Friday, February 4th, 2011

Blue 1 Reading
In-class activities:

• Discuss tone of the story "Ghost of the Lagoon"
• Identify internal and external conflicts from "Ghost"
• Begin to work on battle narrative assignment

Description of battle narrative assignment (from pg. 133 of textbook):
Imagine that Mako is now an old man.  Write the story of Mako's battle with Tupa from Mako's point of view.  You might begin your story with a sentence like this:  "When I was just a boy, I fought the greatest battle of my life."  Include details that tell how Make felt and what he saw, heard, and did.  Try to create a sense of excitement in your story.

In order to prepare for this assignment, make the following notes: 

1. Create a plot map
2. Create a chart that includes details from the story and what Mako felt, saw, heard, and did

Homework

• Study for "Ghost of the Lagoon" quiz
• Battle narrative due Thursday 2/10:  Typed, double spaced, 1 page minimum

If you were absent, you need to:

• Get class notes from a friend
• Come in during lunch, homeroom, or PLUS to take notes on the story
• Copy down battle narrative assignment into notebook and create notes according to directions above

Blue 2 Social Studies
In-class activities:  Take additional notes for open note quiz.
Notes:

• Slavery already existed in Africa before Europeans arrived.
• The Atlantic Slave trade started in the mid-15th century (1450)
• The Muslim Ottoman Empire conquered the Byzantine Empire and sacked Constantinople in modern-day Turkey.
• Wealthy merchants and traders benefited most from the slave trade.
• In addition to working on sugar farms, enslaved Africans also worked in mines and on plantations.
• Beginning in the 8th century, Arab Muslim traders and African Muslims exported more than 17 million Africans to India, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Take open note quiz, then work on map activity 45:  "Three Worlds Meet"

Homework:

• Complete Chapter 17 Review pg. 518:  ALL QUESTIONS
• Study for countries/capitals test Monday 2/14 - use study tips from Mrs. Rigby's blog dated 1/31

If you were absent, you need to:

• Make up the notes that you missed
• Take the open note quiz
• Complete map activity 45:  "Three Worlds Meet"

Everyday:  Same as Blue 2 Social Studies, but we will not finish the map activity this class period!