOLIO
ASSIGNMENT TO TURN IN ON OCTOBER 15TH THEN IT IS A ZERO. IT WILL NOT BE
ACCEPTED ON FRIDAY.
October 8th- Read pages 28-31 for meaning. You should be able to indentify
reasons for the fall of rome.
October 7th - no homework
October 6th - No homework tonight
October 5- No homework. Here is a sample of what you should have completed
in
class today: (complete this on pages 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 of notes - 2
achievements per page)
Directions:
• Identify the achievement
• Write 3-5 bullet points explaining the achievement
• Connection to today
* Write 3-5 sentences explaining why the achievement is still
important today (either in the USA or somewhere in the world)
This is what each should look like:
Example: (3-5 bullets from the reading in the folders)
Military Organization
*all citizens who owned land were required to serve in army
*army was divided:
units (legions)
smaller units (centuries)
*attacked enemies from all sides
*cooperation and discipline important
*legion could put up/take down camp in one night…very mobile
(Connection to modern times)
• The Roman army provided a model for how an organized, well-run army
should function. Today, the military is organized into different branches,
each branch serving a different function. Within each branch are smaller
divisions. This allows the members to become specially trained in different
areas and helps a country to develop a strong and effective military.
9/30/09 - This is due Friday. On a piece of white paper create a character
poster.
a. Place a picture of yourself in the middle. (photo, clipart, drawing)
b. Around the photo, write your 10 character traits to describe yourself.
c. Choose 3 of the ten traits to write a brief narrative. After the three
chosen traits, write a sentence or two which describes how you have used
this
trait in a positive manner.
NO pencil. May be typed, may use marker, crayon, color pencil but NO
REGULAR
PENCIL.
9/29/09 - Read pages 26 to the top of page 30. Define the following words
on page 2 of your note section of your binder. WRITE THE DEFINITIONS IN
YOUR
OWN WORDS.
1. empire
2. Pax Romana
3. mosaic
4. city-state
5. imperial
6. republic
7. barbarian
8. commerce
9. province
9/18/09 Geography test on Wednesday, September 23rd. This is a review of
skills learned since the second grade.
*identify continents and oceans on a world map
*identify the equator and prime meridian
*understand a compass rose
*locate places using latitude and longitude
*identify landforms and waterforms
*use scale to determine distance between two places
9/17/09 On page 5 of your note section, answer questions 1-4 from page G4
of
the textbook.
9/16/09 Come up with two guidewords about your topic and take as many notes
from your article on those two words as possible.
9/14/09 Print a one to three page article out about the research topic you
selected in class today. You can either go on a search engine to find the
article or you can photocopy an article from the East Brunswick Public
Library. This is due Wednesday, September 16th.
9/11/09 You need to have your binder set up for Monday, September 14th.
3ring binder,4 dividers labeled do-now's, notes, R&D, portfolio and a pocket
folder. Make sure you have lined paper in the binder.
Signed newsletter put in portfolio section
Make a list of 6 possible research topics.
