Hopefully you feel like you just won a big game after completing your World War I final essay in class today. I took this picture on April 21, 2009, as our Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets in a playoff game.
Dear class,
Hooray! If you were in class today, you completed the essay test for our World War I unit! I'm looking forward to reading them all. In the meantime, relax and enjoy some rest before we start the next unit. Here's the short class recap for today:
Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Soundtrack: "Over There" by George M. Cohan. Selected for today because it was an actual song used during World War I in the United States. Listen to the song here and read the lyrics here.
AGENDA 2/24/15:
News Brief - Jordan
World War I Test
Turn in Work
Forecasting
Homework: Read the blog! Turn in missing work if you do not have it today. Next news brief: Vlas
News Brief: As usual, we started with a news brief. Jordan selected an article about this story: CNN.com - Vladimir Putin: War with Ukraine would be 'apocalyptic' but unlikely. We sort of sped through this today, due to the forecasting schedule decreasing the amount of time in class, but it is an interesting story, for sure!
Vlas was selected for the next news brief.
World War I Test: I was VERY pleased with how this went. Almost every single student worked hard for over an hour, quietly writing and responding. Mostly, I tried to stay out of your way with this, aside from occasional updates on how much time was left in the period. Again, I am really looking forward to seeing how everyone did. Thank you so much for your hard work and focus!
Turn in Work: After the essay test, I had everyone turn in all of their World War I work. Here's the checklist/rubric that should be stapled to the top of your work packet:
2) Franz Ferdinand assassination answers (separate sheet of paper)
3) Rough Draft/Practice Essay on start of WWI, with brainstorm/graphic organizer (see last slide here for the essay prompt). Please also get this peer reviewed, as well. It does NOT need to be finished as a final draft - all I am looking for here is that you have the writing process.
4) Letter from the Trenches assignment
5) US Entry into WWI paragraph (bottom of the second page, in TS/CD/CD/CM/CS format)
6) Treaty of Versailles Worksheet (see example on second page, then follow format for the rest of the points).
Forecasting: At the end of the class, as students were finishing their essays, I went around and was happy to talk about forecasting, which was due during 4th period today.
See you next class! Thanks for all your hard work with this unit!
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