Homework week of 10/13/09

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Middle School Humanities and Language Arts Homework
Week of October 13, 2009

All students: Check the door of the humanities classroom for lists of missing work. Turning things in during Farm School got a little confusing for some of you.

History
1. Complete timeline work that we will begin in class. The assignment is attached.

Language Arts
6th grade
1. Turn in Wordly Wise unit 1 on Thursday, Oct. 15th.
2. Anthony Burns work is below. Read chapters 9 and 10 by Thursday, Oct. 15th and complete the reflections (quick writes) for those chapters. By Tuesday, Oct. 20th, read chapters 11 and 12 and do the reflections, vocabulary and question.

7th grade
1. Turn in Wordly Wise unit 1 by Friday, Oct. 16th
2. Anthony Burns work is below. Read chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 by Friday, Oct. 16th and do the reflections, vocabulary and question.
3. The plan for a Farm School essay is due on Friday, 10/16. We’ll begin in class.

8th grade
1. Anthony Burns work is below. Read chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 by Friday, Oct. 16th and do the reflections, vocabulary and question.
2. The plan for a Farm School essay is due on Friday, 10/16.



Anthony Burns, The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave
Chapters 9 through 12


1. Continue with your reflections (quick writes) for each chapter.
2. You will be partnered up in class to look at the speeches (beginning on p. 75) given by Samuel Howe, Reverend Theodore Parker, John Swift, and Wendell Phillips. Discuss 1) how each tried to persuade the crowd, 2) which speaker was most effective, and 3) why. We will discuss your small group work in the whole class.
3. In chapter 10, Anthony shows both leadership and compassion towards his comrades. Quote one example that you feel is important and write about it.

Vocabulary
severed (pg. 92)
municipal (pg. 92)
armory (pg. 93)
claimants (pg. 94)
tribunal (pg. 96)