Essay

Homework

Read the essay entitled "Unescorted Prisoners on Public Transportation" and write at least a 5 paragraph essay with additional information that you can get from the federal government website about prisons. This essay contains your personal opinions, there are no right or wrong answers. Paper is due Tuesday December 1.

Pick two newspaper articles and write a three paragraph summary for each and include why you picked the article. Please put the article and summary in your newspaper notebook. Due Tuesday December 1.

Research Topic

Research Topic Paper Criteria

1. 5 pages; cover, 3 pages of text, and work cited
2. MLA format; size 12 font, double spaced, Times Roman font style
3, In text citations; giving credit to originator of ideas
4. Turnitin.com, upload paper before midnight on December 11

Homework

Homework

Please continue working on research topic. Paper is to be submitted no later than December 11.
Get two newspaper articles and write a three paragraph summary for each, include why you picked the article, due Monday, November 23.

Research

Homework

Continue to work on research paper which is due No Later Than, December 11.

Let the Circle be Unbroken

Homework
Review your chapter summaries and character sentences for end of the book test on Let the Circle be Unbroken.
Test on Thursday

Research Paper

Homework

Continue to work on your research topic at your local library or your home computer. You will need to have at least two books as reference (depending on your topic) and at least two websites.
Research Paper due December 11

Newspaper

Homework

Please review two newspaper articles, cut them out and write a three paragraph summary for each. Include in each summary why you picked the article. Due Monday, November 16.
Review the List for Research Topics and pick one to start your research on Monday at the library.

Home

Homework
Read "Home" in Purple Literature Book pages 174-176. Answer all questions on page 177 except for Learning Option # 1. Answer Learning Option # 2, all work due Friday.

Let the Circle be Unbroken

Homework

Finish reading Let the Circle be Unbroken, and write a summary for each remaining chapter, all work is due Thursday November 12.
End of the book test for Let the Circle be Unbroken will be on Thursday November 19.

Power Plus Vocabulary

Homework
Put each vocabulary word for lesson # 4 in a sentence, due Friday.
You will have a vocabulary test on Monday.
Remember to get two newspaper articles and summarize each for Monday as well.

Perseverance

Homework

Write either an essay or a poem about perseverance and what it means to you, to be judged by Mr. MacLeod for reading before the grade 7 Honor Roll Assembly.
Due Wednesday.

Read in the Purple Literature Book "Utzel and His Daughter,Poverty", pages 148 - 152.
Answer all questions on page 153 except for Learning Options 1. Answer Learning Option # 2 in your writing notebook.
Due Thursday.