8th Graders: Assignments for Week of Feb 15 - 23

Sat, 2/15        PLAY      Rehearsal 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

                                       Post your flyers on social media and JH Announcements.

                                       Invite your friends and families.

Sun, 2/16        PLAY     Rehearsal 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Mon, 2/17        PLAY    Rehearsal 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Tues, 2/18        PLAY    Rehearsal 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Wed, 2/19         PLAY     Rehearsal 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Thurs, 2/20       PLAY     Rehearsal 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Fri, 2/21            PLAY     Rehearsal 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Sat, 2/22            PLAY     CALL TIME  5:30 pm

Sun, 2/23          P LAY     CALL TIME  12:30 pm

7th graders: Assignment for Week of Feb 17-21

Sat., 2/15        PLAY      Rehearsal 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.

Sun, 2/16        Lit          Write a thesis sentence for your essay.
                                        List 3 points you will use to prove your thesis.
                                        Include an example from the book or a quote for each of your points.

                        PLAY      Email the teachers of the class you plan to visit to promote the play
                                        Arrange a time on Thursday or Friday of next week to visit the class.
                                        Write down the points you will make in your visit.

                                         Post your flyers on social media and JH Announcements.

Mon, 2/17        SCIENCE TRIP

Tues, 2/18        SCIENCE TRIP

Wed, 2/19        SCIENCE TRIP

Thurs, 2/20       PLAY      Check on signs around campus.
                                          Pass out leaflets are carpool.
                                          Post on social media and JH announcements.

                                          Rehearsal 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Fri, 2/21           PLAY       Rehearsal 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

                         SS            Research paper due on Wikipage

Sat, 2/22           PLAY       CALL TIME  5:30 pm

Sun, 2/23          PLAY       CALL TIME  12:30 pm

Mon, 2/24         SS             Presentations due.

8th Graders: Assignments for Week of Feb 10-14

Mon, Feb 10        PLAY           Submit a creative flyer for the play.

                                                  Station X

                                                  Saturday, Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm

                                                  Sunday, Feb 23 @ 2:00 pm

                                                  Black Box Theater

                                                  Tickets: $10 at

https://search.seatyourself.biz/webstore/webstore.html?domain=paideiaschool&event=.

7th Graders: Assignments for Week of Feb. 10-14

Mon, Feb 10        Lit                Read pages 179-198 twice.

                                                 Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

                                                 Bring in 3 points to discuss.

                                     In your journal, discuss one of the following questions:
                                         How is Junior coping with death?
                                         How have you coped with death?
                                         Do different cultures grieve in different ways?

                 SS                Essay revisions due.

                 PLAY           Submit a flyer for the play.
                                      Station X
                                      Saturday, Feb 22 @ 7:30 pm
                                      Sunday, Feb 23 @ 2:00 pm
                                      Black Box Theater
                                      Tickets: $10 at
https://search.seatyourself.biz/webstore/webstore.html?domain=paideiaschool&event=.
                                      

Tues, Feb 11          SS              Notes on sources due on Wikipage.


Wed, Feb 12           Lit             Read pages 199-218 twice.

                                                 Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

                                                 Bring in 3 points to discuss.

                                                 Read the poem “Spirit in Me” by Esther G. Belin.

                                                 In your reading journal:

                         Discuss how the poem relates to the book?

  SS            Work on outline for paper and presentation.

Thurs, Feb 13          SS            Work on outline for paper and presentation.


Fri, Feb 14               Lit           Read pages 219-230 twice.

                                                Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

                                                Bring in 3 points to discuss.

                                                In your journal, discuss the following question:

                                                       How are gender roles presented in the book?

                                 SS          Outline for project due on Wiki.

7th Graders: Assignment for week of Feb 3-7, 2014

           Mon, Feb 3       Lit          Read pages 118-134 twice.

                                                   Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

                                                   Bring in 3 points to discuss.

                                                   In your journal, discuss one of the following topics:

                                                     How does Junior manage to navigate his dual identity?

                                                     Have you ever felt that you had to navigate between two identities?

                        
                                      SS        Five annotated sources for your research project due.

Tues, Feb 4      SS           Take notes on your sources.

Wed, Feb 5      Lit            Read pages 135-151 twice.

                                         Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

                                         Bring in 3 points from the reading you’d like to discuss.

                                         In your reading journal, choose one of the following assignments:

                         Write about a time you felt stereotyped or a time you realized
                            you had stereotyped others.

                         Create an original drawing to illustrate stereotyping.

       
        SS           Take notes on your sources.

             

Thurs, Feb 6      SS           Take notes on your sources.

Fri, Feb 7           Lit            Read pages 152-178 twice.

                                                       Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

                                                       Bring in 3 points from the reading you’d like to discuss.

                                           Read the poem “Endless Search” by Alonzo Lopes.

                                                       In your reading journal:

                             Compare the poem to the book.

        SS           Take notes on your sources.

8th Graders: Assignments for Week of Jan 27 - 31

 Mon, Jan 27      RCG        Watch the youtube video at the link below to gain the necessary
                                           historical background for the Tony Grooms' story, "Negro Progress."
                                           http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCxE6i_SzoQ

                           LIT          Read the Tony Grooms' story, "Negro Progress" twice.
                                           Bring 3 points for discussion.
                                           Be prepared for a quiz.

Tues, Jan. 28       RCG      Read the 3 poems by Tony Grooms.

Wed, Jan 29       RCG        Prepare 5 good questions to ask Tony Grooms.

Fri, Jan 31           RCG       Read "Why I Am a Male Feminist" at this link.

              http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2011/03/why_i_am_a_black_male_feminist.html

                            RCG        Watch the video "A Call to Men" at this link.

                                           http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men.html

7th Graders: Assignment for week of Jan 27 - 31

Mon, Jan 27
         
            Persuasive essay due.

            Go to www.wikispaces.com.  Join the site as a student and set up an account.

            Go to Library for class at 2:15.


Tues, Jan 28

            Read pages 99-117 in ATDPTI twice.

            Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

            Bring in 3 points for discussion.

            In your journal, discuss one of the following topics:

                 How does Penelope's eating disorder reflect oppression in white culture?

                 Rowdy and Gordy both suggest that Junior is racist because he is in love with

                 Penelope.  Why do they say this?  Discuss how white supremacy could be a

                 factor in Junior's internalized "standard of beauty" and influence his romantic

                 desires.

Wed, Jan 29

            Wiki-page set up for research project due.


Thurs, Jan 30

            Read pages 118-134 twice.

            Be prepared for a 5-question reading quiz.

            Bring in 3 points to discuss.

            In your journal, discuss one of the following topics:

                 How does Junior manage to navigate his dual identity?

                 Have you ever felt that you had to navigate between two identities?

       
           Work on finding 5 good sources for your research project.


Fri, Jan 31

            Work on finding 5 good sources for your research project.