Current+Assignments

7th Grade First-Marking Period Book Report Project: Amusement Park Project






 * 8th Grade Team Project: The Pact **




 * 8th Grade: **
 * Third Marking Period Symbolism Project **
 * Due Date: Monday, March 14, 2016 **


 * Third Marking Period Writing Assignment: Jonas as the Archetypal Hero **
 * Due Date: Thursday, March 31, 2016 **


 * 7th Grade Written Take-Home Mid-Term Exam Part I: **
 * Case STudy #125: Steve Harmon **
 * Due: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 [NO EXCEPTIONS!!] **




 * 8th Grade Written Take-Home Mid-term Exam Part I: **
 * Mentoring Program: A Case by Case Analysis **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 230%;">The Juvie Three and The Pact **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 230%;">Due: Monday, January 25, 2016 [NO EXCEPTIONS!!!] **

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 230%;">First Marking Period Book Report **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 230%;">Due Friday, October 30, 2015 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 230%;">Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Get Your Newspaper Here! **




 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 230%;">Be sure to adhere to the required format when working on the layout of your newspaper and creating your oral newscast! **

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Culminating Nonfiction Project: European Country Brochure <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Due: Monday, April 6, 2015
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th GRADE: **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">8th GRADE: **

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Unit 3 Writing Prompt: //The Giver:// Jonas as the Archetypal Hero

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px;">Team Utopian Community [Culminating Unit Project]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Due: Multiple Dates



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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th/8th Grade Amusement Park Book Report Project <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Final Essay and Poster due: 10/27/14 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Will count as Writing AND Project/Presentation Grades



<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">2013-2014 <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">8th Grade US States Project [Social Studies Culminating Project] <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th and 8th GRADES <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Picasso Project Research Papers <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">1st paper: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th Grade: Spoken Word <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">8th Grade: Hip Hop <span style="color: #961a1a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">**On May 16th, when Final Drafts are Due of Research Paper #1, each grade will then receive the opposite assignment for Research Paper #2**


 * <span style="color: #961a1a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Checkpoint Deadlines: **
 * <span style="color: #961a1a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">May 5, 2014: ALL notes and citations due in Writing Journals **
 * <span style="color: #961a1a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">May 7, 2014: Outline of paper due on [LLP] **
 * <span style="color: #961a1a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">May 9, 2014: Rough draft of 4-5 paragraph research paper due [Handwritten or typed double space] **
 * <span style="color: #961a1a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">May 16, Final Draft Research Paper #1 due; [Typed, 12-inch Times New Roman font, double spaced] **

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Point & Support Opinion Assignment I **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Step 1: Prewriting Due 2/11/14 8th; 2/12/14 7th **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Step 2: Outline Due 2/13/14 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Step 3: First Draft Due 2/14/14 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Step 4: Rough Draft DUE 2/18/2014 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Step 5: Edit and Revision Final Draft DUE: 2/21/14 **



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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">8th GRADE: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Second Marking Period Symbolism Project **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Due January 24, 2014 **

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th GRADE: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Character Analysis Informational Writing Prompt **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Due: Rough Draft Thursday, January 23, 2014 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Final Draft TBA **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Epitaph Project Due Friday, January 17, 2014 **

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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Mid-Term Project Due Monday, January 13, 2014 **

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 * Weekend of 1/3/14-1/5/14**
 * 7th and 8th Grade Vocabulary**


 * 7th Grade Mid-Term Exam Study Guide**


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">8th Grade: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Slave Diary Writing Assignment #2 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Due Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013 **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Slave Research Paper Alternative #2 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Due Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013 **


 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">7th Grade: **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Narrative Story Writing Assignment #2 **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Due Date Changed to Tuesday, November 12, 2013 **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">7th Grade: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Collection I: Thematic I: Culminating Activity <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">"Out Here on my Own" <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Due Date: Monday, December 9, 2013 ** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">

2013-2014 7th Grade Book Report I Format: It's All About the Narrative Elements







Cycle 2 Weeks 5-6 Informational Writing Prompt

Cycle 1 Character Analysis Writing Assignment Due: Tuesday, November 21, 2012 <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Collection I: Out Here on My Own <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Culminating Thematic Project <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 180%;">Due: Monday, November 19, 2012



<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Cycle 1 Weeks 1-9 Narrative Story <span style="color: #008080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 190%;">Due: Tuesday, November 13, 2012

= Character Epitaph = = Due: Friday, November 9, 2012 =

Election 2012 Scavenger Hunt



<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Interdisciplinary Activity Unit 1 Chapter 1

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">MATH: The World's Longest Rivers Graphing Activity <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Due: ** Social Studies Unit 1 Chapter 1: ** ** MATH Interdisciplinary Project **
 * Objective: **
 * Part **** I. ** Students will interpret data found in “The World’s Ten Longest Rivers” using a graphic aid table and answer 4 math problems (handout p.1) w/ 90% accuracy
 * Part II: ** Given data in a table, students will design a bar graph to display the lengths of the world’s 10 longest rivers and include a title and labels for both the horizontal and vertical axis which should include the names of the 10 rivers and length in increments of 500 kilometers w/ 90% accuracy.