Homework week of 5/18/09

Middle School Humanities And Language Arts Homework
Week of May 18, 2009

NOTE: THE DATES FOR STANDARDIZED TESTING HAVE BEEN CHANGED. TESTING WILL TAKE PLACE THE WEEK OF MAY 26TH.

History
6th/7th grade:
1. Complete writing the rough drafts of your history reports.
Due on Friday, May 22nd.

2. Submit a plan for your 3 dimensional history project (we’ll discuss it more in class).

8th grade
1. Final test on Religions unit attached. It is due on Wednesday, May 27th. You will have some time to work on it at school. It is an INDIVIDUAL assignment.

Language Arts
6th grade
1. History report writing--- the rest of your rough draft is due on Friday, May 22nd.
2. Wordly Wise unit 10 test in class on Thursday, May 21st.

7th grade
1. History report writing-----the rest of your rough draft is due on Friday, May 22nd.
We will work on it for 1 hour in language arts on Wednesday, May 20th.

2. Complete Shadow Spinner and the questions as previously assigned (the schedule is posted in the Humanities room).

3. Bring your Wordly Wise book to class on Friday.

8th grade
1. Write a final literary log letter in your literary log (minimum 1 page) to Elena. Due Friday, May 22nd.
Look back in your literary log. What changes in your writing about literature and reading do you notice from the beginning to today? Are there changes in your approach to literary analysis? What are they? What about the literary elements we have studied for the past several years? Do you have a deeper understanding of these elements? What’s the difference in writing to a teacher and to a peer? These are ideas to get you started. You may include more ideas as well. USE QUOTES AND EXAMPLES TO DEFEND YOUR STATEMENTS.

2. Eighth Grade Projects: Some of you need to turn in your rough drafts for final editing assistance. It is up to you to do this. If you are not sure if this applies to you, ASK Elena or Tammy. You can't do this the day before they're due----get them in this week.