Long Term Assignments & Test Schedule for Term 1

Long-term Writing Assignment for Term 1:

Write a story about how one person made a difference in their family, in their school, in their community or in the world. This story should be based on fact, not fiction. Do some reserach adn find out about someone in your family or someone you admire or an historical figure. It could even be a personal story, if you have felt you have made a difference because of something you have done. This story is not a biography of an entire person's life. Instead, it is only one short story or snapshot of a single event. Focus on dialogue to illustrate how the main character communicates with others in order to change his/her environment.
First Draft due:  A Day - Friday, Sept 7. B Day - Friday, Sept. 14.
Final Draft due: TH, October 18

Book Review for Term 1:

Read a book about someone who has made a difference. Show the book to Mrs. Richardson by TH, Sept. 13. Write a one page review about how the person in the book made a difference in the world.
Due: M, October 8

Test Schedule

Test - TH, 9/13
Test - T, 9/25
Test - T, 10/9
Final Test for Term - TH, 10/18

Classroom Discussion and Homework for 8/27 to 8/31

Classroom Discussion and Homework for 8/27 - 8/31

M, 8/27: What is History? How should Historians write history?

Homework: Read and annotate, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. Due T, 8/28.

Read and annotate, How to Write History by Lucian. Due T, 8/28.

T, 8/28: Understanding Cultures and Civilzations

Homework: Write a paragraph describing something that you normally do in your day-to-day life, but write about it in such a way that other’s may not be able to immediately tell what is going on. Think of the Nacirema “Holy-mouth men.” Due: W, 8/29. **You must have one other person read your paragraph and sign it before turning it in.

W, 8/29: Map of the Ancient Near East and Seed People Demonstration.

Homework: Fill-out Map of the Ancient Near East. Due: T, 9/5

Study for Vocabulary Test on TH, 8/30

Vocabulary words for week of August 27:

absence

absorption

abundant

acceptable

accidentally

accommodation

accompaniment

accurate

accustomed

achievement

acquaintance

actuality

TH, 8/30: Vocabulary Test, Seed people Demos, and Timelines.

Homework: Finish Map and Timeline of the Ancient Near East. Due, T, 9/5

Study Vocabularly List for week of September 4. Due: TH, 9/6

adequately

administration

adolescent

aggressive

agriculture

amateur

ambassador

analysis

analyze

angel

annual

apparatus

F, 8/31: Have Socratic Discussion on Apology by Plato (Period 7/8) and discuss long term writing assignment.

 

Class Discussions and Homework Assignments for 8/21 - 8/24

Class Discussions and Homework Assignments for 8/21 - 8/24

T,  8/21: Meet and Greet each other. Receive Disclosure Document. Give an introduction to the Course.

Homework:

·         Student and parents read and sign disclosure document. Review important points. Due TH, 8/24.

·         Bring 1 spiral bound notebooks for class (to be used as a writing response journal in class). Due TH, 8/23.

·         Look up Socrates and The Socratic Method on the internet. Read about these subjects. Due: W, 8/22.

W, 8/22: Socrates and the Socratic Method
Homework: Look at class blog site. Due TH, 8/23

TH, 8/23: Discuss A Thing of Beauty and the joys of writing.

Homework:

• Write a paragraph about what makes something beautiful to you. Have one other person read your paragraph and sign it. Due M, 8/27.

• Vocabulary List: Review meaning and spelling of each word. Quiz on TH, 8/30.
• absence
• absorption
• abundant
• acceptable
• accidentally
• accommodation
• accompaniment
• accurate
• accustomed
• achievement
• acquaintance
• actuality

F, 8/24 & F, 8/31: Socratic Discussion: Can one person make a difference? Bring Apology by Plato for discussion. Review First Term Writing Assignment. Review grammar and vocabulary assignments for the year.

Wecome to 9th Grade Socratic at Karl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy

Welcome! I am thrilled to be your teacher for the upcoming school year! We will be exploring the Old World this year learning about and reading the words of people who lived thousands of years ago. It will be like traveling back in time and understanding how these people were similar and different than us today. We will also be exploring our opinions on various subjects and discussing (with some background knowledge) about a variety of topics that are as important to us now, as they were to people anciently. These topics range from the value of war to the role of women to the balance of power between strong and weak nations. It should be an exciting year!