1. Tour of the United States

2. How to improve your assessment score
Level C:
Complete the learning contract- must be complete and signed by your parents
Come in during lunch on TODAY, Monday, September 26 for the retest
Level A
Complete the learning contract-must be complete and signed by your parents
Rewrite your short-response question and color-code (LOOK at the following slide)
Turn-in your rewrite by Tuesday, September 27. You will rewrite your response in your own time.

3. How would you describe the development of English colonies?
Consider government, religious, economy, and other factors that emerged in each colonial region (New England, Middle and Southern).

4. Hello: Open to your Chromebook to Google Classroom.
Remember the LEVEL C retake is TODAY at lunch
Monday, September 26, 2016
Agenda:
Ace your East Coast Physical features assessment
Work on Frayer models until the class is ready to move on
Continue working on stations
HOMEWORK: Finish your LEVEL A revisions if that is a part of your goal.
Standards:5.4.2 Identify the major individuals and groups responsible for the founding of the various colonies and the reasons for their founding (e.g., John Smith, Virginia; Roger Williams, Rhode Island; William Penn, Pennsylvania; Lord Baltimore, Maryland; William Bradford, Plymouth; John Winthrop, Massachusetts).
Learning Goal: To identify the major physical features on the eastern part of the United States.

5. Hello: Take out your Chromebooks and get out your “Life in the Colonies notes.”
Your LEVEL A revision is due today!
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Agenda:
Finish stations
Homework: Continue working on Frayer models.
Standards:
5.4.3 Describe the religious aspects of the earliest colonies (e.g., Puritanism in Massachusetts, Anglicanism in Virginia, Catholicism in Maryland, Quakerism in Pennsylvania).
Learning Goal: To identify keywords that help describing how the colonies developed through government, economy, religion, and their founders.

6. Hello:
Take out your Frayer models and your “Colonial Life” notes out.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Agenda:
Discuss our gaps
Watch “13 Colonies: Comparing Regions.”
Fill-in the gaps and/or work on vocabulary.
HOMEWORK: Review the vocabulary for minutes
Standards:
5.4.2 Identify the major individuals and groups responsible for the founding of the various colonies and the reasons for their founding (e.g., John Smith, Virginia; Roger Williams, Rhode Island; William Penn, Pennsylvania; Lord Baltimore, Maryland; William Bradford, Plymouth; John Winthrop, Massachusetts).
Learning Goal:To fully understand the vocabulary related to life in the colonies. To complete the chart

7. Hello:
Take out your Frayer models and your “Colonial Life” notes out.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Agenda:
Group Frayer Models
Review Game I
Review Game II
HOMEWORK: Work on the vocabulary you struggled with today
Standards:
5.4.2 Identify the major individuals and groups responsible for the founding of the various colonies and the reasons for their founding (e.g., John Smith, Virginia; Roger Williams, Rhode Island; William Penn, Pennsylvania; Lord Baltimore, Maryland; William Bradford, Plymouth; John Winthrop, Massachusetts).
Learning Goal:To identify the words you understand and to know which words you still need to work on.

8. Hello: For those not finished with their Frayer models, you have 5-7 minutes to be completing them.
Finish? Work on creating a Quizlet or make Frayer Models
Friday, September 30, 2016
Agenda:
Practice on vocabulary
How to answer the essential question
Standards:
5.4 Students understand the political, religious, social, and economic institutions that evolved in the colonial era.
8.1.4 Describe the nation’s blend of civic republicanism, classical liberal principles, and English parliamentary traditions.
Learning Goal:To be able to describe the political, religious, social, and economic development in the colonies.

9. CREATING A THESIS STATEMENT
"An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided (Stolley)."
Other things to consider according to Purdue Owl:Tips for Writing Your Thesis Statement
Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence.
The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.
Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.

10. Creating your thesis statement:
8th Grade Essential Questions:
How would you judge life in the colonies?
Consider the similarities and differences
Consider religion, economy, social, agriculture
Use specific evidence to support your conclusion
Creating your thesis statement:
Are you answering the essential question: "_______________?"
Is your statement concise?
Will you be able to support this statement with evidence?
Will you be able to have 3 topic sentences to support your thesis statement?

11. Essential Question: How would you judge life in the colonies?
Possible thesis statements:
The colonists had a higher standard of living than British citizens.
The colonists lives varied depending on where they were living.
Possible 3-pronged previews
The 13 colonies overall had more economic mobility, political freedom, and were generally healthier than their British counterparts.
The 13 colonies were extremely different in regards to economy and religious tolerance but shared many commonalities when it came to government.

12. Body Paragraphs- Structure
Topic Sentence: Give your reason and explain through logical thinking how it’s connected to the thesis. ⅓ Evidence (Concrete Detail) ⅔ Your logical thinking(Commentary)
Supporting Evidence (CD) ( 1 (Quote or paraphrase from a source REMEMBER TO cite):
-> Use logical thinking (CM) to connect your evidence back to your reason and claim
Supporting Evidence 2 (CD) (Quote or paraphrase from a source REMEMBER TO cite):
Supporting Evidence 3 (CD) (Quote or paraphrase from a source REMEMBER TO cite):

13. Body Paragraphs- Keep in mind
Body paragraphs that include evidential support.
Each paragraph should be limited to the discussion to ONE general idea/ Reason that your thesis is correct
Each paragraph in the body of the essay should have logical connection to the thesis statement from the opening paragraph
Evidence should support your thesis or explore another point of views
Should show you are well-researched, detailed, and have current information
It is not your job to point out why other positions are wrong, rather explain how other positions may not be well informed or up to date on the topic
(Argumentative Essays, Purdue Owl)

14. In-Text Citation- MLA Format
Refer to this link, this is the packet that helps with work cited
Purdue Owl MLA In-text Citation link
Cornell MLA Citing Source in Text link
Youtube “MLA In-Text Citation” link

15. Cited evidence (or concrete detail) Logical thinking (commentary)
Color code
Cited evidence (or concrete detail)
Logical thinking (commentary)
Vocabulary