8/29-30 Wednesday-Thursday

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Guiding Question: 
What was the character of the New England colonies? 


Objectives:
Collaborative: Students will understand the New England Colonies by reading collaboratively and writing a story with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric. 

Independent: Students will argue why many early settlers of Jamestown died by completing a HiCCEAS paragraph with a score of at least 3/4 according to the rubric.

Standards:
HSS.8.1 - Understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation 
CCRA.RH.6-8.1 - Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
Do Now (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
What do you know about immigration? Is it an easy or a hard process? What are some challenges that immigrants face? 

Whole Group (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
Introduction to New England Colonies
Independent (Voice Level 0) 45 minutes: 
Task 1: HELPFUL HINTS AVAILABLE HERE. Write your What Killed the Early Settlers of Jamestown HiCCEAS, the outline and space to write the paragraph are at the end of the packet we started on Monday/Tuesday
Task 2: Grade your own HiCCEAS using the rubric provided to you. 

Did you finish all of these things? Read silently, make sure you've completed all the work for MY class, complete homework for another class, or watch this video. 

Collaborative (Voice Level .5) 45 minutes:
1. New England Colonies group read 
2. New England colonist narrative 

Exit Ticket (Voice Level 0) 5 minutes: 
What is one way the New England colonists are different from what we learned about the colonists at Jamestown?
Homework: 
Finish your New England colonist narrative. Due Friday/Tuesday (odd periods). 

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