Discovery Week at a Glance

Index

May 4 - May 8

Subject	MONDAY 5-4-09	TUESDAY 5-5-2009	WEDNESDAY 5-6-2009	THURSDAY 5-7-2009	FRIDAY 5-8-2009
ENGLISH	Complete "Possible Sentences" in class Poetry Unit intro.	Mini-book project due Parody Poem	Clerihew	Limerick	Cinquain
MATH	simplifying expressions and equations solving and graphing inequalities	simplifying expressions and equations solving and graphing inequalities	possible quiz: simplifying expressions and equations solving and graphing inequalities	computer lab	computer lab
READING	Assesments bring ssr to class wiki due	reader response due bring ssr to class	Start of poetry Longfellow	Word stems due - caus, path, mort	SSR
SCIENCE	Mountain Building and Trench Formation	Earthquakes: Spaghetti Strike-Slip Fauts	Earthquakes: Spaghetti Strike-Slip Fauts	Lab Questions	Killer Quake
SOCIAL STUDIES	Roots final part Homework: Read "Ivory First - Child Afterwards" Use "Active Reading."	Slavery Multi Media Project: Students have written a poem or lyrics about slavery. Working in pairs they will choose one of their poems and create an iMovie multi-media project using image and audio to illustrate their poem / lyrics. Homework: Study for quiz on Thursday	Slavery Multi Media Project: Students have written a poem or lyrics about slavery. Working in pairs they will choose one of their poems and create an iMovie multi-media project using image and audio to illustrate their poem / lyrics. Homework: Study for quiz on Thursday	Slavery Quiz / Intro to West African Geography PPT Homework: Tonight - Read Text P. 108 - 111 - Answer questions #s 1-3 p. 111. Due Monday - Complete Map of West Africa - Correctly labeling and coloring the political features and physical features distributed in class.	West African Geography PPT part 2 - Labeling Maps Due Monday - Complete Map of West Africa - Correctly labeling and coloring the political features and physical features distributed in class.