Word bank continued:

Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Separation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Bicameral Legislature

Work on your Preamble page for Monday.

Click on the following links to access the information about the Study Guide and Possible reflections. You may have to send me an email to gain access to these documents.
Constitution Study Guide
Possible Reflections for the Constitutional Study Guide

Mike Wilkins, Preamble

Read pages 9 through 17 tonight in Words We Live By.

Add the following words to your Word Bank:
Preamble
Popular Soverignty
Articles of Confederation
Living Constitution
Originalism
Strict Constructionism
Judicial Activism
Legislating from the bench
Judicial Review

Start to make flash cards. Use the links to the right.

John Locke (1632-1704)

Read "War of the Words" which was handed out in class today.

Here are the vocabulary words we went over in class:
John Locke 1632-1704
State of Nature
Law of Nature
Natural Rights
Social Contract
Unalienable (inalienable)

Alex Wilson in Little Rock

Complete "Wilson's Story" and "Fine's Story" for Wednesday. Study your terms for the test on Thursday.

Remember to bring a bag lunch tomorrow.

Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery 40 years after Little Rock

Finish Warriors Don't Cry for Monday. (There may be another pop quiz.) We will review for the test on Thursday.

Tuesday is our field trip to see Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde at the Northlight Theater. Please bring a bag lunch for the day.

Wednesday we will visit the library to learn about the Rebecca Caudill books for this year. In the second half of class we will review again for the test on Thursday.

Thurgood Marshall and some members of the Little Rock Nine on the steps of the Supreme Court (Melba is looking at the camera)

Read to page 210 in Warriors for tomorrow....Hmmm, there just might be a pop quiz.....

Read to page 175 in Warriors Don't Cry.

Little Rock Nine with Daisy Bates

Everyone should read up till page 145 in Warriors by Monday, so break this into chunks. You should be on page 66 by the end of the day today.

For tomorrow, bring your favorite poem to class with a paragraph about why you chose it.

Melba Patillo Beals

Read the first three chapters, pages 1 to 32, of Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals. Note her very powerful lead. We will finish our team essays tomorrow in class and begin a discussion on this book.

Respond to the movie we saw today in class. What thoughts/ feelings do you have about the disturbing message of Milgram's experiment? What does this have to do with the point of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson? Be honest and expansive in your response.

This should be a minimum of a single page, typed, double-spaced.

If you are in the afternoon class and misunderstood the assignment for today, please read the previous entry and prepare it for tomorrow.

Shirley Jackson

Your poem based on a photograph is due tomorrow.

For Monday, craft a thesis statement that best sums up for you what "The Lottery" addresses. Then write a sentence or two for each of the following literary elements that explains how Jackson manipulates these elements to support this thesis.

characters
setting
plot
point of view
language
detail
symbols