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For Black History Month, the student is to read a biography about an African American, and then write and present a biography poster on this important historical figure. This biography includes information about the person's life, what led them to their chosen career or purpose, what contributions they made to society, interesting or unique facts about the person, and the student's own reflections about the impact that the person and their contributions have on modern times.

With your partner create a chronicle of the local and national events leading to Lincoln’s assassination, details from the night of the assassination, and the events leading to the arrest of the conspirators. Make sure to involve the name of the newspaper, author(s), headline, and two-three articles explaining the events. The language and appearance of the newspaper must accurately reflect the setting of the novel (i.e., 1865).

Your paragraph must be at least 5 full sentences in length. When writing your one paragraph short answer for the exam, this is what your answer will be graded on:

This writing assignment will be graded only on writing conventions, the mechanics of writing.

• A Quick write answers a question using textual evidence from the text. • A short paragraph response that is well structured. • Provide relevant and complete evidence • Paragraph should include: - A focus statement - At least three pieces of textual evidence - For each piece of evidence, an analysis or explanation: what does this evidence mean? - A concluding sentence wrapping up your point

The students will write a descriptive paragraph on a given topic.

Assessment of a piece of writing with a focus on grammar, punctuation, spelling and sentence structure.

Writing a short story