Social Studies And English Information December 4
STARTING CHAPTER 20 ON 12/4: IMMIGRATION AND URBANIZATION.
HOMEWORK: HOW DID YOUR FAMILY GET TO MAINE HANDOUT: DUE WEDNESDAY!!! 12/5
Heads Up: Grades for the First Trimester Close Nov 30th
Anybody wishing to retest/improve work for Mr. Ezzard must do so BEFORE Tuesday November 27.
Social Studies:
CHAPTER 19 FOCUS QUESTION & VOCABULARY TEST COMBINED TO OCCUR MONDAY DECEMBER 3.
Friday Nov 30, 2012: Read pgs 614 - 627 All of Sections 1-3.
We have finished Chapter 19: Industrialization. The Chapter 19 STUDY GUIDE has been issued. If it is lost, a new copy can be obtained by clicking on the Chapter 19 links to the right in this blog AND clicking the printer icon (not "File Print.") Ongoing Homework is to take detailed notes both in class or at home (or Advisory etc) on the FOCUS QUESTIONS. We already Completed Focus Questions for SECTION 1, 2 &3. Students should have some notes on Bell, Edison, Wright Bros and Ford. Students should know details about each inventor mentioned, but should also take detailed notes on at least one inventor for the 19 Focus Questions Test toward the end of the chapter. Lastly, please study all the 19 VOCABULARY for upcoming tests.
Tuesday NOV 20th: we took a Geography Bee Entry Quiz to see who will represent Sugarloaf in the upcoming Geo-Bee. High scores are still being sorted at this time. Winners have been notified.
ENGLISH:
SPELLING BEE FRIDAY NOV 30TH TO DETERMINE TEAM SUGARLOAF'S STRONGEST SPELLERS! WINNERS WILL MOVE ON TO THE SCHOOL-WIDE SPELLING BEE!
WE WILL BE STUDYING EACH OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH OVER TIME. CURRENTLY, WE ARE LEARNING HOW TO WRITE, PUNCTUATE, CAPITALIZE AND PARAGRAPH DIALOGUE. Students will be getting participation credit as a result of their contributions to an in-class (whole-class) dialogue being written together.
We are studying a basic overview of the 8 parts of speech:
1 Noun
2 Adjective
3 Pronoun
4 Verb
5 Adverb
6 Conjunction
7 Preposition
8 Interjection
There will be several quizzes on the GUIDE TO GOOD ENGLISH POEM found in the English Handouts on the right. Dates will not be announced, so student should familiarize themselves with the poem starting Wednesday November 15. First Quiz was on Tuesday Nov 20th. 8 Points, one point for each correctly spelled part of speech in the correct order. The next quiz will be 4 points for inserting the correct part of speech into a poem in a new order.
See Guide to Good English Poem in the right column of this blog.
