Assignments

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26	27 Discussion Question 1: How do you decide when something that you view as unfair is worth fighting for? Explain in one paragraph. 11:59 PM Poem: "Drum Dream Girl" by Margarita Engle 11:59 PM Discussion Question 2: Is it worth following your dreams if it means facing defeat or negative responses? Explain in one paragraph. 11:59 PM	28	29	30	1	2
3	4 Discussion Question 1: What kind of chores are your responsibility? Why do you have chores? If you don't have chores, why not? Does the reward for doing chores ever turn out differently than you expect? 11:59 PM Story - "The Drive-In Movies" by Gary Soto 11:59 PM Discussion Question 3: What makes a strong family? How would you describe the narrator, his siblings, and his mother’s interactions? What do you think of the way Gary Soto describes his family? 11:59 PM Discussion Question 2: What does it mean to be grown up? How does the story describe growing up? In your opinion, is the narrator “grown up”? Explain. 11:59 PM	5	6	7	8	9
10	11 Article: "For Teens, A Good Mood Depends on Good Sleep" 11:59 PM Discussion Question 2: In the article from week 5, the author explains why sleep is so important for teenagers. How does the sleep impact their emotional health and their performance in school? Describe a time when you got too much or too little sleep and how you felt the next day. How does this relate to the main ideas of the article? (answer in complete sentences) 11:59 PM Discussion Question 1: How many hours of sleep do you get a night? Do you think this is enough? What is the perfect amount of sleep for you and why? (Answer in complete sentences) 11:59 PM	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19 Discussion Question 2: In the article, the author describes the chemical reactions involved in making bread. Do you think baking could be considered a type of chemistry (the science of chemical reactions)? Why or why not? Answer in complete sentences. 11:59 PM Discussion Question 1: After reading about how bread is made, are you interested in making your own bread? Why or why not? Answer in complete sentences. 11:59 PM Article: "The Magical Transformation of Bread" by Marcus Woo 11:59 PM	20	21	22	23
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31	1	2 Option 2: "Cinderella" 11:59 PM Option 1: “The Worst Birthday” from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 11:59 PM Discussion Question 2: Based on what you read in Harry Potter or Cinderella, why do some of the characters do bad things? How does the main character overcome a challenge? Is there a moral or message to the story? 11:59 PM Discussion Question 1: Based on what you read in Harry Potter or Cinderella, what does it mean to feel alone? How do these characters react to the feeling of loneliness? What can you learn from the story about how to face loneliness? 11:59 PM	3	4	5	6

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Discussion Question 1: How do you decide when something that you view as unfair is worth fighting for? Explain in one paragraph. 11:59 PM
Poem: "Drum Dream Girl" by Margarita Engle 11:59 PM
Discussion Question 2: Is it worth following your dreams if it means facing defeat or negative responses? Explain in one paragraph. 11:59 PM

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Discussion Question 1: What kind of chores are your responsibility? Why do you have chores? If you don't have chores, why not? Does the reward for doing chores ever turn out differently than you expect? 11:59 PM
Story - "The Drive-In Movies" by Gary Soto 11:59 PM
Discussion Question 3: What makes a strong family? How would you describe the narrator, his siblings, and his mother’s interactions? What do you think of the way Gary Soto describes his family? 11:59 PM
Discussion Question 2: What does it mean to be grown up? How does the story describe growing up? In your opinion, is the narrator “grown up”? Explain. 11:59 PM

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