Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

Self Assessment:
Maslow Quiz
Is This a Claim About a Theme Quiz

Vocabulary Activity
Period 5&6
Period 7&8

Circle: If you had to choose, would you be a cat or a dog and why?

Determining Topic & Theme
We'll watch "Lifted" then determine a list of topics, then themes.

Activity: Watching and charting Castaway. When you are finished, you will be writing an essay explaining how Castaway explains Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
1) Research: what themes and symbols do you expect to see when watching the movie.
2) Watch and take notes.
3) Chart the main character on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.

Stock Market Game: 
Check your stocks

Silent Reading:
1) Read & identify passages to support claims
2) Write

Crazy Rome Activity:  We've all seen what it takes to keep up with the Kardashians and the crazy stuff you see on TMZ and YouTube but were people just as crazy or crazier in the Roman Empire.  Your task it to find some bizarre facts about Rome, its people and leaders and create a textual evidence paragraph that you will share with the class and talk about a comparable behavior today.

Future: Why did Rome fall?  Are we heading the same way?

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