Final Quiz Before the Winter Break

Today we took a quiz on time lines.

AIM: I will demonstrate my ability to create a Gregorian time line.

Standard: Plotting items in chronological order on a time line.

Lesson Steps:
We started with the quiz and then looked over the winter break extra credit options. Finally we celebrated all winter birthdays and then said good bye for the year.

Homework: See the following handout for extra credit options over break.


Winter Break Info for Mr

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BCR Day

Today we continued our Paul is SMART lesson with an in-class timed BCR (Brief Constructed Response).

AIM: I will write a BCR using facts from the textbook and the MEAL format.

Standard: 7.W. E. 3 Writing reports by answering the question and ordering facts logically.

Lesson Steps:
Students started class by grading their Do Nows and counting up all their bricks. Once they handed these two items in they had to translate this sentence: "A band of physicists provoked a famine by consuming all the predators on the veldt." Students used their knowledge of these vocabulary words to rewrite this sentence into "everyday language."

We then got our textbooks and a BCR organizer. Students were given 30 minutes to read two pages of the text and to answer this question: "How did farming change the way people lived?" Students were reminded to use evidence from the text to answer the question and to write in a complete MEAL paragraph format. These paragraphs were handed in before the end of the period.

Homework: We will have short quiz tomorrow on how to set up a bow tie time line. review yesterday's handout.

Timeline Workshop

Today we continued to practice our timeline skills.

AIM: I will successfully plot dates on a Gregorian timeline using the bow tie timeline.

Standard: Plotting Major events on time lines and in chronological order.

Do Now:
1) What does BCE mean?
2) What does CE mean?
3) What does BC mean?
4) What does AD mean?

Lesson Steps:
We reviewed yesterday's homework and then went into an activity that asked students to determine when certain events happened. Students had to add or subtract to determine how long ago certain dates happened. For example, how many years ago was the Rosetta Stone created?

We then did a group activity in the hall in which students had to place cards in chronological order, paying attention to dates in CE and BCE. We ended class by reading an excerpt and creating a timeline using the dates from today's reading.

Homework: Complete questions 1-5 on the back of today's handout.
Timeline Rosetta

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Timeline Activity

Today we made time lines in preparation to locating civilizations chronologically.

AIM: I will successfully plot dates on a Gregorian timeline using the bow tie method.

Standard: plotting major events on time lines and in chronological order.

Do Now :
1) Vocabulary term: To tame a wild animal
2) Vocabulary term: This is a person who specializes in writing.
3) Vocabulary term: Widespread destruction or a plant disease that wipes out an entire crop.
4) Which tool is more efficient in cutting crops? A sickle, a pair of scissors or a plow?

Lesson Steps:
We reviewed the Agricultural Revolution and looked at a chart describing it's effect on the world's population. We then looked at the Gregorian calendar and discussed why we have changed to using BCE and CE instead of BC and AD. We then practiced creating a timeline placing zero in the middle and determining how to plot various dates on the timeline.

Homework: Complete exercises 1-5 on timeline handout.
Timeline Dec16

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Vocabulary Bingo & MEAL Review

Today we completed the MEAL activity and Vocab Bingo concerning the first human settlements.

AIM: I will determine the evidence and analysis of a partner's paragraph to see if it answers the questions.

Standard: 7.W.E.3 Write content-based reports that frame a key question about an issue and groups ideas in a logical order.

Do Now:
1) Vocabulary term: An idea or a rule but not Ms. Nophlin.
2) Vocabulary term: To use something up, to eat or to buy.
3) Vocabulary term: To have a baby or to reproduce.
4) If 17 bands settled next to a river, how many people would be using the water?

Lesson Steps:
We went over Friday's quiz and then went right into playing Vocabulary Bingo. This game reviewed many of the key words that related to the MEAL paragraph that had been written for homework.

We then went over how to determine if a piece of analysis actually answered the question. Students paired up and read over another student's work. They were given highlighters and instructed to only highlight a piece of analysis that fully answered the question. If a student received their paper back with no highlights then they knew that they had to rewrite their paragraph.

Homework: Rewrite MEAL paragraph if necessary (The Question: How did humans in early settlements use technology to improve their lives?)