1/11-12 Thursday-Friday

By -
Guiding Question:
Why was the election of 1800 an important event?
Objectives:
Collaborative: Students will understand the election of 1800 by reading, annotating, and writing a CEREAL paragraph with a score of at least 3/4.

Independent: Students will understand the presidency of John Adams by completing a video webquest with at least 80% accuracy.

Standards:
HSS 8.4 Students analyze the aspirations and ideals of the people of the new nation. 
W.8.1 - Students write arguments with clear reasoning and relevant evidence
Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
Objective tracker.
Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:
Independent (Voice Level 0) 40 minutes:
Task 1: John Adams Video Webquest in Google Classroom
Period 1 Classroom Code: p66ksw
Early Finishers: Free choice icivics game (select one from this page), Watch CNN10, read an article here, read a free choice Achieve article, or complete winter break homework that you still haven't done.

Collaborative (Voice Level .5 - 1) 40 minutes:
Task 1: Look at exemplar Claim-Prove-Justify & CEREAL against Checklist
Task 3: Complete your chart & write a CEREAL paragraph

Early Finishers: Play this.

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 2 minutes:
Objective Tracker
Homework:
Finish your CEREAL paragraphs & grade yourself against the criteria. 

Popular posts from this blog

Winter Break Book Club!

By -
 For those of you interested in reading Little Women over break, please e-mail me at ecobb@laalliance.org to be added to the group on Actively Learn! We will have Zoom meetings to read together/discuss what we read 2x a week over break and watch the movie at the last meeting! 
Read more

10/26 Friday

By -
Image
Guiding Question:   What debate existed over adopting the Constitution?  Objectives: Collaborative:  Students will understand the debates between Federalists and anti-Federalists by reading, answering questions, and writing a constructed response with at least 80% accuracy. Independent:  Students will understand federalism by reading and answering questions with at least 80% accuracy. Standards: 8.3.7 Describe the principles of federalism, dual sovereignty, separation of powers, checks and balances, the nature and purpose of majority rule, and the ways in which the American idea of constitutionalism preserves individual rights. RH.6-8.2 - Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary sourceW.8.1 - Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes:  How do we know if a government has become too  powerful?  Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 10 minutes:  Federalist vs. Ant
Read more