Welcome to ELL! 10/21/11 • Warm Up:– Pick up ELL notebook– Review (re read) your vocabulary notes– Review (re read) your boxes and bullets

notes

I can statement/ agenda • Today, 10/21, I can:– Know: demonstrate my knowledge of

vocabulary and grammar – Do: successfully take Chapter 6 Seeking

Freedom quiz

Agenda: Warm Up (5 minutes)

Introduce quiz/ behavior expectations (5 minutes)

Quiz and silent HW time (40 minutes)

Quiz behavior expectations • Use your arm or your table bin to keep your

work private

• No speaking while tests are out

• Raise hand to turn in quiz or if you need to get out of your seat

• When you finish the quiz; silent reading or HW time

Historians! It’s Friday!! 10/21/11 • Materials managers: please grab

your social studies notebooks

• Warm-up: Take a look at the documents (papers) on your tables.

• Turn and talk: What are they? What do you notice?

I can statement/agenda • Today, 10/21, I can– Know: the structure of the United States

government according to the Constitution– Do: Boxes & bullets or mind map lecture note

taking.

Agenda:• Warm up/discussion (10 minutes)• Lecture note taking (20 minutes)

• Film clip (5 minutes)• Constitution Q & A (10 minutes)• Ninja warrior! (5 minutes)

Notes Page• Mind Map• Boxes and Bullets

• Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4

What is a constitution?

THE LAW OF THE LAND!!

• A document (paper) that lays out the structure for a government/country.– How the government is organized

Why was is written?• Turn and Talk

• To uphold the big ideas in the DOI (the right to freedom and happiness).

• Power to rule must come from the people (not a king like George).

Types of Government• Federal

• State

Types of Government• Tribal

• Local

• Student

We are looking at federal (the U.S.)

Three Branches

Executive

JudicialLegislative (Congress

)

Legislative Branch (Congress)

• Makes laws

Executive• Enforces and approves laws

Judicial• Interprets laws• Interpret: explain the meaning of

somethingThis is the

supreme court, the top court in

America

True or FalseThe three branches have nothing in

common.

One branch is more powerful than another.

You better check yourself!Checks and Balances

Executive

JudicialLegislative (Congress

)

It’s a circus• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL

Qg7G3hkGY

Ask a question!

Welcome Readers! 10/21/11 • Materials managers: return SS, pick up

readers and writers

• Warm up:• Put a quick note on your adult signature in

your writers notebook (on your revision letter)

• Get out all reading logs and quick notes (take quick notes out of your book)

• Begin silent reading

I can statement/agenda • Today, 10/21, I can

– Know: analyze my independent reading book in order to infer character traits.

– Do: Create an exit slip for my silent reading book using evidence

Agenda:• Warm up (5 minutes)• Planner (5 minutes)

• Intro exit slip (5 minutes)• Silent reading/ reading log check (35 minutes)

• Clean up (5 minutes)