Middle School

Here is the rubric for the essay. You will not need to work on it over break but you can. You will have a day in class on Monday and Tuesday when we return from break to type/edit. The final draft will be due February 29th or March 1st. 08 Persuasive Essay Rubric

The debates are over! Arguments have been argued. We’re now going to transform our arguments into a persuasive essay. Attached is a checklist to help you organize your arguments. First, state your position. This is an answer to one of the questions below: 1st Hour – Should it be illegal for people to camp or [...]

For the next few days, we will be preparing for a debate on homelessness, which we will hold in class on Monday and Tuesday. Each class chose a different topic and each student has to prepare arguments in support of one side. The goal here is to go beyond emotional arguments and create ones based [...]

We have begun looking at policies around the country regarding homelessness. Some cities take aggressive actions to cleanse their public areas of homeless people; others take more empathetic means. Students will be preparing for a debate relating to topic of criminalizing the homeless, which will be held on Monday and Tuesday of next week. This [...]

We have begun our unit on homelessness, students have completed their narratives, we had Karen Andrews, board member at the Shelter Association and Honey Creek parent, visit as a guest speaker, and have now begun studying the reasons people are homeless. This assignment asks kids to meld art with facts. Please see below. 04 Why [...]

My apologies for the lack of posts here on the web site. The new format through me off and it seems I was posting to the wrong spot for the last couple of weeks. After doing a peer edit in class, students are to make their final tweaks to their homelessness narrative, which is due [...]

Your homework is to type your homeless narrative into Google docs. We will share these with each other and then use the data to compare with national statistics. To best complete this assignment, you will want to use the checklist in the packet to make sure you have all of the parts. I’ve also included [...]

This week we are wrapping up the written portion of the Building a Dwelling project, which will be done in groups on Monday and Tuesday. I will also be introducing the homelessness unit. The first assignment will be to create a character sketch of a homeless person and describe a day out of his/her life. [...]

02 Building a Dwelling

Instructions