Homework for the week of 9/17/07

Middle School Humanities and Language Arts Homework
Week of September 17, 2007

History
1. Complete the River Features Glossary packet. Read the directions carefully.
Due in second block this week.

Language Arts
6th grade
1. We’ll begin the Wordly Wise vocabulary program in class on Tuesday. You will be assigned activities from Unit 1, which will be due on Thursday.

7th grade
1. Wordly Wise unit 1 will be handed out on Wednesday and due the following Wednesday (9/26) for students in the second week of farm school. It will be due on Wednesday (10/3) for students in the first week of farm school.
2. Write 1 pantoum for homework. Due Friday, Sept. 21st.

8th grade
1. Read “Lost” in your poetry packet. Answer the questions. Due on Thursday, Sept. 20th.
2. Complete the poetry writing assignment below. Choose 3 of the following ideas for poems. You may use the pantoum form we used last year for one of the poems, but the other 2 should be free verse. No haikus, no rhyming. Go back and read the poems for inspiration.

“Proof” by Julia Alvarez
• Write a poem about a fantasy you have had about a place you have seen only in pictures or movies.
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“Deer in the Bush” by Chana Bloch
• Write a poem about an animal you have observed in the wild or a pet at home. Try to express your feelings about the experience of observing another species in its environment, and whether the creature might—or might not—be aware of being observed.
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• “White Panther” by Gene Frumkin
• Write a poem about a myth, spirit, or creature you believed in when you were younger (think tooth fairy, unicorns, etc.). Try to convey how you felt when you discovered the myth wasn’t true.
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“Lost” by Naomi Shihab Nye
• Write a poem that is an advertisement flyer for a lost pet OR write a poem from a pet’s point of view about being lost.
Due on Thursday, Sept. 20th.

3. You will begin an essay assignment in class on Friday. It will be due on Thursday, 9/27 for week 2 farm school and on Thursday, 10/4, for week 1 farm school.