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Language Arts Due Dates 


4/30 - 5/3 Debates in class

4/30 - Final debate speeches (constructives) due with citations and Bibliography

3/15 - Working on speech with citations and Bibliography

3/4 - 3/12  Note-taking on Resolve: Should Foreign Born Citizen be Able to Run for President.

2/28 - Run-on sentences 1-10; Fixing run-on sentences 1-6

Week of 2/20  and 2/25 - plan and write debate constructives

Week of 2/4 and 2/11 - in class debate preparation

1/30 (LA2) and 1/31(LA1,3) - final personal essay due

1/31 (LA 1,3) -  definitions for unit 4 spelling words and test

2/2 (LA 2) - definitions for unit 4 spelling words and test

1/7 - 1/24 Working on This I Believe personal essay    First draft due: 1/24

1/3 or 1/4 (LA 2) - Finish Values Activity Sheet

12/17-12/21  Working on Poetic Pauses- Final poems due on 12/20 (LA 1,3); 12/21 (LA 2)

12/13 - Unit 6 activities and unit 6 spelling test.  Activities include: category 2, number 5 and category 3, number 3.

Currently working on elements of persuasive essay in class. Practice prompt in class on 12/6 or 12/7.

11/8 -   Final Free Choice for LA 1 and 3; 11/15 - LA 2

DAILY HOMEWORK: draft, revise, edit 1-1.5 hours weekly

10/31 - completed draf of free-choice

10/02 - revised Flash Fiction due date!

9/24 - first draft of Flash Fiction due

9/27 -  final Flash Fiction piece due

Week of 9/10: INTRO TO FLASH FICTION: see purple packet

9/11 (LA 1, 3); 9/12 (LA 2) - Poem-poster with pictures due

9/10 - Final "Where I'm From" poem due.

9/6 -9/7 - Working in class on "Where I'm From" poems. First drafts due

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Studies Due Dates

IMMIGRATION

5/1 - Family history card

5/8 - Chapter 18, section 4 and "An Immigrant's Journey (630-631). Complete take-home quiz.

5/15 - History of the Jewish Famer in Eastern Connecticut. Complete the assignment you choose.

5/21 - Autobiography of your character role for the Ellis Island Simulation.

5/22 - Ellis Island Simulation. Actively participate (in costume) by role playing your character and working with your "family."

5/24 - Handwritten letter on Ellis Island experience.

5/29 - Immigration exam

THE CIVIL WAR

4/5 - Chapter 15, sections 1 and 3- answer assigned questions

4/8 - Chapter 15, section 4  ans terms listed on pink unit overview paper

4/19 - Timeline of the Civil War

4/19 -  Exam

 

 

THE REFORMERS UNIT -

2/22 - Intro- assignments in planners

3/1 - Ch. 12 (section 1 and 2) Identify and explain terms/people; answer the four questions. Termspeople and questions are all on pink unit overview hand-out.

3/6 - Ch 12 (section 3); answer questions 1a, 1b, 2a and 4 on page 430.

3/20 - Movers and Shakers project due

3/22 - Reformers unit exam

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION UNIT

1/23 -  QUIZ on notes from pp. 382-387 (Chap. 11, sec. 1) and the DVD The Industrial Revolution

1/30 - Farm Life to City Life writing assignment  (on back of pink unit overview)

2/8 - Barilla Taylor questions due at the beginning of class.

2/15 -  Midterm exam, including Industrial Revolution unit

1/11 - Essay Challenge sponsored by Rep. Gregory Haddad, 54th District:  If you were State Representative for a day, what law would you make or change?   750-1,000 words

1/16 -  Year in Review Project due at beginning of class. Use pink worksheet for details.

Westward Expansion Unit

All due-dates can be found on the pink unit overview sheet that was passed out on Monday, December 3rd.

12/7 - pretest to test out of three map activity

1212 - Three maps are due at beginning of class

12/19 - Indian Removal reading and assignment due at beginning of class

12/21 - Westward Expansion unit test 

 

American Government Unit

10/31 - chapter 7, section 1 reading guide - turn in typed answers

11/16 - Borka questions due

11/14 - Model Congress

11/28 - write 15 questions and answers to help you study for the next unit test:

11/30 - unit test

 

See pink Unit Overview for entire list of due dates up to 10/19:Unit Test

 

10/10 - American Revolution research and presentation due

10/12 - Boston Trip-  Walk along the Freedom Trail

10/15 - Boston wksht/crossword puzzle due

10/19 - Unit test on Revolution and extra credit (My Brother Sam is Dead assignment)

9/28 - Editorial essay- final due

9 /26 - Editorial essay- rough draft due

9/21 - Read two chapters in My Brother Sam is Dead and highlight British and Colonial terms and points of view

9/14 - Questions from SS text: pp 149 (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 4, 5, 6) and 153 (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 5, 6, 7)

9/10 -  Explorer worksheet; crossword puzzle for extra credit

9/4  - Interest survey (yellow, two pages)