Team 7-A Math/Geography

American History
November 13-17 2006

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American History

Nov. 13-17,2006

Thought for the day:
If you can dream it you can do it.
–Walt Disney

Monday:T.L.W. complete Chapt. 7 test. Copy the chart in the text that explains how a bill becomes a law. p. 226 Follow the flow chart arrows. Answer the following questions-
1) Where can a bill be introduced?
2) At what point do members of the House and Senate come together?
3) What can the President do?
4) Every year thousands of bills are introduced. Why do you think committees hold hearings on bills? 8.3L1

Tuesday:T.L.W. study the primary source “The Constitution of the United States of America” p.223-245. List the qualifications for president. Discuss the powers of the president (See Article 2 The Executive Brance) Identify the reasons for impeachment.. What two presidents have had impeachment hearings? What lay behind the President’s impeachment? What was the president accused of and how did he respond to the accusations. Do research before class in order to discuss. 8.4L2

Wednesday:T.L.W. copy the diagram on p. 233 about Separation of Powers. List the chief powers of the judicial branch. Describe the checks that the judicial brnach has over the other two branches. Review the duties and responsibilities of federal and Supreme Court justices as explained in Chapt. 7. Should judges be popularly elected instead of appointed? Why or why not? Write about the chief powers of the judicial branch and the checks that it has over the other two branches. Two major Supreme Court cases from the past two centuries, have a wide reading of Americans. Marbury v. Madison and Brown v. Board of Education. Choose 1 c ase to present with your group. Find out the effects of the case on American Society. Group Presentations can be in the form of a news broadcast, an interview, or a partial restaging of the arguments before the court. 8.3L2

Thursday: T.L.W.copy the graphic organizer on p. 235 (Venn Diagram) showing the powers of the National Governemnt , the powers of the state grovernments and the powers that the two share. View a film about Woodward and Bernstein’s undercover of the burglary of the Democratic National Headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington D.C. 8.4L2

Friday: T.L.W.list the rights provided by the Bill of Rights. Discuss the protections granted by the first ten amendments. What does “freedomof speech” mean, for example? How can the people “ petition the government for a redress of grievances”? Make a mini-quiz of 5 question covering The Bill of Rights. Why did the framers of the Constitution deny women the right to vote? Think before you voice your opinion. Amendment 26 allows all U.S. citizens to vote if they are 18 before election day and have registered. You can register by mail of at a motor vehicle bureau. States have varying residency requirements for voters; ie one must be a resident of Penn. for 30 days in order to register. If you are away from your home at college you can vote by absentee ballot. The ballot must be marked, signed, and mailed by a certain date in order to be counted. 8.4L2

Mrs. Brewer’s
Reading

Thought for the day:
If you can dream it you can do it.
–Walt Disney
Nov. 13-17 BRING LITERATURE BOOK

Monday: T.L.W. read and interpret the story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe. text p. 201. Define vocabulary for the week: ACUTE, VEXED, SAGACITY, REFRAINED, WARY, SUAVITY, AUDACITY, VEHEMENTLY, GESTICULATIONS, DERISION. Complete the READING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES- making predictions p. 201 in your Reader’s Log. 8.1.spi. 25

Tuesday: T.L.W. complete this weeks selection “The Tell- Tale Heart”. We will be practicing reading skills this week and we will use the application strategy of ” Summarization.” Evaluate the narrator. Why does the narrator say three times that the old man is dead? p. 205. View film on Edgar Allen Poe. 8.1.tpi.10, 8.3.tpi.9

Wednesday: T.L.W. express understanding through critical and creative wiritng, art, and listening by using new words and synonyms in a written assignment. Write a police report about the investigation of the murder. Use spelling and decoding worksheet p.10. 8.3. tpi 9

Thursday: T.L.W. Review Keeping Tense Consistent in writing with Grammar Link worksheet p. 19-20. Share police report writings. 8.2.13 and spi.14, 8.2. spi. 19

Friday: T.L.W. complete weekly selection test p. 40 and Standardized Test Preparation p. 34. 8.2.tpi.1, tpi 9

Extra Credit: Probe two on Thinklinklearning.com code: 614259.

Mrs. Brewer’s
Enriched Reading

Thought for the day:
If you can dream it you can do it.
–Walt Disney
Nov. 13-17 BRING LITERATURE BOOK

Monday: T.L.W. continue with Latin. Homework: Define vocabulary for the week: ACUTE, VEXED, SAGACITY, REFRAINED, WARY, SUAVITY, AUDACITY, VEHEMENTLY, GESTICULATIONS, DERISION. Complete the READING SKILLS AND STRATEGIES- making predictions p. 201 in your Reader’s Log. 8.1.spi. 25

Tuesday: T.L.W. read and interpret this weeks selection “The Tell- Tale Heart” p. 201. We will be practicing reading skills this week and we will use the application strategy of “Summarization.” Evaluate the narrator. Why does the narrator say three times that the old man is dead? p. 205. View film on Edgar Allen Poe. 8.1.tpi.10, 8.3.tpi.9

Wednesday: T.L.W. express understanding through critical and creative wiritng, art, and listening by using new words and synonyms in a written assignment. Write a police report about the investigation of the murder. Use spelling and decoding worksheet p.10. 8.3. tpi 9

Thursday: T.L.W. Review Keeping Tense Consistent in writing with Grammar Link worksheet p. 19-20. Share police report writings. 8.2.13 and spi.14, 8.2. spi. 19

Friday: T.L.W. complete weekly selection test p. 40 and Standardized Test Preparation p. 34. 8.2.tpi.1, tpi 9

Extra Credit: Probe two on Thinklinklearning.com code: 614259.