4-23-09

Previous Next = = = April 23, 2009 =

Reminders:

 * Mr. Devine is in the Night Library every Monday.

Directions:

 * 1) Get your notebook.
 * 2) Get your textbook (checking yesterday's HW: Analyzing Piracy Bites p. 672 1-3, Review Question Paragraph Responses 1-6)
 * 3) Get your Grammar and Writing book--**work on pages 123-124 now.**
 * 4) Get your Interactive Practice Book (checking page 216)
 * 5) Copy today's **learning objectives** and **homework**.

__Learning Objectives__ (copy in your planner)
Students will:
 * Learn about indefinite pronouns.
 * Use a graphic organizer to better understand an article.
 * Compare and evaluate evidence.

**Homework:**

 * Complete Grammar and Writing book through page 124.
 * IPB 217-222


 * 1. Grammar and Writing** pages 123-124.
 * 2. Vocabulary Review**
 * [|Unit 6, Cluster 2 Quizlet]
 * [|Academic Vocabulary]
 * 3. Before Reading Doonsbury on Downloading**
 * Editorial Cartoon
 * Synthesize (Compare Evidence Across Text)
 * 4. Interactive Practice Book p. 217-222**
 * complete all questions on the pages.
 * 5. Civil Rights Articles 1-4** **Review and Study Session**
 * "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas"
 * "Desegregating Little Rock, 1957"
 * "March on Washington: All about the March on Washington, August 28, 1963"
 * "CORE's bold new strategy for the Civil Rights Movement"


 * **Each Group:**
 * Write the title of the article at the top of the paper.
 * Summarize the article (5 to 8 sentences)
 * Write down 4 or 5 important quotations from the article.
 * Explain what each quotation means and why its meaning is important for the Civil Rights Movement.


 * Find the group that is also working on your article and complete your chart on the board.
 * Create a graphic organizer on the white-board.
 * One or two people, who will get extra credit, teaches the article to the class.
 * Class, as the article is being presented, follow along in your own copy of the article, take notes, and ask questions at the end of the presentation.