Assignments :: 10 - 21 December 2007
Our school is collecting socks for neighborhood children, practicing deeds that make us “worthy” of gifts we would like to receive. Students will pay holiday visits, perform skits and read to the people visited.
We are studying the problem of human rights in our texts and the current Darfur genocide.
Tenth-graders are peer-reviewing their research on Jim Crow, the death penalty and racism; they are also reading a text African-American or Hispanic-latino Studies text.
Ninth-graders are writing a personal narrative about a memorable experience. We will also read “The Gift of the Magi.”
Most eighth-graders are recording podcasts and writing wikis about the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Others are finalizing their essays’ works cited pages.
Seventh-graders are reading independent African-American or Hispanic-Latino Studies texts.
Tenth :: Ninth :: Eighth :: Seventh
The schedule of the assignments is available in class or may be downloaded.