Fourth Nine Weeks:

Sixth Grade

 Sixth grade students are continuing to read towards their 25 book reading goal.  Students will expand from a three-paragraph essay to a five-paragraph essay.  They will work on writing a good thesis statement and including many facts and examples to support their views.  Students are reading Shiloh and Freak the Mighty and discussing these books in groups.  In addition we are practicing the Socratic method and using the Junior Great Books program to read some interesting short stories.

Eighth Grade

Eighth Graders continue to perfect the five paragraph essay and work on diagramming clauses and phrases.  They are reading a novel, Day of Tears.  It is a historical fiction novel that discusses slavery.  Eighth graders will also explore the world of Edgar Allan Poe.  They will be reading several poems and short stories.

Homework:

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During the month of April, students will be learning about the aerodynamics of kites, looking at examples and designing and making their own kite out of recycled materials.  We will have a kite flying day in May witht he whole school.

Handy Links

Tetrakite

Indianapolis Star

Student Publishing

Walsworth Publishing

Oahu Chamber of Commerce

Go Hawaii

The Great Depression Information

Mammoth Cave

Endurance

Fahrenheit 451

Scholastic Biographies

Spelling City--Great Website to practice Vocabulary and Spelling.

Bass Reeves Links:

 Legends of America

The Outlaws

Encyclopoedia of Arkansas

African American History

Diagramming Examples and Details. Questions about diagramming? Need to see and example? Check here. This site has everything you need to know.

Diagramming Tutorial. This is great practice for the basics of sentence diagramming. Try it!

Elements of Literature website. Remember that you will need your username and password to login. You can access most stories in the literature book and submit answers to book questions online.

Daniel A P Murray Collection.

Henry Box Brown -Biographical information.  Refers to the true story in Henry's Freedom Box.

Indiana Department of Education. Contains information about state standards and ISTEP. There are also many other educational resources available here.

Indianapolis Marion County Library. Search the online catalogue for books and use your library card to hold them for faster pick-up. Don’t forget about the many databases that contain information for all kinds of research. You will need your library card number to access this information.

The Owl at Purdue. This website offers valuable information on parenthetical references and works cited entries. It has both APA and MLA styles of documentation,(We use MLA!) as well as general writing guidelines and suggestions.

Edgar Allan Poe Stories

PBS website. Information about Slavery, Abolitionism, Western Expansion and Civil war.

Scholastic Historical Resources

Scholastic website. Information authors, writing and books.

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