| Date | Homework |
| 10/27/08 | Turn in autobiography project & RSVP for
Lemonade Social "Colonies Protest" reading and crossword puzzle Charting the Way: Battles of the Revolution Homework: Study the vocabulary from the readings, pp. 78-81 and p. 87. Learn the vocabulary from the Declaration of Independence; study; do the back side to rephrase each term. Work on memorizing it this week (a few lines at a time). By tomorrow: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal" |
| 10/28/08 | Parent conferences 8:00-10:00 Late Start Day 10:30 - 2:59 (A, 1, 3, 5) Electoral College: electoral votes and popular vote; Listening Quiz on Colonies Protest vocab. (AEY p. 78) Homework for tomorrow: Memorize beginning of Declaration of Independence to "... unalienable rights" |
| 10/29/08 | Minimum Day 8:25-12:40 (A,
2, 4, 6) Declaration of Independence (to :...unalienable rights". Practice with a partner, then form a circle to recite it word by word. Watch Twilight Zone video: "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street". Homework: By tomorrow: memorize The Declaration to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Bring your literature workbook for the story tomorrow. |
| 10/30/08 | Parent conferences
8:00-10:00 Late Start Day 10:30 - 2:59 (A, 1, 3, 5) "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men." Homework: 1. Memorize the entire Declaration excerpt. 2. Vocab. definitions in VN 3. Read and do pp.208-210. |
| 10/31/08 | Minimum Day 8:30-12:40 (A, 2, 4, 6) Parent conferences 8:00 and 1:20 - 3:20 "deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" Tell scary stories |