December 7-11, 2009

Hi, Students,
We have only two weeks left before Christmas holidays, and we have much work to do. Please keep your spirits high and work hard to finish up what is needed to end this semester. We'll be taking the MAP tests this week, and we'll be practicing writing and grammar skills for the upcoming Writing Test in January. Keep practicing your writing of essays and bring them in to be reviewed. See you in class.
Ms. Holden

Georgia Studies
Monday
Vocabulary Word Activity
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/puzzleview/ch%206-word%20search.html

Map Test-Review Test

Tuesday

Warm UP
Student will define the following terms found in the National Anthem after reading it.
1. twilight, 2. ramparts, 3. banner, 4. triumph, 5. desolation

http://www.national-anthems.net/US
http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/starspangledbanner.html

The Star Spangled Banner
In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem, Defense of Fort McHenry. The poem was later put to the tune of (John Stafford Smith's song) The Anacreontic Song, modified somewhat, and retitled The Star Spangled Banner. Congress proclaimed The Star Spangled Banner the U.S. National Anthem in 1931.
Midi by Lesley Nelson


Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
GPS SS8H5
Lesson
United We Stand Activity with class-Whole Group
Task
United We Stand Activity with cooperative partner
Closer
Ticket out the Door-Answer "Why is it important to learn the national anthem?"

Wednesday
Warm UP
CRCT question
GPS SS8H1 SS8H5
Lesson
Review of MAP testing questions and question strategies
Finish Reading Chapter 6 and review for test on Friday
Task
Chapter Activity and It's Your Turn
Closer
Whiteboard-Quizshow

Thursday
Warm UP
CRCT question on the board.
GPS SS8H5
Lesson
Online Georgia Stories Video-Take notes and write a summary paragraph.
Georgia Stories II
Video 2
Program 6: Georgia’s Westward Movement, Part 2
Story 1: Wesleyan Female College
Task
Ch 6 Test Review-Finish Chapter end Review
Closer
Ticket out the door-The video today taught me...


Friday
Warm UP
CRCT question on the board.
GPS
Lesson
Whiteboard Test Review-CRCT questions
Task
Ch 6 Open Book Test
Closer
CRCT Review numbers 99-130

Websites for the week to visit:
English Language Arts Text Resources
http://my.hrw.com/la/elot/0030526647/student/ch14/lg1214416_421.pdf

English
Monday
Warm UP
List 10 adjectives and 10 adverbs on your paper. Then list words beside each modify that it could modify.
GPS ELA8C1
Lesson
Adjective and Adverb Phrases
Task
Exercises 1 and 2 in textbook covering Adjective and Adverb Phrases
Closer
Homework Preview-Class Review of Adjectives and Adverb Phrases

Tuesday
Warm Up
Identify the phrases in the sentences on the board.
Lesson
Review of Adverb and Adjective Phrases-Homework Review
Task
Review of Adverb and Adjective Phrases-Additional Practice
Closer
Oral Grammar Review and Review of Word Wall terms

Wednesday
GPS=ELA8R1 and ELA8C1
ELA Map Test
Reading Map Test

Thursday
Warm Up
Correct the sentences on the board by filling in the correct adjective or adverb phrase from the word bank.
GPS ELA8R1 and ELA8C1
Lesson

Task
Closer

Friday
Warm UP
GPS ELA8R1 and ELA8C1
Lesson
Ch 6 Test Review
Task
Ch 6 Test
AR Reading Test
Closer
HangMan using Vocabulary
AR Reading Christmas Decorations