Team 7C--Language Arts (Period 1) Assignments

All revisions and late work needs to be turned in by May 16 to guarantee they will be counted. 

Finish reading Acts 4 and 5--and select a scene to act out!

Teenbiz Level Post-Test

LAST TEENBIZ of the YEAR!

Read Act 3 of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Teenbiz: Titus Makes a Splash

BOOK in a BAG Project

Vocabulary List # 4 

EXTRA CREDIT - Enter the GEARUP TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR FUTURE Contest to win an iPad

TOPIC: Why it's important to prepare for college and a career

Write a 30-second public service announcement (called a PSA) which can be produced for television and radio. The script should promote the importance of preparing for college and career in a fun and entertaining way and create a lasting impression in the viewer's minds. The script must be 30 seconds or less (approximately 60-80 words).

The winning students will receive a new iPad and other prizes, and one winner will have their PSA professionally produced into a commercial to air on various Oceanic Time Warner Cable stations in Hawai'i and recorded and aired on selected Clear Channel Hawai'i radio stations.

Judging Criteria:

• Originality and Creativity – 40%
• Career and College Ready Message  – 30%
• Overall appeal and lasting impression – 30%

Prizes: 
One set of prizes for grades 6-8, 9-10, 11-12:

• 1st Prize: – new iPad
• 2nd Prize – Beats by Dr. Dre High Performance headphones
• 3rd Prize – iPod shuffle
• Grand Prize: One script (selected from 1st place winners) will be produced into a radio/television PSA to be aired on Oceanic Time Warner Cable and Clear Channel Hawai'i or neighbor island radio stations.

Entry Rules: 
- Must be a student attending a Hawai'i public school full-time in grades 6-12.
- One entry per person – no duplicate email addresses (required at time of entry)
- Submit a written script online through customized microsite only. No email or mailed entries will be accepted.
- Entry dates: April 1 - 21, 2012            
- For complete rules (download here)

Teenbiz - 1 article, 100%

A Midsummer Night's Dream TEST - Characters from Act 1.1 

THE BLOG 

Teenbiz

1.  Read your SURF book for at least 30 minutes per day.

Vocabulary List #3 TEST

Teenbiz

A Midsummer Night's Dream SUMMARY

TEENBIZ Articles

1. SpongeBob Bad for Learning?
2. A Helping Hand Brings Hope

Passing is 88%; shoot for 100%!

BRING YOUR TABLET to CLASS

1.  TEENBIZ FREE CHOICE

• 3 articles of your choice--with scores of 100%
• Print out your portfolio and highlight scores

      NOTE: Periods 3 and 6 only need ONE article -- because they already got their 100%!

2.  House of the Red Fish THEME Glog

      Use the theme from The House of the Red Fish that you can relate to most:

1. Three supporting details from your life displayed in three DIFFERENT ways (examples: song, photo, drawing, video, symbol)
2. A six word memoir relating this theme in your life
3. A poem tying this theme to your life (your choice of form) - see rubric below
   
4. CITE all music, video, photos, etc. that do not belong to you using MLA format. See link below to Citation Machine

3.  New book for SURFF

• Something that you are reading for the first time
• No books with movies or tv shows
• 150+ pages

Poetry on the BLOG!

Use your assigned vocabulary word in a poem on the blog--your choice of form--but the poem must be about House of the Red Fish.

VOCABULARY TEST
Study for test:
Period 1 - Wednesday
Periods 3, 4, 5, 6 - Thursday

Teenbiz Articles
Please read the articles and complete the activities by Sunday night. AIM for 100% on both!

1. Queen Yu Na
2. Cubes on the Move

TEST on Thursday!
Study the three relationship poems (and poetry vocabulary):

• Scaffolding
• The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be
• Annabel Lee

Relationship Poems Come to LIFE!

Select one of the relationship poems we are working on this week.
Analyze the poem, especially looking for figurative language
Use the imagery from the poem to help you visualize what the poem means to you (make inferences)
Help us to see the poem through your eyes by creating a product:

• Glog
• Video
• Song (put the poem to words)
• Comic Strip
• Painting

You must include in your project:

• The entire poem (we need to read the words)
• For a score of proficient, there must be five identifiable "connections" with the poem (figurative language and inferences).
• For a score of exceeds proficiency, there must be more than five connections and show originality/creativity.
  

