Do Nows
Do now (Feb 27)
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Review
1. What are the two treasures that the Odyssey team
found that day in the Atlantic Ocean?
2. What is the Merchant Royal, and what happened
to the it near Land’s End?
3. What would you do if you found a 500 yuan on the
street?
4. Find, define, and read the sentence containing the
target adjectives and adverbs.
 Firstly: conflicting, official, recently, thoroughly
 Then the others
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Prepare for the vocabulary quiz
Do now (January 13)
In your notebook…
 1. Free write: How was your break? What did you
do? Where did you go? Who did you see? What
did you eat?
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2. What do you know about archaeologists and
historians?
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3. Write your name, textbook number, and
dictionary number on the smart board.
Do Now (January 14)
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In your notebook..
Underline the verb(s), circle the noun(s).
 1. Rashid grew up in a very different Bahrain from his parents, his
grandparents, and their grandparents.
 2. When Rashid told his mother the story at home that evening, she
sighed.
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
 3. His mother smiled and petted his head.
 4. Rashid didn’t wait to hear any more.
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5. What is the word for a group of islands?
Review
6. Name 2 academic detectives.
7. Name 3 things that historians look at.
8. Which of the following do archeologists look at?
 A. land
 B. maps
 C. traditions
Do Now (Jan 15)
Check your 6 vocabulary sentences with someone next to you (3 old/3
new), then turn it in.
In your notebook…
Identify the part of speech in blue.
 1. Humans always have yearned to better understand the people and
events that came before them.
 2. Many archaeological sites are located near lakes or rivers since
immediate access to freshwater was very important for early
cultures.
Review
 3. What does the word history refer to?
 4. What is a hieroglyph?
 5. What is the artifact that scholars used to crack the code of
hieroglyphs?
 6. Find and write a sentence from the book that has the vocabulary
word ‘technique’.
 7. Read Connection 3 (page 87) and respond (at least 5 sentences)
Do Now (Jan 16)
Review Activity 49 with a partner, then turn it in to
the back.
 Find the following words in the text, read and
write the sentence. Then find and read the
definition. Lastly, write a new sentence using that
word.
 1. immediate (adj.)
 2. open-minded (adj.)
 3. particularly (adv.)
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When we understand the cultures and
societies of the past, we can better
understand today’s cultures and
societies.
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prehistoric people lived.
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and uses of hieroglyphs, scholars were
able to understand them.
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Do Now (Jan 19)
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Underline the verb(s), circle the noun(s).
1. Archaeologists studied the farming techniques of
the ancient Inca.
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2. Name 2 examples of primary sources that
historians study (pg 83)
3. What is archaeology? (pg 79)
4. Who are ‘academic detectives’?
5 - 8. Review your notes/assignments from last
week.
Write 3 things (3 sentences) you learned that you
didn’t know prior to last week.
9. What do you know about prehistoric people?
Do Now (Jan 20)
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In your notebook…
Underline the verb(s), circle the noun(s).
1. The competition between fishes for food was fierce.
2. Why do rabbits produce so many offspring?
Identify the part of speech in blue.
3. Another case that has to do with survival through
camouflage involves the little deer mouse.
4. Look for the 10 nouns in the text. Write down the page
number that you found them on next to your definition. Read
each sentence that includes the vocabulary word. (pg 89 – 99)
Example:
 1. adaptation: (n) The act of adjusting to one’s surroundings (pg 90)
Do Now (Jan 21)
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Underline the verb(s), circle the noun(s).
1. The fossil record suggests that this species did not migrate
vary far from West Africa.
2. Homo erectus migrated from Africa to Europe and Asia.
Which part(s) of speech are the words in blue?
3. Homo erectus made technological advances in stone tools,
learned to control the use of fire, and lived a nomadic lifestyle as
it hunted and gathered food.
4. Experts believe that early hominid life began _______ years
ago. (pg 90)
5. Where were the oldest remains of Australopithecus afarensis
found? (pg 91)
6. How would scientists categorize Homo erectus? (look at the
example on page 92)
7. Where did Homo erectus migrate from? To?
Do Now (Jan 22)
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Underline the verb(s), circle the noun(s).
1. Whatever reason for the Neanderthal extinction, only modern
humans inhabit the earth today.
2. Such questions are currently being explored by modern scientists.
3. How would we categorize Homo erectus? (look at the orange box
on page 92 for help)
4. Check your homework with someone next to you (Activity 56)
4. Look for the 6 verbs in the text. Write down the page number that
you found them on next to your definition. Read each sentence that
includes the vocabulary word. (pg 89 – 99)
Example:
 1. to adapt: (v) To adjust to a situation or condition. (pg 97)
Do now (Jan 23)
1. Check your homework with a
classmate. Activity 57
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 Check to see that your device connects
to the internet.
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Posters
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Your poster needs to have:
Title (which hominid?)
Your name
Categorization of your hominid (page 92)
4 facts about your hominid (cite your sources)
2 pictures
Ardipithecus ramidus
Australopithecus afarensis
Homo habilis
 Homo erectus
 Homo sapiens neaderthalensis
 Homo sapiens sapiens
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/humans/humankind/
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http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0005-early-hominids.php
Do Now (Jan 26)
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Underline the verb(s), circle the noun(s).
