Apr 15–16

US History: Decades of Upheaval (1960s–1970s)

📗 Wednesday — Apr 15

Warmup: IXL Revisions

Newsela on Watergate: Watergate: The Scandal That Brought Down President Nixon

📘 Thursday — Apr 16

Warmup:IXL Synonyms

Newsela: Muhammed Ali on Vietnam War Why Muhammad Ali refused to go to Vietnam

📚 Suggested Readings

Readings US History: Decades of Upheaval (1960s–1970s)

"The Things They Carried"

Cesar Chavez: "Address to the Commonwealth Club"

Watergate Watergate: The Scandal That Brought Down President Nixon

📝 Homework

IXL Homework: Week 29

Reading: Analyze passages from I Am Malala: Part 2

Writing: Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Vocabulary: Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Grammar/Language: Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs, Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst