1 / 8

8 th grade language arts

8 th grade language arts. Mr. spingoatti. Welcome. As you come into the class, form groups of 4 or 5 students and sit with your group. Get out the materials on the board and be ready to begin your warm up. Warm Up: 10/23/2013.

adrienne-evans
Download Presentation

8 th grade language arts

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 8th gradelanguage arts Mr. spingoatti

  2. Welcome • As you come into the class, form groups of 4 or 5 students and sit with your group. • Get out the materials on the board and be ready to begin your warm up.

  3. Warm Up: 10/23/2013 • Based on the video clip, why do you believe people form gangs? How do they identify themselves as being in a gang? Why is this something that we have seen throughout time? • Explain. • 3-4 complete sentences

  4. What we are doingwhy we are doing it • What? • Today we will begin a group assignment dealing with the 1960’s. • Each group will present on Friday following the vocabulary test. • Why? • In order to better understand the novel that we are about to read it is important to understand the culture, time period, and setting of the 1960’s (when the story takes place).

  5. The 1960’s • Each group is going to select a major event or theme that took place during the 1960’s. • As a group you will: • Research this event using .org, .edu, or .gov websites only. • Create either a Power Point or small poster that shows a visual representation of your event. • Either presentation must use visuals and direct quotes. • As a group you will present to the class: • Explain your event (people, story, background, outcome) • How did it effect the Culture, Time Period, and Setting of the Novel we are about to read.

  6. As a group • You will be graded on: • How well you explain your topic • How visually appealing your presentation is • The quotes / sources that you use • Presentation skills (eye contact, clarity, etc…)

  7. Recommended site • ushistory.org

  8. Homework • Be sure to save what you have been working on either on a flash drive, or e-mail it to yourself. • Homework: • Vocab test on Friday • Group Presentations Friday

More Related