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Week of  11/10/08

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Social Studies

Ms. Clifford

How did Americans create a government based on democratic ideals?  How have they transformed that government to better reflect changing interests, needs, and values?

This week, we will continue our examination of the "founding documents" by looking more closely at how government is structured in U.S. Constitution.

Monday--Organizing our binders and portfolios.

Wed. (C, E) and Thurs. (B, F)--Creating U.S. Constitution diagrams.

Friday (Thurs. for E)--"Open-diagram quiz" on the U.S. Constitution.  ( Yes, you can use your diagram during the quiz! )

 

Science

 

Mr. Price

 

 

Starting our Matters and Molecules unit.

 

Basic understandings:

a. All the stuff around us is made of particles

b. Particles have different sizes

c. There is always space between particles

 

Students will use the basic ideas to understand many experiences in the world around them.

Web links and  online grades

 

Starting the joint project with Prof. Clement at UMass.  We have done a lot of prep work to make a really dynamic unit.

 

If you students hasn’t shown you the blue permission slip, it’s probably in their assignment notebook

 

HW: Umass Permission Form

 

All late/ missing work due at the end of this week.  All challenge stars are due Monday Nov 17.

 

 

English

Ms. Sullivan-Flynn

Mini group projects based on Shakespeare Reading Actively

Dialogues: finishing and performing

Theatre Games and Intro to the play!

 

Reading Actively due Monday

Shakespeare Homework Thrice-over due Thursday (E) and Friday (B,C,F)

 

 

WR2

 

Ms. DuBock

Twisted Vision
Headlines- Headlines & Leads
Spot the Phony News Story - - 3 short news articles.  Which is fake?
Sensational Headlines
Reliable News - Who can you trust?  What makes a source reliable
Scientific Claims - Household Products
    Take the survey

All work is done in class.
See the WR2 Homepage  for more info.