Homework: Wednesday and Thursday February 19 and 20th

Wednesday, February 19th

We are away on a field trip today.

Novel Study:  Don't prepare your questions and answers tonight, we will work on that in class tomorrow.

Speeches are on Friday!

Lab Reports due today.

Thursday, February 20th

I am at the University of Windsor today with some students, participating in a workshop on Social Justice.  You will have the following:

Math Homework from lesson 8.1  (Squares and Square Roots)

Literacy:  Prepare your questions and answers for tomorrow for novel study.

Speeches are tomorrow!

History Assignment is due THURSDAY, February 27th

Newspaper Article GRADE 8

You will write a newspaper article based on the CONFEDERATION OF CANADA.  

Your article must summarize the process of Confederation.  This means you must include the following:

• Reasons for confederation
• Founding Fathers of Confederation
• Which provinces decided to confederate
• The year of confederation
• The two major confederation conferences
• An explanation of the Constitution, and the reason for it.

Include a cartoon picture drawn by YOU to go with your article.

Example of a newspaper article.

MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE A HEADLINE FOR YOUR NEWSPAPER, SUBTITLES, A CAPTION FOR YOUR GRAPHIC, AND THE ABOVE INFORMATION.

Newspaper Article : Newspaper

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Headline	Article has a headline that captures the reader's attention and accurately describes the content.	Article has a headline that accurately describes the content.	Article has a headline that does not describe the content.	Article is missing headline.
Supporting Details	The details in the article are clear and supportive of the topic.	The details in the article are clear but need to be developed more. Some details may not fit in with the topic.	Most details in the article are clear. Article does not focus on the topic well.	The details article are neither clear nor related to the topic.
Who, What, When, Where & How	Article adequately addresses the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and how).	The article is missing one of the 5 W's.	The article is missing 2 of the 5 W's.	The article is missing 3 or more of the 5 W's.
Lead Sentence	Lead sentence grabs the reader's attention and focuses the reader on the topic.	Lead sentence tells most important details.	Lead sentence is not clearly connected to the article.	There is no clear lead sentence in the article.
Spelling and Grammar	No spelling or grammar errors.	No more than a couple of spelling or grammar errors.	No more than 3 spelling or grammar errors.	Several spelling or grammar errors.

Newspaper Article GRADE 7

You will write a newspaper article based on LIFE IN NEW FRANCE.  

Your article must summarize life in New France.  This means you must include the following:

• Slavery in New France.
• Social Life on the Seigneury
• Religion on the Seigneury
• Law and Order in New France
• Transportation in New France

Include a cartoon picture drawn by YOU to go with your article.

MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE A HEADLINE FOR YOUR NEWSPAPER, SUBTITLES, A CAPTION FOR YOUR GRAPHIC, AND THE ABOVE INFORMATION.

Newspaper Article : Newspaper

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Headline	Article has a headline that captures the reader's attention and accurately describes the content.	Article has a headline that accurately describes the content.	Article has a headline that does not describe the content.	Article is missing headline.
Supporting Details	The details in the article are clear and supportive of the topic.	The details in the article are clear but need to be developed more. Some details may not fit in with the topic.	Most details in the article are clear. Article does not focus on the topic well.	The details article are neither clear nor related to the topic.
Who, What, When, Where & How	Article adequately addresses the 5 W's (who, what, when, where and how).	The article is missing one of the 5 W's.	The article is missing 2 of the 5 W's.	The article is missing 3 or more of the 5 W's.
Lead Sentence	Lead sentence grabs the reader's attention and focuses the reader on the topic.	Lead sentence tells most important details.	Lead sentence is not clearly connected to the article.	There is no clear lead sentence in the article.
Spelling and Grammar	No spelling or grammar errors.	No more than a couple of spelling or grammar errors.	No more than 3 spelling or grammar errors.	Several spelling or grammar errors.