Homework for week of October 15th.

Humanities and Language Arts Homework
Week of October 15, 2007

History
1. We’ll begin the chapter “Locating Ourselves in Time and Space” in the Ancient Civilizations packet. Reading and questions will be assigned for homework after we see how far we get.
Due in second block this week.

Language Arts
6th grade
1. Wordly Wise test on Unit 1 on Thursday.

7th grade
1. Wordly Wise test on Units 1 and 2 will be on Friday, October 19th.
2. Wordly Wise unit 3 is due on Wednesday, October 25th
3. Complete your farm school poem. Copy it twice on white, unlined paper, and illustrate both copies. Due Wed., Oct. 17th.
3. You will be assigned a memoir to read for Friday, Oct. 19th.

8th grade
1. Rough draft (with brainstorming and plan) of Farm School essay due on Friday, Oct. 19th.
2. Make 2 copies of your farm school poem, with illustrations. Due Friday, Oct. 19th.
3. Unfortunately, the number of half days for conferences and the Friday off on October 26th means that we’ll need to begin To Kill a Mockingbird on October 29th, instead of this week. However, it gives us the perfect opportunity to explore one of the real-life issues that sparked the novel, The Scottsboro Case. We’ll begin discussing it in class today and you’ll have some reading for homework----due Oct. 19th. There will be an in-class activity, which you will be unable to do without having read the article before hand (hint, hint).
4. Write a lit letter in response to your partner’s letter. Include 1 paragraph about your reactions to the reading about The Scottsboro Case. Due Friday, October 19th.

If you are interested in reading more about this case, the following website has many links to primary documents of the trial.
Go to http://www.gem.greenwood.com/
*Under Login, scroll down to Literature in Context: To Kill a Mockingbird
*User Name: Synergy
*Password: Library
On the left side, there is a link to The Scottsboro Trial. Under that are many links to primary documents and other interesting readings.