Random History
Former President Andrew Jackson's parrot was kicked out of his funeral for what
Swearing
How many stars are on the American Flag?
50
When responding to a question prompt, what must be done in order to fully answer the question and "state your claim."
Hint: There are 3 steps
Restate the question
Provide your answer
Provide a brief explanation of why your claim is your claim using a "because" statement. (This sets you up to provide the evidence that will support THAT claim.)
Which branch of government has the power to impeach the President? Bonus, explain the process for this to occur.
The Legislative Branch.
A simple majority of the HoR will pass the formal impeachment charges to the Senate who then vote to impeach and remove the President with 2/3rds majority.
The three things you must do when you enter the classroom are
Get your chrome book, sit in your assigned seat, and begin the Do Now on Voice level 0
According to his wife, President Lincoln's only hobby was...
Cats
What year was the iPhone released?
2007
When providing evidence to your audience in order to prove your claim is correct, what MUST come before the evidence?
(Hint: its helps your reader know that the evidence is reputable/credible/should be believed)
The citation of the source!!!!!
Ex. According to the U.S. Constitution, the executive branch must sign bills into law or they can veto a bill from Congress in order to stop it from becoming law.
Ex2. As seen in Article II of the U.S. Constitution, "before it become a Law, [a bill must] be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it...to that House in which it shall have originated...and proceed to reconsider it."
There are two Houses in our Legislative Branch. Both of these houses must pass a bill with a 50% majority for it to become law. The names of the two houses are...
The House of Representatives & the Senate
How many redirections(strikes) given in a week earn you a lunch reflection & phone call home?
Three
What does CPU stand for?
Central Processing Unit
Which month has 28 days?
All of them.
In any formal response, how many sources of evidence must be provided and WHY is this essential to your argument?
Two sources of evidence are required to 1. provide multiple perspectives & 2. helps ensure to your audience that your argument is not biased and/or facetious.
Which branch of government has the Constitutional power to declare war
The Legislative Branch
How many times are you allowed to leave class over the course of a week, and for how long?
2 times a week for 4 minutes maximum.
Taking too much time, this ability can be taken.
If you are tardy, you have lost class time already and cannot leave leave and miss more.
What does QR in "QR code" stand for?
Quick Response
What event was the cause which directly led to the United States entering World War II?
Pearl Harbor
What is the purpose of providing "reasoning" following all pieces of evidence
The purpose is to connect HOW evidence supports your claim.
Without your reasons and explanation of how C&E are connected, the audience does not know the importance the evidence has! You MUST provide reasoning for the evidence to support your opinion/claim.
Without showing your reasoning and understanding of this connection, the evidence you provide is worthless; and destroys your argument as a claim without evidence is also worthless.
Our legislative branch is commonly known as:
Congress
True of False: Food is allowed in the classroom at HCAS.
Verdadero o falso: Se permite comida en el aula de HCAS.
False.
Which wireless technology is named after a Viking king?
Bluetooth. King Harald Gormsson got his nickname from a dark and dead tooth, united Denmark and Norway, just like Bluetooth unites devices without wires.
Pink Ladies and Granny Smiths are examples of what type of fruit
Apples
When providing reasoning, it should be multiple sentences. This is because reasoning has 3 levels of how you can make a connection to your claim.
Explain, Analyze, Evaluate.
Explain= identification of what the evidence provides
Analyze= why does the information connect to and support the opinion you stated in your claim? Who said it, where does the info come from??
Evaluate= how does the previously stated info impact how one should understand why/how that evidence supports your argument and proves you correct. Additionally, what impacts does this knowledge have which allows you to make connections with other background/current event knowledge?
One House of the Legislature has representatives that serve for 2 years, and each state gets proportional representation based on population. The other has representatives that serve for 6 years, and representation is equal; every state gets two representatives. Which has voting based on population?
The House of Representatives
If you are confused on what to do OR how to do something, what is the first thing you should do?
Raise your hand and ask the teacher!
Sitting and Opting Out of directions and activities is not allowed, especially as 2nd semester 8th graders prepparing for high school