KCC

We worked on the in-class scored Reading Claim & Evidence assessment on the students' choices of essays...If you were absent, see me to make up this assessment work.

U.S. History

We finished our in-class assessment work for an A/V Claim & Evidence -- if you were absent, see me to make up this scored work.  We then began another in-class assessment -- a Context & Lens...to be continued in class tomorrow.

World History

Writing day 2 of 3!  Be confident that you've chosen important themes based on a thorough review of all of your E.Q. notes for question #2, and that you've put those themes into 1, clear, grammatically correct thesis sentence.  Then, move into the guts of your paragraph, providing 3 or more very specific examples from our class studies for each of your themes....and get a transitional word or phrase in the start of each section to create flow between the sections within this one, meaty paragraph.  We'll finish and then edit the writing tomorrow -- due before the start of class Friday.

World History

Writing!  Look at the "Writing Notes to Self" where you listed either on paper or a Google doc the feedback you got on your first writing; use this info on this new writing!  Also, use the instruction/helper docs in Google Classroom  > Classwork > Writing section....MLA formatting, a sample paragraph w/ color coding, rubric, editing page.  The assignment is set up as the very bottom item in Classwork, and the assigned question is E.Q. #2.  BEGIN the work on the "Thesis Themes Work" page and dialogue with me any time needed in this process.  We will continue this writing work in class tomorrow.

U.S. History

The scored writing has been returned with feedback via Google Classroom.  2nd hour was given time to collaborate on E.Q. notes in light of a revisit with the highlighted timeline and The Founders packets that we read and highlighted as anchor pieces at the beginning of the unit.  (5th hour did that already.)  We then began a scored Audio-Visual Claim & Evidence -- if you were absent, see me to set up a time to make up this work.

KCC

Collaborate on Chapter 8 themes (due Friday, but we ran out of time and then did not have class yesterday).  Chapter 9, as you were told by the sub last Wednesday, is due this Friday.  The scored writing has been returned with comments via Google Classroom -- see me to dialogue about your writing.  I went through some of the more notable fact-check items regarding Hamilton, An American Musical.  We revisited the anchor pieces of the timeline and The Founders packet to pull more E.Q. themes for our writing notes.  Finally, we began a Reading Claim & Evidence assessment for which the students had a choice of about 10 essays from the "red book" for this unit -- see me to make up this scored work if you were absent.

KCC

Dual-credit U.S. History did not meet today due to the afternoon team building activity for juniors and seniors in the gym.

U.S. History

We finished the Reading Claim & Evidence that was begun last Thursday -- if you need additional time, come in during Advisory today.  

World History

In hours 1 & 7 we did a drop-in lesson with the "Bizarre Foods: Eastern Australia" episode -- adding ~5 CQs to a new CQ page that we set up:  "C.Q. -- Ag."  (4th hour missed class due to a morning team building activity in the gym today.)

KCC

We finished our Socratic discussion and I shared some follow-up for content clarification (see a reliable classmate to fine tune your notes if you were absent, AND be sure to complete a Socratic Replacement work if you were absent both days...found in Google Classroom under Classwork: Socratic).  The colonialism writing was returned -- see comments and score, and please see me to dialogue about the feedback.  If you forgot to submit it in Google Classroom, please do!  If you got it returned to you without a score and with a note to submit it to turnitin.com and then to resubmit to Google Classroom, please do!  ; )

U.S. History

2nd hour did not meet due to the assembly running over time.  5th hour continued work on the Reading Claim & Evidence (God and The Founders); if you were absent, see me to set up a time to complete this assessment.

World History

Day 2 of 2 Curiosity Research...be sure to follow the instructions on the "Research Cheats" doc in google Classroom AND to submit the work in the correct assignment spot set up for this (Google Classroom...Classwork...scroll to the very bottom "Communal Research.")

KCC

Socratic discussion!

U.S. History

We added notes to our Hamilton notes packets -- focusing special attention on Act II, songs 2, 5, 7, 9, & 19, but also adding some historical fact-checking notes on some other songs (in parentheses to denote its from a source outside of the play).  See a reliable classmate for these notes as needed.  In 5th hour students collaborated to add EQ notes by carefully revisiting the timeline and The Founders packet (the two anchor items with which we started the unit with reading, adding notes, and highlighting).

World History

We edited our Zhutwasi Bizarre Foods notes as I went over some content follow-up.  We did a quick check-in about the layering-to-today items and the UCWP to see if there were any questions.  We then began our end-of-unit Curiosity Research -- READ the instructions found in Google Classroom under the Classwork Tab -- "Research" area...open the "Research Cheats" document and READ THE WHOLE THING.  It will be worth the 3 minutes!  ; )  #1, 2, & 4 are the heart of the learning; however, #3 (formatting) is quick and easy; so, if you fail to take the smidge of time it requires to format correctly, I will return the work unscored for you to fix.  

WEDNESDAY -- KCC

Reading day -- finish Chapter 8 (due this Friday), and get a start on Chapter 9 (due NEXT Friday).  (Mrs. Cluver was home ill today.)

WEDNESDAY -- U.S. History

Finish the last 5 minutes of the "Shay's Rebellion" video for EQ and CQ.  We then began a scored Reading Claim & Evidence assessment -- to be continued in class tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY -- World History

Finish reading the packet of layering-to-today articles, comic strips, and slide images while adding to your EQ and CQ pages.  Finish the U.C.W.P. that was begun last week; you do not have to add picture notes or hashtags to the remaining portions.  (That is really only relevant to the vocab sections already completed.)  Finish this for homework if not completed by the end of the hour.

KCC

Reading day!  (We're missing almost 1/3 of the class today, and Chapter 8 is due Friday!)

U.S. History

We finished the Socratic discussion.   In 5th hour I also sharing some fact-checking with regard to the few places Hamilton An American Musical took artistic liberty.  I also shared the lineage of the British Crown from George III to Princes William and Harry, posing a CQ option and then playing the first 1:36 of a video clip from when Hamilton went to the UK. (Those items will be done with 2nd hour tomorrow.)