Weekly Wrap-Up: Week of June 8-12, 2015

Hi everyone, I hope you are enjoying your last few days as middle schoolers and your ropes course experience!

You will not see me in class today or tomorrow, and chances are likely that we will not meet formally on Wednesday.  So here is what you want to focus on:

Finish and submit your essay if you have not done so already.

Prepare for quiz retakes with the review handout.

Study for your End of Civil War quiz FRIDAY by making a foldable study guide.

Check PowerSchool to see what is done, what is not done, what has been graded and what is still outstanding.

Quiz Retakes

Hi all,
If you want to retake either the Pre- or Early Civil War quiz, here is what you must do:

Print out the quiz retake form.

Use the Quizlet if you need to review the vocab.

Fill this out as best you can.  See me if you have questions about what you need to do.

Bring the completed quiz retake form to me when you are ready to retake.

PLEASE COMPLETE ANY RETAKES BEFORE YOU LEAVE SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, 6/12!

Happy Friday!!! June 5, 2015

Hey everyone!  I hope you guys traveling to Canobie Lake today had a good day.  We had very few people in classes, so it was a very laid-back day, but we DID accomplish something...

...namely, the following.  Posted below is a screen shot of my board, with five questions (plus an extra credit) listed.  These are your five questions for your end of Civil War quiz next FRIDAY.  You know as of right now exactly what you will be asked, which is as follows:

I have a deal for you as well:
If you make a foldable study guide for our quiz, and answer these questions thoroughly on your study guide, you can guarantee yourself a grade of no lower than a 70.  Bring your completed, thoroughly filled out foldable to the quiz and turn it in at the beginning of class.  If you do not earn at least a 70, your study guide will bring your grade up, but ONLY if you do that at the BEGINNING of class!

If you have forgotten how to make a foldable, I will show you or get a classmate to walk you through it.

DON'T FORGET - Ropes Course Monday/Tuesday!  Come prepared for the weather and the time of day!!

Wrapping Up the War: June 3, 2015

We are finishing up our major studies about the Civil War.  P 1&2 read some articles about how the war affected children and the impact it had on medical care. P 5 started the end of Civil War lecture, p 7 finished the lecture, and p 6 enjoyed the excitement of learning via video.

Online version of the lecture

Guided notes for the lecture

Rainy Days and Tuesdays: June 2, 2015

Hi everyone,
All my classes are at very different points in wrapping up the Civil War.

P 1, 2, & 6 - wrapped up the Later Civil War lecture notes
P 5 - enjoyed the excitement of learning via video!
P 7 - began the Later Civil War lecture notes

You got a chance to look at your quizzes if you took them.  Info on retakes coming soon.

HOMEWORK:  None

Rainy Monday: JUNE 1, 2015

Today in class, we took a quiz.  Now that may sound bad, but we didn't have to hike through the rain on muddy roads in boots that weren't really sized to fit; we're not wearing soggy, hot, dirty clothes made out of wool or cotton; we don't have to eat camp rations that mostly consist of nasty biscuits or cornmeal "johnnycakes" with salted meat or maybe some dried peas for dinner tonight; and we get to go to bed on mattresses free of bedbugs, lice, fleas, and other vermin - so all in all, we're doing much better than your typical Civil War soldier!

HOMEWORK:  There is no homework tonight.  From here out, homework mostly will consist of prepping for our last quiz (next week?), editing and revising your essays, and preparing for retakes of the Pre-Civil War quiz and the Early Civil War quiz.