March 6 - 10

This week, we'll practice reading and interpreting legal documents and language, as well as getting familiar with landmark Supreme Court cases that affect many areas of American life (and make great evidence/examples for essays). 

Students will work in groups, but still have their own individual writing assignments.  (Please see the Supreme Court Project document for details.) 

TUESDAY: Journal warm-up.  Overview of Supreme Court Project.  Divide into groups, choose cases.  Work with your group on laptops to research and discuss your case, and your individual written assignment in class. 

Due: read through Supreme Court case summary page.

Homework: Finish typing up  your individual portion of the written Supreme Court case project. Bring a hard copy of the final draft, either neatly written or typed, to class on Thursday.

 

THURSDAY: Journal warm-up.  Supreme Court Case group presentations.  Turn in hard copy of individual written Supreme Court assignment.  Take notes on other presentations.  Take open-note quiz about the cases afterwards.  Receive a copy of Vocabulary List #17 for next week's quiz.

Due: Hard copy (paper copy) of the final draft of the Supreme Court Project, either neatly written or typed, to class on Friday.

Homework: Study vocab #17 for next week's quiz.