Please follow all the directions on your assigned project and follow the schedule on the research packet. This is the only homework you have until then. So dedicate plenty of time to show me that my birdies are flying:-)Dazzle me with a a great presentation/project!
Remember, this is comprehensive for the unit so you must study and use Middle Ages I terms, ideas, places, people etc in your response to the essential questions. There is no new homework this weekend, so get started.
Complete the first side. If you complete the first side, you can get bonus points by completing the back reading, but only if side one is done (with the flow chart is side 1)
Make sure all parts of your debate are complete and ready for tomorrow. Study and practice. Have a conversation with people at home so you are more comfortable speaking about the debate.
Please be sure to complete hw listed on your debate prep packet by annotating and completing the chart as discussed and modeled in class today. This is part of your individual research grade. Due Monday Debate 1: Thursday March 14; Debate 2: Friday March 15. Be sure to get dressed up on the day of your debate!
Make sure all members have written down the work they need to do each night to complete. If you are using technology, make sure it is tested by Monday or you will not be permitted to use it.
Plan accordingly, do this on the nights you are not working on your paper. So for example, if you did not conference with me today, then tonight is a good night to the hw on Japan as you have nothing else to work on. If you did conference with me today, then do this on Wednesday night because you will have handed in your paper at that point, and so on. Remember time management is your key to success and a less overwhelming world:-)
BEFORE class in which your essay is due, make sure you staple your materials in the following order or it will be marked late: on top rubric, final draft, conference draft, peer edit sheet/ peer edit draft. (Remember I am conferencing with other students and we do not have time for delay, thank you)
1. Due tomorrow: Complete typed 5 paragraph draft with revisions to interior paragraphs (must bring in a hard copy).2. Due Monday Feb 11: Typed and edited draft with "peer editing" changes. You MUST have this draft in order to have your conference with me. Make sue you come prepared with specific questions and specific areas to target. If you signed up for a conference, please make sure you attend.
Follow directions on the handout. You must come in with a hard copy tomorrow, if your printer or computer does not work than hand write it or come in to media center before school to print
You will turn your research that you prepared for the debate into a 6 paragraph essay format that you learned in ELA. It must be typed and single spaced.
Tonight: Please make sure you are working the "Plan of Attack" and "Anticipating Their Assault" sheet (found on tab on the left under "World Conference" these sheets should be complete for Tuesday and make sure each group member comes in with a copy of the group's debate argument outline so that you can practice. Go big or go home:-)
Please bring in $5 cash to purchase your scrapbook and paper for your time travel treasures. Scrapbooks are available for purchase in my room before or after school. There is NO other purchase necessary for this assignment.
You are cordially invited to hire the new Caesar, all attendees will earn 3 bonus points and toga wearers will earn an additional 2 points. Come save Rome from the brink of destruction by voting for the best Caesar!!!!
Please work on your appropriate assignment. 1. Editors: Editorials due Saturday midnight (look at rubric bottom of "Home" page 2. Publicists: Final postcard due beginning of period Monday attach rubric (please make sure you look at the rubric to ensure that you are meeting all requirements)
Use the sheet I gave out in class (also located on the tab on the right) to clean out your binder according to my directions. Remember this does NOT mean you throw out your old notes, please place them in a folder and bring that folder to school to place in the filing cabinet.
Tomorrow you will perform your newscast. Make sure everyone is ready with props, script (make sure all group members have their own copy) and practice.You need to submit one from the group in order: Rubric for newscast, group planning guide and script, all stapled together please before class.
Quiz on Ancient Greece Next week, Test Dec 4, Study Tool due by Dec3, Extra optional Review session Monday Dec 3 7:45amTwo type of study tools, do whichever you like best or a combo (you got the regular questions in class) Click on the bolded title for the graphic organizer.
Complete the "the Law and Order" section and complete the river valley station you finished today. So if you finished "self expression" station today then finish that on the review sheet. Due tomorrow. Please report to your regular classes tomorrow.
Please complete the following TWO sections of the review guide: the geography section (using your geography slide guide/geography hw) and the learning station that you finished with your group. Please make sure you provide a thesis that links them all together and specific examples from your stations and geography notes.
Your folder must include (full names and period on all sheets): a. Impact of Farming 2. Comparative geography slide guide 3. River Valley Geography hw 4. Review sheet 5. Self Expression sheet 6. Knowledge & Learning/Religious Expression sheet 7. Herstory/Law&Order sheet
Please only complete the HERSTORY side of the sheet (NOT Law and Order). Use the Herstory documents found on my navigator on my left to complete. Only read the parts indicated. As discussed in class, you are looking at the history of women in the River valleys. If it seems like it is taking you an enormous amount of time (because it should not), STOP, and come in to see me so I can help you.
Please complete BOTH sides of the sheet using the textbook pages listed and the maps of the river valley on my navigator at the leftDue tomorrow. Please look at the model of China on the back of the sheet.
This will also help in preparation for the test. Read/listen one night, and then respond the next. (click on my wiki on side navigator bar) Important note: You should write your responses in a word processing program like "Word" first. Save it to the program and then post it to the Wiki. This way if you were to lose the internet or accidentally refresh the page, you will not lose all your hard work:-)
1. Please start your response with a thesis (at the very least flip the question).2. Details/terms must be included with explanation. 3. Specific examples should be included in all responses.Please remember that this is a tool to help you prepare and study for assessment that requires thinking (you know bigger brains and organization! Ha! couldn't resist) beyond memorization. With each revision you make, you are processing and studying. And of course, if you need more assistance, I am here for you. Don't forget to sign up for the study sessions next week. Please see your child's progress on my gradebook (it is not a grade but done with checks" to indicate effort/progress) and encourage them to study and come to a study group session.
Interim due dates: Please have completed Question #3 with appropriate terms ONLY for tomorrow as you worked on this in class last week. Question #2: Should be completed for Friday.Then finish the rest and tweak for Oct Oct 16.
Please use the handout and the directions on my wiki to complete this assignment Due Wednesday at midnight. Link to wiki is on the navigator at the left.
Please follow the directions on the attached sheet and download. Remember this is not a major assignment. This is just for you to be aware of the issues and to write down a few key bullet points from the candidates. You only need to watch TWO for 1/2 hour, any half an hour you want. Remember you can dvr it or watch on internet if you are not available. Debates are Oct 3, 11, 16, and 22.
Use the navigator to link to MY Wiki and use your username and password from Mrs. Lang. If you don't have Mrs. Lang, then I will give you a user name and password. Make sure you join my wiki and try it by Monday Oct. 1
Please finish doing your analysis of the artifacts/fossils that your team found during their dig today. Please use the models provided and our discussion in class to help you. Use your Super sized Becoming Human sheet, and "What is it that makes us human" computer activity sheets to do the BEST analysis possible. Due tomorrow (only for the ones that you and your group dug today)
Use textbook to complete BOTH sides of work sheet (read directions carefully on back only completing questions 1-5 and Figure1, Figure 2-5 will be done in CLASS) The Goal is NOT to fill the entire sheet, we will also use this sheet for notes in class. So be NEAT. You are to use pencil to get as much information that is available in the text. Due Friday
Please complete Both parts, BUT only do ONE EXAMPLE for each instead of two as in my model. So you are only doing a total of 5 examples instead of 10. So just do ONE candidate but not the same one for each. Due Friday. Handwritten on the sheet. Use the Resource link on navigator for web sites.
