Wednesday, October 19, 2011

10/19/11

6th Graders: Complete your Review packet.


 
7th Graders: Current event is due tomorrow.  Please follow the format shown on October 11 and below.  You they may write out your Current Event, based on the article:"Comets Created Earth's Oceans, Study Concludes" at http://www.space.com/13185-comets-water-earth-oceans-source.html.


Current Event format: On a separate piece of paper, each student must write out this information: 1) Title of the article; 2) Author's name; 3) Source of the article; 4) date of the article; and 5) summary in YOUR OWN WORDS including main point of the article and supporting details. You can get up to 10% extra credit for writing out and labeling a Reader / Text Connection in your Current Event.

If you just want to learn some sick facts about fire (but you may not use this for a Current Event), check out "20 Things You Didn't Know About Fire", by LeeAundra Keany, Discover magazine, October 2011 issue; published online October 7, 2011, found at http://discovermagazine.com/2011/oct/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-fire.

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