Reading/Writing
RLW Book Project - Choice book lit devices and "smiley-face tricks"charts with at least 5-20 examples were due by Mon 4/30. One enlarged display sample was also required.
Autobiography - 5 paragraph essay; ample class time has been provided, otherwise it became homework. Students will have access to computers in class on Mon, May 7th and Tue, May 8th, to word process their papers.
Science fiction - Read and analyze "The Assassin." Briefly research a period in history and write your own time-travel story, creatively describing how you would go back in time and change history. You must include the actual date and location of your specific event. More requirement details have been provided on a blue instruction sheet handed out Tue, May 1.
Upcoming: Soldier's Heart, a civil war novel about early form of PTSD.
SOCIAL STUDIES
States and capitals map quiz
Prepare and practice presentations
Take notes on presentations