TOLERANCE: TEACH IT, PREACH IT, LIVE IT
"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before
we started is no reason for us not to try to win." Atticus Finch

Expectations:
1. Students are expected to be on time and prepared for class.
2. Students are expected to participate in class activities and discussions.
3. Students are expected to work alone and in groups.
4. Students are expected to turn in work on the day it is due.
5. Students are expected to respect the learning environment
of the classroom not only for themselves but also for all others.

The 5 P's
Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance

10 tips for parents to ensure that their child has a successful
school year from the National Education Association-
1. Create and organize a quiet place at home for your child to study.
Provide the tools needed to "do the job"- a dictionary,
a comfortable chair, good lighting, pens and pencils- and a set schedule and routine for homework.
2. Communicate with your child every day.
Ask him or her what happened at school in conversation,
not as an inquisition. Share what you arre working on too.
accentuate the positive and discuss negatives in a problem-solving
context. Show your children you value education by talking about
why it is important to their future.
3. Read with or to your child every day. Reading is the foundation for all other learning. Make sure books, newspapers, and magazines are available to your children, and let them see you reading!
4. Get to know your child's teacher or teachers. Communicate with them throughout the year.
5. Encourage active and continous learning with your child.
Discuss books or news articles you have both read,
or talk about plays or art exhibits you have seen together.
6. Appreciate and celebrate your child for who he or she is and
not just for accomplishments. Nurture the creative spirit through
activities that encourage individual expression.
7. Talk about school in a positive and excited way.
8. Encourage your child to get involved in extracurricular
activities. This helps increase your child's sense of
belonging to the school community.
9. Volunteer at your child's school. There is no better way to
show your child that you support and value education than
by being a part of the school community. Everyone has something
to offer, whether it's spending a few hours a week helping in
classes, making classroom presentations or assisting in the office.
10. Set goals with your child and help find ways to meet them.
Suggest organizing large projects into timelines.

School Supplies for the home:
Dictionary/thesaurus
World Atlas
Metric ruler and compass
Lined notebook paper
Glue
Stapler
Ball point pens
Markers, crayons, colored pencils
Pencils and pencil sharpener
A library card for the whole family
Internet access (if you have a home computer) for research
on school projects
A couple of sheets of plain and/or colored poster board
A subscription to a daily newspaper

INDEPENDENT STUDY BENCHMARKS
3/24/08
5/5/08

HISTORY FAIR BENCHMARKS
Dec. 10-14, 2007 Submit topic, preliminary research
Dec. 17-21, 2007 written proposal, 2 resources cited properly
Jan 7-11, 2008 project update, 10 sources, 10 pictures/visuals
Jan. 21-25, 2008 project update, 15 resources, 20 pics/visuals
Feb. 4-8, 2008 project update, 20 sources, typed draft of summary
statement
March 3, 2008 Final project, oral presentation

MY SPACE/YOUR SPACE
According to the FBI's Web site on Internet Safety,
one in five Internet users between the ages of 10 and 17 reports being approached by a predator online; one in 33 is asked to
meet a stranger in a real-world encounter. The following are
suggested
Internet safety tips:
1. Make your user name and online profile anonymous.
2. Never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone you meet online.
3. Don't share any identifying information (name, address,
school name, phone number, sports team and so on).
4. Don't post pictures of yourself ont the Internet or e-mail pictures
of yourself to people you do not know personally.
5. The Internet is not private. Don't post anything you
would be uncomfortable sharing publicly.
6. If you encounter something online that makes you
feel uncomfortable or scared, tell an adult immediately.
7. Never respond to messages that are suggestive,
obscene, or harassing. Parents please audit your child's
online profiles today. Lets do what we can to protect them
when using this valuable tool, the Internet.

CAN THE JAMIESON COMMUNITY GO GREEN?
Here are a few easy ways to do so:

Join us in our civic reponsibility to conserve natural resources and cut down our effects on global warming.
Water conservation project:
Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth. Doing so can save four gallons of water a day per person in the household who does so. Pledge to make a difference. Use your log sheets for you any any other family member willing to participate and lets see how much water the Jamieson community can save.
Turn down the heat:
Turning down your thermostate one degree during the winter months can save you 3-5% on your monthly heating bills. With the price of natural gas going up and predictions for higher than usual gas bills you can cut down on our overuse of natural gas and save some money in the process.
Convert a light bulb:
Switch your light bulbs from incandescent bulbs to energy efficient florescent bulbs and save money on your electric bills, your cost for buying bulbs that don't last as long, and cut down on our dependency on coal which is a nonrenewable energy source. 
 
