Friday January 4th

 Energy Audit- due Monday 

Residence Energy Audit: Complete the chart for your residence.                                  Name______________________________

Residence Feature	Texas Residence	New York Residence	Your Residence
Heating Source	Oil	Natural gas
Cooling Source	Electricity	Electricity
Insulation	Ceiling	Exterior walls, ceiling
Window Type	10 single pane	5 single pane, 3 double pane
Window Treatment	Reflective film	None
Hot Water Heater	Electric	Natural gas
Appliances	3 high efficiency, 3 not high efficiency	5  high efficiency
Lightbulbs	10 incandescent	3 incandescent, 8 compact flourescent
Nearby Vegetation	Grass	Tall shrubbery, trees
Other

Who provides the electricity to your residence?

What are the sources of that electricity?

Happy Birthday Skyler- celebrate Skyler's birthday due Sunday

Multiple Perspective Story-   Final due Monday
 (SEE BELOW FOR ASSIGNMENT-)

Applebees ticket sales-bring money to school for your tickets or $ as a donation
Tell your friends and family about Tree recycling Sat, Sun- $5 per tree- $8 to have it picked up

Think about a hero or heroine who you would like to read a biography about. Try to find a book- we will go to Belmont next week to check out books too.

Red current event- Monday 7th

Multiple Perspectives Writing                                                Name_______________________

Rough draft due- Friday January 4^th  Final draft due Monday January 7^th

In class we shared stories about our experiences over break.

1. List five possible writing topics below:

We will watch the TED Talks video- The Danger of a Single Story to hear about the importance of multiple perspectives. This idea will be applied to our biography assignment.

You will write two short stories about one of your experiences. Each story will be told from a different perspective.

2. Pick ONE of the above ideas that you will write about:

3. Brainstorm as many details as you can about the experience:

Include as many sensory details and descriptive words as possible:

4. List four different perspectives that the story could be told from:

For example The story of Little Red Riding Hood could be told from any of these perspectives: Red, Grandma, the wolf, the forest, a picture on the wall at grandma's house, Red's basket.....

5.Choose two that you will write from.

You can use this sheet to write your rough drafts on or use your writer's workshop notebook.