September 25, 2013

9-12 English  : For Thursday: Write a paragraph on Achebe's connection to the Ibo and their desire for independence. Include a response to #question #7, p. 71
    9-12 American Government 
Study Guide 2.2
  Gustavus poster presentation - past due
Angoon poster due

6-8 English Literature

Due Thursday:  Complete test skills questions 1-4, p. 69

Write one stanza of "The Highwayman" and illustrate it

Memorize one stanza of "The Highwayman"

 

Late:

Question #6 on page 68

 

World Geography -
Chapter 2, Define key terms, p. 17

Late:  Read pages 6-8 in Junior Scholastic and write down 5 bullet points about the most important information
Do map questions 1-10 on page 9

   

Writing - 

Thursday: Minimum 6 line poem about change

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Robert Frost

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold,

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day
Nothing gold can stay.

 

  Complete prompt for Wednesday

Choose one of these prompts and write 1/2 page : 6th grade, 3/4 page 7th grade, 1 page - 8th grade

New writing prompts

21. What would you do if you were locked inside your favorite department store overnight?
22. What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible?
23. What would you do if you were able to communicate with animals?
26. What would you do if someone just gave you $1 million?

Late: Type up your paper on A Day to Remember or a Day to Forget