Team 7-A Math/Geography

Annoucement:

8th Grade Dance Tickets will be on sale tonight at the P.E. Program and Fri.

Dance $20.00

T-shirt $8.25

REPORT CARDS GO HOME TODAY 3/26/07. SIGN ENVELOPE AND RETURN ASAP

Thought for the Day
Teamwork is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes extremely blurry.

American History
March 26-30,2007

Monday: T.L.W. View a film on a Civil War battle of Gettysburg. Discuss confusion on the battlefield during the battle when Union soldiers confused blue- clad Confederates as an infantry regiment and stopped firing. The Confederates wiped out the Union guns and the tide of the battle shifted to the Confederates. 8.1 D, 8.5 spi. 13, 14

Tuesday: T.L.W. read and discuss “The Conflict Takes Shape” p. 486-489. Complete the lesson organizer p. 486 for the Strengths and Weaknesses of the North and the South. Note the pie graphs of the Resources of the North and South p. 487. Read the American Profile of Robert E. Lee p. 489. Test on Chapt. 16. (makeup work from last week.) D, 8.5
Wednesday: T.L.W. complete workbook pages 86-87. Read and discuss “No easy Victory” p. 490-494. Identify the Victories of the Confederates.
List the victories of the Union. Discuss the other battles such as Antietam and the navel battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack. Take good notes.D, 8.5, 8.6
Thursday: T.L.W. complete quiz on 17-1 & 2. Discuss the Battle of Shiloh and Ulysses S. Grant. p. 494. 8.4, 8.5 spi 5.
Friday: T.L.W. read and discuss “A Promise of Freedom” p. 496-499. Complete and turn in Section #3 Assessment p. 499 (1-5). Discuss the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation. Explain African American’ contribution to the war effort both in the Union Army and behind Confederate Lines. 8.5 spi 12, 13, 14.

Mrs. Debbie Brewer
G.M.S. Reading
March 26-30,2007

Thought for the Day
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
—Woody Allen

Monday: T.L.W. study Greek and Latin Roots. Text p. 151 & 500 Read and discuss “The Ransom of Red Chief” p. 483-491. Define: apparition, diatribe, undeleterious, philoprogenitiveness, radius, bas-relief, brake, court plaster, dassent, rubber, contiguous vicinity, sylvan, rubberneck, somnolent, peremptory, acceded, depredation, surreptitiously, renegade, proclivities, palatable, ineffable, proposition, calliope, situational irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony. 8.1.10

Tuesday: T.L.W. complete making meanings p.493 Reading Check and (2-10). 8.12
Wednesday:T.L.W. work with pronoun and antecedent agreement. and synonyms p. 495 (1-10). 8.2.20
Thursday:T.L.W. read and discuss “They Have Yarns” by Carl Sandburg p. 496-497 Making Meanings p. 499. Benchmark Test I Test Preparation for TCAP.8.1 spi 7,11,12,8.21,6,7,8,14,16,18,19,20, 8.3spi.9.

Friday:T.L.W. complete selection tests on “The Ransom of Red Chief” and “They Have Yarns”. 8.1.7,11,12.

Mrs. Debbie Brewer
G.M.S. Enriched Reading
March 26-30,2007

Thought for the Day
Eighty percent of success is showing up.
—Woody Allen

Monday: T.L.W. Continue with French. Study Greek and Latin Roots. Text p. 151 & 500 Read and discuss “The Ransom of Red Chief” p. 483-491. Define: apparition, diatribe, undeleterious, philoprogenitiveness, radius, bas-relief, brake, court plaster, dassent, rubber, contiguous vicinity, sylvan, rubberneck, somnolent, peremptory, acceded, depredation, surreptitiously, renegade, proclivities, palatable, ineffable, proposition, calliope, situational irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony.8.1.10

Tuesday: T.L.W. complete making meanings p.493 Reading Check and (2-10).8.12

Wednesday:T.L.W. work with pronoun and antecedent agreement. and synonyms p. 495 (1-10).8.2.20

Thursday:T.L.W. read and discuss “They Have Yarns” by Carl Sandburg p. 496-497 Making Meanings p. 499.8.1.spi.7, 8.1.spi.11, 8.1.spi.12, 8.2. spi.1, 8.2.spi6, 8.2.spi.7, 8.2.spi.8,14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 8.3.spi.9
Friday:T.L.W. complete selection tests on “The Ransom of Red Chief” and “They Have Yarns”. 8.1.7, 11, 12.