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Mrs. Matheny's Humanities Home Page
Homework
Outside Reading
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Schedule
Curriculum: LA/SS
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In Language Arts, we will study:
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Novels:
The Light
in the Forest
To be a
Slave (parts of it)
The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Outsiders
Of Mice
and Men
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Writing Forms:
Persuasive
Research Paper
Expository
Essays
Constructed
Response
Jane
Schaffer Writing Program
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Reading Strategies for before, during and after reading
Writing Reflection
Poetry
Drama/Plays/Screenplays
Public Speaking/Debate Strategy
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Vocabulary Acquisition:
Etymology
(the history of a word)
Definition
Part
of Speech
Synonyms/Antonyms
Grammar
SAT/ACT
and Novel Related
**PROPER
USAGE**
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In Social Studies, we will study:
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What:
The
United States!
Americas
Past and Promise!
Our
Call To Freedom!
(Or,
a thorough and rigorous investigation of the historical, economic,
geographic, and social trends that affect our nation.)
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When:
Colonial
Exploration through the Reconstruction of the Civil War (1877)
Decades
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How:
Reading
multiple primary and secondary sources
Determining
the validity of those sources
Determining
our own interpretation of history
Explaining
to others how we think that past events affect the future
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Why:
There
is a lot going on that directly affects you ... for example:
Election
2008: Where do you stand
The
War in Iraq
Environmental
Policy
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