World War 2 Children's Books

The Freshman class are preparing children's books for the 4th and 5th graders for their project on World War 2. With World War 2 veterans leaving us everyday I thought it would be an important message to pass on to the younger generation. The students watched Oral history interviews with veterans to research the war, then did outside research and are now preparing children's books. They will make a rough draft and then a final draft and read them as part of their grade. Each student will receive and individual project grade based on the rubric. If you have any questions please let me know.

Criminal Justice Research Paper

The students in Government will be writing a 10 pg research paper. We will be breaking it up into steps. Right now the students are on the first step. Research. Starting today they will begin the next step, organizing and presenting their findings. Here is the assignment for that:

1. Students will choose the 3 topics they were most interested in researching.
2. Students will create an outline for their speech with this structure:
a. Hook or Quote
b. Thesis
c. Road map or over view
d. Explanation of research on 1st topic and findings
e. Explanation of research on 2nd topic and findings
f. Explanation of research on 3rd topic and findings
g. Summation of all research and any connective thread and ideas.

3. Take the information from the Outline and create a presentation.
4. Give a presentation to the class adhering to the rubric.

After this step the students will collect more scholarly research on their topic and critique eachothers research so every students has 7 great sources.

The next step will be outlining, then 1st draft, then 2nd draft. All will be peer reviewed and edited before they will turn in a final draft to me. I believe this process will help the students to understand the writing process and prepare them for college next year. If you have any questions or comments please let me know.