March 22-26, March 29
Monday/Tuesday
Cornell notes over the first world war
Skill based worksheets
Wednesday/Monday
Finish notes over the first world war and the great depression
Finish worksheets and prep for the DBQ
Thursday/Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 7A,B)
March 8-12
Monday-Tuesday
Test over Growth and Development
Begin test review for the next unity
Wednesday
Story Board over the Growth and Development Unit
GT-Students will write a scrip about the time frame and the AP students will create the illustrations.
Thursday-Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 6A,B 7A,B)
March 2-5
Tuesday
Students will realize how the automobile impacted society.
Wednesday
TAKS Writing
Thursday/Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 6A,B 7A,B)
February 22-26, and March 1
Monday/Tuesday
Continue Cornell notes over Populist Era and the Automobile
GT-Develop higher level questions for their notes
Wednesday and Monday March 1
Finish notes and skill based worksheets for this unit
GT-Students will finish their higher level questions for their notes.
Thursday/Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 6A,B 7A,B)
February 15-19
Monday
Inservice
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will take the Civil War test and begin the next test review.
Thursday/Friday
Students will begin taking notes over Ranching, Cattle, the Progressive Era
Students will complete a skills based worksheet at the end of class.
GT-Students will develop high level questions for their Cornell notes.
(TEKS: 6A,B 7A,B)
February 8-12
Monday
Students will continue research on their topic or battle.
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will present their Civil War piece.
GT-Students will discuss how the South might have won the WAR.
Thursday/Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 5A,B)
February 1-5
Monday-Tuesday
Civil War Topic assigned and researched
GT-Students will investigate how the south might have won the war.
Wednesday
Students will continue to research assigned topic
Thursday-Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 5A,B)
January 26-29
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will take a test over Chapter 14 and complete skill based worksheets for the next Chapter. Students will also begin to review for their next test over the Civil War.
Thursday/Friday
Students will continue Cornell notes over The Civil War and view a video over the Causes of the Civil War.
GT-Students will develop high level questions for their notes.
(TEKS: 5A,B)
January 20-22, and 25
Wednesday-Thursday
Students will present their presentations of their Immigrant Story.
GT-Students will present their findings.
Friday-Monday
Students will begin notes of the Civil War and view a short video over the causes.
GT-Students will develop higher level questions to their notes.
(TEKS: 5A,B, 4A, 11A-B)
January 11-15 and 19
Monday-Tuesday
Students will take Cornell notes over Chapter 14 and complete skill based worksheets.
GT-Students will coordinate high level questions with their notes.
Wednesday-Thursday-Computer Lab
Students will be placed in small groups and research a particular immigrant group that settled Texas. Outside sources will be used to write a creative story, explain an immigrant agent's job, and the culture of the immigrant group.
GT-Students will give the percentage of their their immigrant group in Texas and the location of their group.
Friday-Tuesday
Students will continue to create their immigrant pieces.
(TEKS: 4A, 11A,B)
January 5-8 2010
Tuesday-Friday
Students will in small groups complete a Data Based Question Exercise over the Presidency of MB Lamar.
Students will prepare their position and present that position to the class.
GT-Each student will write a 4 paragraph position paper and present their position to the class.
(TEKS: 1A,C 4A,B)
December 14-18
Monday/Tuesday
Students in small groups will complete a life size body map of either Lamar or Houston and label their various positions to statehood and giving background information on each.
GT-Students will write a description about what made their individual great!
Wednesday/Thursday
Students will take Chapter 12 test and begin their review for Chapter 14.
Friday
Students will begin to breakdown the Presidency of MB Lamar.
(TEKS: 1A,C 4A,B 11A,B)
December 8-11
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will take Cornell notes over Chapter over Chapter 12
Students will complete worksheet over Lamar and Houston
GT-Students will develop high level questions for their notes
Thursday
Students will be taking a Field Trip to Downtown Georgetown.
Friday
Students will view video over Sam Houston and take notes over the video
GT-Students will lead a discussion over the video.
