******Extra Credit Opportunity******
"Looking at Lincoln: Political Cartoons from the Civil War Era" a panel display at Shasta Elementary School (Old Shasta), 10446 Red Bluff Rd., Shasta. 10-2 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 or Thursday Feb. 2 from 5-7 p.m. View the entire display and choose one cartoon and comment on the style of the drawing, the words and images used and what you feel they convey on a cursory look AND what the deeper meaning of the cartoon might have been to the people of that era. Due 2/10/12.
Math 65 -
Monday, Feb. 6 - PS 68 evens
Tuesday, Feb. 7 - PS 69 evens
Wednesday, Feb. 8 - PS 70 evens
Thursday, Feb. 9 - Assessment
Friday, Feb. 10 - Investigation 7
Dunaj Language Arts-
Book Report due 2/29/12
Vocabulary work - root word "graph" - creative story due 2/10/12.
Three column activity - due 2/9/12
Quiz on Friday, 2/10/12
Read chapters 5 & 6 in Johnny Tremain for Friday, 2/10/12.
Questions for chapters 5 & 6 due Friday, 2/10/12.
Questions were handed out on paper on Monday, 2/6/12.
Paul Revere poem - edited and typed clean copy attached to original is due Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
Dunaj Social Studies -
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Research Paper - 2/22/12
Allexy Language Arts -
Book Report due 2/29/12
SAT words lesson 3 - due 2/10/12
Read chapters 17-24 in Roughing It- (pp. 111-145) - due 2/14/12
Questions due 2/14/12.
Roughing It – Chapters 17-24 questions
1. Describe Mark Twain’s experience with Salt Lake City prices. How does this label him and his brother “emigrants”?
2. How do you think Twain’s portrayal of the Goshute Indians was received by the readers back home? Why do you think Twain presents Native Americans in this way?
3. Why did Twain tire of the Horace Greeley anecdote?
4. Explain Twain’s use of hyperbole (ultimate exaggeration) in describing the Washoe Zephyr.
5. Give an example of hyperbole in chapter XXII (22)
6. Explain how Twain was duped buying the “Mexican Plug” horse and how he got rid of the horse. How does this fit in with the idea of “emigrants”?
Paul Revere poem re-write - typed copy and original due 2/10/12
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Read chapters 11-15 in Roughing It and answer the following questions in your journal. Questions due 2/7/2012.
Roughing It Chapters 11-15
1. What does Slade reportedly do while he is being hung? Why do you think Slade tries to use this tactic?
2. What literary technique does Mark Twain use to describe the mountains? Give examples of this technique.
3. Relate an example of how Brigham Young re-enforces the image that he is the king in Utah.
4. According to the story told by Johnson, how does Brigham Young feel about polygamy? Give examples to support your answer.
Paul Revere poem re-write - typed copy and original due 2/10/12
Allexy Social Studies -
Signers of the Declaration of Independence Research Paper - 2/22/12
Details
Name: Mrs. Dunaj
Position: Middle School
Subject(s): Language Arts, Social Studies and Math 65
Phone: 247-6933
Email: ldunaj@rsarts.org