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Week of March 9

Monday

Today we played a kahoot review game to prepare for our test tomorrow!

Tuesday

Students completed their test on Chapter 11: Rome and Christianity.

Wednesday

Today, we started our unit on the Islamic World! Students took notes on life on the Arabian Peninsula
Students read about the life of Muhammad and identified four key events to illustrate on a storyboard.

Thursday

Students completed their storyboards on the life of Muhammad.
Students completed the 12.1 Section Assessment, questions 1-3.

Friday

No school!

Week of March 2

Monday

Today we took notes on the transition of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.
We read and acted out Act 3 Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in class!

Tuesday

Students worked in groups to complete 11.1 Section Assessment.
Students completed a graphic organizer about Roman Achievements during the Pax Romana.
We completed the 11.1 Quiz.

Wednesday

Today we took notes on the Growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
We completed a graphic organizer to identify the factors that led to the growth of Christianity and ranked their importance.

Thursday

The students completed their 11.2 Quiz
We read theories on the fall of the Roman Empire in groups and took notes on the problems that were facing the Roman Empire.

Friday

We took notes on the Fall of Rome.
The students analyzed the problems that faced the late Roman Empire and compared and contrasted the issues with issues in society today by completing a graphic organizer.

Week of February 24

Monday

We read "Roman Government" on page 324-325 and created a table that described the powers of the each branch of the Roman Government
We read "Written Laws Keep Order" on page 327 and answered the following questions: What would school be like if there were no rules? What would school be like if only teachers knew the rules? Why must both teachers and students know the rules for equity to exist?

Tuesday

We completed the 10.2 Quiz!
We read "Growth of Territory and Trade" on page 330-331 and created a cause and effect chain of the events in each paragraph.

Wednesday

We read "Rome Grows Beyond Italy" on page 331-333 and created a timeline for the events discussed in the text.
We read "Crises Strike the Republic" on page 334-335 and identified the three crises described in the text:
- The assassination of the Gracchi brothers
- Conflict between Marius and Sulla
- Spartacus leads a slave rebellion
The students wrote how they would have responded to each of the situations described in the text as if they were trying to help the Republic.

Thursday

Students played a Kahoot to review for the test!

Friday

We took our Chapter 10 Test on the Roman Republic.

Week of February 17

Monday

No school!

Tuesday

Students turned in their Alexander the Great essays.
Students completed a map of Italian geographical features.
Students chose where they would build a civilization in Italy and explained why they chose that location.

Wednesday

Students read "Rome's Legendary Origins" in Chapter 10 of their textbook.
Students wrote a legend about their own civilization!
Students answered how having a legendary civilization could help stabilize a society.

Thursday

Students reviewed their essays on Alexander the Great.
Students made corrections to their essay to make up lost points.

Friday

Students completed a Bellringer quiz.
Students compared and contrasted the early Roman Republic with the U.S. government.
Students turned in the classwork from the week: map of Italy, legend, and Section 10.1 Assessment.
Students completed a quiz on section 10.1!

Week of February 10

Monday

Students continued the document analysis portion of the DBQ Project today! Students analyzed documents and evaluated the documents utilizing the following questions:

Tuesday

Students completed the Bucketing/Eagle Talon portion of the DBQ Project today! Students completed the following steps toward developing their thesis statements:
Place documents in buckets based on corroborating evidence supporting Alexander being great or not great
Students then developed titles for each bucket based on the evidence presented by each document
Students then wrote whether or not Alexander was great and wrote each title of each bucket on the eagle talon
The eagle talon was then converted to their thesis statement for developing their essay

Wednesday

Students then developed titles for each bucket based on the evidence presented by each document
Students then wrote whether or not Alexander was great and wrote each title of each bucket on the eagle talon
The eagle talon was then converted to their thesis statement for developing their essay

Thursday

Students began writing their essays for the DBQ Project today. Students were provided with a Guided Essay form to help them structure their essays. Students followed the following steps to get to their final draft which is due by the end of class tomorrow:
Outline of body paragraphs including baby thesis, three pieces of evidence, and argument sentence to conclude paragraph
Rough draft of body paragraphs and concluding paragraph which included the "although" and "however" statements
Final draft to be submitted at the end of class tomorrow.

