Q2,J8 Journal about your complaints about school, or issues related to school. You may write about any complaint BUT you may not complain about specific people and your journal entry must be school appropriate.

List of Complaints Classes (boring, teacher-student ratio, amount of AP classes, specialism, more language classes) Building (access, broken sinks, soap, paper towels, complaints about building, open campus) Teachers (boring, talk too much, suppression of ideas, not enough education, tough grading) Grades (grading system, tough graders, Common Core, credit even if 100%, loss of credit for absences, grade inflation, make-up work) Communication (snow day announcements) Lunch (gross, chaotic, expensive, indigestion, microwave)

The Declaration of Independence (pgs. 141–148) Preamble: The reasons for writing down the declaration. Statement of Beliefs: Specifying what the undersigned believe, the philosophy behind the document. List of Complaints: The offences that compelled the Declaration. Statement of Prior Attempts to Redress Grievances: List of previous attempt to fix the problems. Declaration of Independence The Signatures

1. Preamble: What reason(s) did the Founding Fathers give for their decision to write out a declaration? 2. Statement of beliefs: What beliefs did the Founding Fathers declare they held? 3. List of complaints: What are a few of the complaints? 4. Statement of prior attempts to redress grievances: In what way(s) did the framers claim to have already tried to address the complaints? 5. Declaration of Independence: What will change in the colonies as a result of the Declaration? 6. Why is this document set up in this specific order (five sections)? 7. Why did the colonial leaders feel it was necessary to put their declaration on paper? 8. How does the diction/word choice of the document improve its credibility?

Declaration Assignment Working in your groups, you will draft your own declaration using one grievance about school. First, pick one grievance to make a declaration about. The transcript of the Declaration of Independence will serve as a model; student documents must contain the same sections: preamble, statement of beliefs, list of complaints, statement of prior attempts, and declaration. For example, your list of 10 complaints will compare to the “He has…” complaints on pages 143- 146.

Today… Establish your group – 2/3 students per group Pick your grievance Break it down into 10 complaints EXAMPLE: Grievance = homework Complaints = we need time to do other activities, not all students have a place to work at home, we do not have a teacher available to answer questions…etc…