1. Paleoanthropologists have determined that Homo
erectus was a more well-adapted species than Homo
habilis.
2. Neanderthals looked like modern humans with
several distinct features.
3. How would we categorize Homo erectus? (look at
the orange box on page 92 for help)
4. Write a sentence using the verb ‘inhabit’. Check
the definition in your dictionary.
5. If you were an archaeologist, what information
about human history would you be interested in
studying? Explain your answer.
6. Write 2 things you learned last week.
Do Now (Jan 27)
Find the vocabulary nouns in the text,
highlight them. Read the sentence.
Write down all of their definitions in your
notebook and/or flashcards.
Do Now (Jan 28)
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Turn in Activity 57/58
Which part of speech is the word in blue?
1. The bank of the river was lined with small,
smooth river rocks.
2. Dr. Chatters was the perfect person to solve
the mystery of the skull and bones.
3. A group of anthropologists strongly
disagreed.
4. Find the target verbs in the text and
highlight them. Read the sentence. Then write
their definitions in your notebook and/or on a
3x5 card.
Do NOW (Jan 29)
Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. The scientists continued to disagree with
the Indian tribes.
 2. No one had ever found a skeleton that
old in the Americas.
 3. Dr. Chatters did not have enough
evidence to make strong conclusions.
 4. Find the target adjectives in the text,
highlight them, then read the sentences.
Write their definitions in your notebook
and/or 3x5 card.
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Do Now (Jan 30)
Identify the part of speech in blue.
 1. As they looked around they saw other
bones in the shallow water.
 2. Floyd Johnson’s job was to investigate
deaths from unnatural causes.
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 Study the 10 word definitions, and read the
sentences that contain them.
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4. Write 3 sentences with 3 vocabulary
words.
Do Now (Feb 2)
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Identify the part of speech of the word in blue.
1. It turns out these paintings were created by someone who lived in
the distant past – almost 30,000 years ago!
2. Historians rely on written records or sources in order to reach
conclusions about the past.
3. There were a number of physical changes that allowed
paleoanthropologists to indentify Homo erectus as a new species,
but a larger brain was its most important distinguishing feature.
Review
4. What does an archaeologist do?
5. What is a family tree?
6. Which genus does Homo habilis belong to?
7. Which species does Australopithecus afarensis belong to?
8. Who discovered the Kennewick Man?
Do Now (Feb 3)
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Indentify the part of speech in blue.
1. Such questions are currently being explored by
modern scientists who have developed many possible
explanations but no sure answers.
2. Whatever reasons for Neanderthal extinction, only
modern humans – commonly called Homo sapiens –
inhabit the earth today.
Review
3. where were the first remains of Homo sapiens
neanderthalensis found?
4. What kind of diet do Homo sapiens have?
5. Which two groups of people are fighting over the
Kennewick Man?
6. When was the Kennewick man found?
Do now (Feb 4)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. An ecosystem is a community of living organisms
interacting with one another as well as with nonliving
things.
2. Other living things, like human beings, take in
oxygen in the breathing process.
3. Unlike secondary consumers, tertiary consumers
are not normally preyed upon by other members of
the ecosystem.
Review
4. Carnivores are primary or secondary consumers?
5. Give an example of a tertiary consumer.
Do Now (Feb 5)
Turn in late homework, keep ‘Digging History’ and answers at your
desk (completed)
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1. The prince was put in prison in 1795 during the French
Revolution.
 2. When the bones of Neanderthal man were discovered in 1856,
scientists raced to find an older set of fossil remains.
 3. Were these bones evidence of human evolution between modern
humans and apes?
 Review
 4. What is a hoax?
Vocabulary Test tomorrow- study the following words:
 Conclusion, technique, immediate, open-minded, to evaluate,
particularly, species, to adapt, theory, to inhabit, ancestry, to enforce,
to investigate, eager, rare
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Do Now (Feb 6)
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Keep your homework at your desk (reading article and
2 ‘wh’ questions)
Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. There are many examples of smart, educated
people being tricked into believing something that
turned out to be a hoax.
2. The fossil evidence scientists were finding in other
parts of the world didn’t fit with the Piltdown bones.
3. How did scientists finally determine that Piltdown
man was a hoax?
Review
4. Write about 3 things you have learned this past
week.
Study for the vocabulary test
Do Now (Feb 9)
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1. Write the definition for the noun ‘theory’
2. Write the definition for the verb ‘to adapt’
3. Write the definition for the adjective ‘open-minded’.
4. Write the definition for the adverb ‘brightly’
5. Write the definition for the verb ‘to investigate’
6. Give an example of something that is near the
smartboard.
7. When someone does something particularly well, it
means they do that thing better than many other people.
What is something that you do particularly well?
 Example: I am particularly good at yoga. I think many people
cannot do a headstand, but I can.
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8. Write about 5 things you’ve learned this quarter.
