Thursday 11/29/18

Objectives:
•Discuss the process of research with an emphasis on plagiarism and proper citation methods
•Complete a multifaceted project in which they identify source types, search for information, identify plagiarized material, and practice proper citation


•HT #23

•PROMPT: TYPES OF SOURCES
•WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT TYPES OF SOURCES?


•Continue Research Practices (The assignment can be found on google classroom)
•Work on current events if time

•Homework: Current Events due 12/13/18

Tuesday 11/27/18

Objectives:

1. Discuss the process of research with an emphasis on source types and search engine usage
2. Complete a multifaceted project in which you identify source types, search for information, identify plagiarized material, and practice proper citation

Agenda:

1. HT #21
1. PROMPT: RESEARCH
2. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE “BEST PRACTICES” OF RESEARCH?
2. Discuss: Research Practices
3. Types of Sources
4. How to Search
5. Plagiarism
6. Citations
7. Start Research Workshop Project

Homework:

1. Current Events due 12/13/18

11-27-2018 PPT

Monday 11/26/18

•Objective: Show mastery of culture by taking an open notes quiz.
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•Agenda:
•Get Chromebook
•Open to today’s blog post to access Culture Presentations
•Take Culture Quiz
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•Work on Current Events (due 12/13/18)


Resources for Quiz:
Culture Part I 
Culture Part II
Culture Part III

News

Leland News

Tuesday 11/20/18

•Features of Culture continued

 HT 21

•Thesis statements…what to do

•Practice

•Prompt/write

Compare Contrast Sentence Frames

Thursday 11/15/18

Today in class we will be wrapping up our Etiquette Project!  You will have class time to work on and finish your Etiquette Projects, and then we will be presenting it to each other via a gallery walk.

Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss how cultures interact
2. Examine the cultural practices of etiquette through online research and the creation of a digital presentation

Agenda:

1. HT #20 What is an interesting piece of information you have learned about your assigned country.
2. Etiquette Project
   1. Etiquette Project Directions
   2. Etiquette Project List of Countries
   3. Etiquette Resource Site #1 (BEST)
   4. Etiquette Resource Site #2
3. Etiquette Project Gallery Walk

Homework:

1. Submit Etiquette Project to Google Classroom!

Tuesday 11/13/18

Objectives:

1. Analyze etiquette of other countries and create a PPT to illustrate its cultural differences

Agenda:

1. Turn in culture worksheet
2. History Today
3. Discuss Culture
   1. How it is exemplified
4. Etiquette Project
   1. Etiquette Project Directions
   2. Etiquette Project List of Countries
   3. Etiquette Resource Site #1 (BEST)
   4. Etiquette Resource Site #2

Homework:

1. Current events due 12/13/18

Thursday 11/8/18

Welcome and great to see you beautiful people!  Today in class we will be introducing and talking about Culture, our next major unit.  

Objectives:

1. Analyze the different aspects of culture through lecture/discussion and examining our own personal and national culture

Agenda:

1. CE & Biome Quiz
2. HT
   Prompt: Culture
   List out as many words as you can that relate to culture
3. Discuss Culture
   1. What it is!
4. Activity: Personal Culture
   1. Culture Worksheet #1
   2. Culture Worksheet #2

Homework:

1. Finish and submit Columbian Exchange Food project before midnight tonight.

Tuesday 11/6/18

Agenda:
Review Lat/Long Test
Finish Columbian Exchange Food Activity
Take open notes quiz

Monday 11/5/18

Today in class you will start working on your Food Origins Activity.  Hopefully you find this activity as fun as I do! 

Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Explore the origins of your favorite recipes and how the Columbian Exchange has impacted food today

Agenda:

1. Food Origins Activity
   1. Origins of Animals (that may be in your recipe/dish)
   2. Food Origin Map (that may be in your recipe/dish)
   3. Interactive Map Website to color countries
2. HTC #9

Homework:

1. Finish and turn in biomes spreadsheet Google Classroom BEFORE 11:59pm

Thursday 11/1/18

Today in class we will continue to work on our Biome spreadsheets and also do a little writing activity practicing our ability to compare two Biomes.  Writing is a skill that is very important to develop for our future academic careers. 

 Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Read and annotate a text comparing biomes
2. Create a venn diagram to graphically compare a taiga and temperate forest
3. Write a comparative summary about biomes

Agenda:

1. History Today #18
2. Finish Biomes Spreadsheet
3. Start: Reading - Comparing Biomes
   1. Writing Rubric

Homework:

1. Biomes Webquest due Sunday before midnight
2. Bring a recipe to class on Thursday!
   1. Should be a food that you enjoy!
   2. Should include at least 7 ingredients
      1. Ingredients must be stand alone items (not blended)