| Week of October 29th: |
| Complete test for Travels with Charley;
Remember: You must read and test over five AR books within your
reading level during this nine weeks. Three of the five books must
be fiction; the other two should be nonfiction. The marking
period ends on January 18. When we begin our class novel, the
assigned chapters may count toward reading practice cards. The novel
will also count as one of your three fiction AR tests, but we will
take that AR test as a class. |
| Week of
November 5th: |
| Computer skills testing; benchmark test
II; REVIEW TERMS TO KNOW BY HEART: setting, plot, exposition, rising
action, climax, falling action, resolution, characters, character
traits, point of view, first person point of view, third person
point of view, theme, mood, author's style, simile, metaphor,
foreshadowing; introduction to The True Confessions of Charlotte
Doyle |
| Week of
November 12th: |
| The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
and literary elements; action verbs; writing and
vocabulary to accompany chapter study guides |
| Week of
November 19th: |
| The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
and literary elements; linking and helping verbs; writing and
vocabulary to accompany chapter study guides. |
| Week of
November 26th: |
| The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
and literary elements; linking and helping verbs; writing and
vocabulary to accompany chapter study guides |
| Week of
December 3rd: |
| The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle;
review of clauses, simple and compound sentences; writing and
vocabulary to accompany chapter study guides. |
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December 10th: |
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| Week of October 29th: |
"Act as though it were impossible to
fail." ~~Unknown
NC Ghosts Stories
Thursday, November 1st, Kendall Delorier, "STUDY HUDDLE"
topic: Final Countdown
Seeking and Settling: England's First Colonies
Reading Strategies: Making connections, asking questions,
evaluating
Skills: Interpreting Maps, use of primary sources,
interpreting graphs, summarizing, finding main ideas, evaluating,
making decisions, analyzing causes, forming and supporting opinions,
drawing conclusions
Websites:
History of Jamestown
http://www.apva.org/ history/ index.html
History and time line of the colony,
including sketches of the original settlement, biographies of many
of the settlers, and recent archaeological finds at the site of the
colony.
A City Upon a Hill
http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ pages/ frontline/ shows/ apocalypse/
primary/ ciudad.html
Excerpts from John Winthrop's famous
"City upon a Hill" sermon, in which the future governor of
Massachusetts called on the colonists to establish a community based
on Christian values of love and kindness.
Plimouth Plantation
http://www.plimoth.org/
History of the Pilgrims, including
descriptions and sketches of Pilgrim life in Massachusetts and in
their native Holland.
Plymouth Colony Archive Project
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ users/ deetz/ home2.html
Archives and explanations of documents
from the Plymouth Colony, including wills, laws, court cases,
biographies of colonists, maps, sketches, and descriptions.
Historical Highlights of North Carolina
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ nc/ history/ history.htm
A description of early North Carolina,
its natural resources and Native American inhabitants, at the time
of the early settlements.
North Carolina Geological Survey
http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/ Default.htm
Maps, aerial photos, and facts and
figures on rocks and minerals in North Carolina.
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
http://www.enr.state.nc.us/
Facts and figures on North Carolina's
natural resources, including lakes and streams, native fish, and
other wildlife.
North Carolina Geography
http://www.netstate.com/ states/ geography/ nc_geography.htm
A description of North Carolina
geography, topography, and climate. |
| Week of
November 5th: |
"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of
choice."~~~Unknown
NC Test of Computer Skills starts on Monday, November 5th
Colonial Days: The Thirteen English Colonies
Reading Strategies: Making connections, asking questions,
evaluating
Skills: Interpreting Diagrams, interpreting maps, summarizing,
finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, analyzing causes,
evaluating,
Websites:
Indigo-Mysterious Dye
http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/ le/ special/ indigo.htm
Discussion of the history of the
production of indigo dye in Louisiana.
The Culture of Tobacco in 17th- and 18th-century Europe
http://www.nypl.org/ research/ chss/ spe/ art/ print/ exhibits/
drydrunk/ intro.htm
Account of the use of tobacco, based on
collections in the New York Public Library.
The Trial of Anne Hutchinson
http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ amex/ kids/ civilrights/
features_hutchison.html
Read about Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan,
who came to America in search of a place where she could worship
freely. But after expressing religious beliefs that were different
from the colony's rulers, she was charged with a "crime" and
eventually banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Roger Williams Biography
http://www.rogerwilliams.org/ biography.htm
Biography of Roger Williams, English
Puritan clergyman and founder of the American colony of Rhode
Island.
