Homework - Week of January 7th

Friday, January 11th

Writing:

Continue working on your first draft of your "1000 words" story.  The first draft is due Monday.
Ideally, the first draft will be hand written.  Page down one screen to see the image that should be included in your story.

On Monday, we are going to conduct peer editing and class critiques.  

Thursday, January 10th

Reading:

"Too Soon a Woman" test Friday.  There will be comprehension and vocabulary questions.   In addition, to better prepare, please answer the following questions from the test:

1) How does the story's title, "Too Soon a Woman," help to express the story's theme?

2) Why do you think Pa decides to marry Mary?  Support your answer.

3) Do you think it is harder to be a grown-up or to be a child? Explain your answer.

Writing:

Continue working on your first draft of your "1000 words" story.  We will review some of the papers in class Friday.  The first draft is due Monday.  The image that should be included in your story: 

Tuesday, January 8th

Reading: 
"Too Soon a Woman" worksheet pages 53-54.  This includes the diary entry on p. 54.

Social Studies:
Quiz in Chapter 5, Section 2 Wednesday.
Key question: How did Aristotle's idea of government differ from Plato's?

There will be 4 additional questions on the quiz.  If you have good notes and understand the content, you should be just fine.