7TH Grade Daily Work Log
RUAR = (Read, Underline, Asterisk,
React)
12/6/11
Daily Reaction:
Book work: Unit
7 Activities, Read pg. 526-28, questions pg. 528 (1-4); Map Study pg. 531, 532;
Graphic Study pg. 533, Country Profiles
Article: Rising
ocean temps seen as ominous benchmark
RUADR;
Movie:
12/7/11
Daily Reaction:
Book Work: Chapter
19, Sec. 1 Red Heading questions, questions on pg. 545, Applying Map Skills,
pg. 542 & 543, Vo-cab
Article:
Movie: Muhammad
12/8/11
Daily Reaction: 14 Years Do you think Blagovich
should be sentenced to 14 years, because of his family?
Book Work:
Article:
Movie: Muhammad
12/9/11
Daily Reaction:
Book Work:
Article:
Movie:
12/12/11 Chapter 19 Test on
Friday
Daily Reaction: Climate Change Global Warming should the
Book Work:
Article:
Blue People of the
Movie: Desert
Odyssey
12/13/11
Daily Reaction: Immigration Law Do you think it is OK for police to have this kind of
power in
Book Work: Finish
up Chapter 19, Chapter 18 Activities due Wed - Friday
Article: Tuareg RUAD, Pick
out the three most interesting cultural traits of the Tuareg
people.
Movie: Desert
Odyssey
12/14/11
Daily Reaction: Cell Phone Ban Should the federal government ban cell phones or
should the states take care of these types of laws?
Book Work: Chapter 19 Test
on Friday
Article:
How American Slavery led to the Birth of
Movie:
12/15/11 Chapter 19 Test
tomorrow
Daily Reaction: none
Book Work: Chapter
19 Review and Quizzes
Article:
Movie: Desert
Odyssey
12/16/11
Daily Reaction: none
Book Work: Turn
in Chapter 18 Activities, Turn in Chapter 19 Review and Quizzes Extra Credit
Essay; Tell me all that you know about the Blue People
Article:
Camels RUADR
Movie:
12/19/11
Daily Reaction: Cameras in the court room Do you think there should be cameras in the court
room?
Book Work: Hand
in Late Work Chapter 19 Activities
will be due after break
Article:
Movie: Desert
Odyssey
1/5/12
Daily Reaction: MLK Speaker Is it fair to Tavis
Smiley to cancel his contract to speak due to his criticism of President Obama?
Book Work: Chapter
20 Red Heading Questions; pg.560-561
Article:
Movie:
1/6/11
Daily Reaction: 4th Amendment Who do you agree with The police side or the person
in the private house? Should the 4th
Amendment be upheld?
Book Work: Chapter
20 Vo-cab, AMS pg. 564,565,566, Questions pg. 568, Practice the Skill pg. 569
Article:
Movie: Land
of the Forests
1/9/12
Daily Reaction: Negative Ads Do you think that people are affected by negative ads?
Book Work: Chapter
20 Section 2, Vo-cab, AMS pg. 571,572 Questions pg. 573, Making Connections pg.
574
Article: Nigerians
fear more church attacks by extremists; UN: Greenhouse gases soaring RUADR
Movie: Land
of the Forests
1/10/12
Daily Reaction: Evaluation - What can you do to improve your grades?
Book Work: Finish
Chapter 20 Activities, possible test on Thursday
Article: none
Movie: Land
of the Forests
1/11/12 Chapter 20 Test on
Thursday
Daily Reaction: none
Book Work: Chapter
20 Review (omit #23 & 25); Section Quizzes
Article:
Movie:
1/12/12 Chapter 20 Test Today
Daily Reaction: none
Book Work: Chapter
21, Section 1 due on Tuesday, Vo-cab, Red Heading Questions, Questions pg. 585;
AMS pg. 582 & 583; Practice the Skill pg. 586
Article:
Movie:
1/13/12
Daily Reaction: none
Book Work:
Due Tuesday, Chapter 21, Section 1 due on Tuesday, Vo-cab, Red Heading
Questions, Questions pg. 585; AMS pg. 582 & 583; Practice the Skill pg. 586
Article: none
Movie: Voices
of the
1/16/12 No School
1/17/12
Daily Reaction: Legend Flawed Do you still honor his accomplishments even though he
wasnt perfect?
