William Lamb

Global Studies, United States History and Government, Language Arts, Physical Education and Yearbook

All students need to write a minimum of 1/2 page in their journal Sunday through Thursday.

Students need to complete all work on the due date.

All books and materials need to be brought to class.

Students need to follow national and international news.

Students need to spend a minimum of 15 minutes each night on current events and spelling/vocab.

Students need to have a copy of schoolnotes in class everyday.

Week of November 23

PE Class: All students need to have shoes, shorts and t-shirts to change into for class.

We are currently working on badmitten skills and physical fitness

Yearbook: Check with Alisha or Jillian for work days and times. Yearbook will meet at recess as scheduled. 

WORDS - Spelling/Voacab/Usage

Students need to learn the spelling, definition and usage of each word for the Thursday test.

No spell/vocab test week of 11/23. Students will have oral spelling/vocab using past word lists.

Next spell/vocab test date 12/3

12/3 word list

8th grade

1. Louisiana

2. chemical

3. hypothesis

4. metaphor

5. coniferous

6. vigilante

7. telegraph

8. conservation

9. vaudeville

10. protagonist

7th grade

1. cataract

2. deciduous

3. leeward

4. gaucho

5. fjord

6. monastery

7. Renaissance

8. sacraments

9. entrepreneur

10. fallow

6th grade

1. embargo

2. heresy

3. parable

4. pharaoh

5. scurvy

6. theme

7. antagonist

8. prose

9. latitude

10. Namibia

GLOBAL STUDIES - Current Events

No test week of 11/23

Test date - December 4

World Leaders

Japan

China

South Korea

North Korea

India

State Capitals

Indiana, Vermont, Alabama, Colorado, South Dakota

Flags

Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Panama

US Presidents

Name # 1-15

Mapping

 Shandong Peninsula, Khangai Mts. Yangzi River, Gulf of Tonkin, Gobi Desert

Books and Authors

The House of Seven Gables

The Great Gatsby

The Fall (La Chute)

The Red Badge of Courage

Ethan Frome

Dates (year)

Spanish American War begins

Panama Canal opens

US women get right to vote

the Erie Canal is begun

Safety pin is invented

People and Places Board 1-15

General Topics

TBA and as discussed in class

General Studies

8th Grade

Huck Finn - read chapter 24 for Monday

American HIstory Text - read chapter 11 for Monday

Define for Monday: Hawkin rifle

Look up on-line: Liver eating Johnson

Writing with ink and quill pens

DVD US Presidents/ Jeremiah Johnson

Writing workshop - creating characters, creating plot

Proof reading and second draft

Spelling bee

Begin work on power point - Four Forts three Days

Mini bios - due Wed - Jean Lafitte

Scrapbook topics:

11/20 - 1776

11/24 - Quiet

12/4 - Alone

12/11 (your choice of topic)

7th Grade - (*includes 6th grade GLobal Studies work)

*World History review Ancient Civilizations - begin Middle Ages

*DVD on the Roman Empire

Spelling bee

"Lord of the Flies" Activity

Mini bio - Hernando Cortez - Due Wed

Reading book - TBA

Writing: Biographies, terms and developing paragraphs and sentences

Relating characters and setting to plot

Verbs and nouns, proof reading and writing a second draft

Research - Design Roman Coins

6th Grade

Read Watership Down

Writing: Parts of Speech, senctence composition and paragraph construction, subjects and predicate

Study skills and study habits

6th grade does 7th grade mini bios

 Research on Edgar Allen Poe

Reading Edgar Allen Poe