READING: Read a minimum of 20 minutes each night including weekends. Read a book of your choice and keep a reading log. 

VOCABULARY AND SPELLING: Define each word as it applies to Chapters 15 - 16. WORDS: diplomacy, Louisiana Purchase, New Orleans, invade, Tejanos, secured, Alamo, Diverse, reinforcements, provision, converts, navigable, Zachary Taylor, Manifest Destiny, homestead. Define, give the page where it is used, and write an original sentence with each one; also draw an icon for each. Due with the test on Friday. For a grade of "C" the standard is 10 words written correctly; "B" is 13 words; "A" 15 words. Completed homework is half the grade. VOCABULARY AND SPELLING (Plan B).      VOCABULARY WORKSHEET

Current events: Due ______________________________.  

ESSAY QUICKWRITE:  Refer to chapters 12-14 in the social studies text.  Be prepared to write a 500-700 word essay to answer the following question:  What problems does President Obama face that are similar to the problems of our early Presidents?  Compare or contrast the early Presidents' solutions to these problems with President Obama's plans.  Test April 29.

OBSERVATION ESSAY: Create an observation essay about the picture While the Schoolmaster Sleeps.  Second rough draft due 5/1/09.  

4/27/09	4/28/09	4/29/09	4/30/09
__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.	__Read 20 min.
__ SS Ch. 12-14    essay prep.   30 min.	__SS Ch. 12-14  essay prep  15 min.	__SS Chapters      15 & 16 15 min.	__Observation Essay     15 min.
	__Vocabulary      15 min.	__Observation Essay     15 min.	__Vocabulary      15 min.

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