3/14/13 - TH

*  CONGRATULATIONS ON 7TH GRADE WINNING CANNED FOOD DRIVE

*  GRANDPARENTS DAY THIS FRIDAY

I. ATLAS review 
- review your notes so far (page 170 = 3 cornell -style notes)
- skim and scan rest of Atlas for more population information
- create a nice, organized list of new facts; include page number


II.  KNIGHTS continued
- finish reading two-page article, complete frame
- each top box of frame would be a main idea
  or first sentence of a paragraph in an essay answer on knights
 * only homework if you do not finish (will collect next week)

III.  KNIGHTS - video
- revisit Knights video
- take notes; think of video like an essay;
- box or underline key words that are topics of new "paragraphs"I can send you back during the week
* will eventually lead to a poem and an essay


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HOMEWORK --  (no CW this week)
* * * * 

___  complete VOCAB WEEK 12 in a timely manner
        - DAY 1 complete in class MO
        - DAY 2 complete at home MO night
        - DAY 3 complete at home TU night
        - DAY 4 complete at home WE night
        * begin Outsider SENTENCES once you correct and check answers (each night)
           Try to get a few done early! ! !

___  read ATLAS, page 170, "ISSUES TODAY: POPULATION" (due FRIDAY)
        3 Cornell Notes or Cornell-Style Notes on lined paper
        - break each question into a Cornell Note
        - brief, clipped details (no full sentences)
        - focus on only key words or details
        - don't write words like "the, and, etc."
        * shouldn't take a long time; hardest part is what NOT to write