POEMS:

"Scaffolding" by Seamus Heaney

Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;

Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.

And yet all this comes down when the job’s done
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.

So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me

Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.

"The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be"
by Nikki Giovanni

the world is not a pleasant place

to be without

someone to hold and be held by



a river would stop

its flow if only

a stream were there

to receive it



an ocean would never laugh

if clouds weren’t there

to kiss her tears



the world is not

a pleasant place to be without

someone

Annabel Lee
 by Edgar Allan Poe
 
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

1.  TEENBIZ - 2 Free Choice!

Read and complete a multitude of Teenbiz articles this week (since you get out at 12:15 p.m. each day!). Select your top two scores!

1. Print out your PORTFOLIO
2. HIGHLIGHT your top two scores
3. Must be dated from 2/13/12 and onwards

2.  Teenbiz Reflection sheet

1. Teenbiz

• "Help Yourself?"
• "Skateboards by Shaun White--Now on Sale!"

Activity only

2. House of the Red Fish

• Read chapters 10-15 this week
• Type or write neatly the answer to this question:

What is the theme in the story so far? Use three details from the story to support your answer. Make sure that one of the details is from chapters 10-15

1.  Portfolio
Bring to class:

• Comparison/Contrast Essay (Freak the Mighty book vs. movie)
• Any reading responses from 2nd and 3rd Qtr.

See attachment below for the standards (if you did not finish copying them in class)
ALL REFLECTIONS DUE MONDAY

2.  Vocabulary Test
Study your vocabulary words from VocabCartoons List #1
BIG HINT: Study the example sentences!

3.  Poetry Test - Lyric Poems about nature

the earth is a living thing
is a black shambling bear
ruffling its wild back and tossing
mountains into the sea
is a black hawk circling
the burying ground circling the bones
picked clean and discarded
is a fish black blind in the belly of water
is a diamond blind in the black belly of coal
is a black and living thing
is a favorite child
of the universe
feel her rolling her hand
in its kinky hair
feel her brushing it clean
--Lucille Clifton

Sleeping in the Forest
I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.

from Sleeping In The Forest by Mary Oliver
© Mary Oliver

GOLD
When Sun paints the desert
with its gold,
I climb the hills.
Wind runs round boulders, ruffles
my hair. I sit on my favorite rock,
lizards for company, a rabbit,
ears stiff in the shade
of a saguaro.
In the wind, we're all
eye to eye.

Sparrow on saguaro watches
rabbit watch us in the gold
of sun setting.
Hawk sails on waves of light, sees
sparrow, rabbit, lizards, me,
our eyes shining,
watching red and purple
    sand rivers stream down the hills.

I stretch my arms wide as the sky
like hawk extends her wings
in all the gold light of this, home.

--Pat Mora

VocabCartoons on the BLOG

1. aloof
2. austere
3. bulwark
4. cacophony
5. cerebral
6. chattel
7. connoisseur
8. expunge
9. incongruous
10. lament

Use your assigned vocabulary word in a perfect sentence on the blog.
New students, you will need a Google or GMail account to post on the blog. See me if you are having trouble BEFORE the due date.

Criteria of a perfect sentence:

1. Use the vocabulary word correctly
2. Seven or more words in the sentence; use CUPS correctly
3. Include figurative language
4. Be about Valentine's Day

Be cerebral!

1. Teenbiz Articles and Activities:

• Dining with Designers
• The Life of a Leader

2. REVISION on:

1.        "The Names" Response
2.         Re-take "The Names" Test
3.        Murphy's Honor (if you scored less than a 3)

• Do on a separate sheet of paper:
• What questions would you ask Michael Murphy if he were alive? Explain why it would be important to answer these questions.

Include in Your Answer:

Finish 10 Frayer Model Templates in your tablet (composition books)
Be ready to fill them in next class.

