September 30

Humanities 9

DUE FRIDAY (OCTOBER 1ST)
1. Finish Family Interview
2. Finish Dialectical Journal for "Reflections of a Rock Lobster"
3. ****TURN IN YOUTH SPEAKS LETTER!!!!!!****

September 29th

Humanities 9

1. Turn in grade sheet signed by parents on Thursday (Sept 30)
2. Turn in Youth Speaks letter and payment of $10 by Friday at the latest (Oct 1)
3. Bring in completed parent/grandparent interview on Friday (Oct 1)

Interview Questions
Family Interview
1. Where are our ancestors from? Be specific: what continent, countries, cities were they from?
2. When did our relatives come to the US? Where did they live?
3. Why did they come to the US?
4. What languages did these relatives speak in their home country before coming to the US?

AP Government

Read: Federalism Threads article

Pay close attention to the following concepts:

a)1. Issue of Sovereignty

b)2. Supremacy clause (Art VI)

c)3. Constitutional amendments cannot occur w/o state ratification. (Art V)

d)4. Feds dictate civil lib + civil rights.

e)5. Voting + Elections of Reps

f)6. Representations of Reps by state.

g)7. Electoral College

h)8. If a tie. . .states elect federal officer

i)9. Judicial selection. . .senatorial courtesy.

September 28th

Humanities 9

Write a personal response to the "Old Man" poem. What does it make you think of? Can you relate to it? (1/2 page)



AP Government

Due tomorrow (Sept 29) Read: Recall (135-143 in the Lanahan Reader)
Take Notes and Pick 3 quotes to discuss

September 23

Humanities 9

Finish Journal for "Eyes and Teeth"

AP Government

Finish up presentations...

September 22

Humanities 9

Finish Dialectical Journal for "Fish Cheeks"

September 21

Humanities 9

DUE WED:
Respond to "Fish Cheeks"
TS: Amy was/was not comfortable with her identity because _________________. Write ONE chunk (CD, CM, CM, CS) to follow the topic sentence above.

AP Government

Get ready for a panel debate about Federalism. See the handout, create a visual.

September 20th

Humanities 9

Reflection on Identity Box.

What did you learn about yourself during this project? Are you happy with your score? Do you need a revisit? If so, what do you need to do to earn the points you want?

September 17th

Humanities 9

Finish "chunk" poster

Have a great weekend!

AP Government

Study for Quiz on Federalism

Chapter 3 notes

September 16th

Humanities 9
Turn in our first ten (10) SSW's. Put a * (star) next to your best two SSW's.

Finish writing the chunk paragraph about the cars in the faculty parking lot

September 15th Homework

9th Grade Humanities

--Finish Put Down/Insult Editorial



AP Government

Finish "consult the constitution" worksheet

Chapter 3 notes due Tuesday

September 14th

Humanities 9

Finish Identity Box

List Three (3) items from your house that are important to you.

AP Government

Study for Quiz

Bring Textbook to class

September 13th

Humanities 9

--Bring a shoebox to school

--Inside/outside chart: Outside list: What people can tell by looking at you, what you want people to see, etc. Inside: What people can't see unless you tell them. I want you to think about how these things make you who you are.

--Sketch of what your completed shoebox will look like




AP Government

Study for quiz (15mc and 2 short answer)

Bring text book to class on Wed.

Friday Sept. 10th Homework

Humanities 9

Re-create your Identity Chart. Apply what you learned from the "Little Boxes" reading to your Identity Chart.

September 9th Homework

9th Grade Humanities

Finish FOP

Work on evaluations



12th Grade AP Government

Lanahan Reading: 121-125 and Questions Due Monday Sept 19th
Study for Constitution Quiz for Wednesday Sept 22nd.
Chapter 3 notes Due Friday Sept. 24th

September 8th Homework

FRESHMEN HUMANITIES
Finish FOP

Be ready to present

Dress Up!

AP GOVERNMENT
Chapter 2 notes

Lanahan reading and questions Pg. 42-49