Friday

Students completed the Bucketing/Eagle Talon portion of the DBQ Project today! Students completed the following steps toward developing their thesis statements:
Place documents in buckets based on corroborating evidence supporting Alexander being great or not great
Students then developed titles for each bucket based on the evidence presented by each document
Students then wrote whether or not Alexander was great and wrote each title of each bucket on the eagle talon
The eagle talon was then converted to their thesis statement for developing their essay

Week of February 03

Monday

Substitute in class.
Students completed 9.3 section assessment and graded it in class.

Tuesday

Students copied their learning target on the back of the index card on which they completed today's bell ringer: I CAN...analyze documents to determine whether or not Alexander the Great was or was not great.
Students reviewed character traits and identified people who used those character traits to achieve greatness.
Students then selected the three character traits from the list of eight that they believe a person must have to be considered great.
Students reviewed a timeline of significant events surrounding the life of Alexander the Great. We also looked at a map of Alexander the Great's empire at its height. Students were introduced to five key vocabulary terms for an upcoming reading about Alexander the Great.
We then began reading an essay entitled 'How Great Was Alexander the Great?' to gain some background information. While reading, students had three tasks for each paragraph:

Wednesday

We continued reading an essay entitled 'How Great Was Alexander the Great?' to gain some background information. While reading, students had three tasks for each paragraph:
- Make a connection
- Write an inquiry question
- #song or movie title
- Students worked together in their groups to write a paragraph following these criteria:
- Set the time and place for Alexander the Great in one sentence
- Set the scene for Alexander in one sentence.
- Summarize the background essay in two sentences.

Thursday

Students worked together in their groups to write a paragraph following these criteria:
Set the time and place for Alexander the Great in one sentence
Set the scene for Alexander in one sentence.
Summarize the background essay in two sentences.

Friday

Students continued to work in groups to complete sentences 1-4 of their essays.
Set the time and place for Alexander the Great in one sentence
Set the scene for Alexander in one sentence.
Summarize the background essay in two sentences.

Week of January 27

Monday

Students used Google Earth to visualize Athens, Sparta, and the Persian Empire. We talked about the Greek city-states unifying against the Persians in the Persian War.
Students completed a graphic organizer on the governments of Athens and Sparta.

Tuesday

Students worked in groups to identify the values of Athens and Sparta.
Students wrote a claim about which society they would rather live in based on its values.

Wednesday

Students completed a graphic organizer and wrote a claim about women and slaves in Athens and Sparta.
Students peer-edited each other's claims.

Thursday

Students took notes on the Peloponnesian War. Click here for the presentation.
Students completed a Venn Diagram graphic organizer to compare and contrast Athens and Sparta.
Student prepared for their writing assignment on Friday.

Friday

The students completed a bellringer quiz.
The students completed a writing assignment on Athens and Sparta for a gold grade!

Week of January 20

Monday:

No School Today in Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

Tuesday:

Students who had make-up work completed and submitted any assignments today.
Students studied for Thursday's Ancient Greece Test.

Wednesday:

High School Counselors were here today to begin the course selection process with 8th graders!

Thursday:

Students completed their Ancient Greece Tests today!

Friday:

Students completed Performance Series Express: Reading Test!

Week of January 13

Monday:

Students completed their 8.1 section assessment and annotated their 8.1 learning targets.
We graded 8.1 section assessment for a bronze grade in class.
Students completed 8.1 section quiz on google classroom.
Students began working on 8.2 literacy strategy, Jigsaw, in their groups.

Tuesday:

After completing the bell ringer, students completed notes on 8.2 in their expert groups.
Students shared their notes as experts in sharing groups.
Students began working on 8.2 section assessment.

