Homework -- 2/12

Happy 200th Birthday, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin!

Language Arts Assigned today: Due tomorrow, Friday 2/13, in L.A. journal, draw a sketch of your main character for your short story. If you can, give them their names. (Use colored pencils.) Previously assigned/still due: None Math Reminder: As of Monday, 1/12, everyone must have their own calculator at school, as you cannot borrow one from Jane. Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th and 8th Grades: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due tomorrow, Friday 2/13, read "Cultural Diffusion" handout and answer questions per instructions. Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Friday, 2/13, translate letters in ch. 8 of "Pobre Ana." 8th Grade: Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None

8th Grade Project

• Write something everyday in your journal - except weekends - (it could be a thought, a challenge, a sentence or two, etc.).
• See the list of Tasks you might do over the Winter Break.

Other

Assigned today: Reminder - tomorrow, Friday 2/13, we will be going on a field trip to a Mosque in Springfield. Please come to school dressed appropriately for this setting.

Previously Assigned/still due: If you have not yet done so, return signed permission slip, ASAP, for field trip to mosque in Springfield on Friday 2/13. Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:

• L.A. Journal
• Social Studies handout "Cultural Diffusion" and instruction handout
• 8th graders - handouts on Independent Project, "Tasks You Could do Over Winter Break," and "Sample Journal Entries"
• 7th graders - your copy of "Pobre Ana"