I hope your spring break was restful and renewing and you are ready for the very intense and hopefully rewarding last two months of your 8th grade year.

Your first challenge is to write the most awesome research paper you possibly can, based on all the research you did before break. Hopefully the break has given you an opportunity to let that research "soak in" and integrate fully with your own body of knowledge.

Your draft is due on Wednesday, March 28th. Make it as perfect, as compelling, as articulate as you possibly can. We will peer edit the papers in class. You will have an opportunity to rework, correct, refine your papers Wednesday night before turning them in to me on Thursday.