Due 1/28

Announcements - 

For Valentine's Day, this class will have a TACO TUESDAY party on 2/11!  Let me know if you can bring any of the following.  I'm bringing chicken and beef!

(I'll cross things off here as people sign up!)

-Shredded lettuce

-Sliced olives

-shredded cheese

-Diced tomatoes

-Mild salsa

-guacamole

-tortilla chips

-drinks 1
-drinks 2

-flour tortillas
-cilantro
-dessert item
-dessert item
-anything else I didn't think of that would be yummy with tacos!

OPTIONAL Make Up Day -- Tuesday 2/18 from 12:00-3:00

This will be during our winter break.  It's a totally optional fun day, so there will be NO academic material to make up if you cannot join us!

Science

• OPTIONAL-- If you have a big penny jar at home, you can try the experiment on page 67.  It's the same concept as our in class experiment on Tuesday.  This isn't required!
• Read chapter 18 of your textbook and take notes on any important information.
• Not optional-- Click here and watch the video about Eratosthenes and how he calculated the circumference of the earth.
• We will have a test over chapters 14-18 on 2/4! 

Grammar

• Read through lesson 59.  Complete the practice set ONLY.  Then, click here to check your answers.
• Complete lessons 60, 61, and 62.  After you finish each lesson, click here to check your work.  Put a star beside any questions that you need to review in class!

Literature

• Complete the vocabulary pages given in class for chapters 4-6 and 7-8 BEFORE you read.  Read the directions carefully.
• Read chapters 5-8 and complete these reading comprehension questions.
• If you didn't bring your poster, please bring it to class on Tuesday.
• We will be having a Socratic Seminar in class over chapters 1-8.  You don't need to do anything to prepare for this EXCEPT...  if there is anything in the chapters that you find especially interesting, confusing, or insightful, write them down in your literature notebook to help jog your memory.
• Click here to read a 2015 magazine article about Vladimir Putin.  At the end, you will find questions to help you think critically about the article.  You do NOT have to be an expert on Russian politics to answer these questions.  It's about pulling information from a writing passage, understanding the use of political cartoons, and recognizing how authors of news articles use certain titles and wording to persuade the audience to share their opinion.
• ESSAY--
• In one of the first scenes in the novel, Old Major sings Beasts of England, effectively bringing the animals together under a common purpose.  Throughout the initial struggle against Man, it is a wildly popular and inspirational song. Yet later on, when the animals have successfully conquered the humans, Squealer, "attended by two dogs," announces that Beasts of England had been abolished and "was no longer needed." Why did this happen? (Think about the motivation behind it.) Can you give other examples (in real life) where things that were once help as "sacred" or "necessary" to a common cause was later banished in society?  If you are struggling with examples, I encourage you to ask parents, grandparents, etc. for help!
• Plan out your essay by brainstorming.  This does not have to be a 5+ paragraph essay, but does need at least 2 to fully answer the question.  This is a formal essay and should be proofread/revised before turning in!