Dear Parents,
The students will be working on a team project for the current social studies chapter on the colonies.
All work, for the most part, will be done in class. They will receive an individual and group grade for
this assignment.
We will be viewing excerpts from the PBS production on John Adams during the next few weeks in
addition to covering text material. In literature, will be starting a novel next week titled My Brother Sam
is Dead, which is a historical fiction selection on the Revolutionary War and the various positions taken
by the colonists during this time.
During the first quarter, the students worked on improving sentence structure and will be preparing to
use their skills to begin the process of strong essay writing. Your student has been asked to keep a
section in their binder with the handouts I give them for writing, so please ask to see it. Most writing
assignments will be done at school.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Wood