Homework 5/14/08
U.S. History: Complete ch. 29 test and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on the "black power" movement and how the NAACP leader Roy Wilkins viewed it.
2. write a persuasive essay based on this statement: "The civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s finished the struggle for equality in the U.S."

Homework 5/13/08
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 29 section 4 and do one of the following:
1. Prepare a statement on how the Twenty-fifth Amendment related to events of the 1960s and 1970s.
2. List the five Presidents in the section and explain why none served two complete terms.

Homework 5/12/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 29 section 3 and do the following:
1. Research and report on the nonviolent movement led by Mohandas Gandhi in India and how Gandhi's principles and work influenced Dr. King.


Homework 5/9/08
Writing: Stories without endings
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 29 section 2 and do one of the following:
1. Write a paragraph explaining how Truman honored the Twenty-second Amendment.
2. List and rank changes in the 1950s.

Homework 5/8/09
Writing: Descriptive room work

Homework 5/7/08
Writing: Cubing your room p. 115
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 29 section 1

Homework 5/6/08
U.S. History: Complete your Ch. 28 test

Homework 5/5/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 28 section 5 and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on the geography of Southeast Asia, focusing on how the environment helped guerrilla fighters and worked against American soldiers.
2. Write a persuasive essay presenting your views on American involvement in Southeast Asia.

Homework 5/2/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 28 section 4 and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on how the Cold War affected one Latin American, Asian, or African country mentioned in section 3.
2. Write an essay about how the Cold War was fought in Asia, Africa, or Latin America.

Homework 5/1/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 28 section 3 and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on how the Cold War affected people in Korea and Cuba.
2. Create an illustrated time line of key events for 1950-1962.

Homework 4/30/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 28 section 2 and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on one of these agencies: Food and Agricultural Organization, World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund
2. Prepare flashcards with questions from the section on one side and answers on the other.

Homework 4/29/08
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 28 section 1

Homework 4/28/08
U.S. History: Women in Society essay

Homework 4/16/08
U.S. History: Write a one page double spaced paper in Times New Roman on any 2 of the following battles: Leningrad, Stalingrad, El Alamein, Invasion of Normnady, or Invasion of Italy. Your paper should address why the battles are important. Also develop a skit as a newsbroadcast that discusses the battles that you wrote about.
Writing: Complete your short story final draft and your Earth Day essay final draft.

Homework 4/15/08
U.S. History: Read ch. 27 section 4 and write five questions from this section to attempt to stump your classmates.

Homework 4/14/08
U.S. History: Re-read ch. 27 section 3. Be prepared to discuss this question; does the U.S. government have the right to imprison citizens and take away their civil rights during a time of war?
Writing: SWE

Homework 4/10/08
Writing: Complete rough draft of Earth day paper or video.

Homework 4/9/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 27 section 3
Writing: Drafting your short story- remember to show it not tell it. Set up the climax and have it payoff.

Homework 4/8/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 27 section 2
Writing: short story drafting
* mandatory parent meeting Wednesday April 9th 7:00 pm. regarding new graduation requirements, High School Investigation days, summer programs, and graduation festivities.

Homework 4/7/08
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 27 section 1
Writing: SWE- "Loyalties"

Homework 4/3/08
Writing: Prewriting for your short story

Homework 4/1/08
Writing: Pick your topic and type for your short story

Homework 3/31/08
Writing: Earth Hour essay

Homework 3/27/08
U.S. History: Read ch. 26 section 4
Writing: Expository prompt-Heroes

Homework 3/26/08
U.S. History: Ch. 26 section 4
Writing: Narrative prompt- Write a narrative paper to tell about the one best thing that happened in school this year. Tell what happened. Include specific details, descriptions, and reactions.

