Homework for the week of
May 4, 2009

Current Event due 5/5
Geography due 5/8
Crossword/word-search due 5/8
Trivia 5/8

History

We will have a mini unit on the Holocaust this week. We will have a choral reading of , 'I Never Saw Another Butterfly, by Celeste Raspanti. This is a play based on the poetry written by children in Terezin concentration camp. Over 15, 000 Jewish children passed through this camp and only about 100 were still alive when Terezin was liberated at the end of the war. The story is a lesson of hope when there was little reason for hope.
We will learn about Hannah Senesh and her brave attempt to rescue fellow Jews in cooperation with the British.
We will have a review session for the test and an opportunity to complete our notes.
THE FINAL TEST, OPEN NOTES ONLY, WILL BE ON MONDAY, MAY 11TH.

Lit. Skills

We will continue with our novel. We are already in the third section. Students MUST have a personal reflection journal entry for each series of pages we read. They are to create a crossword puzzle with at least 15 clues OR a word-search puzzle with 20 words from our novel.
An answer key must be included. Extra credit work is available and everyone who is lacking in AR points, is encouraged to take advantage of this offer!!!

TRIVIA

Where was the first Neanderthal fossil excavated in 1856? Remember, two paragraphs are needed. Due 5/8

ALL LATE WORK MUST BE TURNED IN THE MAY 15, 2009. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!