ELA: We finished March: One. Students are working on their March: One essay. You can find the prompt uploaded to our class resources page. Students are diligently working on completing their rough drafts. Following each March book, students will have an essay to write. They will turn in each rough draft for grading/feedback from me. Once we have finished the trilogy, students will pick one of their three March essays to rewrite for their big writing assessment. In addition to March, students are working independently on their Young Georgia Author entry--these are due February 10th.
SS: Students have been working on the rough draft of their John Brown essay. Rough drafts are due on Wednesday. Students will have the opportunity for peer feedback on their rough drafts. We will conclude our study of the Civil War with a test on Thursday. Final drafts of the John Brown essay are due Monday, February 6th. Honors PHY SCI: We are concluding our study of Chemistry with a test over Chemical Reactions and Balancing on Wednesday. We will switch gears to Physics. Our first physics unit will examine electricity. Students electricity culminating assessment will be an Electric House, which they will design and build. Posted to the class resources page will be a list of possible donations for our project--these will also be sent via Remind.
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ELA: Students presented the different Civil Rights Movement events their groups researched. We began reading John Lewis's graphic novel, March: One.
SS: We are studying the causes of the American Civil War. We've enjoyed listening to parody songs written about the different causes. At the end of the week, students began a John Brown: American Hero or Murdering Madman DBQ. Honors Phy Sci: We learned why chemical equations must be balanced as well as how to balance them. Students have had balancing practice all week. We also studied the different types of chemical reactions. ELA: We began a new unit of study: Civil Rights Movement. Students are currently working in groups in order to research and present on two different events of the Civil Rights Unit. Students are excited about reading U.S. Representative John Lewis's March Trilogy--a graphic novel series about his experiences in the Civil Rights Movement.
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