03/31/14

Homework: None!!! 

State test on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week!!

1.  Short answer: 
     What were the reactions of different people to the Holocaust?  Use evidence from at least TWO different sources to explain your answer!! 

2.  Play the state test vocabulary review game!! ( Go to 3/27 & 3/28 post and click on the link) 

03/27/14 & 3/28/14

Homework: Anne Frank packet due by tomorrow!!!!

State Test Vocabulary Review Game 

1.  Choose a non-fiction article to read 

Interview with Miep Gies: Miep Gies answers a variety of questions. Everything from how she felt when         the Franks were caught to how and why she decided to help the Frank's when asked.  

"The Last Seven Months" An interview with Hannah Elisabeth Pick-Goslar: pg 515 in the green book:           An interview with one of Anne Frank's childhood friends.  The interview speaks about what was happening in Amsterdam after the Franks went into hiding.  The interview also speaks about after Hannah Pick Goslar was captured and eventually discovered that Anne Frank was in the same camp as her. 

 "All But My Life"  An interview with Gerda Weissmann Klein: pg 522 in the green book: An interview 
  with a woman who survived a march from a concentration camp towards the end of the war.  

 "A Diary from Another World"  a newspaper article written by Gerda Weissmann Klein" pg 528 in the
 green book:  Gerda Weissmann Klein writes an article that speaks about when she visited the hiding place of Anne Frank.  

Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum:  Click on this link to take you to a website that discusses various ways that people/countries/organizations helped Jewish people during the Holocaust.  

03/25/14

Homework: Anne Frank packet due by Friday!!!  (Extra copies can be found under the Anne Frank tab) 
1.  Finish the play/finish the packet 
2.  Start the Anne Frank movie 

03/24/14

Homework: Note packet due by Friday!!!!!!  (Extra copies can be found under the Anne Frank tab) 

1.  Finish acting scenes 1&2
3.  Watch 4&5

03/19/14

Homework: None!!!!

1.  Discuss Scene 1
2.  Act out Scene 2 
3.  Time to fill out note packet 
4.  Begin Scene 3 

03/18/14

Homework: None!!!!

1.  Finish note sheet for Act I 
2.  Read Act II Scene I on your own!

03/17/14

HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY

Homework: None 

1.  Finish watching scene 4&5
2.  Read ACT II Scene I on your own 

03/14/14

Homework: Have a great weekend!!!!

1.  Watch scenes 4 and 5 in Anne Frank
2.  8th Grade LAT Test

03/13/14

Homework: None 

1.  Total Portfolio 4:
    1.  Vocab 1-10   /20pts
    2.  Vocab 11-20   /20pts
    3.  Background notes  /40pts
    4.  MiniMo                /20pts

2.  Finish Scene III on your own

03/11/14

Homework: None
 1.  Finish acting out scenes 1&2
 2.  Read scene 3 on your own





Critical Reasoning Skills:
Brainpop 

03/10/14

Homework: None! 

1.  Act out scenes 1& 2

03/07/14

Homework: Have a great weekend!!!!!!

1.  Iron Jawed Angels Movie in large group!
2.  Collect Vocabulary 11-20

Induction

Homework: None

1.  Finish your non-fiction article
2.  Share back with your group the 5-6 most important facts or events from your article

03/04/14

Homework: None 

 ANNOUNCEMENT: ALL VOCABULARY SHEETS AND WORDS CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE ANNE FRANK TAB 

1.  Collect Homework 
2.  Discuss WWII and background information to Anne Frank 
3.  Read a  non-fiction article 

03/03/14

Homework: Extra Vocabulary Assignment  for 1-10 
                  Vocabulary can be found under the Anne Frank Tab 
1.  Collect Giver books
2.  Vocabulary 1-10
3.  Time to start homework