Friday - 01/12/2018

Two spirited 8th graders dress up for spirit points.

What We Did Today
We had our assessment on regional and economic growth in the first half of the 19th century.  Students also dressed-up for spirit points.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
How'd the assessment go?

Wednesday - 11/01/2017

A group works on their presentation in class

What We Did Today
We worked in small groups on our project.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Who is in your group? What is the focus of your presentation? How are you going to express your learning?

Tuesday - 10/31/2017

What We Did Today

Mr. L                                    Mr. L

We went over yesterday's assessment, then learned about our end-of-the-marking-period project.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
How'd you do on your assessments? What was different about Mr. L/Mr. L today?

Thursday - 10/05/2017

What We Did Today
The entire 8th grade visited the University of Detroit-Mercy for most of the day.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Dry ice; robotics; small animals; design.

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?

Monday - 09/18/2017

What We Did Today
We finished up work on political cartoons and took notes on the events that led to the American Revolution.

Homework
None, though you can work on "The Road to Revolution" if you'd like.

Discussion Starters
How did 18th century political cartoons reflect tensions between the colonists and Great Britain? What were some of the events that led to the American Revolution?

Thursday - 09/14/2017

Students explain political cartoons to their classmates

What We Did Today
We continued analyzing political cartoons to answer our organizing question: "How did 18th century political cartoons reflect tensions between colonists and Great Britain?"

Homework
Finish Terms & Names 01, which is due tomorrow.

Discussion Starters
How did cartoonists show problems between colonists and Great Britain?

Thursday - 09/07/2017

What We Did Today
We wrapped-up our Scattergories activities.  Then, Mr. L introduced this blog to us and showed us all of its features and resources available.  Lastly, we began working on an American History in Review activity.

Homework
None, though if you'd like to work on your American History in Review, go for it.

Discussion Starters
Blog; American History in Review.

Students hunt through their textbooks to review
early American history.