Thursday, March 3, 2011

Friday, March 4

Objective: Students will research and record information on superstitions and their origins.

Journal: FREE WRITE

Agenda: 1) Go over Practice Quiz for Vocab Quiz #4

2) Vocab Quiz #4

3) Laptop Activity: Researching Superstitions: Using the laptops and a graphic organizer worksheet you will research various superstitions and their origins.  For each superstition, you will explain what people believe and then explain the story behind the belief.  Here are some helpful websites:

Website #1

Website #2

Website #3

Homework: Create your own superstition.  Write a paragraph (5-7 sentences) describing your own made-up superstition.  Describe what your superstition is (what people believe) and the origins of your superstition (how people came to believe in it.)  Remember, this is 100% fictional.

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