Book Club blog

Please post your Book Club group responses. Include all group members name at the top of your post.

Bridge to Terabithia

Write a five paragraph essay responding to the following question. Create a graphic organizer first for your essay, write it in a word document, and post in online. Have you ever been friends with someone who was different from you? In what way were you different from your friend? Did this make it harder for you to form a friendship?

The Snow Day

In your humanities notebook page 113 outline your essay in our 5 paragraph graphic organizer, you will receive a quiz grade for the graphic organizer. (Remember Clouds, squares, circles, watermelon)

Using everything that you have been taught about creating a 5 paragraph essay, create a 5 paragraph essay titled The Snow Day. (draft in Word)

Living during Ancient Egyptian Times

In a 3 paragraph response, choose a job from the Egyptian social pyramid that you think you would have like do. What appeals you about this job? Give a detailed explanation of why you would choose this job over the others.

Greek Myths

Greek myths and legends have been told for thousands of years, and they have survived the ages because they offer much to the reader/viewer/listener ~ entertainment, insight into human nature, and lessons about morality and justice. Myths may appear simple, but they are somewhat like an onion. They have many layers of meaning.

1. Choose one of the myths that you’ve just learned about and write your thoughts about what you believe the meaning is of that particular myth.

5 Paragraph essay

A new student has just walked through the doors of Academy 2, he is joining our community and does not know how to write a 5 paragraph essay. You job is to describe to him, the writing process and how to outline a 5 paragraph essay.

Sumer

Was Sumer a civilization?

Use evidence from the 7 characteristics and your knowledge of Sumer to support your thesis.