Do now (feb 10)
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1. Ensure that you have the definitions for the 10
target nouns.
2. Look for those nouns in the reading (page 100107 ), read the sentences containing the nouns and
record the page number next to the definition.
Review
3. Who was chosen as the captain of The Corps of
Discovery?
4. Why was the trip considered a success?
5. Which states are not included in the ‘continental’
section of the US? Why?
Do Now (Feb 11)
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1. Therefore, Jefferson asked two men to lead an exploration
of that area.
2. Jefferson felt that Americans needed to explore their new
territory for a few reasons.
3. Still, the trip was an incredible success.
Review
4. Which two men lead the exploration of the West?
5. Whom did Jefferson buy a large chunk of land from?
6. When did the Corps of Discovery begin their journey on the
Missouri River to sail northwest?
7. Did they discover one water route the led straight to the
Pacific from the Mississippi?
Study the target nouns
Do Now (Feb 11)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. Some rulers wanted to conquer new lands
to expand their empires.
2. One of the earliest and most successful
Spanish explorers was Hernando Cortes, a
young, adventurous Spanish commander.
3. When they arrived in the capital, Cortes and
his men witnessed the Aztecs’ sophisticated
civilization.
Find the target verbs in the text and record the
page number next to your definition. Read the
sentences that contain the verbs.
The 1400s and 1500s were an important
time of change in world history.
 This tribute included goods such as
flowers, cotton, textiles, and precious
metals.
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different god, and they held elaborate
festivals that included human sacrifice to
the gods.
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Do Now (Feb 13)
Write 3 things that you learned this week.
 Find the adjectives in the text, record the page
number. Read the sentences that contain the
target adjectives, then look up the definition and
read it.
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Free Write: What will you do over the break?
Where will you go? Who will you see? What do
you want to do?
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Study for the vocabulary quiz
Do Now (Feb 25)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. The once glorious Tenochtitlan was in ruins.
2. It was the custom in ancient Mexico to adopt the religion of
the conquering tribe.
3. They believed that the strongest group had the best gods
helping them.
Review (pages 100-106)
4. What image is part of the Mexican flag today?
5. Which city is the oldest city in the Western Hemisphere?
Free Write: Write about your holiday. What did you do? Where
did you go? Who did you see? (at least 5 sentences)
Announcements
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March 6th Chinese New Year celebration 2:00p
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Spirit Week
Monday – Dr. Seuss Day (Dress as a Dr. Seuss character or
story)
Tuesday – Secondary Students /Teacher swap day (students
dress like teachers and teachers like students)
Wednesday – Wacky Wednesday (wear non matched items)
Thursday – Disney Day (dress as your favorite Disney character)
Friday – Pajama Day
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Literacy Week school wide (students and all staff) will be
reading each morning for 20 minutes . Afterwards, post
reading log outside with total minutes read. Our goal is to
read 50, 000 minutes.
Do now (Feb 26)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. The are deep-sea treasure hunters.
2. The robot thoroughly scans the ocean floor.
3. Also, rare coin experts need to know the story of where the money came
from and why the ship sank.
Review
4. When did the Odyssey Marine Exploration announce that it had discovered
a sunken treasure?
5. What was the treasure?
6. How much money was the treasure worth?
7. Find the target nouns in the text, read the sentences containing the words
and record the definitions.
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Ryoka: coin, condition, crew
Anita: era, gold
Megumi: hunter, identity
Hyun-Bin: Rarity, robot
In-Seo: significance, silver
Hana: ton, vessel
Literacy week!
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Do now (March 2)
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Double check your homework, then turn it in.
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. It sends information to the control room where the
crew waits anxiously.
2. We believe it will have immense historical
significance.
Review (write the page number where you found the
answer)
3. About how many coins has the Odyssey Marine
Exploration team removed from the ship?
4.What did the Merchant Royal carry in 1641?
5. What happened to the Mercedes?
Do now (march 3)
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1. Define the vocabulary nouns (notebook/3x5
cards)
Reading review
2. How long did Mansa Musa reign?
3. When did Mansa Musa begin his
pilgrimage?
4. Why didn’t Mansa Musa want to meet with
the sultan of Egypt?
5. What 3 main contributions did Mansa Musa
complete for the kingdom of Mali?
Think of poster ideas to promote literacy
Do Now March 3
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Complete your literacy poster
 Color, words, pictures
 Names on the back
Define vocabulary verbs
Study vocabulary definitions
Do now (march 5)
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Review
1. How many older brothers did Sundiata have?
2. Why was Sundiata spared when Kangaba was conquered?
3. When did Sundiata become the king of Mali?
4. What kind of crops did the people of Mali plant at that time?
5. Why was Sundiata a great leader?
Identify the part of speech in blue.
6. Over time, Sundiata increased the size of his kingdom and
ruled over a vast area that included gold and salt mines.
7. Study for vocab quiz tomorrow (adventure, Islam, judge,
mosque, Muslim, pilgrimage, poll, scholar, sultan, variety)
Do now (march 6)
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How much of the worlds population is Islamic?
Where was Muhammad born?
