Today in Class (September 30, 2008)

Latin I: Finished the arena story. Vocabulary check up tomorrow.

American History Honors: Abraham Lincoln was killed in class today.

Today in Class (September 29, 2008)

Latin I: We worked on Overhead exercises 3A and B and started the Overhead story the Arena.

American History Honors: The War between the States notes.

Today in Class (September 26, 2008)

Latin I: Overhead exercises dealing with translating from Latin to English and English to Latin.

American History Honors: The start of the formation of semester exam study guides.

Today in Class (September 25, 2008)

Latin I: Roman numeral test, new vocabulary words, practice translating.

American History Honors: Test on Expansion and Separation. Tomorrow, start construction of semester test study guide.

Today in Class (September 24, 2008)

Latin I: A busy day: Check up on vocabulary 3 and present tense, first conjugation. Roman numeral homework and Word Wall words were due. Test on Roman numerals tomorrow.

American History Honors: We reviewed for the major test scheduled for tomorrow.

Today in Class (September 23, 2008)

Latin I: We reviewed the present tense in preparation for our second test on present tense tomorrow. The only acceptable grade is 100% to indicate mastery of the subject. Due tomorrow: Word Wall words and Roman numerals for the Arabic numerals 1-100.

American History Honor: We finished the discussion on expansion and separation - covering the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the election of 1860. Tomorrow in class we will review prior to a major test on Thursday.

Today in Class (September 22, 2008)

Latin I: Drill of Present tense verbs. Exercise 26A Page 24. Homework Page 24 Exercise 26A 4, 6, 8

American History Honors: Underground Railroad, Bleeding Kansas, Formation of the Republican Party. MAJOR TEST ON THURSDAY

Today in Class (September 19, 2008)

Latin I: We had a graded exercise of answering Latin questions in Latin. We also reviewed the present tense. New word wall words were assigned. Student are also to write Roman numerals from I to C.

American History Honors: We reviewed the expansion portion of Manifest Destiny; we also discussed Eli Whitney's contribution to developing different Northern and Southern cultures.

Today in Class (September 18, 2008)

Latin I: Homework collected. Check up on conjugating a first conjugation verb. Finished Poeta story - check up on story tomorrow.

American History Honors: Finished notes on Expansion. Quiz handed in for a grade.

Today in Class (September 17, 2008)

Latin I: Quiz over Second board vocabulary; Homework checked; Started on Poeta story; for tomorrow Homework Exercise 2C 2, 4, 6; Check up on conjugating long a verbs

American History Honors: We listened to Johnny Horton's Battle of New Orleans, took a quiz; lecture on Monroe Doctrine; Texas independence; Tippecanoe and Tyler, too; Polk Presidency

Today in Class (September 16, 2008)

Latin I: Check on translation of Story 2. Review of present tense. Homework Board Exercises B 2, 4, 6, 8.

American History Honors: Loiusiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, War of 1812, Purchase of Florida.

Today in Class (September 15, 2008)

Latin I: Finished Story 2 in class - check up on translation tomorrow. Reviewed present tense. Copied Exercise B for homework and practice.

American History Honors: Constitution test.

Today in Class (September 12, 2008)

Latin I: Word wall words were due; we went over the first paragraph of Story 2. We also learned about infinitives.

American History Honors: The Revolution of 1800. TEST ON MONDAY!!!! STUDY

Today in Class (September 11, 2008)

Latin I: Finished Touring Italy video. Translated individually Story 2 in the textbook.

American History Honors: Watched 1776.

Today in Class (September 10, 2008)

Latin I: Touring Italy: Video and worksheet

American History Honors: 1776 continued.

Today in Class (September 9, 2008)

Latin I: The video Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was watched. There is a worksheet that accompanies this video. Word Wall words are due on Friday.

American History Honors: The classes watched the video 1776.

In Class Today (September 8, 2008)

Latin I: New vocabulary was given. Word Wall words are due on Friday. Verb endings o, s, t for singular; mus, tis, nt for plural were introduced.

American History Honors: Test next Monday. Hamilton's Program, the rise of political parties, and Washington's term in office were lecture topics.

Today in Class (September5, 2008)

Latin I: In class today, we went over the homework assignment and then did the odd problems in Section B. We also took a vocabulary test on Chapter 2.

American History Honors: The Preamble to the Constitution was recited.

Today in Class (September 4, 2008)

Latin I: We went over the homework assignment Page 19 Section 18A 2,4 and 3 Roman numerals (tomorrow's assignment Page 19, Section 18A 6,8,10). Reviewed analysis. Went over Word Wall words.

American History Honors: Quiz over branches of government. Ratification of the Constitution and the First Cabinet. Current presidential succession. Preamble to the Constitution due tomorrow.

September 5, 2008

Marianna vs. Blountstown

Today in History (September 4, 1972)

September 4, 1972: Mark Spitz, an Indiana University swimmer, wins his 7th gold medal - a record broken in 2008 by Michael Phelps.

Today in Class (September 3, 2008)

Latin I: Today we discovered that the accusative case is used for a direct object. There is a homework assignment on page 19 section 18 a 2,4 plus 3 Roman numerals. Word wall sheets are due tomorrow.

American History Honors: Today we started class with a 7 question quiz on the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention. We explored an interactive electoral map concerning the 2008 presidential election. We discussed the Checks and Balances system incorporated into the Constitution.

September 3, 1783

The Treaty of Paris 1783 which ended the American Revolutionary War was signed on September 3, 1783.

Today in Class (September 2, 2008)

Latin I: We learned that the nominative case is used for the subject and the predicate nominative of a sentence. The predicate nominative is used when the verb of the sentence is a linking verb (est and sunt in Latin). Word Wall words are due on Thursday.

American History Honors: We covered the government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation and the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention.

Labor Day

Celebrated the first Monday of September, Congress first made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894.

Checkerboard

The Land Ordinance of 1785 is responsible for the checkerboard pattern of the Midwest. It provided for the division of land into squares (townships 6 miles by 6 miles) broken into smaller and smaller squares.