FALL BREAK ASSIGNMENTS!!!

Parents and Students,

Please enjoy your break - the following assignments are to be completed over the break.

** 5th grade BOYS /GIRLS are encouraged to keep a journal of their experiences on the Jekyll Island Trip. **

5th grade BOYS:

Read Chapters 9-10 of GW
Read Chapter ONE of Skeleton Man ONLY. Write a short, scary story.
** BONUS** Research the American Revolution and provide five facts of the war upon your return ** 20 BONUS POINTS!!


5th grade GIRLS:

Read Chapters 1 - 3 of Heaven.
Write a short letter to a friend that you haven't talked to or seen in a period of time.
Sacagawea Chapters
Start working on your Sacagawea project that is due on Oct31st.


6th grade GIRLS:
Complete the Esperanza Rising study guide.
Read 1-5 chapters of Standing Against the Wind...

6th grade BOYS:
Read 1 -5 Taking Sides


7th grade GIRLS:
Read the first ten chapters of COPPER SUN.
Answer the following:
1. The very first page, just before chapter one, tells of a slave sale and how it must feel to be fifteen years old, stripped naked, and standing on the auction block. Describe the feelings and fears of the girl being sold. What predictions can the reader make about the girl and the rest of the story?

2. As you first meet Amari, even though she lives in the Africa over two hundred years ago, how is she like many fifteen-year-old girls today? How is she different? What strengths do you find in her family and home life? What negatives do you observe?



7th grade BOYS:
Read first five chapters of "Forged By Fire"

Answer the following questions:

What is the effect of seeing the events of chapter one develop through the eyes of a child? How does this method of telling the story affect the reader's response?

At the end of chapter one, what assumptions or predictions might be made about Gerald? His future? His mother?

Would those predictions be the same if chapter one is read only as a short story that ends with Gerald, curled up behind the sofa, and seeing "colors with his eyes closed?"