Week 10November 10-14

I can use appropriate fix-up strategies when

comprehension/meaning breaks down in my reading.

I can use questioning to narrow my focus and develop ideas in my

writing. I can identify, explain & show

examples that the United States of America was founded on a set of

ideals & principles.

Monday, November 10th

• Current Event due Wednesday• Composition Book: Explain how you would react if Chase

Middle School decided to enforce a dress code. • Access Schema about what Americans Believe • Introduce QTR 2 Rubrics • List of Democratic Ideals/Values

– Organizational features– Democratic Ideals/Values Notes – What do these ideals actually

mean?– Read Declaration of Independence for evidence of ideals/values

• Page 177 AN• Choose an organizer to hold thinking• Keep track of when something doesn’t make sense with a “?” & note

what you do when something doesn’t make sense

My list What others said (different than you)

• 1 1.• 2 2.• 3 3.• 4 4.• 5 5.• 6 6.• 7 7.• 8 8.

Things Americans

Believe

How does one organize an argument?

• How is the D of I Organized? • What basic ideals about government were in the

Declaration of Independence? WTP lesson 7, p29

• Ideals – How colonists thought they aught to be governed

• Arguments – why colonists thought they were justified in braking away from Britain

• Complaints – list of colonist complaints against the king

• Conclusions – “That these united Colonies, and of Right ought to be, Free & Independent States”

Arguments of the Declaration

1. Rights of the people are based on natural lawnatural law. Natural law is a higher law. Neither constitutions nor governments may violate the natural law. The only rightful purpose of government is to protect the people’s natural rights.

2. If a government violates a natural law, the people have the right to change or abolish the government & form a new one.

Arguments of the Declaration (cont.)

3. An agreement existed between the colonists and the king. The colonists consented to be governed by the king so long as he protected their rights to life, liberty & property.

4. No agreement had been made between parliament & the colonists, so parliament had no right to govern or tax the colonists, especially because colonists were not represented in parliament.

5. The King violated his agreement with colonists by acting with parliament to deprive them of their rights. Since the agreement had been violated, colonists had the right to establish their own form of government.

Democratic Ideals/Values AN 249

“Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness”

• To Form a More Perfect Union

• To Establish Justice

• To Insure Domestic Tranquility

• To Provide for the Common Defense

• To Promote the General Welfare

• To Secure the Blessings of Liberty

Declaration of Independence

• Read Declaration of Independence p.

• Find derivatives/examples of Democratic ideals/values

• Make note of when the text doesn’t make sense to you with a “?”.

• Make note of strategies used (what you did) when comprehension (meaning) breaks down.

Examples of Ideals/Values in D of I

Text Me ? What I did do to fix it W

here did meaning

break down?

How

? > W

hat is my

explanation/ reason for identifying

What does the text

say (examples)

Wednesday, November 12th

• Current Event Due• Composition Book: Explain how you would

react if you wrote an article for our school newspaper, but school officials said you had to change your article because they didn’t like the point it made.

• Fix-up Strategies • Declaration of Independence Activity (cont.)• Begin Von (if time allows)

Thursday, November 13th

• Word Wall

• Composition Book: Explain how you would react if your locker was searched & you got in trouble because something illegal was found.

• Activity: Translate/paraphrase D of I

• Von

Friday, November 14

• 25 Minute Write – What do Americans believe? (use any notes/writes you’ve accumulated this week as material)

• Constitutional Principles AN 250

– Overview: Parts of US Constitution– Target Preamble

• Finish Reading Von

Principles of the US Constitution

1. Popular Sovereignty

2. Limited Government

3. Separation of Powers

4. Checks & Balances

5. Federalism

6. Republicanism

7. Individualism

P250-251 AN