Daily Journals

These are the journals Mrs. Donnelly has assigned beginning January 17th.

Remember to use COMPLETE sentences and PUNCTUATION! These are not bulleted lists or texts!

Jan. 17th: What does the following quote have to do with history? QUOTE: "The problem with internet quotes is that you can't always depend on their accuracy." - Abraham Lincoln, 1864 (Hint: look at the date!)

Jan 20th: NO JOURNAL. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! (And Multicultural Week!)

Jan 21-27: NO JOURNAL. Review, other activities, test.

Jan 28: How will the interactive notebook help YOU learn? (Some classes decided not to do journal and instead discussed surveys.)

Jan 29: No journal, Crash Course video on Justinian (video located here.)

Jan 30: NO JOURNAL, Multiple Intelligences survey activity.

Jan 31: What did the Multiple Intelligences quiz tell you about your learning style? How will it help you learn?

Feb 3: What does this page from the Book of Kells tell you about the Dark Ages? If the new groups of people settling in Europe were so barbaric, how did they create such beautiful art?

Feb. 4: No Journal - Review video on Charlemagne. See here for details.

Feb 5: SNOW DAY!

Feb 6: No Journal - Pre-Registration for next year!

Feb 10: 

Taken from here!

Feb 11: NO JOURNAL. JEOPARDY DAY!
Feb 12: NO JOURNAL. Good luck on the test!
Feb 13:


Taken from here!

For information on the HIV vaccine, click here. For info on the driverless car, click here and here.

For info on the human organ printer, click here or here. For info on the Iron Man suit click here or here or here.

Feb 14: Happy Valentines Day! Why do you think that love is often associated with the heart as opposed to other organs in the body?

Feb 18: NO JOURNAL - but we DID write an Oath of Fealty in class. See here for instructions.

Feb 19 -25: No Journals

Feb 26: Think of love songs you know. What is the most romantic song you can think of and why do the lyrics seem romantic to you?

Feb 27: We're almost at the end of the trimester! What do you need to work on and how are you feeling about your grades?

Feb 28: Is there a time where acts of violence might improve a situation?

Mar 3: NO JOURNAL

Mar 4: Happy Mardi Gras! If you were ruler of the world, what things would you banish absolutely for all time (rain on weekends, eggplant, and so forth)?  Make a list of at least 3.  Use your imagination. Explain your reasoning for one.

March 5: If your pencil could talk, what would it say about you?

March 6-7: NO JOURNALS, end of trimester review and test.

March 10: NO SCHOOL.

March 11: NO JOURNAL - first day of trimester activities.

March 12: If you could make up your own report card, in what imaginary subjects would you get an A? Come up with 3 or more. For an example, my imaginary report card might read:

Drinking lots of coffee:  A+

Stepping on my kids’ Legos:  A

Knowledge of Harry Potter trivia: A

March 13: Is learning to read and write worth giving up all your worldly possessions? Why or why not?

March 14: NO JOURNAL - HAPPY 3.14 (Pi) Day!

March 17: Happy St. Patrick's Day! Notice and Focus Journal

Step 1: List 5 things you see in the picture.

Step 2: Rank them in order of importance.

Step 3: Answer two of the three questions: What are the things you see telling you you? Where do you think this is? What's going on?

(Click on the picture for a larger size.)

March 18: How do countries form? What do you think happens?

March 19: Do you think it is better to have trial by jury? Why?

March 20: If you could meet with one historical figure you've learned about this year, who would it be and why? What would you talk about?

March 21: NO JOURNAL - HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!!!

March: 31:  

April 1: How do weapons of war shape our history?

April 2: In your opinion, is it possible for people to have conversations with their god?

April 3: What do you think the next worldwide outbreak of disease will be? How or when will it happen?

April 4:  If the world was ending, what would you do and how would you act?

April 7-9: No Journals: Review, Jeopardy and Testing

April 10: How did the invention of the Cotton Gin change farming in the United States?

April 11: If you were alive in the High Middle Ages, what guild would you have trained to join and why?

April 14: NO JOURNAL

April 15: If you had wealth and power, how would you "use" it? 

  

April 17: How do you decide if art is good or bad? 

April 18: NO JOURNAL

April 21: Do you know someone who excels (is good at) everything? Who are they and what are they good at?

April 22-23: (Block schedule) Describe a 3D printer to Leonardo da Vinci. OR Describe Photoshop to Michelangelo.

April 24-25: What makes new ideas "dangerous?"

April 28: What has been your favorite lesson with Mrs. Donnelly? What's one piece of advice you can give her?