The Home Stretch

We are in the home stretch for Night of the Notables!

Thursday was the due date for rough drafts. After a full weekend of editing rough drafts, I can safely say that everyone has a solid handle on the life and times of their notable person. Most of the papers were well written and only needed editing for grammer, spelling, and typographical errors. All rough drafts that were turned in on time were returned today.

So where are we at?
The final draft of the paper is due on Thursday. Students were asked to print two copies of their final paper. One draft will be attached to their rough drafts and key word outlines and turned in to be assessed. The second copy will be placed in a report folder or stapled neatly in the upper left hand corner of their papers. This will be their presentation copy.

If you're double checking the order, the assessment copy should be in this order from top to bottom:
Checklist, final draft consisting of: cover page, body (introduction, childhood, education, adulthood, career, analysis, conclusion), bibliography, rough draft, key word outlines.

The presentation board is due on Thursday. The board is set up following the guidelines given earlier. The left side is the four trivia facts discussed and done in class. The center has the name in large letters, hand drawn portrait, and timeline. The right side is other information that is useful and helpful. There is a border around the entire board.

Costumes and souvenirs should be brought to school on Tuesday morning.

Night of the Notables is Tuesday night. Students must arrive at 6:00 p.m. The doors will open for guests at 6:30 p.m. You may be thinking, "What am I going to do for 30 minutes while my student is getting ready?" Well, I have a great opportunity for you! Ms. Cantin's fourth graders will be entertaining you in the front hallway. They have been studying Oregon history and will have their wax museum set up. While you're waiting, visit each of the wax figures and push their button to hear their recordings.

At 6:30 the doors will open and you will be invited to start questioning the notable characters. Each character will be wearing a number and your job is to match that number to the list of characters provided. Remember, you only get three questions per character and you can only ask yes/no questions. If you'd like to do some research ahead of time, the list of characters is below! At 7:15 the notable characters will move to their display boards and you'll have the chance to match your answers to the real answers. How many do you think you can identify correctly? Students will be ready to leave WITH their display boards at 8:05.

To celebrate all this hard work, the class would like to have a potluck lunch on Tuesday. We'd like to do a taco bar. If you can send in one of the items below, please comment below so we know what's taken care of. I'll update this list as I hear from people. If you'd like to join us for lunch, you're more than welcome!

Taco Meat - Nadia
Lettuce - Mason
Tomatoes - Ana
Onions - John
Beans - Savannah
Olives - Savannah
Tortillas - Kipp, Kayla
Taco Shells - Sierra
Cheese - Chloe
Sour Cream - Kipp
Salsa - Kipp
Fruit - Shak, Kash
Spanish Rice - Olivia P
Chips and Salsa - Colleen