Today's Essays

If you were absent from school today (7th and 8th grade),  kindly email me your essays. I would hate to see you not get credit because you failed to hand in your work on time. 

Week of 30 March

6th Grade

 

Complete Chapter III--Odysseus

7th Grade

No History Sections Due

Chapters 12-17 Othello--Due Wednesday

Debate Due Date II--Thursday

8th Grade

Complete Cold War Documents G and F for Monday

Debate Due Date II-- Thursday

8th Grade Vocabulary Update and History Documents 26 March

8th Grade:

This week's Vocabulary words: "Something's Coming":  Ominous, Portentous, inauspicious, imminent, impending, minatory, presage, bode/forebode, propitiate, harbinger

Complete Documents D,E for homework, Due tomorrow, Friday the 27th. What is the primary argument each author is making and what does that document add to your understanding of the Cold War? 

25 March

6th Grade-- Read  42-59 of Odysseus for Friday, 27 March

7th Grade--Remember to read Othello to page 62 for Tomorrow and read to page 76 for Friday.

6th Grade 24 March

Tomorrow (25 March) you should be finished Odysseus pages 26-42. 

Week of 23-27 March

7th and 8th Grade

Please continue working on your Debate. The next checkpoint will be on Thursday, 2 April. You should have 5 additional resources, notes on those sources, and revised outlines. Be prepared to present your arguments orally on that day.

8th Grade

Your Night/Holocaust essay is due on Friday, the 27th. The question, once again is: How did the Holocaust happen? Keep in mind, I am not looking for a simple recitation of facts. You have to carefully categorize and prioritize. In this essay you should use all of the sources that you have available.

7th Grade

Your essay is Due on Friday.

History Test, Chapter 10 is on Wednesday.

Othello chapters 6-11 due Tuesday.

7th Grade Essay

What was the greatest threat to the young American republic between 1788 and 1800?

Final Draft is due Friday, 27 March.

Week of 16-20 March

8th Grade--

  Complete the Holocaust readings 1939-1945--Due Thursday.

  Complete Phase I--Debate--5 bibliography cards, notes on those sources, 2 outlines(1 for each side)

  Complete Night -- Due on Monday.

7th Grade

  10:3 Due Tuesday.  10:4 Due Thursday

   Complete Phase I --Debate--5 bibliography cards, notes on those sources, 2 outlines (1 for each side)

  Othello: A Novel 1-32(Chapters 1-5) Due Friday

6th Grade

  Read Chapter II Odysseus at Troy (pages 9-19).

Debate Propositions

1.  The US should invest more in the search for extra terrestrial intelligence.

Rahi and Alex 

2.  Americans should be encouraged to support organic farming.

Lindsay and Jillian

3.  The government should restrict people from owning wild animals as pets.

  Kasey and Karli

4.  As a way out of the current economic crisis, Keynsian methods are the best. 

Thomas, Bryan, Chris, Jeremy

5.  The federal government should implement a single payer health care system in the United States.

Abiha, Renee, Andrew, Morgan B

6.  In matters of culture, the world is getting dumber.

Kristen and Morgan F

7.  Public school classrooms should all have surveillance cameras installed.

Velty and Zach

8.  The US should take more of a role in developing electric only cars.

Eva and Nicole

9. Water, as a scarce resource, should be priced according to its market value.

Tehran and Mr Jarrell

10 March Homework update.

7th and 8th Grade:  Debate Topics have been chosen. I'll post the propositions tomorrow. For Friday, be sure you are prepared to present the three points I asked for today--topicality(Why is this topic worthy of debate), historical perspective(how has this topic changed over time), and clash (pro and con differences). 

8th Grade Reading Assignments

  Introduction to the Holocaust--Due Wednesday, 11 November

  1933-1939-- Due Friday

  1939-1945(All)--Due Next Thursday

Night--Chapters 1-4 Due Monday.

Week of 9-14 March

All--Most classes are doing much better on the blog postings, and I thank you for the effort. Remember that two assignments--reading for AR and blog postings-- are ongoing throughout the trimester. Make sure you keep up. 

For this week  8th Grade and 7th Grade  Debate topics will be decided by tomorrow. The first due date of 5 bibliography cards, 2 rough outlines, and note cards on the sources will be on Thursday 19 March.

6th Grade students should be memorizing a poem/speech/ monologue of no less than two minutes.

7th Grade-- Chapter 10:1 is Due Tuesday and 10:2 is due Thursday.