In Social Studies next week we will take part in a Socratic seminar.  Have a great weekend.

Social Studies assessment is tomorrow and the LA & Reading homework is listed below.

Writing homework: Today we talked about collecting ideas/themes when planning our memoir writing. Tonight, continue to collect short stories and themes with small moments connecting to that theme. You should write at least 2 pages. See below for example:

Short stories:

-          First time I was on rollers

-          Piano music

-          Mom’s wedding

-          Phone call with my mom

-          Devil’s Lake alone

-          College professor & dream

-          9/11 and school

-          Church- laughing attack

Themes:

Loss

-          Dad

-          Friendship with Amy

-          Grandma

Hard work pays off

-          College/masters

-          IM

-          Kids and follow through

Disappointment

-          ½ marathon and illness

-          House offer fell through

-          Mean 4^th grade teacher

READING HOMEWORK:

1.    What is the gist of the article?

2.    Please infer why companies would care about their employees’ health habits.

3.     Using context clues, what does encroaching mean in paragraph 2. Write a different sentence using encroach/ed/ing.

4.     Find two examples of figurative language usage- be ready to share out.

5.    Rewrite the first sentence in the 5^th paragraph.

6.    What is author intent of the article?

7.    What is your personal opinion about the information in paragraph 3?

We had a chance to share out 1 paragraph of some of our writing thus far with memoirs. The emotions are clear. The thoughtfulness is evident. We will have a Social Studies Ancient Rome quiz on Friday. There is a "16 minute" Language Arts assignment due tomorrow.

Our classroom is alive with stories! We are all looking back and digging for moments that have meant a lot to us- or made us who we are today. Can you name 10 ways that ancient Rome has contributed to current western civilization?

Language Arts homework tonight- continue to work on the "Who am I?" worksheet.

Memoir conversations start on Monday! Looking forward to seeing what wonderful writing will come from all the amazing writers! We will also look at Rome and how it has contributed to modern life.

Memoir writing is coming soon. These are some that I will read short excerpts from in the next couple of weeks. We will finish watching videos tomorrow- they are amazing!