Here's the link for timeline forms

http://donnayoung.org/history/timeline.htm

Assignments for Week of January 30-February 3

Monday
Today we worked on key word outlining for the home culture paragraph of the students' Web Poster project. We also watched a portion of The History Channel's "Remember the Alamo" and discussed the differences between Hollywood's portrayal of stories and the actual events. We then began watching John Wayne's 1960 movie "The Alamo."

Tuesday
· Timelines: (September 16, 1810 -- "Grito de Dolores,” 1821 -- declaration of independence by New Spain from Spain)
· Wordly Wise 6D
· Read Texas History Stories, Stephen F. Austin, The Alamo, & Remember Goliad – due Monday 2/6
· Complete History Mystery Picture Puzzle, using Texas Almanac, pp. 37-39
· Work on Cultures Web Poster – due 2/6 (Draft, have someone proofread, and publish your home country paragraph to your web poster)

Wednesday
In class we will continue practicing writing keyword outlines from references, using another paragraph from their web poster. We will begin watching the 2004 version of The Alamo.

Thursday
· Timelines: (First Colony in Texas, Most important date of immigration for your cultural group, Texas Independence)
· Wordly Wise 6E – Test on Monday
· Texas Stories, Stephen F. Austin, The Alamo, & Remember Goliad – due Monday 2/6
· Use Texas Almanac, pp. 38-39 to complete the Texas Revolution assignment
· Work on Cultures Web Poster – due 2/6 (Draft, have someone proofread, and publish your culture paragraph to your web poster)
· Finish watching 1960s version of The Alamo. (See Friday.)

Friday
You may finish watching The Alamo (John Wayne) on your own or you may join me at Lewis Hall before Fab Friday to finish watching it. If you want to watch it at Lewis Hall, come at 10:30 and bring $3 for pizza and a drink. When the movie is over we will go to the Real Life Center for community service. I can transport four students to the Real Life Center. If there are more students than that who want to watch the movie, I will need one or two parents to drive kids to Fab Friday. Let me know if you are coming and if you can help drive.

Links for Cultures Project

http://www.lonestargenealogy.com/courses/texas/migration.html
http://www.texancultures.utsa.edu/education/index.htm
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/history.html
http://www.tenet.edu/halls/history.html#txhis
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001272F/ -- VERY GOOD!

To make the website go to
http://poster.4teachers.org/index.php

Assignments for Week of January 23-27

Monday
In class we discussed Spanish colonialization and introduced the conditions leading to the Mexican war for independence. We also began IEW Unit IV: Summarizing References and learned about paragraph development using topic and clincher sentences.

Tuesday
· Read Walk the World’s Rim, chapters 9 to the end – (due Monday)
· Highlight in yellow the dress-ups in yesterday’s copywork. Add any that are missing.
· Draft “Caste System” report (if you didn't finish it in class)
· Wordly Wise 6A & 6B
· Read PreIndependence Mexico Handout & complete the worksheet that goes with it.
· Add Spanish colonial period dates to the timeline: 1492 (Columbus discovers the “New World,” Date of exploration of your explorer.
· WG: none
· DS: Review 4-6

Wednesday
Grammar lessons will continue. After which, we will introduce Mexican Texas, completing Major Mexican Land Grants Worksheet, using Texas Atlas, p. 21 and Historical-Cultural Regions Worksheet, using Texas Atlas, p. 22. We will begin work on the Texas Cultures Web poster.

Thursday
· Publish Caste System report
· Wordly Wise 6C
· Continue work on Cultures web poster -- due 2/1
· Timelines: (September 16, 1810 -- "Grito de Dolores,” 1821 -- declaration of independence by New Spain from Spain)
· DS: Finish Lesson 7
· WG: Finish Worksheet 11
· Journals will be checked on Monday

Assignments for Week of January 16-20

Monday
Holiday

Tuesday
Finish assignments from last week.

Wednesday
We will take a test over Wordly Wise Lesson 5 and study Spanish Colonial Society in Texas.

Thursday
· Read Walk the World’s Rim, ch. 5-8
· Read Texas History Stories, “LaSalle” (if you haven’t already)
· Finish Analyzing Spanish Colonial Society -- making inferences from the Columbus letter and planning the Spanish town.

Assignments for Week of January 9-13

Monday
In composition we will add the www.asia clause to our dress-ups. We will read the traditional Hispanic tale "La Llorana." Students will outline the story using the story summary method. There will be a quiz over Texas History Stories, "Cabeza de Vaca." Students will participate in the Native Texan Pow Wow that they have prepared for and we will learn about illustrated timelines.

Tuesday
· Walk the World’s Rim, chapters 3-4 (due Wednesday)
· Highlight in yellow the www.asia clause in yesterday's copywork.
· Draft “La Llorana” summary.
· Wordly Wise 5D
· Finish Cabeza de Vaca graphic organizer if needed
· Begin illustrated timeline
· WG: none
· DS: Review 1-3

Wednesday
We will go over their grammar homeworks. DS students will have a quiz over Lessons 1-3 and we will begin Lesson 4. WG students will begin Worksheet 9. Students will hold a guided graded discussion of Walk the World's Rim, chapters 1-4. We will begin work on the Explorers Poster Project, which will be due on Monday.

Thursday
· Publish“La Llorana” summary.
· Wordly Wise 5E
· Finish Explorers project -- due Monday
· Read Texas History Stories, LaSalle
· DS: Finish Lesson 4
· WG: Finish Worksheet 8