Monday, February 11, 2013

Week of February 11th


Monday:
1. Student Resource Officer will be in today (he had to cancel Friday) to give his perspective on the Constitution from a law enforcement perspective. This question and answer is always a hit with students!
2. Students will get essay response choices today for the Constitution standard assessment on Thursday – Please select one for tomorrow’s class!

Tuesday:
1.  Students will see an example of an outline and start working on their own for the in class essay section of the Constitution standard assessment on Thursday.
2. We’ll review the 3 branches of government details and the amendment info today with a game in which student groups compete.
HW: Students will get a summary of information and details on our Thursday standard assessment. There is a portion of this overview sheet that will need to be completed for HW  - Due tomorrow.

Wednesday:
1.  Final Review Day: We’ll have several review stations through which student pairs will rotate.
2.  Debate research – We’ll continue debate research of our constitutional debate topics: Affirmative Action (currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court) and Gun Control.  Students will need to research both sides of each topic for our debate on Monday.

Thursday:
US Constitution Test:  This will include information from the last 2 quizzes plus the Supreme Court information and case studies. There is an in-class short essay portion to the test. Students can use an outline for the essay portion. Essay choices were distributed on Mondy.

Friday:
1.  Finish debate research (See Wed.)
2. In-class prep debate for Monday’s debate against Mr. P’s classes.  We’ll return to a more formal Lincoln Douglas debate style. Students will look at the debate rubrics and expectations of the JHHS debate team as a rough guide.