Homework 3/25/08
U.S. History: Ch. 26 section 3
Writing: Unruley girl essay

Homework 3/24/08
U.S. History: Read ch. 26 section2
Writing: Money challenge essay

Homework 2/28/08
U.S. History: School Daze activity for Friday, cultural diversity for March 10th

Homework 2/26/08
U.S. History: Ch. 25 test tomorrow in class or before school 7:45
Cultural divesity due Friday
Writing: Complete Do the Write Thing for Thursday

Homework 2/25/08
Writing: SWE- New Shoes

Homework 2/21/08
U.S. History: Ch. 25 Assessment due next week during your block on either wednesday or Thursday. Cultural diversity activity due next Friday, 2/29/08.
Writing: Complete Mix It Up Essay

Homework 2/20/08
Writing: Mix It Up Essay
U.S. History: Women in society activity

Homework 2/19/08
Mr. Delgado's email: Delgado52183@gmail.com
Writing: Mix It Up Essay
U.S. History: women in society activity

Homework 2/8/08
U.S. History: Complete your news article for chapter 25 section 1

Homework 2/7/08
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 25 section 1, and complete your article based on section 1 for your news magazine. Reminder that you will be presenting your tests for ch. 24 on Wednesday 2/13/08.
Writing: Complete final draft of the Healthy Lifestyle essay.

Homework 2/5/08
U.S. History: Diversity project due Wed. 2/13/08
Human relations essay for student and parent due Wed. 2/13/08. Parents only can write either on only the theme or they can choose to address the same directives as the students.
Writing: Looping exercise for topic p. 56

Homework 2/4/08
U.S. History: Complete reading ch. 24 and notes. Diversity assignment and  advocacy letter due Tuesday for Green and Blue and Wednesday for Yellow and Red. Assessment for ch. 24 due Wed. 2/13/08. There is no school next week for students on Mon. and Tues.
Writing: continue work on essay.

Homework 1/31/08
Writing: Autobiographical rough draft

Homework 1/30/08
U.S. History: Diversity project due next week in Block Class
Writing: Hi-light an item from each category of narrative writing.

Homework 1/29/08
U.S. History: A Soldier's Story due Friday. History fair update due 2/4/08
Writing: Write essay for the outline you created for a skill or activity you enjoy in exercise 8.

Homework 1/28/08
U.S. History: Read and note chapter 24 section 1
Writing: Continue work from text today in class, p.39 ex. 8

Homework: 1/24/08
U.S. History: Read and note chapter 24 section 1 Ch.24 assessment due Friday Feb. 8th.
Writing: Stories without Endings- Almost Perfect

Homework 1/18/08
U.S. History: History Fair update #2 due Monday, check your packet for the criteria.
Green and Blue group Yellow Journalism PowerPoint due Wednesday 1/23
Yellow and Red group Yellow Journalism PowerPoint due Thursday 1/24
Ch. 23 Alternative assessment or Chapter test Thursday 1/24
There is no block schedule this week.
Water Conservation sheet due for week of 1/6/08 and 1/13/08
Recycle your old batteries in the repticle outside Ms. LaMothe's Room
Writing: Stories Without Endings - The Photo

Homework 1/14/08
Writing: Ex 5 p. 36

Homework 1/11/08
U.S. History: Reflection page
Writing: Complete SWE "Sneak Attack"

Homework 1/10/08
U.S. History: Complete notes for large group and small group discussions, complete political ad commercial for next week.
Writing: Supporting sentences exercise 4 p. 35 Grammar

Homework 1/7/08 
U.S. History: Tests are due Tuesday 1/8/08 
Monday small group discussion: If you could add a right that is not in the Bill of Rights or elsewhere in the Constitiution, what would it be?
Friday large group discussion: Should citizens be allowed to own handguns?

Homework 12/19/07
U.S. History: Current Events

Library reference information:
Go to www.chipublib.org
Click on Select Internet Resources
Click on History Fair
Click on Finding History Fair Info
There is also a link to the Encyclopedia of Chicago here
or
www.chipublib.org
Click on Find it
Click on Advance Search
Enter information

Homework 12/14/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 21 section 4 and do one of the following for 21-3:
1. Research and report on the growth of newspapers.
2. Write an essay describing how new technologies changed cities in the early 1900s.

Homework 12/12/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 21 section 3 and do one of the following for 21-2:
1. List the hazards immigrants in the cities faced and how reformers tried to improve immigrants' lives.
2. Read Carl Sanburg's poem "Chicago" and write an essay on why people were attracted to Chicago in the late 1880s.

Homework 12/11/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 21 section 2 and do one of the followingfor 21-1:
1. Summarize why people immigrated to the U.S. and the difficulties immigrants experienced adjuasting to their new home.
2. Assume the role of an immigrant reaching the U.S. and describe what happened at Ellis Island.
3. Research the program going on now to preserve Ellis Island and report of this project and make suggestions on what we as a school can do to help.

Homework 12/10/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 21 section 1 for Tuesday.

