“History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves”
― Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

• SWBAT review p.1-10 the Summary of Analysis of Guns, Germs, and Steel   
• SWBAT any reading comprehension questions for Jared Diamonds Guns, Germs, and Steel
• SWBAT compete quick write #1

1. How does the author, Jared Diamond, introduce the topic and historical background of his book?

2. What does he claim are the main reasons for disparities (large differences) that still exist in the world? 

•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History castle learning assignments (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Please listen to Jared Diamonds Guns, Germs, and Steel 

Guns, Germs, and Steel Audio

PBS video part 1 (video part 1)

PBS video part 2 (video part 2)

PBS video part 3 (video part 3)

Ticket out the door question 

(please refer to whiteboard for today's essential question

”The time is always right to do what is right.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Good day students please continue your coursework and studies in my absence...I will be back soon, please keep your grades up!

•   SWBAT begin/finish any coursework from English, History or shop courses 
•   SWBAT should have completed the Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions and quick write from Alice Walker reading
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions from A brothers Murder    
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1. What is your interpretation of today's quote?

Alice Walker Everyday Use Audio

Alice Walker Everyday Use pdf

”The time is always right to do what is right.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

•   SWBAT complete any missing assignment due before the break
•   SWBAT should be typing Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions and quick write from Alice Walker reading
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions from A brothers Murder    
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1. What is your interpretation of today's quote?

Alice Walker Everyday Use Audio

Alice Walker Everyday Use pdf

”The time is always right to do what is right.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

•   SWBAT should be typing Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions from Alice Walker reading
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions from A brothers Murder    
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1. What is your interpretation of today's quote?

Alice Walker Everyday Use Audio

Alice Walker Everyday Use pdf

”The time is always right to do what is right.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

•   SWBAT should be finishing/typing Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions from Alice Walker reading    
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1. What is your interpretation of today's quote?

Alice Walker Everyday Use Audio

Alice Walker Everyday Use pdf

”The time is always right to do what is right.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

•   SWBAT should be finishing/typing Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions from Alice Walker reading    
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1. What is your interpretation of today's quote?

Alice Walker Everyday Use Audio

Alice Walker Everyday Use pdf

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
– Langston Hughes

•   SWBAT should be finishing/typing Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT complete any comprehension questions from Alice Walker reading    
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1. What is your interpretation of today's quote?

Alice Walker Everyday Use Audio

Alice Walker Everyday Use pdf

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
– Langston Hughes

•   SWBAT should be finishing/typing Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT finish English IV Julius Caesar assessment 
•   SWBAT complete castle learning reading assessment quiz (Student Support Services)   
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1.  How do you interpret today's quote?

Julius Caesar Audio 

Julius Caesar Video

Video clip showing Simile and metaphor examples

No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caesar

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
—Frederick Douglass

•   SWBAT continue Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT finish English IV Julius Caesar assessment 
•   SWBAT complete DBA for English  
•   SWBAT complete castle learning reading assessment quiz (Student Support Services)   
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics (copy notes for notebook check)and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1.  How do you interpret today's quote?

Julius Caesar Audio 

Julius Caesar Video

Video clip showing Simile and metaphor examples

No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caesar

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
—Coretta Scott King

•   SWBAT continue Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT finish English IV Julius Caesar assessment 
•   SWBAT complete DBA for English  
•   SWBAT complete castle learning reading assessment quiz (Student Support Services)   
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1.  How do you interpret today's quote?

Julius Caesar Audio 

Julius Caesar Video

Video clip showing Simile and metaphor examples

No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caesar

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
—Coretta Scott King

•   SWBAT continue Julius Caesar final essay   
•   SWBAT finish English IV Julius Caesar assessment 
•   SWBAT complete DBA for English  
•   SWBAT complete castle learning reading assessment quiz (Student Support Services)   
•   SWBAT continue working on the article review/annotation/summary (Bouquard)
•   SWBAT continue their college accuplacer test (math section or reading section)
•   SWBAT continue college/vocational program research portfolio 
•   SWBAT work on the Lexia power-up assessment (located under the clever desktop icon) 
•   SWBAT work on the US History assignments for the new marking period (manhart) 
•   SWBAT complete their shop drawings, and complete work during shop class (carpentry, plumbing, etc.)
•   SWBAT complete are economics and PIG coursework  

Ticket out the door question 

1.  How do you interpret today's quote?

Julius Caesar Audio 

Julius Caesar Video

Video clip showing Simile and metaphor examples

No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caesar