Upcoming Assignments - Reminders and Rubrics.

6th grade

Monday December 2nd: Vocabulary Quiz; Family Tree Project (Follow Rubric) See below

Monday December 9th: Vocabulary Quiz; "How-to" Paper Due.

7th grade:

Monday December 2nd: Vocabulary Quiz; Advantages and Disadvantages Paper

Monday December 9th: Vocabulary Quiz

8th grade:

Monday December 2nd: Vocabulary Quiz; Family Project Due (Follow Rubric) SEE BELOW

Monday December 9th: Vocabulary Quiz; Cause ad Effect Paper Due. Select your own Cause and Effect topic. Follow Instructions from the book - Chapter 3; page 104.

9th/10th grades:

* "Young Goodman Brown" Essay Question Due on December 2nd.

* Informative Essay Due on December 3rd.

* Informative Speech Due on December 9th.

11/12th grades: December 2-6

GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY WEEK:

The Sentences and Its Parts;

Phrases; Part 1

Phrases Part 2.

Using Word Origins

Analyzing Word Parts - Roots

Precision in Language; Denotations and Connotations

********RUBRICS FOR FAMILY TREE PROJECT - 6TH AND 8TH GRADES**********

POWER POINT OR BOARD (YOUR CHOICE)

SIBLINGS CAN WORK TOGETHER

YOUR PROJECT MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

* PICTURES, MAPS, VISUALS!!

* DATES AND PLACES WHERE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS WERE BORN.

* WHEN DID YOUR FAMILY COME TO AMERICA? IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THEN, WHEN AND WHERE DID THEY COME FROM IN THE STATES?

* WHAT ARE SOME OF THE VALUES, TRADITIONS, STORIES THAT YOUR FAMILY HAS TAUGHT YOU?

* HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE FAMILY?