Cal Young Middle School - Homework and Announcements
American Civil War
Audacity-sound editor
Bartleby-Online Books & Reference
Cal Young Library
Civil War
Civil War - History Channel
Civil War - TeacherOz
Civil War-Interactive
Civil War-Son of the South
Civil War.ws
Creating America - Textbook
Dictionary/Thesaurus
HistoryNet
Inventions Timeline
National Geographic
Nettrekker
POTUS
Presidents & Medical History
Slavery Notes
Slavery-Directory of links
Timeline - America & Literature
World Book
visited *loading* times
Language Arts:
Frankenstein- play format
finish tomorrow
Product presentation- Thursday and Friday
Social Studies:
CW- Work on page 25-26
Ratification and the Preamble
Bring Constitution notebook to class everyday
Kids - Thanks for having fun with me today. Enjoy tonight!
See you next year or beyond 
Ms. Agatha
Language Arts:
Review "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
CW/Hw- finish the vocabulary sheet
Short essay on the back - What is the moral of this
story? Can you relate to it? Give an example.
Proof read - half a page - due Wednesday
Product presentations- begin this Thursday - bring materials
Social Studies:
Begin Constitutional Notebook - handouts and brads
**bring notebook to class daily
Go over the seven principles of the constitution - notes
HW- Outlining the Constitution - due Wednesday
Language Arts:
Final production day for product development
-all work due Monday (10-29)
-send work to my email if you need to
-save file and export as a wav file to send ad to me
Social Studies:
CW- short notes - review
Constitutional Convention
H.O. - due Monday
GO DUCKS GO
Language Arts:
CW- continue product development
compose/edit 30-45 second audio ad
record/save ad on Audacity
(classroom or save to thumb drive)
HW- finish up your product work
all work is due tomorrow (10-26)
*you will have some time to finish your
work during classtime.
Social Studies:
Read from Creating America - pg 207-217
Cw- short notes
compare ideas at end of class - overhead
bring notes to class tomorrow
Language Arts:
CW- editing 30-45 second audio commercial
practice commercial and fine-tune the timing
-computers - print text and graphics for container/box
Lesson - intro to Audacity - free record software
-download at home- Google Audacity and choose
appropriate settings
**NOTE: you must have downloaded Audacity before you can hear my message
HW- work on your product and ad
Bring work to class tomorrow
**all due this Friday (10-26)
Social Studies:
Creating America - page 203-207
French Revolution
Beginning to plan the new country
-basic notes
Language Arts:
H.O. - Caveat Emptor
Creative ads for everyday products
Logo design - well-known products
?does your product have a logo?
HW- Bring this ws to class on Wednesday
Write the 30 second ad - practice
(can be 30-45 sec)
Be ready to record
HW- Product development continues
all due this Friday (10-26)
Social Studies:
Final details - American Revolution Timeline
all due today
CW- on-demand response paper
due at end of class
**see me for make-up on this assignment
Language Arts:
Due today- rough drafts of container/box text
plan ideas around slogans, mascots, bylines
Write a 30 second audio ad for your product
rehearse and plan to record later this week
HW- continue product development and advertising
plan
-bring materials to class tomorrow
Social Studies:
Production day-
final print and assembly of timeline
HW- last minute additions to timeline/editing
Due - tomorrow (10-23)
Language Arts:
CW- final approval of product design and plans
HW- continue to write text and plan out your
packaging
-have one advertising technique present in your plan
**note** small containers will need to design
an accompanying poster with information
Bring containers to class on Monday for a
work session.
Social Studies:
CW- final day for computing research and printing
HW- continue to finalize your 25 events and graphics- due Monday
see the requirement H.O.
Monday- bring all your work to class to assemble the timeline
(my room will be open at 8:15 am for printing)
GO DUCKS
Language Arts:
Due today: rough draft of product due for approval
-if approved start writing the text for your ad and packaging
-plan your marketing based on advertising techniques
-bring a container/box to class on Friday for your product
CW- skim through magazines
-choose three favorite ads - discuss why
-generate ideas on successful ads/products
-Vocabulary: stereotypes, bias, subliminal suggestions
HW- work on writing/developing your product
bring all work to class on Friday
Social Studies:
Continue work on the timeline
Friday is our last class day to work on this project
Bring all printed material to class on Monday (10-22)
HW- work on the required events for the timeline
save and send to me by email or to a thumb drive
Language Arts:
Review ad techniques
H.O. - descriptions and matching column
correct in class
Library- CW - finish the other side of the H.O.
find examples of ad techniques
fill out the chart
HW- finish at home if not completed by end of period
due Thursday
Product design - rough draft your ideas
locate a box/container for your product-bring to class
HW - rough draft due for approval Thursday
Social Studies:
Continue research and typing text boxes for timeline
one event will be shared on the overhead today
target: complete 12/13 events by today
print out a few pages for editing
HW- continue the process (25 events- see H.O.)
**All printed material due Monday (10-22)
Language Arts:
Video - "The Monkey Paw"
discuss comparisons of the literature and film version
compare cultural views on: luck, fate, karma, etc.
list symbolic items of good luck & bad luck
what about our society today?
Introduce the the company - Monkey Paw, Inc.
H.O. - requirements for your new product
List - advertising techniques (how do you plan
on marketing your product?)
HW- write out a basic plan-
what is your product? purpose? etc..
see the handout -
come with preliminary plans for approval tomorrow
Social Studies:
Continue to work on the research and timeline
Print a few pages for assessment - make adjustments
you should have completed 10-12 events by today
HW - continue to complete your timeline events.
bring to class/email to me/print at home/etc.
Language Arts:
Extra Credit work due today - "The Landlady" essay
Finish the story "The Monkey Paw"
-discuss the outcome (fate, luck, moral, etc.)
-Assignment: design a product that has special powers
design the package and ad to sell the product
list its special powers, ingredients, price, etc..
write a disclaimer
*due this Friday (10-19)
HW- bring your notes to class tomorrow for approval
Social Studies:
Extra Credit work - due today
CW/HW- continue on American Revolution timeline
see list of requirements
-I'll present a couple of events in class today
**All printed work due next Monday for assembly on the timeline (10-22)
Language Arts:
Optional extra credit- Read story and write a 5 paragraph essay
-check out book/pick up assignment
-"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
-all due Monday (10-15)
Start story in class: "The Monkey Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
-discuss fate, luck, different cultures view on this topic
-continue reading on Monday
Social Studies:
Protest posters - due today
Optional extra credit - Latitude and Longitude ws
-due Monday
Timelines- continue computer research & paraphrasing text
HW- continue work over weekend - save and
1. send to me as email (huling_p@4j.lane.edu)
2. save to your thumb drive and bring to school Monday
3. print your work and bring in to me for remarks
GO DUCKS
Language Arts:
Finish recitation of poem
The Raven - comp worksheet
finish and correct
Social Studies:
Protest posters - due tomorrow
H.O. - timeline requirements
CW- how to print at school
desktop management (clean up, save to file, ethics)
work on the timeline
Language Arts:
Group practice
Tape group recitations
"Good job, kids!" 
Social Studies:
Protest Posters - all due by Thursday
Class lesson - timeline research on computers
use Word to paraphrase information
skim and scan text for highlights
look for Who, When, and What
save images for later
Topics:
American Revolution and technology (the Turtle)
Battle at Bunker Hill
Declaration of Independence
Women of the American Revolution
