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Welcome to ELL! 10/21/11 . Warm Up: Pick up ELL notebook Review (re read) your vocabulary notes Review (re read) your boxes and bullets notes . I can statement/ agenda . Today, 10/21, I can: Know: demonstrate my knowledge of vocabulary and grammar
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Welcome to ELL! 10/21/11 • Warm Up: • Pick up ELL notebook • Review (re read) your vocabulary notes • Review (re read) your boxes and bullets notes
I can statement/ agenda • Today, 10/21, I can: • Know: demonstrate my knowledge of vocabulary and grammar • Do: successfully take Chapter 6 Seeking Freedom quiz Agenda: • Warm Up (5 minutes) • Introduce quiz/ behavior expectations (5 minutes) • Quiz and silent HW time (40 minutes)
Quiz behavior expectations • Use your arm or your table bin to keep your work private • No speaking while tests are out • Raise hand to turn in quiz or if you need to get out of your seat • When you finish the quiz; silent reading or HW time
Historians! It’s Friday!! 10/21/11 • Materials managers: please grab your social studies notebooks • Warm-up: Take a look at the documents (papers) on your tables. • Turn and talk: What are they? What do you notice?
I can statement/agenda • Today, 10/21, I can • Know: the structure of the United States government according to the Constitution • Do: Boxes & bullets or mind map lecture note taking. Agenda: • Warm up/discussion (10 minutes) • Lecture note taking (20 minutes) • Film clip (5 minutes) • Constitution Q & A (10 minutes) • Ninja warrior! (5 minutes)
Notes Page • Mind Map • Boxes and Bullets • Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4
What is a constitution? THE LAW OF THE LAND!! • A document (paper) that lays out the structure for a government/country. • How the government is organized
Why was is written? • Turn and Talk • To uphold the big ideas in the DOI (the right to freedom and happiness). • Power to rule must come from the people (not a king like George).
Types of Government • Federal • State
Types of Government • Tribal • Local • Student
Legislative Branch (Congress) • Makes laws
Executive • Enforces and approves laws
Judicial • Interprets laws • Interpret: explain the meaning of something This is the supreme court, the top court in America
True or False The three branches have nothing in common. One branch is more powerful than another.
It’s a circus • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLQg7G3hkGY
Welcome Readers! 10/21/11 • Materials managers: return SS, pick up readers and writers • Warm up: • Put a quick note on your adult signature in your writers notebook (on your revision letter) • Get out all reading logs and quick notes (take quick notes out of your book) • Begin silent reading
I can statement/agenda • Today, 10/21, I can • Know: analyze my independent reading book in order to infer character traits. • Do: Create an exit slip for my silent reading book using evidence Agenda: • Warm up (5 minutes) • Planner (5 minutes) • Intro exit slip (5 minutes) • Silent reading/ reading log check (35 minutes) • Clean up (5 minutes)