Homework Assigned on Friday, December 18, 2009

6th Grade: Finish your independent reading projects by Monday, January 4.
For this project, you are to read a book on any aspect of or any person in ancient history up until 1000 BC. Please no Greeks or Romans if you can avoid it. We will study them in Term III. We will work on the written part of the project after you return to school.


8th Grade: Choose 2 or 3 possible Renaissance era explorers that you would like to research for your Term II paper. Bring your list to school on Monday, January 4 & we will make the final selections.

List of Explorers:
1. Zheng He 2. Al-Idrissi 3. Ibn Battuta 4. Christopher Columbus
5. Ferdinand Magellan 6. Balboa 7. Sir John Hawkins 8. Sir Francis Drake 9. Verrazanno 10. John Cabot 11. Henry Hudson 12. Hernan Cortes 13. Francisco Pizarro 14. Johannes Gutenberg (not an explorer, but made European exploration possible) 15. Dirk Hartog & Willem Janszoon 16. Pedro Alvares Cabral 17. Afonso Albuquerque 18. Bartolome de las Casas
See Ms. Griffin for other explorers

9th Grade: Finish reading Common Sense by Monday, January 4.

The January 4 presenters on "Acts Leading up to the American Revolution" are:
1. William Carter 2. Rory 3.

10th Grade: Finish reading Diary of a Young Girl by Monday, January 4.
There will be a test the 1st week back.

Have a very happy holiday season & a truly wonderful New Year!

Homework Assigned on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009

6V: 15 Plates tectonics test on Wednesday.

6E: 15 Plates tectonics test on Thursday.

9th: Finish reading Common Sense by January 4.

10th: Finish reading Diary of a Young Girl by January 4.

Homework Assigned on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009

6th Grade: Vocabulary & Spelling Test Monday. The words are as follows:

1. Mesopotamia 2. Caribbean 3. floodplain 4. silt 5. arid (as in the climate type) 6. drought 7. currents 8. swell 9. pathetic 10. city-state 11. antipode AND 12. antipodes

8th Grade: Write several diary entries pretending that you are American explorer John L. Stephens, a New York lawyer who "discovered" the ancient Mayan city of Copan in (British) Honduras in 1839 along with his illustrator, Frederick Catherwood. The assignment is to be a minimum of 1 page. There is no 1st draft, only this draft. Describe what you are seeing, your journey, etc.. Remember that no one really knew much about the Maya at that time. It was all speculation, supposition, & guess-work.

Homework Assigned on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009

6th Grade: Vocabulary test on Monday, December 14.

9th Grade: Research & write minimum 1/2-maximum 1 page on your topic in the events leading up to the American Revolution. Cite your sources. Due Friday to hand in & present in class.

Topics & Order of Presentation: Proclamation of 1763 - Alex, The Sugar Act - Ali, The Currency Act - Tyler, The Stamp Act - Molly, The Quartering Act of 1765 - Chris, Patrick's Henry's "If This be Treason" speech - Olivia, Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions - Olivia, The Stamp Act Congress - Josie, The Declaratory Act - Dane, The Townshend Revenue Act - William, Boston Non-Importation Agreement - Sasha, The Boston Massacre - Rory, The Gaspee Affair - Kyle, The Tea Act - Ramy, The Boston Tea Party - Hana, Boston Port Act (an Intolerable Act) - Eben, Administration of Justice Act (an Intolerable Act) - Graham, Massachusetts Government Act (an Intolerable Act), Chestertown Tea Party - Alice

Homework Assigned on Tuesday, December 8, 2009

8th Grade: Think, really think about what life must have been like in the Americas before the Spanish arrived. Possible quiz on Thursday.
Geography make up test during Thursday lunch.

9th Grade: Study for quiz Wed. on reading to date in Common Sense.

10th Grade: See Monday, Dec. 7 homework. Possible quiz Wednesday on reading thus far in Dairy of a Young Girl.

Homework Assigned on Dec. 7, 2009

"December 7, 1941 - a day that shall live in infamy." Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was Roosevelt referring to?


6th Grade: Study for test Tuesday on all 8 minor tectonic plates.
1. Caribbean Plate 2. Cocos Plate 3. Nazca Plate 4. Scotia Plate 5. Juan de Fuca Plate 6. Indian Plate 8. Arabian Plate


10th Grade: Read page 36-57, from October 1, 1942 though Sat, Nov. 28, 1942 entry.

Homework Assigned on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009

6 V: Re-test on last week's vocabulary words on Monday.
1. certain 2. excess 3. latitude 4. longitude 5. parallel 6. meridian 7. Equator 8. Prime Meridian 9. distortion 10. atrocious
Study for 8 minor tectonic plates test on Tuesday.

6E: Study for 8 minor tectonic plates test on Tuesday.

6th Grade vocabulary words for week of December 7: 1. antipode & antipodes 2. Caribbean 3. Mesopotamia 4. floodplain 5. silt 6. arid (as in climate type) 7. drought 8. currents 9. swell 10. pathetic

8th Grade: Final test on types of rocks, Dartmoor, Ingleton Quarry, Yorkshire Dales, etc. Monday.

9th Grade: Read through page 11, Of Monarchy & Hereditary Succession, in Common Sense for Tuesday.

10th Grade: Read through page 36 in Diary of a Young Girl for Monday.

Homework Assigned on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009

9th Grade: Read pages 3-11 in Common Sense. Be prepared for an oral & possibly written quiz on the reading. Due Thursday.

10th Grade: Read Introduction through page 11 in Diary of a Young Girl. Be prepared for an oral & possibly written quiz. Due Thursday.

Homework Assigned on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009

8th: 1. Read pages 38-41. 2. Answer questions 1 p. 39 & 1-2 p. 41. Due Thursday.

9th: 1. Read pages 160-163. 2. Answer questions 1-4 p. 161 & 1, 2, 6, 7, page 163. 3. Quiz on Darfur & Population Change on Wednesday.

10th: Refer to Homework assigned on Monday, Nov 30.