Let's learn all about our nation's first attempt at writing a Constitution! (Here's a hint: It didn't work out so well.)
Watch the BrainPop video at this link to find out more about the Articles of Confederation:
What were they?
What were their strengths?
Weaknesses?
Why were the set up the way they were?
What happened as a result?
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Spiderman Poem
Here's the text of one of our favorite poems.
And here's a link to the author's post about this poem on his blog, if you'd like to read more about it.
“Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too"
by James Hall
All my pwoblems
who knows, maybe evwybody's pwoblems
is due to da fact, due to da awful twuth
dat I am SPIDERMAN.
I know. I know. All da dumb jokes:
No flies on you, ha ha,
and da ones about what do I do wit all
doze extwa legs in bed. Well, dat's funny yeah.
But you twy being
SPIDERMAN for a month or two. Go ahead.
You get doze cwazy calls fwom da
Gubbener askin you to twap some booglar who's
only twying to wip off color T.V. sets.
Now, what do I cawre about T.V. sets?
But I pull on da suit, da stinkin suit,
wit da sucker cups on da fingers,
and get my wopes and wittle bundle of
equipment and den I go flying like cwazy
acwoss da town fwom woof top to woof top.
Till der he is. Some poor dumb color T.V. slob
and I fall on him and we westle a widdle
until I get him all woped. So big deal.
You tink when you SPIDERMAN
der's sometin big going to happen to you.
Well, I tell you what. It don't happen dat way.
Nuttin happens. Gubbener calls, I go.
Bwing him to powice, Gubbener calls again,
like dat over and over.
I tink I twy sometin diffunt. I tink I twy
sometin excitin like wacing cawrs. Sometin to make
my heart beat at a difwent wate.
But den you just can't quit being sometin like
SPIDERMAN.
You SPIDERMAN for life. Fowever. I can't even
buin my suit. It won't buin. It's fwame wesistent.
So maybe dat's youwr pwoblem too, who knows.
Maybe dat's da whole pwoblem wif evwytin.
Nobody can buin der suits, dey all fwame wesistent.
Who knows?
who knows, maybe evwybody's pwoblems
is due to da fact, due to da awful twuth
dat I am SPIDERMAN.
I know. I know. All da dumb jokes:
No flies on you, ha ha,
and da ones about what do I do wit all
doze extwa legs in bed. Well, dat's funny yeah.
But you twy being
SPIDERMAN for a month or two. Go ahead.
You get doze cwazy calls fwom da
Gubbener askin you to twap some booglar who's
only twying to wip off color T.V. sets.
Now, what do I cawre about T.V. sets?
But I pull on da suit, da stinkin suit,
wit da sucker cups on da fingers,
and get my wopes and wittle bundle of
equipment and den I go flying like cwazy
acwoss da town fwom woof top to woof top.
Till der he is. Some poor dumb color T.V. slob
and I fall on him and we westle a widdle
until I get him all woped. So big deal.
You tink when you SPIDERMAN
der's sometin big going to happen to you.
Well, I tell you what. It don't happen dat way.
Nuttin happens. Gubbener calls, I go.
Bwing him to powice, Gubbener calls again,
like dat over and over.
I tink I twy sometin diffunt. I tink I twy
sometin excitin like wacing cawrs. Sometin to make
my heart beat at a difwent wate.
But den you just can't quit being sometin like
SPIDERMAN.
You SPIDERMAN for life. Fowever. I can't even
buin my suit. It won't buin. It's fwame wesistent.
So maybe dat's youwr pwoblem too, who knows.
Maybe dat's da whole pwoblem wif evwytin.
Nobody can buin der suits, dey all fwame wesistent.
Who knows?
And here's a link to the author's post about this poem on his blog, if you'd like to read more about it.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
American Revolution Game!
Try this:
http://www.mission-us.org
I think you will like it! Play Mission 1: For Crown or Colony. Happy gaming!
http://www.mission-us.org
I think you will like it! Play Mission 1: For Crown or Colony. Happy gaming!
Friday, March 11, 2016
Book Club Reflection Questions
You did it! You finished your Book Club Book!
Please write a new post on your blog reflecting on the experience of being in a Book Club.
Copy and paste the questions below, if that helps you be sure to answer each one in your blog post.
What was the best part of participating in your Book Club?
What was the worst part of participating in your Book Club?