What happens in Jannah?
What happened in 628 AD?
What is the Qur-an?
What is the second most important text in Islam?
What does it say?
Write 2 more questions that can be answered from
the text.
Find 3 unfamiliar words, then look up the definitions.
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Do Now (March 9)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. The Irish and their descendants dye rivers green, march in
parades, and eat endless plates of cabbage and corned beef.
2. Although he is the patron saint of Ireland, Patrick wasn’t born
on the Emerald Isle.
3. For six years, he served as a shepherd in a chilly,
mountainous region in Northern Ireland.
Review
4. Where was Patrick when he wandered for 28 days before he
made it back to his parents’ home?
5. What is the most famous legend about St. Patrick?
Free Write: Write about Literacy Week. What did you like? What
didn’t you like? Is there anything you would like to do differently
next year? (5+ sentences)
Do now (March 10)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. The Egyptians used it to create funeral masks for their
pharaohs.
2. When gold was found in California in 1848, it triggered
a movement called the gold rush.
3. Thousands of Native Americans were displaced by the
new settlers and the natural environment was dramatically
transformed.
Review
4. How is white gold made?
5. How is pure gold described? _____ karat
6-7 Create two ‘wh’ questions that can be answered from
the text.
Find and write the definitions for the target adjectives 22.3
Do Now (March 11)
Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. However, based on the length of travel and the variety of
places he visited, many historians might name Ibn Battuta.
 2. Rather than return directly home, in 1326, he decided to
visit the area that is present-day Iraq and Iran.
 3. This is the record we have of his travels.
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4. Highlight the vocabulary words within the text. Read the
sentences containing the words, and the definitions. Study.
Review
 5. Which countries did Ibn Battuta travel through before
reaching Mecca during his holy pilgrimage?
 6. How did Ibn Battuta describe Taghaza?
 Write an additional question and answer from the text.
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Do Now (March 12)
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1. Review your homework with your partner(s). Write one of
your sentences on the board.
Identify the part of speech in blue.
2. When his journeys were finished, he told the story of his
travels to a young Muslim scholar.
3. At times he became very rich, but he ended up losing all
of his money.
Review
4. Between 500 and 1600, which 3 powerful kingdoms
developed in West Africa?
5. What were the two most important products that people
traveled to Ghana for?
6. Mansa Musa’s kingdom consisted of people from a variety
of ethnic groups. How were they able to establish peace and
stability?
Study for the vocabulary quiz tomorrow.
Do Now (March 13)
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Complete Activity 70 – talk to the person next to you about it. Today we will
write a rough draft, so think about how you can make it into a story.
Review
2. What does the adverb ‘probably’ mean? Find 2 synonyms.
3. What does the adjective ‘conflicting’ mean? Use in a sentence. Or, write a
sentence you found that contains it. (Chapter 22, Lesson 2)
4. What does the verb ‘to witness’ mean? Use in a sentence. Or, write a
sentence you found that contains it. (Chapter 22, Lesson 2)
5. What does an interpreter do?
6. There are many more pandas than koalas in China. Pandas
________ koalas in China.
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A. outnumber
B. significance
C. decrease
D. variety
Write 3 things you’ve learned this week using at least 2 vocabulary words.
 Example: I learned that Ibn Battuta was a Muslim, and went on his holy pilgrimage when
he was 20 years old.
Do Now (March 16)
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1. Write the definition for the noun ‘nomad’.
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2. What is the difference between a nomad and a traveler?
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3. Write the definition for the noun ‘commander’.
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4. What does a commander do?
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5. Write the definition for the noun ‘metropolis’.
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6. Give an example of a metropolis.
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7. What is a navigational tool used for? (look up the definition for the term
‘navigational’)
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8. Write the definition for the work ‘splendid’. What part of speech is it?
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9 What is the difference between something that is ordinary and something that
is amazing?
Vocabulary Test 22 words
Islam
 pilgrimage
 ordinary
 variety
 unbelievable
 condition
 significance
 to estimate
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• conflicting
• thoroughly
• encounter
• warning
• to conquer
• to witness
• precious
Do Now (March 17)
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1. Exchange narrative essays and peer edit.
 Give feedback: Look at capitalization, spelling, grammar, transitional
words
 Beginning, middle, end
 Problem, solution
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Identify the part of speech in green.
2. A voice came over the speakers that hovered above the
excited spectators.
3. Everyone erupted into cheers and whistles, and Ciara and
Roy smiled as they heard these expressions of support over
their shuttle radio.
4. The risks of the Mars voyage did not seem to faze either
Roy or Ciara.
Review
5. Why did NASA chose Roy and Ciara for the Mars mission?
6. What did Roy do before joining the team at NASA?
7. Highlight 5 words that you don’t know. Record the definition
in your notebook.
Survey
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1. Write 2 things that you liked so far this
semester in this class.
 Ex: I liked reading the ReadWorks articles
because I can learn about many things. I
especially liked learning about Sacagawea.
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2. Write something you didn’t like, or one
of your least favorite things.
 Ex: One of my least favorite things in class
was learning about Evolution.
