Mrs. Churvis’ Blog- Social Studies – Language Arts – APEX

Social Studies

• Chapter 11 Pacific South America
• Vocab. Sec. 1-3
• Interpreting an elevation map
• Review game Thursday
• Ch. 11 Test Friday

Standard Language Arts

• Complete A Christmas Carol
• Wordly Wise lesson 9
• write Christmas story using Lesson 9 words
• finding meaning in context
• word study-synonyms
• Wordly Wise test Friday

APEX Language Arts

• Complete A Christmas Carol
• review the main idea and themes
• answer comprehension questions
• become familiar with vocabulary from Staves 3, 4, and 5
• construct a story map
• complete analogies using vocab. from novel
• become aware of the differences between American and British spellings
• trace the development of Scrooge’s character
• character analysis
• practice writing to persuade
• read dialog with expression
• research projects due Thursday-Child Labor Laws, Industrial Era, Victorian England, Queen Victoria, Charles Dickens, character interviews, book covers and posters, Victorian games and toys
• definition test Staves 3, 4, and 5 on Friday
• novel test Friday
• view film

Social Studies

• Ch. 10 Atlantic South America
• Map skills- Reading a physical/ political map of S. America
• Vocabulary-Sec. 1-3
• Read, discuss and answer questions after each questions
• Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina
• Review game Thursday
• Ch. 10 test Friday

Standard Language Arts

• Wordly Wise- Review lesson 5-8
• Continue listening to A Christmas Carol
• Review main themes and ideas
• Writing
• Test on Friday

APEX Language Arts

• Review the main themes and ideas Stave 1
• Read Staves 2 and 3
• Become familiar with the Non-fiction Writing Assignment
• Practice writing to inform
• Do library research
• Dickens and the Victorian/Industrial eras

Guidance Monday

Social Studies

• Map skills-Physical map of Western Hemisphere
• Complete class presentations of Caribbean Countries
• Chapter 9 The Caribbean South America
• Vocabulary work
• Sec. 1 Physical Geography
• Sec. 2 Columbia
• Sec. 3 Venezuela
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Review of chapter
• Chapter test on Thursday

Standard Language Arts

• DOL- Proofing and commonly confused words
• Wordly Wise Lesson 8
• Word usage activity
• Grammar review
• Listen to A Christmas Carol
• Spelling/ Definition test Friday

APEX Language Arts

• Begin A Christmas Carol
• Clarify word meanings from the first two staves
• Plot summary
• Major themes
• Character summaries
• Notes on settings, point of view, and other literary elements
• Fill in KWL chart
• Story mapping
• Writing activity- writing for information
• Comprehension quiz and definition test Friday