Wednesday:

We graded 8.2 section assessment for a bronze grade.
Students took 8.2 quiz through google classroom.
Students began working on the literacy strategy Reciprocal Teaching. This research based activity allows students to create collaborative notes for section 8.2. There are 4 roles and students are in groups of 4 to 5 so over the next two days they will each have an opportunity to take on each role a few times.

Thursday:

Students completed their Reciprocal Teaching for 8.3 in their groups.
Students worked on 8.3 section assessment #1-3.

Friday:

Students took their bell ringer quiz online using google classroom.
Students were give time to complete 8.3 section assessment.
We graded 8.3 section assessment in class.
Students studied for and completed 8.3 quiz online using google classroom.

Week of January 6

Monday:

No School Today

Tuesday:

I was away at Professional Development today.

Students completed Chapter 8 Review #1-14 in textbook.

Wednesday:

We began our study of Ancient Greece today. Students began a research-based literacy strategy called Paragraph Shrinking to learn about Geography and the Early Greeks.

Thrusday:

Students continued completing their Paragraph Shrinking pertaining to Geography and the Early Greeks. Once finished, students used their learning targets for Topic 8 to annotate the notes they created during Paragraph Shrinking. Any students who finished annotating their notes then completed Section 1 Assessment.

Friday:

Week of December 16

Monday:

Students accessed Google Classroom and copied notes from their peers' Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China.

Students will be allowed to use their notes copied in class on their China Test. The Ancient China Test will be Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Students completed their 14.4 Quiz. Students were not allowed to use the notes they copied in class today on the quiz.

Tuesday:

Students completed their China Test via Google Classroom today.

Students were allowed to use their notes they took the previous five class periods while completing their tests.

Students could read or work on other assignments after the test.

Wednesday:

Today was a makeup day for students. All missed test, quizzes, and assignments were completed today. Students done with all work were able to clean out their notebooks and work quietly on other materials.

Thursday:

Christmas Assemblies Today

Friday:

No School Today!

Week of December 9

Monday:

Students copied notes from their peers’ Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China. Students will be allowed to use these notes on their test on Dec. 10-Ancient China.

Students took 6.5 Quiz

Tuesday:

Students completed their Ancient China Test via Google Classroom today.

Students were allowed to use their notes they took the previous five class periods while completing their tests.

Students could read or work on other assignments after the test.

Wednesday:

Students accessed Google Classroom and copied notes from their peers' Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China.

Students will be allowed to use their notes copied in class on their China Test. The Ancient China Test will be Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Students completed their 14.1 Quiz. Students were not allowed to use the notes they copied in class today on the quiz.

Thursday:

Students accessed Google Classroom and copied notes from their peers' Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China.

Students will be allowed to use their notes copied in class on their China Test. The Ancient China Test will be Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Students completed their 14.2 Quiz. Students were not allowed to use the notes they copied in class today on the quiz.

Friday:

Students accessed Google Classroom and copied notes from their peers' Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China.

Students will be allowed to use their notes copied in class on their China Test. The Ancient China Test will be Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Students completed their 14.3 Quiz. Students were not allowed to use the notes they copied in class today on the quiz.

Week of December 2

Monday :

Students participated in the Amazing Race: China today with an assigned partner. Today is the last day to race.

Tuesday:

Students copied notes from their peers’ Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China. Students will be allowed to use these notes on their test on Dec. 10-Ancient China.

Students took 6.1 Quiz

Wednesday:

Students copied notes from their peers’ Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China. Students will be allowed to use these notes on their test on Dec. 10-Ancient China.

Students took 6.2 quiz.

Thursday:

Students copied notes from their peers’ Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China. Students will be allowed to use these notes on their test on Dec. 10-Ancient China.

Students completed 6.3 Quiz

Friday: Students completed bell ringer quiz for this week.

Students copied notes from their peers’ Google Slides presentations from The Amazing Race: China. Students will be allowed to use these notes on their test on Dec. 10-Ancient China.

Students completed 6.4 Quiz