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3. If you could change something in our
class, what would you change?
 Ex: I want to do more group projects.
Do Now (March 18)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
 1. Please send your salutations and blessings to our brave
astronauts as they embark on this groundbreaking mission.
 2. The shuttle and tanks immediately shot upward into the sky.
 3. Roy manned the gears of the craft now, directing it to a flat
plain on the surface of Mars, just between two deep craters.
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Review
4. Why did Roy switch on the television monitors outside
of the spacecraft?
5. What was the flicker of silver that Roy saw out of the
corner of his eye?
Re read text (Mission to Mars)
 Write 3 ‘wh’ questions that can be answered from the text.
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Do Now (March 19)
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You have 5 cards on your desk. Cut them in half.
On one half, write a vocabulary word. On the other
half, write the definition.
Each card should have one side with no writing.
Ryoka, Julie: Islam, pilgrimage, ordinary, variety,
unbelievable
In Seo, Hyun Bin: Condition, significance, to estimate,
conflicting, thoroughly
Anita, Hana: encounter, warning, to conquer, to
witness, precious
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Study for the vocabulary test tomorrow,
Writing/Listening tests
Do Now (March 20)
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Vocabulary match-up game.
 Turn all the cards over so the blank side is
facing up.
 Take turns picking two cards to see if you
can get a match.
 If you get a match, you can try again.
 Groups
○ Hyun Bin, Julie, Hana
○ Ryoka, In Seo, Anita
Do Now (March 23)
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Turn in your vocabulary test redo
Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. They were proud of Roy and Ciara, but they did
not know when of if they would ever see them again.
2. Tears streamed down their faces.
3. Although Earth was now at its closest possible
distance to Mars, the famed Red Planet was still 34
mission miles away.
Review
4. Who was Ibn Battuta (write a paragraph with at
least 5 sentences.) *look at your readings.
5. Write 3 full sentences about 3 different things you
learned last week.
Do Now (March 24)
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1. Turn in your vocabulary test redo if you have not
already.
2. Write the definitions for the vocabulary nouns
groups 3 and 4.
Identify the part of speech
3. Olsen’s fascination with outer space and
astronomy began when he was still a boy.
4. Dr. Olsen talked about his professional
crewmates, NASA astronaut Bill McArthur and
Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev.
Revew
5. Which country sent Sputnik into space?
6. Where is Cosmodrome?
Do Now (March 25)
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1. Find the nouns in the text (write the page
number next to the definition)
 Asteroid, criteria, element, explosion, galaxy,
universe, astronomy, material, motion, solar
system
2. What is the “Big Bang”?
3. What is the “Great Red Spot”?
4. Which planet reaches temperatures of
750 degrees during the day?
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expression “A star is born”?
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Do Now (March 26)
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Vocabulary words (Quiz tomorrow!)
 Asteroid, criteria, element, explosion, galaxy,
universe, to fuel, to orbit, bare, massive
Write the definitions for the target verbs,
and find them in the text. Write the page
number next to the definition.
 Activity 72 due today (compare with
peers)
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Do Now (March 27)
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1. Technically, science is the study of the
physical world and nature, but some people
believe it is a journey for knowledge that is
fueled by questions.
2. The universe is everything that exists,
including the planets, stars, and galaxies.
3. Find the adjectives in the text, read the
sentence, and write the page number next to
the definition.
Study for the vocabulary quiz
Do Now (April 13)
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Re-read Our Solar System and Beyond pg 120, then answer the following
review questions. Write the page number where you found the answer.
1. What is the Milky Way?
2. What do all of the planets in our solar system orbit?
3. What do Deimos and Phobos orbit?
4. Scientists estimate that our solar system is more than ________ years old.
5. Which planet orbits the sun on its side?
6. Jupiter has a giant storm called ___________; it’s about three times the size
of Earth.
7. Our moon has no _____, no _______, no ______, and no ________.
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you eat?
 B. What did you think of the PTSA trip? Did you stay in Shanghai or go to Yaolin? Did you
enjoy it? What did you like? What didn’t you like? If you could change something (realistic),
what would you change? Which trip do you want to go on next year?
Do Now (April 14)
Turn in your vocabulary quiz 23.1 if you haven’t already.
 Identify the part of speech in blue.
 1. NASA recently announced plans to build a permanent base
on the moon.
 2. Astronauts will travel in roving vehicles to explore the area
near the lunar base.
 3. Its dusty terrain, or surface, is covered with deep craters.
 Review
 4. Which 2 natural resources are likely on the moon?
 5. Astronauts can use these resources for _________ and
_______.
 6. Who was the first human to walk on the moon? When did
he walk on the moon?
 7. What is Sputnik 1?
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Study the German anthem
Do Now (April 15)
Get out your narrative essay, re read it,
then exchange with the person next to
you. Read their essay and make
comments if needed.
 Re write it on a separate piece of paper,
and turn it in.
 Find the target nouns in the text. Write
the page number next to the definition.
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Do Now
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Find the target verbs in the text, write the page
number next to the definition.
