Homework
Intermediate - Period 3
• June 11th - research paper outline due
• June 16th - research paper due
• June 17th - District Benchmark Test
• June 18th - works cited page due
• June 18th - 4th quarter final test
• June 21st - End of Year O.W.L. due
Advanced -Periods 1,4,5 & 6
• June 11th - research paper outline due
• June 16th - research paper due
• June 17th - District Benchmark Test
• June 18th - works cited page due
• June 18th - 4th quarter final test
• June 21st - End of Year O.W.L. due
Journalism
• June 11th - 2nd deadline for last issue of the newspaper
• June 15th - 1st deadline for personal paper project
• June 17h - final deadline for last issue of the newspaper
Books of the Week
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Starred Review. Grade 7 Up—This is World War I as never seen before. The story begins the same: on June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated, triggering a sequence of alliances that plunges the world into war. But that is where the similarity ends. This global conflict is between the Clankers, who put their faith in machines, and the Darwinists, whose technology is based on the development of new species.
- School Library Journal
Artemis Fowl#7: Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer
In this seventh adventure in the blockbuster series, an army of fairy space probes have returned to Earth reprogrammed to destroy Atlantis—and only Artemis Fowl can stop them. As he races to save the subaquatic city, the young mastermind must also combat an onslaught of obsessive-compulsive and delusional disorders, both byproducts of prodigious intellect and immense stress at an early age.
Release Date: August 3rd, 2010
Phrases of the Week
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1.foreign phrase: au revoir- [French] goodbye.
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2. idiom: “See you later, alligator” - goodbye; the traditional response is “After a while, crocodile.”
Important Websites
English Language Arts & Journalism
Language Arts: The end is near! We are wrapping up the year with a unit on research and persuasion - a good review before you go to high school. We will also spend a few days reviewing for our quarter four final test. Textbooks will be turned in on Friday, June 18th. Have a safe and happy summer!
Journalism: Our goals for the last few weeks of the school year are to sell and distribute the yearbook and to complete the last issue of the newspaper. You will need to be persistent in order to gather all your information since everyone is feeling a bit lax as the end approaches. Let’s create our best issue yet!
