Monday - 11/13/2017

What We Did Today
Mr. L's class started the new GLCE packet, while Mr. L's class finished planning their argument essays.

Homework
Mr. L(a Framboise)'s classes need to have one supporting paragraph and their rebuttal paragraph completed by the beginning of class on Wednesday.

Discussion Starters
GLCEs; argument essay.

Friday - 11/10/2017

Abigail Adams

What We Did Today
We continued analyzing our two documents in our investigation of our historical controversy (Shays and his followers: Rebels or freedom fighters?).

Homework
Terms & Names are due on Monday for all students.  Mr. Lyskawa assigned some writing for the weekend which is also due on Monday.

Discussion Starters
Rebels or freedom fighters?  Why should Gray be trusted/doubted? Why should Adams be trusted/doubted?

Thursday - 11/09/2017

Daniel Shays: rebel or freedom fighter?

What We Did Today
We continued investigating our second historical controversy (Were Shays and his followers rebels or freedom fighters?).

Homework
Finish your Terms & Names for Monday.

Discussion Starters
Gray speech; Adams letter; rebels or freedom fighters?

Wednesday - 11/08/2017

What We Did Today
We kicked-off our second investigation into a historical controversy: Were Shays and his followers rebels or freedom fighters?

Homework
Finish the Terms & Names sheet for our upcoming unit, "Challenges to an Emerging Nation" by Monday, November 13th.

Discussion Starters
Was there ever a time when you thought you were doing the right thing but others thought it was wrong?

Friday - 09/29/2017

What We Did Today

Students share what they like most/least about their writing.

We finished writing our essays, critiqued student sample essays using H2W ("How to Write Your Essay"), shared what we liked/disliked most about our writing, reflected (and evaluated) our writing using a Reflection Guide, turned in our work for Mr. L to read over the weekend, then watched CNN10.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Who fired the first shot? What did you like most/least about your writing? What one change did you make to your writing after you reflected upon it using the Reflection Guide?

Thursday - 09/28/2017

What We Did Today
We wrapped-up our examination of our authors' reliability, then started writing our first essay (actually, just the introduction and conclusion) to the historical question, "Who fired the first shot at Lexington Green?"

Homework
None, though you may want to finish-up your writing if you didn't get a chance to in class.

Discussion Starters
Which text do you think is more reliable/trustworthy, the Barker diary, or the Minute Men's statement? Who do you think fired the first shot?  Why?

Wednesday - 09/27/2017

What We Did Today
We continued our investigation into who fired the first shot at Lexington Green.  We have identified the authors' arguments, summarized paragraphs from each document, and are now examining the reliability of each document.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Who fired the first shot? IREAD (I, R, and E).

Tuesday - 09/26/2017

What We Did Today
We are knee-deep into our first reading-thinking-writing investigation, "Who Fired the First Shot at Lexington Green?"  We have introduced the historical controversy, and began introducing the IREAD strategy that we will be using throughout our investigations.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
"Who fired the first shot at Lexington Green"; IREAD.