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Choose 3 verbs. Write sentences using those verbs
in past, present, and future tense. (3 sentences for
each verb = 9 sentences). *Hint* one sentence can
be found in the text. You may work with a partner to
check your sentences.
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Example: to arrange
 1. I arranged a meeting with my teacher. (past)
 2. I’m arranging my books from A-Z. (present)
 3. I will arrange a meeting with my team. (future)
Do Now (April 17)
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Find and define the following adjectives
 Flimsy, solar, striking, terrestrial, mechanical,
astronomical
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Create 3x5 cards for the vocabulary test
words. Cut the card in half, write the word
on one half, and the definition on the other
half.
 Julie, Hana, Hyun Bin: satellite, telescope, to
interrupt, solar, striking
 In-Seo, Anita, Ryoka: turbulence, to arrange, to
hesitate, to launch, flimsy
Do Now (April 20)
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Turn in your essay rewrite
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Memorize the German anthem
Identify the part of speech in blue
 1. One astronomical unit is the same as the distance
between the Earth and the sun – about 93 million miles.
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2. They handed their tickets to the steward, found their
seats, arranged their seating pods for maximum comfort,
and waited only two or three seconds for the spacecraft to
launch.
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Read ‘Make Connections’ on page 139. Chose 2 that you
want to respond to. At least 4 sentences for each
response
Do Now (April 21)
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Finish writing your connections
Memorize the German anthem
Identify the part of speech in blue
1. Our planet is no spring chicken.
2. Water, wind and ice slowly shape the surface of the
Earth.
3. The earth is a big, changing organism just like we
are.
review
4. What is erosion?
5. What are tectonic plates?
Highlight 5 words that you don’t know, and then find the
definition. Write the definitions in your notebook.
Finish your essays. You need to put your
opinion in them, as it is a narrative.
 Today we will type our essays, they will
be on display in our booth for
international day.
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Do Now (April 24)
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Find and highlight the vocabulary words in the
reading article.
Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. After several years at the university, Copernicus
traveled to Italy to study at an Italian university.
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2. What was Copernicus’ theory about how planets
move?
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3. Answer the “What do you think?” questions on
the back page.
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4. write two ‘wh’ questions that can be answered in
the reading.
Do now (April 27)
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Review (work with the person next to you)
What does it mean to be a know-it-all?
Use the word ‘gigantic’ in a sentence.
Explain the difference between surface and
core of something.
What is the opposite of maximum?
What does it mean to ‘give an arm and a
leg’?
Find the definition of the noun ‘sympathy’,
use it in a sentence.
Do Now (April 28)
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Look at the reading, highlight 5 words
that you don’t know, then find and write
the definition for those words in your
journal.
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Study for the vocabulary quiz
 Julie/Anita
 In-seo/Hana
 Hyun-Bin/Ryoka
Do Now (April 29)
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Write your two ‘wh’ questions on a 3x5 card, and trade
with someone in the class, then answer the questions
on the card your received. If you have a question about
it, ask the person who wrote it.
Anita – Ryoka – Daniel – Julie – In Seo – Hana – Hyun
Bin – Anita
Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. Robinson is an American writer.
2. Aboard the Ares, the space colonists are bound for
Mars.
Review
3. What happens at the end of Red Mars?
4. What happens in Green Mars?
5. What happens in Blue Mars?
Do Now (April 30)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. We can’t support that many unless we’re
industrialized and technologically advanced.
2. Space technology gives us for the first time, the
freedom to leave our nest at least for certain
functions, in order not to soil it.
3. Population pressure will inevitably strain these
resources.
Review
4. Look back through your readings, and write about
what you learned in this last chapter. (At least 5
sentences including 5 different things).
5. Study for the vocabulary test.
ESL 2 Do Now (May 4)
Turn in your vocabulary quiz/test re-do(s).
 Identify the part of speech in blue.
 1. As a young boy from a poor farming family, Isaac did not show much
ability as a farmer.
 2. As a young boy from a poor farming family, Isaac did not show much
ability as a farmer.
 3. As a young boy from a poor farming family, Isaac did not show much
ability as a farmer.
Review
 4. Where did Isaac Newton live?
 5. Which great thinkers did Newton study about whom were the first to
question Aristotle’s thinking?
 6. Why was Isaac Newton forced to leave Cambridge?
 7. Who wrote the following poem about Newton?
 Nature, and nature’s laws lay hid in night. God said, “Let Newton be!” and all was
light.
8. Highlight 5 words you don’t know, then find and write the definitions in your
notebook.
Do Now (May 5)
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1. Exchange noun definitions with the person next to you.
Record the other definitions in your notebook.
Identify the part of speech in blue
2. New York City is one of the densest cities in the world,
with millions of people squeezed into a mere 303 square
miles.
3. Energy contained in the motion of an object is called
“motion energy”.
4.If your body gets too hot, you can get sick, so it’s in your
body’s interest to maintain a constant temperature.
Review
5. What happened in New York in 2013?
6. How is a bicycle an energy conversion device?
7. Why does the body produce sweat?
8. Write 2 things you learned from this article.
Do Now (May 7)
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1. Find the nouns in the text. Record the page number
next to the definition.