Book Work: Section 2 Red Heading Questions due on
Wednesday
Article: Martin
Luther King, Jr. Work on in Class,
one reaction per page (14)
Movie:
1/18/12
Daily Reaction: none
Book Work: Sec.
2 Questions pg. 590, Vocabulary AMS pg. 588, Making Connections pg. 591
Article:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Work on in
Class, one reaction per page (14)
Movie: From
1/19/12
Daily Reaction: Adoption Is it okay for white families to adopt black children
or children of other races?
Book Work: Chapter
21, Sec. 3 Red Heading Questions
Article: Martin
Luther King, Jr. Work on in Class,
one reaction per page (14)
Movie:
1/20/12
Daily Reaction: American Soldiers/Taliban Should the soldiers be punished? How severely?
Book Work: Section
3 Vo-cab, Questions pg. 595, AMS pg. 593
due Monday, Section 4 Vo-cab, Questions, Red Heading Questions, AMS pg.
597-599 due Tuesday
Article:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Work on in
Class, one reaction per page (14)
Movie: From
1/23/12 Chapter 21 Test on
Friday
Daily Reaction: Domestic Servant How would it feel not to be able to walk freely from
your home to your place of employment?
Book Work: Section
4 Vo-cab, Red Heading Questions, Questions pg. 600, AMS pg. 597, 599
Article: Martin
Luther King, Jr. Work on in Class,
one reaction per page (14)
Movie: From
1/24/12 Chapter 21 Test on
Friday
Daily Reaction: Jim Crow Laws Do you think our system of government is the right
system?
Book Work: Finish
Chapter 21 Activities
Article: none
Movie: Martin
Luther King, Voting Rights Act & Chicago
1/25/12 Chapter 21 Test on
Friday
Daily Reaction: Haditha What kind of penalty do you think he should serve for
killing 14 innocent children, women, and men?
Book Work:
Article:
The Baka Pygmies of
Movie:
1/26/12 Chapter 21 Test on
Friday
Daily Reaction: GPS Technology Should police be able to track someone by using GPS
without a warrant?
Book Work: Chapter
21 Review and Section Quizzes
Article:
Movie:
1/30/12 Note: Mr. Dorrington
will now be collecting Book Activities separately, (i.e. Red Heading Questions,
Vo-cab, Section Questions, AMS)
Daily Reaction:
Book Work: Chapter 22, Sec. 1 Vocab,
Questions, AMS go over on Wednesday
Article:
Movie: Faith in the Mountains
1/31/12
Daily Reaction: Flag Burning Do you think its OK to burn the American Flag? Why or Why not?
Book Work:
Chapter 22, Sec. 2 Red Heading Questions
Article: AIDS/HIV
RUADRQ Answer all Heading Questions
Movie: Aids
in
02/01/12
Daily Reaction:
Book Work: Ch
22, Sec 1 present Wed; Sec 2 & 3 Red Heading & section questions due
Thursday; Sec 4 Red Heading and section questions due Friday (all will be
collected on Friday)
Article:
Aids in South Africa (RUADR) your turn questions and map
Movie: Aids
in
02/02/12
Daily Reaction: none
Book Work:
Article:
Mandela calls for cooperation to stop HIV infections
Movie: Nelson Mandela Fighting AIDS Journey to
Freedom
02/03/12 Early out SIP day
Daily Reaction:
Book Work:
Bookwork for Chapter 22
Article:
Movie: Nelson Mandela
02/06/12
Daily Reaction: Israeli Bombing What should the
Book Work:
Collect Ch 22 Red Heading Questions; return MLK reactions; Present Ch
22, Sec 1 & 2
Article:
Movie: Nelson Mandela
02/07/12
Daily Reaction: Drop Out Age: Should we spend money to help these students stay in
school or spend the money on those who want to be in school?
Book Work:
Present Sec 3; return red heading questions Ch 22;
Article:
Movie:
02/08/12
Daily Reaction:
Book Work:
Present Sec 4;
Article: Invictus; Three Men and A Dream
Movie: Invictus beginning
of film
02/09/12 Ch 22 test tomorrow
Daily Reaction:
Book Work: In
class work on Section quizzes and Chapter Review Do not do #25 & #27
Article:
Movie:
02/10/12 CH 22 MC test
Daily Reaction:
Book Work:
Article:
Movie:
02/13/12
Daily Reaction:
Book Work:
Article:
Movie: