Homework, Week of April 1st

Friday, April 5th


Reading:
Test on "A Shipment of Mute Fate" was rescheduled to Monday.  There will be questions on vocabulary, comprehension and connection to story.  Examples of questions you will receive are below (in Thursday's HW).

Social Studies: 
During class on Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be working on our India Brochure.  Today, I passed out the rubric and template for how this could be completed.  Feel free to get started on it over the weekend.  One series from NPR that I found particularly interesting:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9252214&ps=rs


Thursday, April 4th

Reading:
Complete the 2 sided worksheet on "A Shipment of Mute Fate".  This is due Friday.

Test on "A Shipment of Mute Fate" is Friday.  There will be questions on vocabulary, comprehension and connection to story.  Examples of questions you will receive:

Question 1: At first, the captain decides not to allow the bushmaster on board.  Why might he think this is a good decision? Do you think it is a good decision?  Explain.

There are 3 other questions similar to question 1.

One of the 3 response questions: Why do you think people tend to enjoy being scared by stories and movies? Give at least two reasons.

Writing:
Your 1000 word story is due Friday!  If you still need to see the image, page down a couple of screens.
This can be hand written or typed.  If it's hand written, make sure it's neat and is on loose-leaf paper.

Wednesday, April 3rd


Social Studies:
Complete worksheet pages 119-120.  This is due Thursday.

Reading:
Test on "A Shipment of Mute Fate" is Friday.  There will be questions on vocabulary, comprehension and connection to story.

Writing:
Your 1000 word story is due Friday!  If you still need to see the image, page down a couple of screens.

** Franklin Calendar **
Both 214 and 216 are having their Franklin Calendar pictures taken Thursday!

214 Students: Please bring in Mittens, Gloves, Scarves, Hats to wear as a prop for your January 2014 Calendar Picture.   If it looks "wintery", wear it!

216 Students: According to what was discussed in class Wednesday, wear blue jeans (or something similar), and a red, white or blue shirt according to the list below:

Amoah, Nadia	Red
Baert, Zoe	White
Branda, Benjamin	Red
Branson, Henry	Blue
Brooks, Nigeria	White
Campbell, Mckennen	Blue
Carrasquillo, Gisella	Red
Conley, Aaron	Blue
Cortez, Abriel	White
Crawford, Sommer	White
Edwards, Asha	Red
Heldt, Taylee	White
Hobbs, Vinison	Red
Hoos, Thomas	Red
Hope, Atieno	White
Irving, Jack	White
King, Maya	Red
Kook, Serra	Blue
Moore, Tamia	Red
Oliver, Jeremy	Red
Pernot, Gabriel	Red
Rolon, Paolo	Blue
Scholle, Thomas	Red
Shoaib, Ana	White
Soto, Niani	White
Space-Sykes, Vanessa-Mari	White
Thomas, Johb	White
Tran, Erin	Red
Villada, Reyna	White
Viruet, Nevaeh	White
Wier, Christopher	Red
Williams, Ronald	White

Monday, April 1st

Social Studies:
If you have not already completed the "Ganesh" worksheet, work on this tonight.  This is due Tuesday.

Writing: 
Your final version of the 1000 word story is due this Friday (April 5th).  The image for the story is below.