Today Mr. Williams explained that we no longer have time in the schedule for whole day exams. Instead of the exams that had followed sections of the textbook, we will be taking more frequent single question tests at the the start of class. The tests will not occur every day but will be frequent. The tests will consist of a single essay response question that would require about a paragraph or two to answer. Students who are late on the days the tests are offered will not have an opportunity to take the test unless the come to class with an excused tardy/absence slip. Students who are excused tardy or absent will need to complete the test after school, during lunch or during tutorial.  (on time means we are in class and ready to begin when the bell rings - late means we are not in class when the bell rings - the grey area is when we are in the class but not yet in our desk ready to begin)

We did a review of the previous two chapters. We created "eight" poems for the review for each chapter.

The eight poems are poems with eight lines and every line ends with the eight sound. The lines should have few syllables but does not have to be a consistent.


After sharing some "eight" poems, we looked at an image from the era and discussed muckraking. We then read chapter 16 section 2 while responding to the following questions:

• What important Announcement did the Census make in 1890?
• What happened to American industry in the years after the civil war?
• What did American cities look like in 1900?
• How did the US population become more diverse by the early 1900s?

We then started researching for a muckraker newspaper we will be writing.

Link