Classwork/Homework for the Week of May 31st

LANGUAGE ARTS

Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen

[US Civil War historical fiction novel]
Wed June 2nd - Ch. 5 due; quiz Ch. 3-5

Thu June 3rd - Ch. 6 due

Fri June 4th - Ch. 7 due

Autobiographical Newspaper Project

A green sheet detailing the elements of this FINAL project (alliterative title, colors, theme, imagery, five writing pieces from this year) was distributed last week. This sheet was due with a parent signature June 1st and the final project is due June 9th.

Time Travel Story

You are going to write an imaginative story about traveling back in time to change an important historical event. You may select any significant event in US or world history. However, you must choose a specific event that is well known to others, and you must include the actual date and place of the event in your story. You will need to research the event so that you can write realistically. A trip to the library or a web site search should provide you with needed information. You must also include the details about how you built/found the time machine that allows you to travel back to change the selected historic event.

Examples of previously chosen time travel events include: preventing the assassination of John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, Jr.; saving the Titanic from sinking; assisting Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad; and preventing Hitler from ever coming to power. You cannot use violence to change an event; instead, you must find creative ways to attempt to change history for the better. You get to decide whether you are successful or not in changing the event. In either case, you should let your readers know how your intervention impacted future events and how it changed your life. Did you make it back to today? Do you remember the adventure? Will you make further attempts to change history in the future?

You will have some time in class to write this story, but you should expect to spend more time outside of class to complete this project. Your rough draft is due on Wednesday, June 2. The final draft is due on Friday, June 4th.

Journal Prompt: Civil War

Autobiographies, Outsiders essays, and biography reports are past due. If you have not finished yours, visit C-4 during lunch, resource or after school, to edit and neatly type your final copy. Final pieces must have a centered, specific title that refers to something about you, a centered byline, and it must be typeset in double-spaced, 12 point text. Biography reports have additional formatting requirements - check your guideline sheet or check with Ms. Barnes. We are continuing to hold biography presentations - prepare and practice yours if you have not yet presented.

SOCIAL STUDIES
We are currently studying the US Civil War via the text, lectures, PowerPoint presentations, classroom simulations, and other resources.