Today students turned in their Q2 Booklets and I checked them for a completion grade (classwork) They should have completed the Cover, Table of Contents, and pp. 1-4.

I returned the Ch IV work for Johnny Tremain. There will be a comprehension and vocabulary Quiz over Chapters III and IV tomorrow.

Students were to complete the Key Terms and People for Ch 5 – Sections 1 and 2 and the Section 2 notes. Some of them may need to finish for homework.

Johnny Tremain vocabulary for Ch IV was checked for a homework grade.

Students listened to Ch IV and completed the study questions.

Homework: Complete page 4 of the Q2  Booklet. By tomorrow the Cover, Table of Contents, and pp. 1-4 should be completed and turned in.

On Friday there will be a comprehension and vocabulary Quiz on Ch III and Ch IV of Johnny Tremain.

Today in class we checked over the map “Northwest Territories.” There were numerous careless mistakes made on this simple assignment Also, many students did not finish and many turned in nothing.

We had an in class work day to continue working on our Booklets. Students received explicit instructions for completing pp. 2 – 3.

Homework tonight: Vocabulary for Ch IV of Johnny Tremain. This will be checked for a completion grade tomorrow.

On Friday there will be a comprehension and vocabulary Quiz on Ch III and Ch IV of Johnny Tremain.

Today students turned in Ch 5 – Section 1 notes and questions 1 – 3 on p. 155 for a homework completion grade.

We then listened to Ch III of Johnny Tremain and completed the vocabulary and study questions.

Tomorrow will be an in class workday for our Booklets. We will complete pp. 2 and 3.

There will be a Quiz over Ch III and Ch IV of Johnny Tremain on Friday, October 30. VOCABULARY for these two chapters will be included on the Quiz.

Today all students were assigned the notes for Chapter 5 – Section 1. ALL answers should be written on a sheet of notebook paper. There is not room on the hand out to write thorough answers.

On the back of the hand out, students need to copy and answer questions 1 – 3 on p. 155.

Both assignments should be finished for homework and will be collected for a homework grade on Monday.

4th period students turned in maps ‘The Northwest Territories.”

5th period students need to finish the vocabulary for Ch III of Johnny Tremain.

We will read Ch III on Monday and do the study questions.

Booklet in class workday – Tuesday, October 27 – pp. 2 and 3

There will be a quiz on Ch III and Ch IV of Johnny Tremain on Friday, October 30.

2nd and 3rd period classes turned in their maps. We then studied A&E’s “Best and Worst Presidents”

4th period received the maps and must finish them for homework.

5th period turned in their maps and then we went to the Pep Rally.

Since our schedule has been a little discombobulated, I have made some changes in our itinerary:

For homework tonight ALL classes need to complete the vocabulary for Chapter III of Johnny Tremain.

The Booklet in class work day has been changed to Tuesday, October 27. We will be working on pp. 2 and 3.

Second and third period classes watched a biography of Benedict Arnold. Students had to write 10 facts that they did not know about him. This was turned in for a classwork grade.

Students were then assigned the map “The Northwest Territories” and questions about the map.  The map is due tomorrow.

Fourth and fifth periods did not have class today. They were taking the ACT Explore Test. (They will receive the map tomorrow.)

All classes will have a work day for pp. 2 and 3 of their booklets on Friday, October 23.

Students completed the Ch 4 TEST.

They were assigned the following:

Read Ch 5 – Section 1 – pp. 152 -155

Copy and answer:

p. 153 – Reading Check and Women’s Suffrage

p. 154 – Interpreting Maps (2 questions) and Reading Check

p. 155 – Reading Check

Fifth period was not assigned this activity. They were taking the Interest Inventory for the ACT Explore Test.

The next Booklet workday will Be Friday, October 23. We will work on pp. 2 and 3.

Students’ “stained” booklets were checked for a homework grade. If a student was absent, he/she must see me the day they return to school to receive  homework credit.

We worked together on the cover, the table of contents, and page 1. These booklets must be left in my classroom, unless other instructions are given. Remember: most of the booklet will be done in class, although some of it may have to be completed at home.

The Chapter 4 TEST is tomorrow. Students received the study guide on Friday. The BONUS question is: “Who were the members of the Committee of Five?”

The students will take the ACT EXPLORE Test on Wednesday, October 21. All students need to bring THREE #2 pencils and a calculator for the test.

Students turned in maps “The Treaty of Paris in 1783″

Study Guides for Chapter 4 TEST were distributed

Students need to bring the “stained” booklet for the Q2 Project on Monday. (This will count as a homework grade.) We will have an “in class” workday.

Chapter 4 TEST on Tuesday, October 20.

ALL 8th grade students will take the ACT EXPLORE TEST on Wednesday, October 21. They received a folder explaining this TEST. They will need to bring three (3) #2 pencils and a calculator for the TEST.