Ms. Harper's Civics' Blog: April 2014

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Monday & Tuesday Project Citizen Presentations and Evaluations Students going to state will bring home permission slips
Wednesday CNN News The Legislative Branch Chapter 8 Sec1 Reading Guide		Homework Finish Guide
Thursday & Friday CNN News Chapter 8 Sec 1 Power Point Who are your legislators?	Homework No Homework

This week Wednesday, April 23 – Special Guest Senator Dale Schultz To respond to Project Citizen questions from 8:05 – 9:05
Monday– Friday Monday: Bibliography and Draft Essay Tuesday: Turn in questions and sign up for Senator Schultz session Wednesday: Senator Schultz from 8:05-9:05 Portfolio Completed Binder Completed Thursday & Friday: Practice presentations (timing of 4 minutes per group)	Activities Students are researching material for their class topic and preparing a portfolio/documentation binder/and presentation. Students are using easy bib to create an annotated bibliography. http://www.easybib.com/ Class Topics: 1^st Hour – Animal Testing 2^nd Hour – WI Unemployment 5^th Hour – DUI’s in WI 7^th Hour – School Funding 9^th Hour – Home Invasions	Homework: C.O.W. will be in the classroom to use for research all week. This project is an in class project – however there may be various activities students need to work on outside of class as deemed necessary by their group to complete the project on time.
Monday April 28^th RVMS Portfolio Showcase in the library!
Saturday, May 3^rd – State Competition

Monday– Friday C.O.W. will be in the classroom to use for research all week. Class Topics: 1^st Hour – Animal Testing 2^nd Hour – WI Unemployment 5^th Hour – DUI’s in WI 7^th Hour – School Funding 9^th Hour – Home Invasions	Activities Students are researching material for their class topic and preparing a portfolio/documentation binder/and presentation. Students explored samples from previous portfolios. Students will use easy bib to create an annotated bibliography. http://www.easybib.com/ Students will use their essay planner and rubrics to begin their research.	Assignment: Each group must have their weekly goals turned in on Monday by the end of class. This project is an in class project – however there may be various activities students need to work on outside of class as deemed necessary by their group. Projects must be completed by April 25^th.
CNN QUIZ FRIDAY!