(TEKS: 1A,C 4A,B)
November 30-December 4, and December 7
Monday-Tuesday
Students will be placed in groups, given a selected reading, and begin to prepare for their Socratic Seminar Experience
Wednesday-Thursday
Students in their groups will discuss in their Socratic Seminar their selected reading pieces.
GT-Students will field questions on their reading from individuals in the audience.
Friday/Monday
Students will write and perform an adaptive story to go along with the Texas Revolution.
GT-Students will write a script to an animated version (from united streaming) of a selected story and perform it to the class
(TEKS: 7.1 A,B,C 7.2 B,C,D)
November 23-27
Monday-Tuesday
Presentation of Characterizations
Wednesday-Friday
Holiday
(TEKS: 7.1 A,B,C 7.2 B,C,D)
November 17-20
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students within their groups will design high level questions and answers for their characterization activity. Also an introduction and wrap up portion will be developed as well.
Students will practice their pieces and walk through the rotation.
GT-Students are expected to develop critical thinking questions and answers.
Thursday/Friday
Students will take the Texas Revolution test and then copy the test review for Chapter 12.
After completion of the test and review for 12, students will clean up and polish their parts.
(TEKS: 1A,B,C 2C,D,E 3A,B)
November 9-13 and 16th
Monday/Tuesday
Students will work in a small group setting to design a flow and bubble map for the Texas Revolution
GT-Students will divide the Story to the Texas Revolution into 4 parts and then complete a Story Board to include Summary, illustration, and question.
Wednesday/Thursday
Students will view a short video over the Texas Revolution and then put together a timeline of events.
Friday/Monday
Computer Lab-Characterization Activity
(TEKS: 1A,B,C 2C,D,E 3A,B)
November 3-6
Tuesday-Wednesday
Test over Chapter 7 and 8
Begin Texas Revolution review and worksheet
Thursday-Friday
Cornell notes over the Texas Revolution and continue with the review.
GT-Students will create high level questions for their Cornell notes.
(TEKS: 7.1 C 7.19 B,C,D,E,F)
October 26-November 2
Monday/Tuesday
Chapter 6 test
Begin reading Chapter 7 and work on Chapter 7/8 review
Vocabulary worksheet chapter 7
Wednesday/Thursday
Cornell notes over Chapter 7/8
Finish worksheet
GT-Students will generate high level questions for their notes
Friday/Monday
Small group activity over Chapters 7/8
GT-Students will produce an incident
report to analyze this period in History
(TEKS: 7.1 C 7.19 B,C,D,E,F)
October 20-24
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will prepare for a Hot Seat Activity dealing with whether or not Mexico had the right to separate from Spain. Questions will be developed after reasons have been discovered.
GT-Students will prepare to participate in a cross discussion-taking either Spanish or Mexico's side-and debate their position and reasons for their actions.
Thursday/Friday
Students will participate in their Hot Seat activity and/or cross discussion.
(TEKS: 7.1 A,B,C 7.2 B)
October 14-19
Wednesday/Thursday
Students will take their Chapter 5 Test and then begin their Chapter 6 review.
Students will complete a Geography worksheet.
GT-Students will work on comparison questions over missions, settlements and presidios.
Friday/Monday
Notes over End of Spanish Rule then complete a worksheet.
Students will then begin a pre prep over their Hot Seat Activity.
(TEKS: 7.1 A,B,C 7.2 B 7.19 C 7.21 B,C 7.22 A, B,D)
October 6-13
Tuesday/Wednesday
Students will take test over Chapter 4
After test students will begin Chapter 5 review and complete a skill based worksheet
Thursday/Tuesday
Students will complete a writing activity in small groups with Chapter 5 to be presented to the class
GT-Students will do a story map for their selected reading.
(TEKS: 7.1 A,B,C 7.2 B 7.21 B,C)
September 28-October 5
Monday/Tuesday
Notes over First Explorers
Skill based worksheet
Wednesday/Thursday
Research and Positions presented to class
Friday and Monday
Cornell notes over the Spanish and their contribution to Texas
GT-Students will develop 3 sound positions and 1 argument for either the Aztecs or Spanish side and prep it for evaluation of peers. Visuals and a bubble map will be required for extra support.
