The Patriot

Good morning and welcome back!  I hope that you had an enjoyable vacation and are ready to get back to work!

*Independent Reading -- please have your independent reading book each day.  If you have not selected a book from the recommended list, then you need to do that for the final six weeks. I will start checking tomorrow.
*No Article of the Week this week
*Persuasive Essay -- At the end of this unit of study, you will be writing a persuasive essay.  Not only will you be expressing your opinion, but you will try to convince others to agree with you and possibly take some action. On the Friday before vacation, we began to think of possible topics for this writing assignment. Please continue thinking about a topic as we approach the time when we will begin to write this essay which will be the last week before vacation.

*We have read " the Speech in the Virginia Convention" and "The Declaration of Independence."  Before we continue with some additional readings from this era, my plan is to view The Patriot, which I feel powerfully conveys the historical context of this era.
Please be attentive as there will be an assignment on this movie.

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading book for tomorrow.