6/1 Monday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.

2. EOG Questions-We will look at some questions types you may see on the ELA EOG.

3. Most Dangerous Game-Let's get back to our story. I wonder what the General has been hunting....

4. Outsiders Sequel-One of my favorite things to do when I finish a book is to try and imagine what might happen to the characters after the end of the book. You guys are going to help me do this with The Outsiders. In your Outsiders Google doc, I want you to create a sequel for the Outsiders. Tell me what happens next to our favorite characters. Your sequel must be at least 150 words and must be realistic to the original story.

5. Moby Max-We are going to get in some final EOG prep.

6. People of World War 2- You will be researching various important figures from World War 2.You will answer questions about each day's person in your Social Studies google doc. Make sure to use complete sentences. You will do all research necessary on your own. You must answer the following questions.
1. What was this person's full name?

2. Where and when was this person born?

3. Where and when did this person die?

4. What was their importance to the war?

5. What are 3 interesting facts about this person?

Today's person is:

Dwight Eisenhower

 

7. World War 2-Today we will begin looking at WW2.

8. NC Write-Head over to NC Write and complete the prompt titled, Social Studies Review. 

5/29 Friday

1. Free Rice-It's Friday so that means it is Free Rice time. Stick to the vocabulary words today.

2. EOG Practice-Head over to this website and complete at least 4 tests.

3. Reading Passage Review-Let's take this time to review our passage from yesterday.

4. Most Dangerous Game-Let's see how Rainsford is doing.

5. ReadTheory-Head over and start reading!

6. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?


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5/28 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:-What was the topic of the article?

-What was the article's main idea? Supporting details?

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you chose and why?

-Create one E.O.G style question about the article.

2. Plug-In Cars-Let's review our newest passage.

3. Most Dangerous Game-First we will have a little background information, and then we will get to our reading.

4. Reading Passage-It is time to start our new passage.

5. Great Depression-We are going to finish up looking at the Great Depression today. The following article contains an excellent overview of the Depression. Read carefully!

6. Great Depression Questions- On a blank sheet of paper, answer the following questions You do not have to rewrite the question, but your answers need to be in complete sentences.

1. Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression began?

2. What happened on October 29th, 1929?

3. Why was this depression so hard on farmers?

4. What does the quote "ride the rails" refer to?

5. What was a "Hoover Wagon"?

6. What U.S. President created the New Deal?

7. Name two different New Deal programs.

8. What finally ended the Great Depression? Explain why it did.

5/27 Wednesday

1. Game Time-Games, games, games!!!!!

Switchword.
Word Confusion
Joy Words
Before and After
Storyman
Word Craze.
Eight Letter Game
Wordsearch
Knoword
Synonym Toast
Sentence Unscramble.
Popword

2. Election Fever-We will use this time to go over the Election Fever passage.

3. Plug-In Cars-Use this time to finish your second passage.

4. EOG Practice-Head over to this website and complete the first 4 tests. We will go over them as a class.

5. Most Dangerous Game-Today we will begin our final story for the year. Click here for the story.

6.Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

7. Great Depression-We are going to finish up looking at the Great Depression today. The following article contains an excellent overview of the Depression. Read carefully!

8. Great Depression Questions- On a blank sheet of paper, answer the following questions  You do not have to rewrite the question, but your answers need to be in complete sentences.

1. Who was the President of the United States when the Great Depression began?

2. What happened on October 29th, 1929?

3. Why was this depression so hard on farmers?

4. What does the quote "ride the rails" refer to?

5. What was a "Hoover Wagon"?

6. What U.S. President created the New Deal?

7. Name two different New Deal programs.

8. What finally ended the Great Depression? Explain why it did.

5/26 Tuesday

1. Warm-Up-In your Norman Language Arts Google doc, answer the following question. Make sure to date your post, fully explain your answer, and use complete sentences.

2. Warm-Up-Creative Writing- Look at the following picture. Write a quick short story about the picture. Be creative! The mood for your story should be exciting!

3. Reading Passage-Let's review our Jury Duty passage

4. Summarizing-Summarizing is an important tool when reading. Head over to this website and we will work on this activity together.

5. Reading Passage-We will start our newest passage today.

6. NC Write-Keep working on your prompt from last week.

7. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

8. Great Depression-Today we will begin looking at the causes of the Great Depression.

5/22 Friday

1. Free Rice Friday- Free Rice time! Stay on the Vocabulary category. Mr. Norman may be walking around with some candy...just saying....

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to finish your project and to study.

3. Outsiders Review-Head over to your Outsiders Google doc and write a review of our class novel. Your review should include your feelings about the book. Did you enjoy the book? If yes, what did you enjoy about it. If no, tell me what you did not like. Also, tell me about your favorite and least favorite characters. Why did you feel this way about these particular characters. And finally, tell me what you thought the theme of the book was and why you think so. Make sure you use complete sentences and fully explain your ideas.

4. Reading Passage-Today our passage will be about the jury system. 

5. NC Write-When you have finished your passage, work on your newest prompt.

6. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Remember to fully explain your answers.

What do you already know about the Great Depression? Do you know of anyone who lived through the Depression?

7. This Day in History-Go to the following website and look over some of the things that happened on this date in history. Pick 4 things which you think are important and send me an email (Titled: Today in History) explaining why you chose the 4 events that you did. Remember to fully explain your answers.

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5/21 Thursday

1. Article Review-Read the following article. After reading, write a quick review of the article in your Language Arts Google doc. Your review should answer the following questions:-What was the topic of the article?

-What was the article's main idea? Supporting details?

-If you were to rename this article, what name would you chose and why?

-Create one E.O.G style question about the article.

2. Weekly Vocabulary-Take this time to study and/or work on your weekly projects.

3. Reading Passage Review-We will now go over our passage from yesterday.

4. Summarizing-Summarizing is an important tool when reading. Head over to this website and we will work on this activity together.

5. Class Novel-Let's finish our book.

6. NC Write-Continue working on your new prompt titled, "7th Grade Review."

7. Channel One-We are going to watch Channel One news. Afterwards, you are to got to your Social Studies google doc and answer the following questions about the newscast. Remember to use complete sentences, and fully explain your answers.

1. What were the stories on today's newscast?

2. Which story did you find most interesting?

3. What was interesting about this story?

8. Social Studies Warm-Up-Answer the following question in your Norman Social Studies Google doc. Remember to fully explain your answers.

What do you already know about the Great Depression? Do you know of anyone who lived through the Depression?

9. Great Depression-Today we will begin looking at the causes of the Great Depression.