(TEKS: 1A,B,C 2A,B)
September 22-25
Tuesday/Wednesday
Test over Chapter 3
Assign parts for the "Clash of the Aztecs and Spanish"
Thursday/Friday
Short Video over Cortez
Computer Lab for research
GT-Students will develop 3 sound positions and 1 argument for either the Aztecs or Spanish side and prep it for evaluation of peers. Visuals and a bubble map will be required for extra support.
(TEKS: 1A,B,C 2A,B)
September 14-21
Monday/Tuesday
Test-Chapters 1 and 2
Read Chapter 3 and work on Chapter 3 test review
Wednesday/Thursday
Cornell notes over chapter 3
Worksheets over the chapter
Friday and Monday
View video over Texas Indians and take notes
Students will be given their assignment to Clash of the Aztecs and Spanish
GT-Students will be assigned a position of either the Aztecs or Spanish and defend their actions. Visuals will be used to help support their actions and a vein diagram will used as well.
(TEKS: 7.8 A,B 7.9 A,B,C 2A,B)
Week of August 31-Sept. 11
Students will continue developing their travel through Texas.
September 10-11 Students will present their Texas Trek to the class.
GT-Students will draw a conclusion from their bar graph and give interesting fact on their chart of places visited. Students will design a chart of the 4 regions of Texas that will include major rivers, natural features, annual precipitation, and major industries.
TEKS: 8A,B 9A-C
Week of August 24-28-2009
Monday-Tuesday
Housekeeping Items-Explain expectations, classroom guidelines, procedures, notebook set up, etc.
Wednesday-Thursday
Finish any incomplete housekeeping
View video over Regions of Texas
Complete worksheets
Begin notes over Chapter 1 and 2
GT-Students will devise upper level questions to assist them with their note taking. (Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation Questions)
Friday/Monday
Students will be placed in groups to begin their Texas Trek.
GT-Students will draw a conclusion from their bar graph and give interesting fact on their chart of places visited. Students will design a chart of the 4 regions of Texas that will include major rivers, natural features, annual precipitation, and major industries.
TEKS: 8A,B 9A-C
Weeks of May 11-22
Students will be working in pairs to devise a photo story to be presented.
Special Dates: May 20th-21st-District End of Year Test
May 29th-Government Test
(TEKS: 7.13 A-C, 7.20 A-F, 7.22)
Week of May 4-8
Monday
Test Chapters 23-25
Tuesday
Cornell notes over Texas Government
Wednesday
Cornell notes over Texas Government
Thursday
Cornell notes over Texas Government
Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 7.2A,C,D,E)
Week of April 27-May 1
Monday
Socratic Seminar
Tuesday
TAKS
Wednesday
TAKS
Thursday
Socratic Seminar
Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 7.2A,C,D,E)
Week of April 20-24
Monday/Tuesday
Cornell notes and complete worksheets
Compare FDR and Hitler
Wednesday/Thursday
The WAVE
Complete the worksheet
Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 7C,D,7.2A,C,D,E)
Week of April 13-17
Monday
Holiday
Tuesday/Wednesday
Video and Discussion over WW1 and the Great Depression
Worksheets to finish topic
Thursday/Friday
Test over WW1 and the Great Depression
Begin test review
Complete worksheets
(TEKS: 7C,D)
Week of April 6-10
Monday-Tuesday
Discuss and take notes over the Mexican Revolution and causes of WWI and the aftermath.
Analyze the rise of the KKK and their effect on Civil Rights.
Worksheets over the session.
Wednesday-Thursday
Take notes and discuss the Jazz Age and the causes of the Great Depression and its affects on our society.
Worksheets over the discussion.
Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 7B,C,D)
Week of March 30-April 3
Monday-Thursday
Data Based Question Assignment
Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 1A,7D)
Week of March 23-27
Monday/Tuesday
Test over Growth and Development
Begin reading Chapter 21
Wednesday/Thursday
Video over WWI and the Great Depression
Analyze Chapter 21 or 22
Friday
Life Skills
(TEKS: 7A,B)
Week of March 9-13