Triangular Trade
http://members.tripod.com/ lylesj/ trade/ tritrade.html
Student-created Web page on triangular
trade, with a detailed map showing the route of natural resources,
manufactured products, and enslaved Africans taken to the Americas.
Early American Colonies
http://www.timepage.org/ spl/ 13colony.html
Site from the Time Page about the how
each of the original Thirteen Colonies came to be.
Plimouth Plantation
http://www.plimoth.org/
Articles about various facets of life in
17th-century Plymouth, Massachusetts, including technology of the
day, work, Thanksgiving, and the Wampanoag,
Georgian Colonial Homes
http://architecture.about.com/ library/ bl-georgiancolonial.htm
Image displaying a Georgian colonial
home, an explanation of its popularity, and tips on how to identify
such architecture.
Colonial Food
http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/ wis/ teachers/ dtewhey/ webquest/
colonial/ food.htm
Descriptions, images, and quotes about
the type of food the settlers of the Jamestown Colony ate when they
first arrived in North America.
18th-Century Clothing
http://www.history.org/ history/ clothing/ index.cfm
Images and explanations of the most
popular and appropriate dress for 18th-century men, women, and
children. |
| Week of
November 12th: |
"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already
mastered, you will never grow."~~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, November 12th HOLIDAY in honor of Veterans' Day
Colonial Days: The Thirteen English Colonies
Reading Strategies: Making connections, asking questions,
evaluating
Skills: Interpreting Diagrams, interpreting maps, summarizing,
finding main ideas, drawing conclusions, analyzing causes,
evaluating,
Websites:
Indigo-Mysterious Dye
http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/ le/ special/ indigo.htm
Discussion of the history of the
production of indigo dye in Louisiana.
The Culture of Tobacco in 17th- and 18th-century Europe
http://www.nypl.org/ research/ chss/ spe/ art/ print/ exhibits/
drydrunk/ intro.htm
Account of the use of tobacco, based on
collections in the New York Public Library.
The Trial of Anne Hutchinson
http://www.pbs.org/ wgbh/ amex/ kids/ civilrights/
features_hutchison.html
Read about Anne Hutchinson, a Puritan,
who came to America in search of a place where she could worship
freely. But after expressing religious beliefs that were different
from the colony's rulers, she was charged with a "crime" and
eventually banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Roger Williams Biography
http://www.rogerwilliams.org/ biography.htm
Biography of Roger Williams, English
Puritan clergyman and founder of the American colony of Rhode Island
Triangular Trade
http://members.tripod.com/ lylesj/ trade/ tritrade.html
Student-created Web page on triangular
trade, with a detailed map showing the route of natural resources,
manufactured products, and enslaved Africans taken to the Americas.
Early American Colonies
http://www.timepage.org/ spl/ 13colony.html
Site from the Time Page about the how
each of the original Thirteen Colonies came to be.
Plimouth Plantation
http://www.plimoth.org/
Articles about various facets of life in
17th-century Plymouth, Massachusetts, including technology of the
day, work, Thanksgiving, and the Wampanoag,
Georgian Colonial Homes
http://architecture.about.com/ library/ bl-georgiancolonial.htm
Image displaying a Georgian colonial
home, an explanation of its popularity, and tips on how to identify
such architecture.
Colonial Food
http://www.scarborough.k12.me.us/ wis/ teachers/ dtewhey/ webquest/
colonial/ food.htm
Descriptions, images, and quotes about
the type of food the settlers of the Jamestown Colony ate when they
first arrived in North America.
18th-Century Clothing
http://www.history.org/ history/ clothing/ index.cfm
Images and explanations of the most
popular and appropriate dress for 18th-century men, women, and
children. |
| Week of
November 19th: |
"If you've made up your mind you can do
something, you're absolutely right."~~Unknown
Wednesday, November 21st--Early Release @ 12 Noon
Thursday and Friday, November 22nd and 23rd--Thanksgiving Holidays
Colonial Days: North Carolina: A Southern Colony
Reading Strategies: Making connections, questioning,
evaluating
Skills: Interpreting tables, interpreting maps, finding main
ideas, summarizing, evaluating, making inferences, analyzing causes,
analyzing causes and effects
Websites:
Perquimons Precinct
http://perqtax.homestead.com/ files/ quitrent1.jpg
List of receipts of the king's quitrents
for Albemarle County for the period September 1729 to March 1732. A
quitrent was a land tax used to cover the costs of governing the
colony. Note that the name of the county was sometimes spelled
"Perquimans."
Tax Lists for Perquimans County, North Carolina
http://perqtax.homestead.com/
Assorted tax lists assembled from the
North Carolina State Archives. Scanned documents dating to the
1600s.
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina: March 1, 1669
http://www.yale.edu/ lawweb/ avalon/ states/ nc05.htm
1669 document intended to protect
property rights and encourage settlement in Carolina. The document
was never approved by the colonial assembly.
History of North Carolina
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ NC/ HISTORY/ HISTORY.HTM
Brief history of North Carolina from
human settlement to the 20th century.
Culpeper's Rebellion
http://gen.culpepper.com/ historical/ rebellion/ default.htm
Extensive essay on Culpeper's Rebellion,
the popular uprising that raged from 1667 to 1669 against
proprietary rule in the Albemarle section of northern Carolina.
Presbyterianism
http://www.newadvent.org/ cathen/ 12392b.htm
Encyclopedia article explaining the
origins of Presbyterianism, its belief system, and its history in
England and North America.
Early Quaker History
http://thorn.pair.com/ earlyq.htm
Established in 1647, the Friends Church
and its members, the Quakers, broke from the Church of England and
began their own church that stressed a Christian inward peace.
Baptist Beginnings
http://www.baptisthistory.org/ facts.htm#Baptist Beginnings
Brief history of the Baptist church, its
beginnings in England, its rise in North America, and its belief
system today.
Huguenot and Protestant Reform Chronology
http://www.island.net/ ~andreav/ history.htm
Links to several in-depth chronologies
dating from 1440 to 1790 |
| Week of
November 26th: |
"The difference between the impossible and
the possible lies in a person's determination."~~Tommy Lasorda
Colonial Days: North
Carolina: A Southern Colony
Reading Strategies: Making connections, questioning,
evaluating
Skills: Interpreting tables, interpreting maps, finding main
ideas, summarizing, evaluating, making inferences, analyzing causes,
analyzing causes and effects
Websites:
Perquimons Precinct
http://perqtax.homestead.com/ files/ quitrent1.jpg
List of receipts of the king's quitrents
for Albemarle County for the period September 1729 to March 1732. A
quitrent was a land tax used to cover the costs of governing the
colony. Note that the name of the county was sometimes spelled
"Perquimans."
Tax Lists for Perquimans County, North Carolina
http://perqtax.homestead.com/
Assorted tax lists assembled from the
North Carolina State Archives. Scanned documents dating to the
1600s.
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina: March 1, 1669
http://www.yale.edu/ lawweb/ avalon/ states/ nc05.htm
1669 document intended to protect
property rights and encourage settlement in Carolina. The document
was never approved by the colonial assembly.
History of North Carolina
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ NC/ HISTORY/ HISTORY.HTM
Brief history of North Carolina from
human settlement to the 20th century.
Culpeper's Rebellion
http://gen.culpepper.com/ historical/ rebellion/ default.htm
Extensive essay on Culpeper's Rebellion,
the popular uprising that raged from 1667 to 1669 against
proprietary rule in the Albemarle section of northern Carolina.
Presbyterianism
http://www.newadvent.org/ cathen/ 12392b.htm
Encyclopedia article explaining the
origins of Presbyterianism, its belief system, and its history in
England and North America.
Early Quaker History
http://thorn.pair.com/ earlyq.htm
Established in 1647, the Friends Church
and its members, the Quakers, broke from the Church of England and
began their own church that stressed a Christian inward peace.
Baptist Beginnings
http://www.baptisthistory.org/ facts.htm#Baptist Beginnings
Brief history of the Baptist church, its
beginnings in England, its rise in North America, and its belief
system today.
Huguenot and Protestant Reform Chronology
http://www.island.net/ ~andreav/ history.htm
Links to several in-depth chronologies
dating from 1440 to 1790 |
| Week of
December 3rd: |
| "We cannot direct the wind . . . but
we can adjust the sails."~~Unknown |
| Week of
December 10th: |
| "Do not let what you cannot do interfere
with what you can do."~~John Wooden |
| Week of
December 17th: |
| "Failure is not the worst thing in the
world. The very worst is not to try."~~Unknown |
| Week of
December 24th: |
| "Success is a journey, not a
destination."~~Ben Sweetland |
| Week of
December 31st: |
| "Inch by inch, life's a cinch. Yard
by yard, life is hard."~~Unknown |
| Week of
January 7th: |
| "It's never too late to be what you might
have become."~~George Eliot |
| Week of
January 14th: |
| "The journey of a thousand miles starts
with a single step."~~Chinese Proverb |
| Week of
January 21st: |
| "Good intentions are no substitute for
action; failure usually follows the path of least
persistence."~~Unknown |
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