Would you want to do a Book Club again? Why or why not?
If we do another round of Book Clubs, what would you like to do differently?
Please write a new post on your blog reflecting on the experience of being in a Book Club.
Copy and paste the questions below, if that helps you be sure to answer each one in your blog post.
What was the best part of participating in your Book Club?
What was the worst part of participating in your Book Club?
Would you want to do a Book Club again? Why or why not?
If we do another round of Book Clubs, what would you like to do differently?
Monday, February 22, 2016
French and Indian War
Step 1:
Watch this BrainPop video.
If you need to sign in to BrainPop, the username is gillispie and the password is solar.
Step 2:
Work with a group of 3-4 people. Make a wise choice about the people you choose to work with: Are you working with people who will help you do your best work and use your time wisely?
Make a poster, newspaper article, paragraph or other product of your choice that answers all of the questions from the French & Indian War Pre-Test correctly.
Here are the questions:
If you don't know the answers to the questions, choose one or more of the following:
Read pages 229 and 230 in your social studies textbook.
Read the information on this website.
Re-watch the BrainPop video.
Ask someone in your group.
If you finish before others are done, add images related to the French and Indian War and the Proclamation of 1763 to your product.
Watch this BrainPop video.
If you need to sign in to BrainPop, the username is gillispie and the password is solar.
Step 2:
Work with a group of 3-4 people. Make a wise choice about the people you choose to work with: Are you working with people who will help you do your best work and use your time wisely?
Make a poster, newspaper article, paragraph or other product of your choice that answers all of the questions from the French & Indian War Pre-Test correctly.
Here are the questions:
In the French and Indian War, who was fighting against whom?
What were they fighting about?
Who won?
What happened as a result?
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
What happened as a result?
If you don't know the answers to the questions, choose one or more of the following:
Read pages 229 and 230 in your social studies textbook.
Read the information on this website.
Re-watch the BrainPop video.
Ask someone in your group.
If you finish before others are done, add images related to the French and Indian War and the Proclamation of 1763 to your product.
Persuasive Writing
How do you learn to write persuasively?
You start by reading examples of persuasive writing to see how it is done!
Read these two articles:
Students Who Lose Recess are the Ones Who Need it Most
School Suspensions Don't Work
As you read them, pay attention to what the author is doing as a writer to convince you of the argument he or she is making.
Take notes, if you find that helpful.
Be prepared for a group discussion on what we can learn from these two articles to improve our persuasive writing.
You start by reading examples of persuasive writing to see how it is done!
Read these two articles:
Students Who Lose Recess are the Ones Who Need it Most
School Suspensions Don't Work
As you read them, pay attention to what the author is doing as a writer to convince you of the argument he or she is making.
Take notes, if you find that helpful.
Be prepared for a group discussion on what we can learn from these two articles to improve our persuasive writing.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Today's Writing Assignment
Hello Authors!
Your challenge for today is to write the section of your informational text that deals with the southern colonies. Use your writer's checklist, and all of the lessons and discussions we've had about informational writing to guide you.
Your draft should include:
-name, number, and date
-word count
-at least one powerful sentence type
-at least two of the following vocabulary terms:
plantation, legislature, debtor, refuge, indigo, overseer, spiritual, tidewater, backcountry
In your notes, we did not include a section on slavery. Do you think this is an important aspect of the southern colonies? If so, what do you think is the best way to present the information to your readers?
When you finish, print one copy of your draft and turn it in to the Writing bin.
If there is still time, you may choose to write anything you like or work on writing for our Gillispie News project: Write a commercial or improve the writing of any piece you have already written. This is still writing time, not rehearsal time.
Your challenge for today is to write the section of your informational text that deals with the southern colonies. Use your writer's checklist, and all of the lessons and discussions we've had about informational writing to guide you.
Your draft should include:
-name, number, and date
-word count
-at least one powerful sentence type
-at least two of the following vocabulary terms:
plantation, legislature, debtor, refuge, indigo, overseer, spiritual, tidewater, backcountry
In your notes, we did not include a section on slavery. Do you think this is an important aspect of the southern colonies? If so, what do you think is the best way to present the information to your readers?
When you finish, print one copy of your draft and turn it in to the Writing bin.
If there is still time, you may choose to write anything you like or work on writing for our Gillispie News project: Write a commercial or improve the writing of any piece you have already written. This is still writing time, not rehearsal time.
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