They're Done!

Or at least they should be ... tomorrow.

I'm really looking forward to seeing your hard work on this independent project.

Scrapbooks and hieroglyphics

Make sure that you are working hard this week to finish up your scrapbooks.



All directions can be found on our class website.



In Social Studies, we studied Egyptian writing and were able to start writing our name out on a poster. Please your hieroglyphics

Pull Together Your Scrapbooks

This weekend would be a fantastic time to really do some hard work on your scrapbooks.

Not sure of what you need?

You can find all the instructions online at our class website.

Get ready for your essay

One of the major assignments of the scrapbook is the five-paragraph essay that sums up the life of the Freedom Fighter you have been studying.

Please fill out the writing organizer that was handed out in class today so that I can approve your plan.

In addition, you should have read through Chapter 8 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by tomorrow.

Scrapbook work begins ....

... tomorrow.
Please be prepared. You may want to take your biography into class during the next few days.

Read, Read, Read

Biographies should be finished by this Tuesday.

Make sure to also fill fill out The Great Pyramid maps.

Explore Khufu's tomb here:

Irrelevant Details & The Great Pyramid

English -- Due Friday

Tonight for English, please look at the two paragraphs and determine which sentence is irrelevant.

Social Studies - Due Monday

We've started to learn about pyramids. These huge structures have fascinated people for thousands of years: How were they built? What's inside? Is there really a curse?

Take a look at the biggest pyramid ever built, The Great Pyramid. For Monday,  label the interior and exterior map of this complex. Paste them into your notebook. You should also take notes. Don't forget to include it into your Social Studies notebook.

Keep reading those biographies!

The Nile and Its Gifts

The Nile was what sustained the ancient Egyptians. Like their neighbors in Mesopotamia, The Nile gave several gifts to the Egyptians. Among them were:
1. Floods
2. Mud
3. Food
4. Papyrus

Tonight, please label the map with the following:

1.Lower Egypt
2.Upper Egypt
3.Red Sea
4.Mediterranean Sea
5.Dead Sea
6.Nile Delta
7.Direction of Current
8.Fertile Area
9.Sinai Peninsula
10.Compass Directions


Need a good resource? Try here:

Treasures of Ancient Egypt

Sandcastles

Please analyze the essay handed out in class, similar to how we looked at Chinese New Year. Follow the directions on the back.

And don't foget: Continue to read your biography!

Pick List & Choose

When writing an essay, you should follow these steps to help identify broad but distinct main ideas for your supporting paragraphs.

1. Pick a topic.

2. List out all the ideas connected with that topic that you can think of.

3. Choose broad but distinct ideas from the list that you generated.

For homework tonight, you will be looking at the essay plans handed out in class. Decide whether the paragraph ideas are distinct and broad enough. If not, think of better topic ideas. Then write sentences that could introduce each paragraph.

Don't forget to read your biography each night!

Freedom Fighter Project

Here's a reprint from the directions you received about the initial stages of our Freedom Fighters Scrapbook Project.

Don't forget to pick out your books and get your parent consent forms signed.



As you read The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, you will be putting together a scrapbook about a Freedom Fighter, someone who has stood up for the rights of others. Choose someone who has fought for the rights of blacks, women, or another minority group.

1. First, you will need to select your Freedom Fighter. There are some great choices out there. See last post.

2. Freedom Fighter consent form needs to be signed by parent/guardian and returned to teacher on November 7th.

3. Read your biography each day independently. Your biography should be read by November 17th.

4. Conduct independent research about your author’s life.

5. Bibliography should include all book and online sources you use in your project. A minimum of two sources is required.

6. Completed scrapbook is due November 28th. See handout for details on contents of scrapbook.

Biography and Vocab Quiz

As we read Watsons Go to Birmingham/ Bud, Not Buddy, you are required to read the biography of a Freedom Fighter - someone who has stood up for the rights of others. Choose someone who has fought for the rights of blacks, women, or another minority group.

Please be ready to tell me who you are reading about on Thursday. Below is a list of people who might interest you for this project:

Sojourner Truth
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Corretta Scott King
Frederick Douglas
Nelson Mandela
Desmond Tutu
Dali Lama
Susan B. Anthony
Harriet Tubman
Mahatma Ghandi
Thurgood Marshall
Bob Dylan
Bono
Joan Baez
Harry Belafonte
Jesse Jackson
Jackie Robinson


In addition, don't forget to study for your vocabulary quiz on Thursday.