Medea Creek Middle School: 7Th Humanities

Medea Creek Middle School: 7th Humanities

Week 7: Quarter 4: 5-25-15 to 5-29-15

LANGUAGE ARTS: / SOCIAL STUDIES: / STANDARD: / HOMEWORK:
Mon.
5/25 / NO SCHOOL
MEMORIAL DAY / NO SCHOOL
MEMORIAL DAY
Tues.
5/26 / Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS:
·  Resistance Movement
·  D-Day
·  Historical Connections/Notes (Partisans) / Ch. 15 Scientific Revolution & Exploration:
·  Work on games / SS 7.10.2: Understand the significance of the new scientific theories (e.g., those of Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton) and the significance of new inventions… / LA: Read p. 191-228 with signpost log by Thursday
SS: Finished game due Thursday, be ready to present to class
Wed.
5/27 / Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
·  “Examining Character Motivations” Miep Activity (research)
*COWs / Ch. 15 Scientific Revolution & Exploration:
·  Finish games / CCSS R 10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently… / LA: Finish reading & log
LA: Finish Character Motivations worksheet
SS: Finished game due tomorrow, be ready to present to class
Thurs
5/28 / Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
·  Check/discuss signpost logs
·  Class discussion / Ch. 15 Scientific Revolution & Exploration:
·  Games due
·  Present to class / SS 7.11: Students analyze political and economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (the Age of Exploration). / LA: Quiz tomorrow
SS: None
Fri.
5/29 / Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
·  QUIZ p. 191-228
·  Complete diary entry
·  Turn in packets
·  Get new packets for next week & start reading / Ch. 15 Scientific Revolution & Exploration:
·  Play games! / CCSS W 9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. / LA: Read p. 228-end (including afterword) with signpost log by Wednesday
SS: None
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS:
1.  Be sure to use your planner.
2.  Keep your weekly schedule.
3.  Plan your work! Work your plan!
4.  Use study & learning strategies for success!
5.  Be organized! / QUOTE TO PONDER:

“…I twist my heart round again, so the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and what I could be, if…there weren’t any other people living in the world” (268). –Anne Frank

/ REMINDERS:
*5/25: No School
*6/9-12: Minimum Day
*6/12: Last Day of School / TESTS/ DUE DATES:
-  Finished Game Due/Presented: 5/28
-  Q4 AR Deadline: 6/4