Sunday, November 30, 2008

Welcome Back!

Hello students, parents, & guardians! I hope you all had a wonderful time off and are excited to get back into the swing of things!!!

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We have three weeks until our next break, so lets get down to it!

This week we will be covering Ch. 8 - Japan



Homework for this week is:

READ:

Pages 198-211

WRITE:

Daily Bellringers & Quick Writes

IDENTIFY, RESPOND, EVALUATE ELABORATE:

Answer page 203 (#s 1-3) --Section 1

Answer page 208 (#s 1-2) --Section 2


All that legal mumbo-jumbo

CA Standards: 7.5.1, 7.5.2

Objectives

Students will learn that …

1. Geography shaped life in Japan.

2. Early Japanese society was organized in clans, which came to be ruled by an emperor.

3. Japan learned about language, society, and government from China and Korea.

Vocabulary

  1. clans
  2. Shinto
  3. Prince Shotoku
  4. regent
This week we will cover chapter 8 (Japan) sections 1 & 2; there are three sections in this chapter, and we will cover section 3 next week!

The Weekly Overview:

Monday
-Ch. 8 Intro
-Q/W (8.1)
-8.1 Vocabulary
-Learning Activity
-Closure

Tuesday
-8.1 Q/W (review)
-8.1 Vocab Review
-Short Reading Activity
-Closure

Wednesday
-Intro 8.2
-Q/W 8.2
-Vocabulary Builder (8.1, if left from Tuesday)
-Reading Activity
-Closure

Thursday
-8.2 Review
-8.2 Vocabulary Builder
-Class "understanding" review
-Closure

Friday
-Collect H/W
-Ch. 8 sections 1 & 2 Quiz
-Japan Film w/ notes
-Closure

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