Tuesday May 21st

Monday in class we talked about the Panama Canal. We looked at a few political cartoons, one of which depicted Teddy Roosevelt. We also looked at a map of why the canal was so effective and as pointed out by calem looked like a mutated stingray, and entertainingly, mr boyle did not disagree.

Today in class we looked at two different documents. In groups we picked out the key words and shared them boggle style. Then we summarized it, and finally put it into our own words.

Friday May 17th

Yesterday in class we did an activity with Yellow Journalism and discussed with groups of three what the titles, using Yellow Journalism would be for different articles. We then had to write them on half sheets of paper and tape them inn the correct category on the wall. I thought it was fun because we had a chance to be a little creative.

Friday in class, for what i was there for, we went around to each of the categories and chose our favorite. I however was struggling with spring allergies and went to the nurse soon after.

Tuesday May 14th

Yesterday and today in class were fairly uninteresting. We had mcas on Monday so we were given the time in class to work on the multitude of projects and written assignment we have and the same thing today, when we finished out last mcas ever!...assuming I pass...if I don't ill be pretty disappointed in myself... 

Wednesday May 8th

Yesterday in class we had a fishbowl debate about whether or not the Indians should be moved from their land by the government. I was part of the judicial branch. In my group we had Andrew speak for us in the debate and i think it went fairly well

Today in class we partnered up to talk about the Indian red cloud and did a couple worksheets about him. I worked with Cara. We went to go over it by the end of class but didn't get all the way through it.

Oregon Trail Game

Oregon Trail Game

Friday May 3rd

Yesterday in class we read some poems about the white mans burden, black mans burden and a poor mans burden. This was to start off the imperialism period of our class Mr. Boyle also made the announcement that this would be our last unit of the school year! I think that's pretty exciting.

Today in class it is day 4 which means that we go to the library to work on our smithsonian quests. I learned about water conservation and how to save energy by using less water. I had to read about how much water it takes to make certain products and then make a chart reporting those results and submit it for approval, which I did get. The second part of earning the badge was me writing an advice column to a family that wants to conserve energy and water. I liked it because it got me thinking about how much unnecissary water we use nowadays.

Wednesday May 1st

Well there isn't a whole lot to say about the past couple days. Yesterday in class I brought in my computer and worked on the Oregon trail game which I have decided to use power point for and find it very easy.

Today, well...basically the same as yesterday.