Utah Studies--Thursday, February 26, 2009

Today in Period 1 students turned in learning centers.  They also continued watching the Joe Hill film while working on learning centers.  DUE TUESDAY: Nothing.

Today in Period 2 students turned in learning centers and continued working on their rough drafts.  DUE TUESDAY:  Rough drafts must be finished and taken to Mrs. Spitzer's room!

Today in Period 3-7 students turned in learning centers.  Then they finished watching the Joe Hill film and taking notes.  DUE TUESDAY: Nothing.

Utah Studies--Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Today in Period 1 students worked on learning centers while watching the Joe Hill film.  DUE TOMORROW: 10 points in learning centers!

Today in Period 2 students worked on the rough drafts of their immigration essays.  DUE TOMORROW: 10 points in learning centers!

Today in Period 3-7 students continued watching the Joe Hill film.  DUE TOMORROW:  20 points in learning centers!

Utah Studies--Tuesday, February 25, 2009

Today in Period 1 students took a quiz and began watching a film about the murder trial of a Swedish immigrant to Utah named Joe Hill who also happened to be a member of the controversial Industrial Workers of the World.  DUE TOMORROW: Nothing, but 10 points in learning centers are due on Thursday.

Today in Period 2 students finished preparing on how to write their persuasive essays.  DUE TOMORROW: Nothing.

Today in Period 3-7 students began learning the history of mining and labor in Utah.  Then they began watching a film about the murder trial of a Swedish immigrant to Utah named Joe Hill who also happened to be a member of the controversial Industrial Workers of the World.  DUE TOMORROW: Nothing, but 15 points in learning centers are due on Thursday.

Utah Studies--Monday, February 23, 2009

Today in Period 1 students prepared for a vocabulary quiz tomorrow and put together portfolios for conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday.  DUE TOMORROW:  Be ready to take the quiz tomorrow.

Today in Period 2 students continued preparing for their essay and prepared for conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday.  DUE TOMORROW: Nothing.

Today in Period 3, 5-7 students took a vocabulary quiz.  Then they prepared for conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday.  DUE TOMORROW: Final drafts of your essay!

Utah Studies--Friday, February 20, 2009

Today in Period 1 students continued their rough drafts.  DUE MONDAY: Rough draft must be complete!!!!!

Today in Period 2 students took a quiz on social studies vocabulary.  Then we began to work on an essay that will be due later next week.  DUE MONDAY: Nothing.

Today in Period 3-7 students had to have their rough drafts done.  Then we studied vocabulary and began our Utah mining unit.  DUE MONDAY: Nothing, but the final draft of the 60 point essay is due Tuesday!

Utah Studies--Thursday, February 19, 2009

Today in Period 1 students worked on the rough draft of their persuasive essay.  DUE TOMORROW: Nothing.

Today in Period 2 students learned about the Italian and Japanese immigrants that came to Utah around the turn of the 20th century.  DUE TOMORROW: Study for the vocabulary quiz that we will have tomorrow.

Today in Period 3-7 students worked on the rough draft of their persuasive essay.  DUE TOMORROW: The rough draft MUST be finished!!!!!!!

Utah Studies--Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Today in Period 1, 3-7 students continued learning how to write their rough draft and some classes even started the first paragraph.  DUE TOMORROW: Nothing.

Today in Period 2 students took a quiz on immigration.  Then they learned about the Greek immigrants who came to Utah.  DUE TOMORROW: Nothing.