Please see the following letter. All immunization records need to be retuned to the Pendergast Health office by October 7th.
6th grade required immunizations |
Please see the following letter. All immunization records need to be retuned to the Pendergast Health office by October 7th.
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Tomorrow the students will be tested on all of the information they have learned about ancient Mesopotamia. Below are the things they should be studying. Label the following places on the map below: 1.Meditteranean Sea 2. Tigris River 3. Fertile Cresent 4. Caspian Sea 5. Euphrates River Define the following words:
1. Polytheism 2. Artisans 3. Cuneiform 4. Monarchy 5. Sumerians Name three of the achievements or contributions that came from ancient Mesopotamia. Describe Hammurabi's Code in at least 3 sentences. Describe the economy of ancient Mesopotamia in at least 3 sentences. Summarize of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Pendergast is offering this great opportunity for 6th and 7th grade students! Transportation will be provided for free from the school. If the students did not finish the Hammurabi's Code opinion paper first draft in class, it needs to be completed by Monday morning. See the pictures below for an overall outline of the paper.
In class the students analyzed 9 of the 300 laws created by Hammurabi from ancient Mesopotamia. They were expected to determine if they felt the laws were fair or unfair. Using this information they can complete the supporting detail boxes on their worksheet to outline a paper they will be writing. The expectation is that they have supporting details 1, 2, and 3 completed before class begins tomorrow.
The first part of each box states, "write a code that supports your opinion". For this section the students must pick a law that goes with their topic sentence. If they said they thought the laws were unfair, they should pick one law that is unfair. On this line they should write down the law exactly how it is written in their packet. An example could be: "If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn (cut) off." The second part of each box states, "translations in your own words". For this section, the students should write their law in their own words. An example would be: "If a child hits their father, their hand will be cut off". Finally, the box state, "This quote demonstrates that Hammurabi's Codes were ___________ because __________________". The students should write fair or unfair on the first line, and then explain why they feel it is fair or unfair. An example would be: "This quote demonstrates that Hammurabi's Codes were unfair because a the child could be limited in what they can do in life or even die just because of one bad decision". Today in class the students will begin an in class project in which they will create a video trailer summarizing an excerpt from The Epic of Gilgamesh. To ensure we are safely searching for images the students should use the following link. They can also save the images I posted below.
https://www.juniorsafesearch.com/search?q=epic+of+gilgamesh#gsc.tab=1&gsc.q=epic%20of%20gilgamesh Today's Apple Kick-off was awesome! The students learned so many great apps and uses for the iPad. Here is a few pictures from the event and our day. Students need to turned in the following signed forms to their homeroom teacher as soon as possible. The technology form (purple or pink) must be turned in by Thursday for the students to receive their iPad. The students can also submit an order for a Be Kind t-shirt that can be worn every Friday with uniform bottoms.
1.) technology form (pink or purple) 2.) student activity fee form (blue) with the $5 dollar fee 3.) handbook acknowledgement form (green) If students did not finish the questions in their packet or their 5 sentence summary from class today, they must finish it for homework.
Today in class the students completed their map of ancient Mesopotamia. While this is not homework, the students should be studying because they will be required to label specific places from the map on their test. Following our map, we worked in partners to begin analyzing the rise of ancient Sumer. |