• Friday, March 13, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/13/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Final Day of Empires: Moves on the game board, final points tally, awards!

    Homework: NONE (unless you didn't finish your Day in the Life story)

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  • Thursday, March 12, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/12/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Turn in "A Day in the Life" story (in Google Classroom).
    2. Turn in to basket the self-evaluation and peer feedback (for classwork grade)
    3. Empires Day 6: Challenge, Fate, Plan Moves

    Homework: None, unless you have not finished your story or have missing work.

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  • Wednesday, March 11, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/11/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Review paragraphing and punctuation rules for dialogue in story.
    2. Peer feedback: work with partner and the PQP form. 

    Homework:

    1. Final draft of "A Day in the Life" story is due tomorrow.  Make sure you have highlighted according to the color code on the self-evaluation form.
    2. You will turn in your self-evaluation and peer feedback forms tomorrow for classwork grade.
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  • Tuesday, March 10, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/10/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Empires: Change roles, and get civilization points for Trade Day (Period 6 - Do Trade Day)
    2. Self-Evaluation of rough draft of story.  Use the handout to assess your work so far and to get ideas for revising.

    Homework:

    1. Finish self-evaluation and revisions on "A Day in the Life" story - due Thursday 3/12.
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  • Monday, March 9, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/9/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Last day to work on rough draft of "A Day in the Life" story.
    2. Empires: make Day 5 purchases and Trade Day #2

    Homework:

    1. rough draft of "A Day in the Life" story is due tomorrow in Google Classroom.
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  • Friday, March 6, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/9/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Continue working on "A Day in the Life" story in Google Classroom.

    Homework:

    1. rough draft of story is due on Tuesday; final draft due Thursday 3/12.
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  • Thursday, March 5, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/5/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Begin drafting "A Day in the Life" story in Google Classroom.

    Homework:

    1. None
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  • Wednesday, March 4, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/4/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Work on the Planning Sheet for "A Day in the Life" story.  This is in Google Classroom.  
    2. Empires Day 5: Fate, moves, battles, receive resources and income.  

    Homework:

    1. Finish your planning sheet for the "A Day in the Life" story.  This is in Google Classroom; just notes for your story so you are ready to begin drafting tomorrow. 
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  • Tuesday, March 3, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/3/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Empires Day 5 Challenge over "Mesopotamian Farming Tools"
    2. Read the Social Class Information packet.
    3. Learn about the next TASK -- writing a "Day in the Life" story, told from the perspective of a person of a particular social class. The planning sheet for this is in Google Classroom  -  due Thursday.

    Homework:

    1. no homework
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  • Monday, March 2, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 3/3/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Empires Day 4:  fate and moves, collect income and make purchases.
    2. Reading: "Mesopotamian Farming Tools": read and highlight, answer questions.

    Homework:

    1. none, unless you are missing work or haven't finished your Hammurabi DBQ.
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  • Friday, February 28, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 2/28/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Test

    Homework:

    1. None
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  • Thursday, February 27, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 2/27/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Finish Hammurabi skits.
    2. Trade Day
    3. Empires Day 4 Challenge: Achievements of the Ancients

    Homework:

    1. Study for your test! Resources are in Google Classroom.
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  • Wednesday, February 26, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 2/26/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Discuss how to study for the test on Friday (Ooops! didn't do this with period 2, will  do tomorrow).
    2. Finish Hammurabi DBQ packet (document based question). This is your group's city-state task. Your group will move up to city-state level and earn bonus moves when everyone in your group has completed this assignment to the highest level (goat!).
    3. Practice and present the Hammurabi court case skits.

    Homework:

    1. Finish the Hammurabi DBQ packet.
    2. Study for Friday's test.
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  • Tuesday, February 25, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 2/25/2020

    Agenda:

    1. Review class behavior expectations.
    2. Empires Day 3: collect income and make purchases.
    3. Hammurabi's Code of Law Document Based Question (DBQ): read sections of Hammurabi's Code and answer questions leading up to the big questions: What can we learn about the values and ideas of justice in ancient Babylonia from reading Hammurabi's Code?

    Homework:  Study for your test on Friday.  There are resources in Google Classroom if you have misplaced any papers.

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  • Monday, February 24, 2020

    Posted by Frances Durcan on 2/24/2020

    Agenda:

    1. This Day in Black History (including NPR radio story about Katherine Johnson from Hidden Figures)
    2. Discuss test on Friday: study Challenges 1, 2, 3, and the social class pyramid. 
    3. Empires Day 3 moves and battles, collect resources
    4. Hammurabi's Code -- video, reading in text, group skit to be presented tomorrow

    Homework:

    1. Test on Friday over Challenges #1, #2, #3, and social class pyramid (resources will be in Google Classroom if you have lost your papers or did not make corrections on your papers).
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