Today, we took a step back and used the time in class to reflect on what we have been working on for the past several week. Mrs. Peterson and I conferenced with students on work completed.

1. The “Strait of Hormuz” (gold sheet) was collected.

2. Time was given to work on:

•Reading chapter 6 of Animal Farm
•Completing chapter 6 questions for Animal Farm

This is what we did today in our combined classes of English and social studies:

1. Animal Farm chapter 5 questions were passed out today in class. Choose any four out of the 11 questions to do. They are due at the beginning of class on Monday, January 23.

2. Reading with a pencil in hand, everyone was given time in class to read the handout “On Caucus Night, a Time Commitment” (yellow paper). The directions were to underline and make notes in the margins about your reaction and/or questions you have about what you were reading. This sheet was collected at the end of the day and will count for a grade based on what you did.

Later in the day, a second copy of “On Caucus Night, a Time Commitment” (white paper) was given to all students; this handout included annotations already on the paper. See me for a copy of the white paper; it cannot be posted online.

Reminders:

1. Anyone interested in taking a retest on the Forms of Government Test can do so by coming to Mod 4 during morning advisory. First, check in with your advisor. You must pass in a written plan on paper indicating the steps you took to better prepare yourself for the retest. Review your notes and the handouts from the iCivics Web site about forms of government. Review the Forms of Government Vocab List given to you this week. You must take the retest by Thursday, January 26.

2. Finally, anyone wishing to resubmit their Iowa Caucus Essay to be considered for a higher grade, needs to do so by Wednesday, January 25. The original copy of the essay must also be handed in.

Forms for our Spring Trip to the White Mountains go out today. The first deposit of $20.00 and the signed permission slip (bright green paper) are due by Wednesday, January 18 to your basecamp teacher to reserve your spot. If you lose any of the forms, go to Spring Trip Forms 2012 in the second column under Pages to print out any of the forms including future forms.

Former Massachusetts Governer Mitt Romney finished first in the New Hampshire Primary on Tuesday, January 10. Here’s a summary of what happened from New Hampshire Public Radio.

There are more than 10 different reports on this opening page from NHPR. Working with a partner, read and take notes in your social studies journal on as many of them as you can; start with the first one, “Romney Wins Big.” Take notes in your own words, discuss the information with your partner. Keep track of the title of each article and the reporter/author.Don’t forget to include your questions.

Title today’s entry in your social studies journal:

NH Primary Results January 11, 2012

Make sure you take notes about each of the candidates and:

1. summarize what happened to them in the NH Primary

and

2.what plans they have for South Carolina.

Next week, we will have a wrap-up test on all the primary and caucus information we have discussed starting with the Iowa Caucus.

Results for New Hampshire Republican Primary (U.S. Presidential Primary)
Jan 10, 2012 (95% of precincts reporting)
Mitt Romney    95,669    39.4%
Ron Paul    55,455    22.8%
Jon Huntsman    40,903    16.8%
Newt Gingrich    22,921    9.4%
Rick Santorum    22,708    9.3%
Rick Perry 1,709   0.7%
Michele Bachmann 343    0.1%
Other  3,240   1.3%