Teacher:	Chris Bryant
	Email:	cbryant@summit-academy.org
	Date Modified:	11/20/2008 12:18 PM
Announcements
Grades Middle School Parents: If your child intends to attend a Catholic High School and will take the Placement Test in December, then email Dr. Elswick (melswick@summit-academy.org) ASAP so that he can write a letter requesting extended time for your child.  The email must specify at which school your child will take the test.  Students take the test at the same school in which they intend to enroll.  During the first week or two during November, Dr. Elswick will send two copies of each letter requesting extended time—1 to the high school and 1 to you.  If you feel that your child does not need extended time, then no action is required.
Reminders
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Math Saxon 87 We did not have Math class today because of the Mountain Top Breakfast!
Literacy
Finish the study guide for Chapter Two of The Giver if you are in Group One (Clay, Nick D. and Patrick P.) Patrick P. you are not doing a research paper. Please focus on your Study Guides! If you are in Group Two (Greg, Maggie, Nick V. and Paul H.) finish your Study Guide for Chapter 20 of To Kill a Mockingbird (if you are in that group). Please turn in your outlines for your research paper. To Kill a Mockingbird Research Project Mr. B’s Literacy Class Much of the setting for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is influenced by the history of our country. In order to better understand the setting of the novel, your assignment is to write a research paper about some aspect of the 1930’s. A list of suggested topics appears below. Please choose the topic that interests you for your project. After you have selected a topic, you will be responsible for a two to three page research paper. However, you will be graded on each step of the writing process along the way. The steps for completion and their due dates follow: a web and/or Venn diagram 10-31 list of resources 11-7 ten note cards with your research 11-14 outline of your paper 11- 21 rough draft of your paper 12- 1 final draft 12- 8 Women of the 1930’s: Pearl S. Buck, Amelia Earhart, Margaret Mitchell and Gertrude Stein Economic Conditions of the 1930’s: Wall Street, President Hoover, the Great Depression and the New Deal The 1933 World’s Fair: new discoveries in communication, transportation, science and technology Movies and Entertainment of the 1930’s: Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Bennie Goodman. Glenn Miller, Bessie Smith, Lena Horn and Judy Garland African Americans and the 1930’: Jim Crow laws, W.B. Dubois, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, Langston Hughes, Bessie Smith, Lena Horn
Science
Social Studies U.S. History Please write two paragraphs explaining the Battles of Lexington and Concord. We will have a test next Tuesday over Chapter 5 “Toward Independence”. Use the week end to go over your Study Guide for the chapter!