"What is An American?"

Good Morning!

*Independent Reading -- please begin at the bell

*Food Drive contributions?  :)

*"What is an American?"  -- we will read this text together and you will annotate as we go along and complete the activities. (Handout)

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and Persuasive Essay Topic

"What is an American?

Good Morning!

I hope that you had a very enjoyable weekend!

*Independent Reading -- please begin at the bell

*Food Drive contributions?  :)

*Discussion of your responses to The Patriot -- I will also collect your notes.

Land of Opportunity

*"What is an American?"  -- we will read this text together and you will annotate as we go along and complete the activities. (Handout)


HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading and Persuasive Essay Topic

The Patriot

Good Morning!

*Please begin reading your independent reading book at the bell.

*Food Drive contributions?

*The Patriot -- discuss the assigned questions in groups of four.  I will arrange those groups.   In addition to the questions on the handout, write down the following questions on the back of the handout and respond:

6.  What is an American?  What are some of the various

      descriptions that come to mind?

7.  What makes America particularly unique in the world?

8.  What is relevant about the era of the American Revolution 

      today?

9.  Is America still seen as the land of opportunity?

10. What is your historical heritage as an American?  

(I will also collect your notes on the movie)

Land of Opportunity

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading.  Consider a topic for your persuasive essay that will soon be assigned. 

The Patriot

Good Morning!

*Food Drive -- please bring a can or two with you to school.  

*Independent Reading -- please begin reading at the bell.

*The Patriot -- please continue taking notes on the movie.  Record as much as you can lines that caught your attention or of significance.  An assignment will follow the movie.

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading.  Continue to think about what topic on which you will be writing a persuasive essay.    

The Patriot

Good Morning!

*Independent Reading -- please begin reading at the bell. I will be checking.

*The Patriot -- please continue taking notes on the movie.  Record as much as you can lines that caught your attention or of significance.  

HOMEWORK:  Independent reading.  Continue to think about what topic on which you will be writing a persuasive essay.    

The Patriot

Good Morning!

*Independent Reading -- Please begin at the bell with your independent reading.  I will be checking to see what you have selected for this final six weeks. 

*The Patriot -- as we continue watching this movie, please record no less than 10 lines or parts  of significance.   

"This war will not be fought on a distant battlefield or frontier but amongst us."

*Homework:  Independent reading

The Patriot

Good morning and welcome back!  I hope that you had an enjoyable vacation and are ready to get back to work!

*Independent Reading -- please have your independent reading book each day.  If you have not selected a book from the recommended list, then you need to do that for the final six weeks. I will start checking tomorrow.
*No Article of the Week this week
*Persuasive Essay -- At the end of this unit of study, you will be writing a persuasive essay.  Not only will you be expressing your opinion, but you will try to convince others to agree with you and possibly take some action. On the Friday before vacation, we began to think of possible topics for this writing assignment. Please continue thinking about a topic as we approach the time when we will begin to write this essay which will be the last week before vacation.

*We have read " the Speech in the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."  Before we continue with some additional readings from this era, my plan is to view The Patriot, which I feel powerfully conveys the historical context of this era.
Please be attentive as there will be an assignment on this movie.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading book for tomorrow.