It is the start of a new marking period. Students have a very important essay!

The first large grade for the second marking period is the performance task: Students will write an expository essay focusing on the challenges immigrants face and the adjustments immigrants make.

Here are some due dates for each section:

Section 1
Review words for unit 4 vocab (See schedule below.)
 "A Place to Call Home" assignment

Unit 4 Homework
Monday 11/2- Make pictionaries
Tuesday 11/3- Choosing the Right Word
Wednesday 11/4- Synonyms and Antonyms
Thursday 11/5- One Quizlet task

Monday 11/9- Completing the Sentence
Tuesday 11/10- Finish Unit
Wednesday 11/11- One Quizlet task
Thursday 11/12- Test on Unit 4

11/6- By the end of the week, I would like to have read over your rough draft.
11/9 Final draft of the performance task is due using Google Docs.
11/12- Test on Unit 4
Here are the requirements for the Immigrants Performance Task

Sections 2 & 3
By the end of this week, students will understand how to organize the details for the performance task. This week we are doing activities to help them prepare for the essay.
Next week, students will be organizing their details and writing their rough drafts. I expect them to create and share a Google doc with me so I can help them: mrbozhb@gmail.com.
I am thinking the final drafts of the performance task will be due November 16th or so.
Here are the requirements for the Immigrants Performance Task