Homework 12/6/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 21 section 1 for Monday

Homework 12//3-12/6
U.S. History: iDesign Energy Planet proposal
Current Events for 11/19/26, 11/26/07 due Thursday 11/6/07
"Unlocking History's Mysteries" due 12/18/07

Homework 11/26-11/30
U.S. History: Independent Study update #2
Water Conservation Logs
iDesign Energy Planet project worked on in class-modifications to ideas done at home.

Homework 11/19/07
U.S. History: 4th Amendment essay
Prewriting: T chart the pros and cons of Breathalyzer tests violating our rights
Essay: Write a persuasive essay on one side of the issue. support your ideas with evidence from the article "Breathing Easy" and from other sources.

Homework 11/16/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 20 section 4 and do one of the following for section 3:
1. Check newspapers and magazines or Internet sources for examples of recent advances in communication or transportation.
2. Write a letter from a person in 1910 to a descendant today, explaining how inventions from 1860 to 1910 changed the way people lived.

Homework 11/14/07
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 20 section 3 and do one of the following from section 2:
1. List the industries described and indicate if each one is still important today and if so to what extent.
2. Write a paragraph for each subsection that states the most important idea.

Homework 11/13/07
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 20 section 2 and do one of the following from section 1:
1. Write a paragraph describing a positive effect of railroad consolidation and a paragraph describing a negative effect.
2. Create cause-and-effect charts showing the impact of railroad growth on business organization and management, empolyment, and settlement patterns.
Writing: 2nd draft of your name narrative.

Homework 11/9/07
U.S. History: Read an note Ch. 20 section 1 and do the Everyday energy exercises
Writing: Narrative essay draft 1: Write a personal narrative about your name or one or more nicknames. You may choose to write how your nicknames have changed over the years, what nicknames mean to you, or if you feel content with the name you have been given. Incorporate the defintion of your name in an appropriate place within your narrative.

11/8/07
Report card pick up

Homework 11/7/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 20 section 1
Writing:

Homework 11/6/07
U.S. History: Ch. 19 assessment due tomorrow and do one of the followingfor section 5:
1. Research and report reasons why farm life in the West was so difficult at this time.
2. Assume the voice of someone who has moved west and write a letter describing your new lives on the Great Plains.
Writing:

Homework 11/5/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 19 section 5 and do one of the following for section 4:
1. Research and report on another Indian war not mentioned in section 4.
2. Create a time line of important events in section 4.
Ch. 19 Alternative assessments due on Wednesday 11/7/09
Writing: Workbook pages

Homework 10/29/07
U.S. History: Independent study proposal due this week, also read and note ch. 19 section 4 and do one of the following for section 3:
1. Research and report on what life is like for a cowhand on a ranch today.
2. Write a song or poem that might have been sung by a cowhand out on the trail.
Writing: Workbook pages
 
Homework 10/25/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 19 section 3 and do one of the following section 2:
1. Find a story or folk tale related to the boom in the West and tell how it supports the information in the section(2).
Trace on a map three rail routes linking St. Louis and San Francisco and record information about each route.

Homework 10/24/07
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 19 section 2 and do one of the following for section 1:
1. Research and report on one or more of the Plains Indian nations.
2. Create a crossword puzzle using key terms and ideas about the Plains Indians from section 1.
Writing: Work with Saturday essay

Homework 10/23/07
 U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 19 section 1
Yellow and Red Groups: Read and note ch. 19 section 2 and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on one or more of the Plains Indian nations.
2. Create a crossword puzzle using key terms and ideas about the Plains Indians from section 1.
Writing: Reading work book pages

Homework 10/22/07
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 19 section 1
Writing: WB p. 7,8,13

Homework 10/17/07
Writing: Complete class essay
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 18 section 4 and do one of the following from section 3:
1. Research and report on the challenges  African Americans faced during reconstruction.
2. Assume the role of a freedman elected to the legislature, a scalawag, or a small farmer and describe your conditions in the south during reconstruction.

Homework 10/16/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 18 section 3 and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on the impeachment of President Johnson or President Clinton.
2. Write 10 true/false questions on section 2.
Writing: Complete a final draft of your essay.

Homework 10/15/07
U.S. History: Read and note ch. 18 section 2 and do one of the following:
1. Research and report on the Freedmen's bureau or Lincoln's assassination.
2. Create a questionnaire that might have been used in the late 1800s to gauge the success of Reconstruction.
Writing: Revise your essay.

Homework 10/12/07
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 18 section 1, Read the Fourth Amendment, read the FBI packet and answer questions 1-5
Writing: Complete Stories without Endings

Homework 10/10/07 and 10/11/07
U.S. History: Current Events magazine needs to be completed for Friday.
Writing: 10/11/07 complete your second draft.

