September 27th - October 1st
Note: This Agenda Blog is only an approximate plan of the weekly lesson plans. Changes can and will be made due to unanticipated circumstances and in order to maximize instructional effectiveness.
Economics
Monday – Benefits of Free Enterprise. Class will read pages 50 to 56 in the textbook. Students will answer teacher-directed questions and define terms.
Tuesday – Benefits of Free Enterprise. Class will read pages 50 to 56 in the textbook. Students will answer teacher-directed questions and define terms. (Continued)
Wednesday – Brain Bowl #5: Mixed Economies and Benefits of Free Enterprise.
Thursday – Quiz (Mixed Economies and Benefits of Free Enterprise.)
Friday – Enrichment Activity.
English Honors
Monday – Class will continue reading Beowulf (pages 42 to 46). Students will answer teacher-directed guided reading questions.
Tuesday – Class will continue reading Beowulf (pages 47 to 51). Students will answer Thinking Through Literature questions on page 51.
Wednesday – Class will read Chapter 10 in Lord of the Flies. Students will answer teacher-directed guided reading questions.
Thursday – Class will read Chapter 11 in Lord of the Flies. Students will answer teacher-directed guided reading questions.
Friday – Class will read Chapter 12 in Lord of the Flies. Students will answer teacher-directed guided reading questions.
8th Grade American History
Monday – Students will complete workbook pages 25 – 27 as a review about the attempts of France and the Netherlands to explore and colonize North America.
Note: We will not be having a separate quiz on the Lost Colony of Roanoke unit, but questions from this unit will be included on the Jamestown quiz.
Tuesday – PowerPoint: Jamestown (Teacher will lecture and discuss. Students will verbally answer teacher-directed questions, write answers to questions written on slides, and watch and discuss videos.)
Wednesday – PowerPoint: Jamestown (Teacher will lecture and discuss. Students will verbally answer teacher-directed questions, write answers to questions written on slides, and watch and discuss videos.) (Continued)
Thursday – PowerPoint: Jamestown (Teacher will lecture and discuss. Students will verbally answer teacher-directed questions, write answers to questions written on slides, and watch and discuss videos.) (Continued)
Friday – Brain Bowl #4: Jamestown.
Drama
Monday – Character Skit: Students will be divided into groups of four and plan a five minute skit with the characters that they created the previous week.
Tuesday – Character Skit: Students will act out the five-minute skit with their four characters.
Wednesday – NO CLASS.
Thursday – First Two Lines Improv Activity.
Friday – Switching Roles Improv Activity.