Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Parallel Reading Books

You have six books to choose from. Remember to include a reading schedule and an assessment activity in your contract. Contracts should be typed and signed by both student and parent.
The due date for completion of this project is Tuesday, May 6th. Contracts are due NOW!!

Red Scarf Girl, A Memoir o the Cultural Revolution by Ji-Ji Jiang

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

Skeletons on the Zahara : A True Story of Survival by Dean King

Wild Steps of Heaven by Victor Villaseno

Travels of a T-shirt by Pietra Rivoli

Fast Food Nation by Eric Scholosser
Happy reading!!
Mrs. Carley

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

mrs. carley how do u find the doubling time for a country? i found their annual growth rate but i cant find were i wrote down what u said to do to find the doubling time.

Anonymous said...

Doubling time is found by dividing
72 by the population growth rate. In other words, the doubling time for India would be 72 divided by 1.3% which is about 53 years. I think I remember the growth rate correctly. Got it??