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Day 12 - Thursday

1.    Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8        6  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!!  2 . Continue discussion of SAQ Peer Grading Doc from yesterday 3 .  Mayflower Compact text 4 .  FILTER Method of note taking 5 .  Practice HTS: Identify, Analyze, Evaluate        - Reading: John Smith's account of Virginia 6 . P.O.V. CAP with  7 . Go over APUSH exam layout Reading Quiz  FRIDAY :  1. Massachusetts Colonies pg. 66-69 2. Additional Colonies continued and Africans/Indentured Servants pg. 73-top of 77

Day 11 - Wednesday

1 .    Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8        6  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!!  2 . Continue discussion of SAQ Peer Grading Doc from yesterday 3 . Mayflower Compact text 4 . FILTER Method of note taking Your reading quiz is Friday this week! (Workshop day!)

Day 10 - Tuesday

1 . Open House is tonight! Who will be there? 2.  Collect Summer books and summaries! 3.    Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8       6  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!!  4. Pass back old reading quizzes 5 . Test Corrections. DO THEM!!!! 6 . SAQ Peer Grading Activity

Day 9 - Monday (First day of Period 2)

We are on to Period 2!! 1. Reading Quiz 2. Collect Summer books and summaries! 3. Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8       6  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!!  4 . Debrief the exam 5 . Exam 1 SAQ Possible Responses 6. Test Corrections start today. Sooner the better! Artists of the Week:  Angus & Julia Stone, The White Stripes, Cake Stay on the readings and summaries!!

Day 8 - Friday (Period 1 Exam Day)

1. Period 1 Exam (20 MC and 1 SAQ) When finished: 2.  Running Questions Document (period 3)      Running Questions Document (period 9)     6  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!!  You do have a reading tonight/tomorrow Your reading quiz will be on Monday, 8/27. It is on the reading from this weekend.

Day 7 - Thursday

1.    Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8       6  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!! 2. Go over S.A.Q. sample answers and discuss 3 . APUSH Review book copies (Show you what is important) 3.. Key Concepts - Matching Activity      Sort the evidence given to match the correct Key Concept 4. Lets discuss the M.C., Practice and Tips Summer book and assignment are due! Friday's reading quiz will again be pushed to Monday, due to the exam this Friday. Exam is 20 MC and 1 SAQ

Day 6 - Wednesday

1 .  Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8          8  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!! 2 .  Discuss M.C. practice and strategies 3 . S.A.Q. Practice (see samples tomorrow) 4 . SAQ peer evaluation Activity 5 . APUSH Themes Handout (you got it yesterday) Fridays reading quiz will again be pushed to Monday, due to the exam this Friday. Exam is 20 M.C. and 1 S.A.Q.

Day 5 - Tuesday

1.  Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8     8  minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify. YOU FILL IN THE ANSWERS!!!!! 2 . Summaries? Keep doing them!! (If it works) 3 .  Tips for reading your Textbook! 4 . Key concepts (Period 1) hand out + Explanation 5 . M.C. Practice 6 . Discuss M.C. practice and strategies 7 . S.A.Q. Practice (homework, if needed) 8 . Discuss Close Reading Activity (spill over, if time)

Day 4

1.  First Reading Quiz! 2.  Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8      8 minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify 3 . Summaries from Friday and Saturday reading. Did you do them?? 4 . M.C. Section Practice. 5. Go over  2017 APUSH Free Response Exam  (homework if no time in class, just review it) 6. Complete Close reading Activity from Friday. Artist of the Week: The Black Keys, Lorde, Hollow Coves

Day 3

1.  Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6      Running Questions Doc period 7/8      8 minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas     Let's Discuss and Clarify 2 . Did you do your summary from your nightly reading? 3 . Label notes with what themes are being discussed 5.  Reading about the Course      -Close reading Activity 4. Complete the Reading about the Course "Close Reading Activity" 5. Go over  2017 APUSH Free Response Exam  (homework if no time in class, just review it) 6. You have a Friday and Saturday reading.... Do not forget about it. ONE TIME ONLY - Reading Quiz on Monday (Will be on Friday and Saturday readings)

Day 2

1. Example of Last Year's  "Running Questions Document" 2. Running Questions Doc Period 1      Running Questions Doc period 5/6     Running Questions Doc period 7/8      8 minutes...ask your questions...point out important ideas. What made sense and what didn't     Let's Discuss and Clarify 3.   Teacher Notes on Night 1 of reading 4. Continue agenda from yesterday...if needed 5.  Reading about the Course      -Close reading Activity

Day 1 - Introduction

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Welcome to APUSH....This Blog houses all the information you need for this class 1. Grading       1st Semester covers Periods 1-5     Each Period will have one Test     Each Friday (ish) there will be a reading quiz (Monday for week 1)     We will have additional quizzes (terms and such)      Tests are 70% of the grade (5 tests semester 1)     Quizzes are 30% of the grade (about 16 quizzes) 2. Assignments       Every activity we do in class is to prepare you for the AP Exam (May 10th, 2019)      These activities are not all graded but when needed feedback will be given 3. Homework       There will be about 4-8 pages of reading and note taking every night      Weekends have only one reading....your welcome :)      We will discuss "how to" note take soon. 4.  Explanation of using Themes while taking notes 5. How th...