LANGUAGE ARTS:
Mon.
1/11
Tues.
Japanese Internment

Intro Relocation Camps (10 min.
video/Notebook)

Intro Farewell to Manzanar (Notebook)

Read Manzanar excerpts

Writing Activity: pg. 14
Ch. 8 Japan

Read Haiku Intro: pg. 15

Work on Ch. 8.2: cards, section
review: pg. 14

Work on study guide
Q3 AR form/book due
Ch. 8 Japan:

Check 8.2 HW

Complete “Write Your Own
Haiku”: pg. 16-17

Create your Haiku (instructions on
pg. 17)
1/12
Japanese Internment:

Check in/Review writing

Watch Remembering Manzanar

Complete Reaction Notes

Ethics Icon: pg. 16
Wed.
1/13
Spelling
Bee—3 pm
Library
Thurs
1/14
Fri.
1/15
Medea Creek Middle School: 7th Humanities: Ms. Casino
Week 2: Quarter 3: 1-11-16 to 1-15-16
SOCIAL STUDIES:
STANDARD:
Collect Signed Newsletters
HOMEWORK:
LA: Finish Writing activity – pg. 14
Q3 AR signed form/book due in class
TOMORROW
SS: Finish 8.2 cards, section review – pg. 14
Signed Grade Sheets due TOMORROW
SS 7.5: Students
analyze the geographic,
political, economic,
religious, and social
structures of the
civilizations of
Medieval Japan.
LA: Finish Ethics Icon p pg. 16
Have Index cards in class tomorrow
SS: Complete your Haiku — final draft due
tomorrow
Japanese Internment:

Check/Share Reaction Notes + Ethics
Icon

Read articles, highlight, annotate/and
create research cards: pg. 17-27
Ch. 8 Japan:

Check/Share Haiku

Ch. 8.3: Read, Highlight, Annotate:
pg. 18-21
Japanese Internment:

Check in research cards/article
annotation

Create pro/con chart for arguments: pg.
28
Ch. 8 Japan:

Work on 8.3: cards, section review,
SWBST: pg. 22-23

Work on study guide
SS 7.5.1: Describe the
significance of Japan’s
proximity to China and
Korea and the
intellectual, linguistic,
religious, and
philosophical influence
of those countries on
Japan
LA: Finish Chart – pg. 28
Japanese Internment:

Debate Day: What do you think?
Ch. 8 Japan:

Check 8.3 HW

Ch. 8.4: Read, Highlight, Annotate:
pg. 24-28
LA W 9. Draw
evidence from literary
or informational texts
to support analysis,
reflection, and
research.
LA: None
REMINDERS:
*1/18: No School
*2/12: No School
*2/15: No School
TESTS/ DUE DATES:
1/12: AR book/signed form due
1/20: Japan Unit Test
1/28: Skills III Due
2/5: Skills III Test
3/3: Q3 AR Deadline
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS:
1. Be sure to use your planner.
2. Keep your weekly schedule.
3. Plan your work! Work your plan!
4. Use study & learning strategies for success!
5. Be organized!
QUOTE TO PONDER:
“You get to know people as individuals. The
dreams of people may differ, but everybody
wants their dreams to come true. And
America, above all places, gives us the
LA: Finish articles work from class- pg. 17-27
SS: Finish Ch. 8.3 highlight & annotation – pg.
18-21
SS: Finish 8.3 cards, section review, SWBST –
pg. 22-23
SS: Finish Ch. 8.4 highlight & annotation – pg.
24-28
No School Monday—
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday
freedom to do that”
–Ronald Reagan
Former President of U.S.