October 12-16, 2009

Hi, Students,
I hope you are enjoying your time at home for the weekend. Don't forget to come out to our home game on Wednesday and support the football team! :) Also, here's a fun FUN VOCABULARY GAME at http://www.quia.com/jg/412144.html to help you study about Colonial Georgia. For fun playing with maps go to http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps/atlas/puzzles.html
Parents and students remember that there'll be no school October 23rd (next week). Mark your calendars.
See you in class! :)
Ms. Holden

English Language Arts
Monday

Warm UP
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentences on the board.
GPS ELA8R2
Lesson
Review B-Review identifying helping, main, action, and linking verbs.
Frayer on Transitive and Intransive Verbs p. 59
Task
Exercise 6 Identifying Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Ex. 7 Independent practice
Closer
Homework Practice and Review


Tuesday

Warm UP
Identify the part of speech of the highlighted word in the sentences on the board.

GPS ELA8R2
Lesson
Adverb Chart on p. 61
Task
Adverbs Modifying Verbs Ex. 8 on p. 62
Independent practice with Homework
Closer
Rapid Review


Wednesday
Warm UP
GPS ELA8R2
Lesson
Adverbs Modifying Adjectives
Using dictionaries (or teacher provided list)students will find adjectives and turn them into adverbs.
Task
Ex. 9 Identifying Adverbs
Closer
Oral Practice on p. 64


Thursday
Warm UP
Identify adverbs in the sentences on the board.
GPS ELA8R2
Lesson:
Ex. 10 Identifying adverbs that modify other adverbs
Task
Cooperative Practice Review C
Closer
Rapid Review

Friday
Warm UP
Identify the adverbs in the sentences on the board.
GPS ELA8R2
Lesson
List commonly used prepositions and define PREPOSITION using graphic organizer.
Task
Ex. 11 Guided Grammar Practice identifying prepositions
Closer
Homework Preview-Identifying Prepositions

ELA Online Resources:
www.readwritethink.org
http://www.quia.com/ba/112587.html
http://www.quia.com/jg/65832.html
http://www.quia.com/quiz/265261.html
http://www.quia.com/rr/124861.html
www.chompchomp.com

Georgia Studies

Monday
Warm Up
Chapter 4 Review-p.140
GPS SS8H3a
Lesson
Review Timeline in Ch 4-Discuss GPS SS8H2
Tasks
Complete "understanding the facts" reading comprehension
Define words to own for Ch 5
Closer
Vocabulary Preview-Word Jumble on Whiteboards

Tuesday
Warm UP
CRCT questions review-Ch 4 and Ch 5 (SS8H2)
GPS SS8H2
Lesson
Guided Reading Activities
Task
It's your turn questions-classwork/homework
Closer
Rapid Review

Wednesday
Warm Up
Define words in Section Preview on p. 142 used in Today's Reading.
GPS SS8H3a
Lesson
Finish Reading Ch 5 Section 2. FlipPage Graphic organizer on Georgia's first three governors.
"It's Your Turn" questions on p. 148.
If time permits, students may go online to view the Georgia Encyclopedia articles related to these individuals.
Task
Closer
Imagine you were governor (with an endless budget) what three things would you like to accomplish for our home state.

Thursday
Warm UP
Ch 5 Test questions in CRCT format on the board
GPS
SS8H3 The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.
a. Explain the immediate and long term causes of the American Revolution and
their impact on Georgia including the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years
War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration
of Independence.
Lesson
Tories, Patriots, boycott, Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Liberty Boys, Townshend Acts, and Quartering Act.
Task
Guided Reading Ch 5 Section 3
Closer
It's Your turn questions
Review together in class. Classwork left undone should be completed for homework.

Friday
Warm UP
Ch 5 Test Questions in CRCT format.
GPS:
Mini Lesson
Students will view the video-Georgia Stories II Video 1 Program 3: Colonial Georgia, Part 2 Story 3: Georgia’s Oldest Business
Students will answer ocmprehension questions about what they viewed in the Colonial Georgia video.
Closer
QUIZSHOW

GA Online Resources:

Chapter 5 - From Royalty to Independence, 1752 - 1783

Hyperlinks

ingeb.org/folksong.html
Website contains the lyrics to hundreds of songs

members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Revolutionarywar.html
A child-safe website with links to Revolutionary War websites.

teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
A website on the first Thanksgiving. Includes timeline and information about Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts

www.earlyamerica.com
Website on colonial America

www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/
Website of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

www.kidinfo.com/American_History/American_Revolution.html
Contains a wealth of links to various sites about the American Revolution.

www.nps.gov/fofr/col_kids.htm
This page of the National Park Service’s site describes what life was like for children during the colonial period.

www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
Liberty! The American Revolution, an online companion to a PBS series, this site contains wonderful, documented information on the Revolution.

xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purhist.html
Contains information on the Puritans


www.unitedstreaming.com

Georgia Stories II
Video 1
Program 3: Colonial Georgia, Part 2
Story 3: Georgia’s Oldest Business

Do You Remember?

1. Why was the use of letters to gain information not very useful to the early settlers?



2. What prevented the publication of newspapers in the new colony?



3. What finally allowed the publication of a newspaper? When did this take place?



4. Who was the publisher of the first newspaper in Georgia?



5. What “title” had Johnston been given by the legislature?



6. What was the name of the first newspaper in Georgia?



7. How do newspapers get much of their income?



What Do You Think?

8. Do newspapers help democracy work? How?



Want to Learn More?

9. Ask your local newspaper for a tour of the facilities to see how a newspaper is put together.


What’s the Connection?

See page 148 in your textbook.

Answers to Video 1, Program 3, Story 3


1. because it took so long for a letter to arrive at its destination

2. The king forbade the publishing of newspapers.

3. The legislature passed an act allowing the publication of newspapers in 1763.

4. James Johnston

5. Royal Printer for Georgia

6. The Georgia Gazette

7. through advertising revenues

8. Answers will vary.

9. Check student responses.