Today in 6A & 6B

ENGLISH: After reviewing our flash cards for unit 14 vocabulary, students were instructed on how to conduct research for their Social Studies research essays. In our research it is important to start by narrowing our topic and we do that by asking questions. This begins with simple questions to determine scope, but our core is determined by questions that lead us in the direction of more questions. This is the basis of good research. A decent research question is one that someone cannot satisfy with a simple Google search, but one that requires thorough analysis of different sources to piece together information. Each student is researching a different topic so there is no cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all way to ask correct questions, but the part that unites all is the line of questioning, the questions that lead to more questions. From here students cast a wide net gathering all they can and keeping what answers their questions.

LITERATURE: On Monday our students began reading "A Long Walk To Water," a touching story that follows two parallel plot lines about life in Sub-Saharan West Africa. Today we continued with this read. Students were given the discussion questions that will guide the Socratic Seminar which will serve as their assessment of learning for this read. The book reads quickly and I anticipate that this will be completed prior to Spring Break.

RELIGION: Our lesson picks up from yesterday's review of the 10 commandments and we examined how each shows our respect for God and his wishes. Similarly, we talked about names, nick-names and how God calls each and every one of us by name, specifically.

SOCIAL STUDIES: After correcting the homework from our last lesson, we pressed on for a new one. Today we examined what a City-State was and how certain features of the Greek history have lead us to where we are today. Homework for this section is on page 368 #1, 2, 4

MATH (8:00 class) Ws 6-5 (9:00 class) pgs 376-378 1-45 Chp 7 Test Tomorrow

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