Easter Vacation Assignments/Grammar

Happy Easter Students and Parents,

I hope all of you had a blessed Easter holiday!

The following are the assignments for Easter vacation for grades 6th, 7th, and 8th for Easter Vacation.  

Homework Assignments for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade

6th Grade: Outline and Rough Draft Due on Tuesday

6th grade is working on a Greek Methology essay and presentation that are due on Thursday, May 1st.  Over Easter break students must complete their outline and rough draft for the essay, and be ready for in-class peer editing on Tuesday.  

Here is an example of an outline - (students would need to fill in all the information about their chosen Greek God/Goddess into their own outline.)

Greek God/Goddess Outline

• Introduction
• Hook (focus of the entire essay).
• Background information, or possible statement on topic.
• State thesis statement.
• Include titles and authors of all texts you’ll use as evidence

• Body
• Three paragraphs
• Topic sentences at the beginning of paragraph.
• Examples, details and evidence from information you gathered.
• One paragraph per idea.

• Conclusion
• Briefly restate thesis.
• Hit key points (more than one sentence).
• Finish with a final thought (Use a personal thought without using “I think that…”)

• After completing the outline, transfer your information into a rough draft
• Make sure it is DOUBLE-SPACED!

7th Grade: 1-point perspective artwork due Tuesday

7th Grade is working on 1-point perspective artwork.  The completed artwork is due on Tuesday.  Also, All make-up assignments/quizzes need to be handed in/completed by Tuesday in order to receive credit.  All of the 7th grade students should complete the www.NoRedInk.com assignments online over break.  (See instructions on how to access NoRedInk below)

8th Grade: video/presentation for How-to Essay:

8th grade's how-to essays were due on Thursday, before break.  If you have not turned in your essay, Tuesday is the last day that I am accepting late assignments.  Students should practice and organize their presentations for their how-to assignment, or record their how-to videos that they will be playing for the class.  

Note: Very Important

Please remember, the week we return to school there will be NWEA Testing; therefore, it is important to review any skills/areas that the test results from previous exams have indicated that you need to strengthen.  An area that all middle school students need to work on is grammar.  Therefore, I have provided additional online grammar practice for students. 

• Go to www.noredink.com 
• Create a log in, using your e-mail address and create a password
• Once you are logged in, you will need the class code to get to the assignments/exercises I created.  
• Here are the class codes:
• 6th Grade: xamcww8x
• 7th Grade: hffmx44f
• 8th Grade: ee3ah3fx

• Once you enter the class code, you should be able to access all of the assigned practice
• Please make sure you read/listen to the tutorial before you begin the practice questions!

Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Moussa