Hello and welcome to another class recap!
Thank you for the good hard work today (for the most part). I was glad to see everyone actually working on something during class. Whether you needed to continue working on your rough draft or you needed some really good peer review feedback, I think you should have had a great amount of time to actually do this today.
Essential Question: How does conflict arise and in what ways have various people responded?
Soundtrack: "Get Up, Stand Up" by Bob Marley. Lyrics here. A fantastic song for thinking about civil rights!
AGENDA 6/3/09:
News Brief
Peer Review/In-Class Work
Questions
Rubric
Homework: First draft of paper (typed) due. Read the blog and ask questions!
Remember that you need a typed bibliography at the end of the paper, with your sources in alphabetical order! I know this is a lot of work, so please let me know how I can be helping!
News Brief: Sometimes we spend a lot of time on this section of class, talking about what is going on in the world. I am sorry if this gets boring for some of you, but I really like talking about everything that is happening! It is a good way to stay connected to what is happening. Today we had:
President Obama is in Saudi Arabia today, and is then heading to Egypt to give a major speech to the area. Here is a recap of what is going on: LATimes.com - Obama starts Mideast tour in Saudi Arabia, 'where Islam began'. Also, here is an interesting article about how Israel is taking this whole visit: CNN.com - In Israel, Obama's visits to Egypt, Saudi Arabia are center stage. Again, really important to know what is going on in the Middle East! I am glad that you guys do! :-)
Someone mentioned that General Motors is selling off its Hummer brand to a buyer in China. Here is an article all about that: NYTimes.com - Chinese Company Buying G.M.'s Hummer Brand.
Also, we talked about Osama bin Laden coming out with a new audio tape that just aired this morning (or we got news about it). This is a recap of what we currently know about that all: NYTimes.com - Message on Obama Attributed to Bin Laden.
Really interesting stuff right? Haley continued this section by bringing in this article to talk about: FOXNews.com - Large Chunks of Air France Jet Found in Atlantic Ocean. This was related to what we had talked about last class and earlier today as well, about the crash of the Air France jet off the coast of Brazil. Really a sad and mysterious story.
Maritza, please bring in a news article for next class, about anything currently going on around the world outside the United States. Thanks!
Peer Review/In-Class Work: At this point in time, I handed out papers to peer review your rough drafts, if you had that done (which was your homework). We went through and read exactly what I was looking for in regards to the paper, and how everyone could be helping each other revise. I trust that this section was helpful for everyone!
For those that did not have the homework completely done, or needed more time, I had you quietly work on developing your paper. Some of you really worked hard during this - thank you! Others in the class seem like they are still in need of a lot of help and/or effort on this. Please let me or Mrs. DeFrance know what we can do!
Questions: At the end of class, I took a few questions about everything that is going on - though there seemed to be about five other conversations going on. I just hope that everyone is clear about what we are doing!
Rubric: Finally, at the end of class, I handed out the rubric for the historical investigation paper. We went over this briefly - please take a good look at it if you can! It will help you out! There may be sections that might be confusing (for instance, the "summary of evidence" section is about your concrete details), but I trust it will be helpful for you.
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Remember that there is Nike SPARQ testing after school today from 3:00 to about 4:30. Also remember that I am crazy busy these last few weeks, so I might not be able to post and respond to your comments on the blog instantly. Please be sending them though! I love hearing from everyone, and helping as much as I possibly can!
Have a great evening, thanks for being so awesome! :-)
hey mr fritz im a little confused about the homework.
ReplyDeleteyou just type it again after you got it edited?
Mitch,
ReplyDeleteYes. Re-type your rough draft, making sure to do any of the revisions that your peers requested (or have a family member look at it). Bring it in tomorrow and either Mrs. DeFrance or myself will take a look at it too!