Identify the part of speech in blue.
2. Sometimes, sickness is caused by a bacterial or viral
infection.
3. The aorta delivers oxygen-filled blood to the body.
Review
4. ________ receive and transmit electrical signals to and
from the brain and other parts of the body.
5. What are the 4 tissue types?
6. _______ and ______ are collectively called blood
vessels.
7. The exchange of blood and nourishment between the
mother and unborn child occurs through the ______.
Do Now (May 8)
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Find the target verbs in the text. Write the page
number next to the definition.
1. If we didn’t have neuron activity, what wouldn’t we
be able to do?
2. What is included in the GI tract?
3. Which two types of cells make up the nerve
tissue?
4. What are some examples of connective tissue?
5. How many chambers does the heart have? What
are they?
6. Read the connections on page 147. Chose one
and write your answer to it. (at least 4 sentences)
Do Now (May 9)
Review your 4 sentences and Activity 83
with the person next to you.
 Do Activity 84
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Do Now (May 11)
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1. Turn in your vocabulary quiz
2. Show the person next to you your map
about the organ that you researched (at
least 5 things)
3. Write 4 things that you learned last
week. Look at the text to help you.
Review
4. What is the basic unit of all living things?
5. What kind of tissue is our skin?
6. Write 2 characteristics about the heart (2
facts).
Do Now (May 12)
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1. Finish your organ poster.
2. Exchange vocabulary definitions with someone
who has the other definitions.
Identify the part of speech in blue.
3. Even those who usually spend a lot of time
outdoors notice a difference when they don’t get
green time.
4. Researchers believe the positive effects of green
time stem partly from the physical activity in
pastimes such as hiking or kayaking.
Review
5. What is a ‘park prescription’?
6. What is the “Earth Tomorrow” program?
7. How much time is recommended to be spent
outdoors daily?
Do Now (May 13)
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1. Find the nouns in the text, write the page
and paragraph number next to the definition.
Identify the part of speech in blue.
2. An incredible organ with many functions,
skin provides us with a protective barrier from
our surrounding environment.
3. This is commonly referred to as a scab.
4. Failure to protect our skin can result in
illness now or as we get older.
5. What is the epidermis?
6. What is located in the dermal layer?
7. What are melanocytes?
8. How can we protect ourselves from skin
cancer?
Do Now (May 14)
Find the verbs in the text. Write the page
and paragraph number next to the
definition.
 Read and respond to one of the
connections. (At least 3 sentences)
 Write 2 ‘wh’ questions and answers from
the text.
 Write 2 sentences about 2 different
things that you found interesting in the
article.
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Do Now (May 15)
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Check your homework with the person next to
you (Activity 86)
Find the adjectives in text, record the page
and paragraph number.
Review
What happens if we don’t properly clean our
face?
How is acne caused?
As adolescents enter adulthood, what
happens to your skin’s oil and acne?
Study for the vocabulary quiz
Do Now (May 18)
Turn in vocabulary quiz redos
Review Activity 86 and 87 with a
classmate.
 Look through your assignments and
readings, write 4 things you learned last
week.
 When should you wear sunscreen? (at
least 3 sentences).
 Did you wear sunscreen this past
weekend? If so, what did you do that made
you think you needed to wear sunscreen?
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Do Now (May 19)
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. Produce grown nearby is fresher than foods that travel
long distances.
2. Energy usage is another environmental issue.
3. But be sure you’re doing it safely.
4. The nutrient content of food depends of many different
factors. What are some examples?
What does ‘organic’ mean?
5. How long does it take food on a truck to go across the
country?
6. What should be used to ensure a safe internal food
temperature?
7. Write 3 things that you learned after reading this article.
8. highlight 5 words you don’t know, then find the definition.
DO NOW (may 20)
1.Find the definitions for the remaining vocabulary
words. Write them in your notebook.
 2. Find and underline the vocabulary words in the
reading.
 Identify the part of speech
 3. Christina decided she was going to leave
Sweden.
Review
 4. Who was the queen’s favorite guest?
 5. At what time did her tutoring sessions start?
 6. As a result, what happened to Descartes?
 7. When she arrived in Rome, what did she have
a difficult time with?
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Do Now (May 21)
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1. Answer the questions on the 3x5 card, then turn it
in. Write your name and answers on the back.
2. Highlight 5 words that you don’t know, then find
the definition.
3. What did Marie’s father think was more important
for his sons than for his daughters?
4. What did she convince her tutor to do?
5. What happened as a result of her fathers death?
6. What was Marie Antoinette accused of when
Austria and Prussia declared war on France?
7. How do portraits portray Marie Antionette’s
execution?
Do Now (May 22)
1. Write 3 ‘wh’ questions about the reading on
the 3x5 card.
 2. Then exchange your questions with the
person next to you, answer the questions, write
your name, and turn them in.
 Complete a the Venn diagram comparing
Christina and Marie Antoinette
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Review
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4+4 = 8
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Find the definition for the word ‘construct’. Use in a sentence.
