Presentations
No individual presentations this week because you will be doing your group presentation.
Book Reading
Susanna’s Midnight Ride chapters 5-6
The Reb and the Redcoats chapters 3-4
Book Discussion Question
Write one question that you would want to ask a friend after finishing your assigned reading under the “book” tab.
Opinion Paper
We encourage you to try typing your paper if you haven’t done that yet. Please write at least 5 sentences. Write you name at the top of the page.
This week’s opinion paper topic is:
Describe a time when you saw the hand of God in YOUR life. Or in your family’s life. Did things go exactly how you wanted? How do you know God was watching out for you?
Group Presentations
You will be doing your group presentation in class on Thursday. This week do whatever assignment your group assigned you. Remember your presentation needs to be between 5-8 minutes long. Here are the group assignments and the links to the videos.
Battle of Bunker Hill – Jacob, Holden, Lukas, Caleb
Battle of Saratoga – Ellie, Madeline, Symantha, Faith
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga – Eliza, Thomas, Lydia, Cami
Battle of Yorktown – Rebecca, Marianne, Elizabeth, Isabelle
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Weekly Check-in
Fill out the Check-in sheet. Staple your opinion paper or poem to the check-in sheet.
Optional videos about the Declaration of Independence!
Parody of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
A parody is a when an author is imitating something in a mocking or humorous way. Watch this parody of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Why didn’t George Washington sign the Declaration of Independence?
It may be surprising to find out that George Washington didn’t sign the Declaration of Independence. Why didn’t he sign it? He didn’t sign it because he was commanding the troops of the Continental Army in New York. Here is a reenactment of the signing of Declaration of Independence and George Washington reading the Declaration to his troops.