Homework 10/9/07
U.S. History: Do one of the following:
1. Create a concept map explaining the importance of the Battle of vicksburg and Gettysburg.
2. Choose a person mentioned in the section and research and report on them.
Ch. 17 assessment due in your block Wednesday or Thursday.
Writing: Revise your draft.

Homework 10/5
Writing: Stories Without Endings

Homework 10/4 or 10/5
U. S. History: Read and note section 5 of ch. 17 and do one of the following:
1. Make a chart listing specific hardships suffered by the following: Soldiers, the North, the South, and Women.
2. Create an outline or concept map about the hardships endured by men and women during the Civil War.
Writing: Complete first draft of topic

Homework 10/3/07
U.S. History: Read and note section 4 of ch. 17 and do one of the following:
1. Investigate and report on an example of an African American who distinguished themself by service in the armed forces.
2. Prepare a skit, dialogue, setting, and scenes only, you will not need to perform, in which a young African American expains why he wants to enlist in the Union army in 1862.
Writing: First draft of topic

Homework 10/1-10/2, 2007
U.S. History: Read and note section 3 and do one of the following:
1. Summarize the strategy each side used to win the war.
2. Write an essay discussing what either side might have done to bring about a quicker end to the war.
3. Report on any local events, monuments, or reenactments connected with the Civil War.
Extended Response due next block day (Thursday or Friday):
Using information from the articles and what you already know please respond to the following: Do you agree or disagree with the notion of  CPS making writing a criteria for graduation. Keep in mind your civic responsibilities.

Homework 9/27/07
U.S. History: Read and note section 2 and do one of the following:
1. Check the Internet for information on recent civil wars and summarize what you find.
2. Write an essay copmaring and contrasting the readiness of the North and South for war.
Writing: Choose a topic


Homework 9/25/07
U.S. History: Read and note section 2 and do one of the following:
1. Check the Internet for information on recent civil wars and summarize what you find.
2. Write an essay copmaring and contrasting the readiness of the North and South for war.
Writing: Choose a topic

Homework 9/24/07
U.S. History: Read and note Ch. 17 section 1

Homework  9/21/07
U.S. History: Complete reflection page for philosophical chairs.
Writing: Complete Stories Without Endings

Homework 9/20/07 & 9/21/-07
U.S. History: Complete Power Point for next week and read and note Ch. 17 section 1 for Monday

Homework 9/19/07
U.S. History: finish letter and do the following extended response:
Using information from the text, "No Juking" and from what you already know, answer the following question. Shouls the Jamieson administration and/or student council ban "Juking" at school dances?
1 response from the student and one from a parent/guardian.

Homework 9/18/07
U.S. History: Current Events and letter draft

Homework 9/17/07
Writing: Re-write the Coke/Pepsie extended response using the writing process
U.S. History: Read newspaper articles for Friday. Alternative assessment due Friday 9/14/07. This is a change of date.

Homework 9/14/07
U.S. History: Read articles on the First Amendment
Writing: Complete Stories Without Endings

Homework 9/13/07
Writing: Drummer Boy of Shiloh extended response
U.S. History: Work on Civil War photo album due 9/26/07, Ch. 16 test due 9/12/07. Read Current Events foor discussion on Friday.


Homework 9/12/07
U.S. History: Work on Civil War photo album due 9/26/07, Ch. 16 test due 9/12/07. Read Current Events foor discussion on Friday.

Homework 9/11/07
U.S. History: Continue work on your assessment for Ch. 16. Remember to pick an independent study topic and give it to me or email me. The due date is 9/25/07.                                      Writing: Re-write your Coke/Pepsi essay.

Homework 9/10/07
Writing: Complete WB page 2 AB for an A, B for a B, or A for a C.
Complete the writing prompt.

• Meal applications, emergency sheets, release forms are still being collected.
• Continue work on history test, topic for independent study, and fishbowl.
  
  Homework 9/7/07
  Continue bringing in necessary forms and supplies
  Writing: Complete Stories Without Endings in your Composition book.
  
  Homework 9/5/07
  Complete and return the class home contact page and the release form
  
  Homework 9/6/07
  Continue turning in owed supplies, meal forms, emergency contact forms, Home contact page, release forms and student fees.
  Please attend the open house! It is extremely important that a parent or guardian come tonight to hear about the exciting year to come.