Monday, February 10, 2014

Week of February 10th


Monday, Feb. 10
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Thursday, Feb. 13
Friday, Feb. 14th
 1. Explanation of our preparation plan for the Constitution Standard Assessment. We will be reviewing in class this week, but students are expected to prepare outside of class.

2. On Thursday, students read, debated and wrote court opinions for some key Supreme Court cases – Today we’ll compare student rulings with actual rulings of the High Court.
Review Day 1 – Students will participate in a review activity designed to help them target what content they need to work on for Thursday’s US Constitution Test*.

*The content of the assessment, which is a TCSD performance standard includes the following:
1. Three Branches as defined in Articles I-III
2. Amendments and amendment scenarios
3. Supreme Court details and rulings
4. Students choose one short essay prompt
 Review Day 2 – Today students will be broken into groups based on how they self-rated during yesterday’s review activities.

* Students will also see and prepare for the essay prompt choices that are part of tomorrow’s test. Students will choose one prompt and may begin to collect and organize evidence.

National History Day building contest and judging today! After school 4-5pm. Come support our NHD students!


US Constitution Test – In class.

US Constitution Test for 4th Period.

Periods 3, 6 &7: Students may finish essays from yesterday or move forward into a pre-reading for our Westward Expansion unit.
HW:  US Constitution Review forms due on Wednesday.

** Fourth period class only – Guest Expert Rev. Jack Swan will talk about his experiences at the March on Washington and during a voter registration effort in the South.

 *This also means that Fourth Period will take the Constitution Test on Friday.
HW Due today: US Constitution Review Forms Due today.

* Please set aside some time for out-of-class test review and preparation.