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Find the definition for the word ‘disappointed’. Use in a sentence.
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Find the definition for the word ‘supply’ (verb). Use in a sentence.
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Find the definition for the word ‘identity’. Use in a sentence.
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Find the definition for the word ‘exceptional’. Use in a sentence.
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Find the definition for the word ‘abandoned ’. Use in a sentence.
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Find the definition for the word ‘destruction’. Use in a sentence.
Do Now (May 26)
Read the article (with your buddy) and
then answer the questions.
 Highlight 5 words you don’t know and
record the definition in your notebook.
 Create 3 ‘wh’ questions that can be
answered in the text. (3x5 card)
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Exchange your 3 ‘wh’ questions with someone else
in the class. Trade and respond. Write your name on
the 3x5 card with the questions you answered, and
turn it in.
1. What is on the end of the long tool that is put in
the nose?
2. When Costantino was 8, what did he perform his
first operation on?
3. How did other doctors want to remove the rock in
Woodruff’s neck?
4. Where does NPC cancer grow?
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Complete part 1 – part 3 of the reading
test. DO NOT begin Part 4 yet.
 Re-read page 100-106
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 Read the ‘Connections’ on page 107. Pick
two questions, and write your responses in
your notebook. (At least 4 sentences each)
Complete the writing test
 Complete your connections to the
reading (pages 100-106)
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When you are finished, read the article
and answer the questions.
 Highlight 5 vocabulary words and write
the definitions in your notebook.
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ESL Do Now (June 1)
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What does it mean to have confidence in someone?
 Ex: I have confidence in myself to perform well on the exam.
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What does it mean to be ‘under the weather’? When
would you use this idiom?
What does it mean to say ‘the whole is greater than the
sum of all its parts’
Define the word ‘protruding’, use it in a sentence.
Define the word ‘consume’. Give an example of
something you consumed this past weekend.
What are intestines? What do they do?
What is the difference between ‘expand’ and ‘contract’?
What can you do that makes you sweat? (give 3
examples)
What is the difference between acne and a bruise?
Re read page 140-147.
Chose 1 question to respond to. Write at least 4
sentences.
 Discuss your connection with the person next to you.
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Review
1. Who is James Cameron? (at least 3 sentences about
him)
 2. What does Cameron’s flag look like?
 3. What is Kon-Tiki? (at least 3 sentences)
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Study for the vocabulary test on Friday.
Ethnicity, successor, to appoint, obsession, variation,
fearless, to cease, excess, external, vulnerable, anatomy,
malfunction, infection, to absorb, fascinating
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Identify the part of speech in blue.
1. The issue was Abraham’s pride.
2. Never in his dozen years of captivity had any of his cages
or pens been left unlocked.
3. Abraham trumpeted loudly when he fell.
Review
4. Who is Shabazz?
5. What was Abraham afraid of?
6. When Abraham awoke, he was face-to-face with a big male
elephant. What did the that elephant look like?
7. What do you think? Do you think it was better for Abraham
to be in the circus, or in the wild? (at least 3 sentences)
Highlight 5 words that you don’t know, find the definition, and
write it in your journal.
Study for the vocabulary test on Friday
 Ethnicity, successor, to appoint, obsession, variation, fearless, to
cease, excess, external, vulnerable, anatomy, malfunction, infection,
to absorb, fascinating
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1. Reread pages 148-152
2. Chose one connection to respond to (at least 4
sentences). You already responded to one previously,
chose a different one.
Identify the part of speech in blue
3. Many internal and external factors contribute to
variations in our complexions.
4. Some people are born with moles and freckles, which
are natural skin variations and should not be considered
imperfections.
5. During exercise, blood vessels expand to increase
blood flow to your skin.
Write 3 ‘wh’ questions that can be answered from the text.
(you can write in your journal)
Study for the vocabulary test tomorrow.
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1. It was just another hot day during a humid
summer in New York City.
2. I look down to the end of the car to see a dead
shark on the floor.
3. We are told not to approach or ever touch a wild
animal, even if it looks friendly.
4. Write two questions that swirled online and in the
news.
5. What did the women recognize the shark from?
Where had she seen it before?
6. What would you do if you saw a dead shark on the
metro? How would you react? (at least 4 sentences)
Study for the vocabulary test
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Reread page 108-119
1.How many silver coins were removed
from the Black Swan?
2. What happened to the Merchant Royal?
3. Choose a connection, and write your
response. (at least 4 full sentences)
4. Write 2 ‘wh’ questions
5. Trade and respond
Reread pages 120-129
1. What is astronomy?
2. What is the Milky Way?
3. Is the sun a star?
4. Write 4 sentences comparing and
contrasting the different planets.
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least 4 sentences).
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Reread pages 131-139
1. What is space junk, and why is it
dangerous?
2. How do you calculate the distance between
two planets?
3. Write 3 sentences from the text that contain
adjectives. Underline the adjectives.
4. choose 2 connections to respond to. (4
sentences each)
5. share your connections with the person next
to you.
6. study vocabulary