Today's Agenda:

• Do Now: Answer question in composition books
• Notes on Maslow’s hierarchy (filling in pyramid)
• Read over p. 51 and answer exit ticket using today’s notes
• Watch first half of Sonia Weitz video

Tonight's Homework:

• Close reading of Chapter 6 and answer discussion question on Google Classroom.  Don’t forget to comment on at least two of your classmates’ posts
• Back side of Maslow’s hierarchy sheet - “Basic Needs Quiz”

On Friday, students took a quiz on I Promised I would Tell Chapters 1-4 and the stages of genocide.

Weekend Homework:
-Close reading of Chapter 5
-Respond to discussion question on Google Classroom
**Don't forget to respond to two of your classmates' posts

Today's Agenda:

• Do Now: Treaty of Versailles reading and worksheet
• Go over and discuss Treaty of Versailles worksheet
• Go over chapters 2 & 3 close readings.

Tonight's Homework:

• Finish Ch. 1-4 Vocabulary packet
• Study for quiz - Ch. 1-4, steps of genocide, historical context discussed in class.

Today's Agenda:

• Holocaust Brainpop video & quiz
• Correct Brainpop quiz
• Introduce and define vocabulary definitions chapter 4
• Continue reading I Promised I would Tell Ch. 3

Tonight's Homework:

• Finish close reading of I Promised I would Tell Ch. 3.  
• Answer discussion question posted on Google Classroom and respond to two of your classmates’ posts
• Ch. 1-4 vocabulary packet due Thursday

Today's agenda: 

• Do Now: Review questions on dehumanization
• Watch Facing History video on dehumanization & take notes on two-column sheet from yesterday
• Share close reading thoughts, comments and questions from chapter 1

Tonight's Homework:

• If not done already, answer discussion question posted on Google Classroom and respond to two of your classmates’ posts
• Finish book report

Today's Agenda:

• Introduction and recording of definitions for chapter 1 vocabulary
• With a partner, try to organize the steps that lead to genocide in the order that they would happen in real life
• Go over the steps that lead to genocide (pyramid of hate)
• Notes on Dehumanization

Tonight's Homework:

• Close-reading of I Promised I Would Tell Chapter 1 (using post-it notes)
• Answer discussion question posted on Google Classroom and respond to two of your classmates’ posts
• Work on book report - due Friday

Agenda:

• Do Now: Why do you think that people who have lived through the Holocaust choose to share their stories?  What do you think they hope to achieve?  Whom do they hope to reach?
• Students share and discuss  answers to their questions with the class
• Went over expectations for Google Classroom Discussion Board Postings & Close reading
• Distribute Vocabulary packets and define words from preface
• If time, begin reading preface together as a class

Tonight's Homework:

Close-reading of I Promised I Would Tell Preface (using post-it notes

Bring in post-it notes (any kind)

Work on book report - due Friday

Parents! If you have any extra post-it notes hanging around (any type), donations would be greatly appreciated! :) Thank you!

Today's Agenda:

• Do Now: Read over last paragraph of “Monsters” (Narrator’s last lines).  Try to find the theme.
• Review and discuss ending of the story
• Watch “Monsters are due on Maple Street” twilight zone episode video while filling out compare/contrast questions sheet

Tonight's Homework:

• Finish Holocaust Introduction Webquest started during E block
• Continue working on book report - due Friday

Links to websites for Holocaust Webquest: 

What is genocide?

Hitler Comes to Power

Nazi Racism

Antisemitism

The Nuremberg Laws

Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass

The Final Solution

Ghettos

Concentration Camps

Forced Labor Camps

Death Camps

Death Marches

Family Photograph

Remember

Liberation

Survivors

Today students took their science fiction unit vocabulary quiz, and we continued reading our teleplay, "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street".

Tonight's homework:
-Continue close reading of "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" to the bottom of page 678
-Complete ONLY Steve Brand boxes of Inference Chart
-Continue working on book report

Today's agenda:

• Do Now: Picture Observation/Inference Walk-About
• Reviewed definitions of Inference and Observation
• Assigned Character Roles and began reading “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Tonight's Homework:

• Finish close reading of Monsters are Due on Maple Street - Act 1
• Study for Vocabulary quiz (LNPL & Monsters) on Thursday - Use Quizlet!
• Continue working on book report project

Today's Agenda:

• Do Now: Share your advertisements with the people at your table. Choose the ad at your table that you all agree is the most effective.  Be prepared to present this advertisement and explain what makes it effective to the class.  
• Introduction to common advertising techniques
• Overview of project guidelines and expectations
• Start working on plan for group project

Tonight's HW:

• Complete close reading of Lose Now, Pay Later
• Complete Science Fiction Elements sheet (Not plot diagram on back)
• Continue reading science fiction book - should be completed by Monday