Homework

Due Tue:

1. Read Night preface and foreword (pp. vii to xxi)

2. Complete worksheet for preface and foreword

NightPref&Foreward

Ongoing:

Tue 4/26

• EI new student social/meet and greet at Charlton from 4 to 5:30 (only if you’re attending EI)
• Be ready to run through workshop again; IWP we will run opening assembly with entire 8th grade

Wed 4/27

• Eighth grade Social Justice Teach-In

-Wear purple shirts

-Be here by 8AM to set-up your workshop room and prep for Teach-In day!

Homework

Due Monday 4/25

1. Complete pre-reading packet and questions for ‘Night’ which includes intro to book and handout-due Mon. (no book needed!)
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2. Final SJ scripts turned in for a grade.  Power Point and other relevant material also should be turned in at 8:20 Monday in a.m.!!

3. Any set-up group work needed?  Be prepared!

Ongoing

• Bring in old magazines for Women’s Issues workshop
• SJ Teach-In on Wed. 4-27

We only have THREE DAYS of school until the Teach-In!

Due tomorrow:

Take the feedback you got today on your workshop and rework, revise, revamp your scripts, slideshow, etc.WE MUST SEE ADDITIONS and changes. Some groups have A LOT to do, so don’t delay!

Reminder:

Tomorrow from 1:30 to 3:00 we are seeing a film over at EI about Child Soldiers. You will not have Science or Core.

Happy Passover!  No school on Tuesday!

For Wednesday, April 20:

Teach-In Demonstration Lesson First Thing Wednesday Morning with a Faculty Member

1. REVISE YOUR SCRIPT TO FINAL FORM.

2. Bring in ALL MATERIALS needed to run your workshop (clues, monopoly money, slides, magazines, etc).

Homework:

For Monday 4-18

1. Read chapter 8 in FDR and complete timeline worksheet

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2. Begin rehearing/preparing/getting materials for SJ teach-in workshop; now is the time to be fine tuning things (5 school days left!)

Homework:

1. Read chapter 7 in FDR photo biography and answer 10/18 discussion questions

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2. Complete revision (draft #2) of SJ outline (include Power Point, 1st draft, and all other relevant materials)

Ongoing:

• Tomorrow is ‘poetry in your pocket’ day
• Thu. and Fri. are parent conferences; no classes scheduled
• Today is the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War

Civil War Trust

Homework
Due Wed 4/13

1. Read chapter 7 in FDR photobiography; complete 10/18 of the discussion questions

FDRChap7

2. SJ template/outline revision due (draft #2).  Only 1 per group!

-Include Power Point, video links, blurb, and all other relavent material).

-Attach Draft #1

Ongoing:

• Bring in old magazines and newspapers for Women’s Issues group
• Wed. is ‘poem in your pocket’ day!
• Thu. and Fri. are parent conferences; finish preparing rainbow folders

Homework:

For Monday-

Read chapter 6 in FDR photobiography and complete discussion questions (there are 9 of them)

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Ongoing:

• Remember to bring in old magazines and catalogs for the women’s issues group teach-in
• You will get your SJ scripts back on Monday, where you will need to modify, adapt, and edit based on your comments.
• Spring parent conferences are next Thursday and Friday, the 14th and 15th.  Make sure you bring assignments for your rainbow folder before Wednesday; make sure you have work for EACH subject!

Homework:

Due Friday

1. Chapters 4 and 5 in FDR; be quiz ready!

2. SJ workshop outline and script due at the end of day (you’ll have 45 in class)

-If you’re done, you can e-mail it to Sarah, Momii, and Bobby; only 1 per group

3. Turn in 3 haiku poems, if not already done!

4. Roger and Georgia to recite poems Friday during Core All (10:15-11)

Due Monday

1. Read chapter 6 in FDR and complete reading questions

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Ongoing:

• DISC dance is Friday from 7-9-pm at Grace Church
• Theater workshop is Saturday from 10-4 at Charlton Street
• Bring in old magazines/catalogs that you don’t need for Women’s group

Homework:

For Thursday

1. Type out 3 haiku poems on one page that are all about Middle School (you can use the ones started in Writer’s Workshop)

For Friday

2. Poetry recitations: Georgia and Roger

3. Read FDR chapters 4 and 5; be quiz ready!

4. SJ workshop outline/template/script  (all group members must contribute)

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