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This week students read about, and discussed, the geography of the Fertile Crescent. Students should have learned that the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was called Mesopotamia and that it was the best place to build a civilization in the ancient Middle East. We will continue that theme in class this week. Students will also begin to work on their physical maps of the Middle East. I will be allowing students to work on this assignment in class.
The map quizzes have been graded and entered. It should be obvious that some students need to work on study skills. That being said, students can arrange a retake with me so long as they do it before November 19th. At that point the grades will be considered final. Some students need to take advantage of that desperately.
Beginning on Monday, students will read about ancient Sumer. They will have the opportunity to earn some classwork points which should help their grades.
The honors students will be given their first assignments from our literature books. The first assignment is an example of nonfiction text. I will be giving them note-taking instructions (see the documents tab of my webpage for details); the notes that they take will be graded. The assignment will relate to one of the five components of civilization: Written Language. The second assignment will be an excerpt from an epic poem: The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Finally, students in periods 1, 3, 4, and 6, will have a current event assignment due on November 15th.
The map quizzes have been graded and entered. It should be obvious that some students need to work on study skills. That being said, students can arrange a retake with me so long as they do it before November 19th. At that point the grades will be considered final. Some students need to take advantage of that desperately.
Beginning on Monday, students will read about ancient Sumer. They will have the opportunity to earn some classwork points which should help their grades.
The honors students will be given their first assignments from our literature books. The first assignment is an example of nonfiction text. I will be giving them note-taking instructions (see the documents tab of my webpage for details); the notes that they take will be graded. The assignment will relate to one of the five components of civilization: Written Language. The second assignment will be an excerpt from an epic poem: The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Finally, students in periods 1, 3, 4, and 6, will have a current event assignment due on November 15th.
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