TEST on "The Names" by Billy Colllins

Included on the test:

• Poetry Vocabulary
• Analysis of "The Names"
• Historical Context

A. TEENBIZ

1. Working Like a Dog
2. No Peanuts Here, Please

Please read the articles and complete the activity by Friday, Jan. 27. Aim for 100%!

B. JUPITERGRADES/Revisions

1. Check Jupitergrades
2. Work on revisions to Historical Response or Glog (figurative language or use of technology)

HISTORICAL RESPONSE (7.3.3) House of the Red Fish by Graham Salisbury
How does knowing the historical events of the time help you to understand the story better? Use three details from the story/videos to support your answer.

House of the Red Fish

1. Read chapters 3 and 4 during SURF and/or Seminar this week
2. Complete a Double Bubble Map comparing and contrasting Billy Davis and Keet Wilson
    Look for SIGNIFICANT similarities and differences

Book Orders Due Jan. 20 (optional)
Order online or through book order.

Class Activation Code: GMLQ9

TEENBIZ
1. Murphy's Honor - Activity + Thought Question
2. A Normal Kid with a Big Voice  (Activity Only)

GLOG!
Create a glog for your Name Acrostic and make it come to life!

YOU MUST FIRST go to the website on your paper.

LOGIN: New Nickname on the paper I gave you
PASSWORD: Your first name, no capitals used.
If your first name has only 4 letters, I used your last name.
If your first and last name have only 4 letters, I used your first and last name with no space as the password.
You may change your password once you get onto the site by going to ACCOUNT SETTINGS.

Doesn't work? UPDATE THE FLASH ON YOUR COMPUTER
Google "update flash" and look for your browser name. Example: "update flash firefox" Make sure the Flash on your computer is updated!

Login to your Glogster account and customize it to your liking! Your nickname MUST include your first name.

Create your first glog. HAVE FUN!

Remember to include these to receive a grade of proficient (3):
1. Your name (5 or more letters)
2. Information about who you are and what you like
3. Figurative language in each line (simile, metaphor, or alliteration)
4. Your picture somewhere in the glog
5. Graphics

If you want an exceeds proficiency score (4), you must also include:
6. Video or audio file (Youtube links will NOT play in school)

Be ready to present it to the class on the Smartboard so we can all get to know you better!

See my sample below:

Name Acrostic

Introduce yourself to the class using your name and figurative language!
1. Include your first name (5 letters minimum)
2. Each line must use figurative language: simile, metaphor, or alliteration
3. Spelling counts

See my sample below:

WINTER INTER Packet

Because of my great love for you, I provided a packet of goodies for your to EXERCISE your brain over the break. We will go right into HSA testing the week after we get back, and I want you to be able to do your best!

1. 5 Teenbiz Articles of your choice dated AFTER Dec. 15. Aim for no less than 100%!
2. Vocabulary review worksheets

Teenbiz Articles:

1. Harry Potter's Latest Adventure
2. Rescue on the Sea

Teenbiz
1. Get Moving, Just a Little Bit
2. Joplin Students Head Back to School

Final Draft Typed - Comparison/Contrast Essay DUE!

DRAFT ONE - whole essay

Draft One - Comparison/Contrast Essay

Printed or written out -- have something to share for elbow group next class!
Have AT LEAST the introduction done:

• Hook
• Introduction of the two things being compared
• Thesis statement

Here's an excerpt from the introduction of "Martha and Roger: Different People, Different Lives":

Did you ever long for a special item of clothing? In “The Scholarship Jacket” by Marta Salinas, Martha wants a jacket that her school awards for good grades. In “Thank You, M'am” by Langston Hughes, Roger wants a pair of blue suede shoes. The characters are about the same age, and it's easy to sympathize with them both because they are struggling to grow up in an unfair world. Martha and Roger are very different characters, however, because they have different reasons for what they want, different ways of trying to get it, and different lives at home.
----------------
Breakdown of the introduction:
HOOK: Did you ever long for a special item of clothing?

INTRODUCTION OF SUBJECTS: In “The Scholarship Jacket” by Marta Salinas, Martha wants a jacket that her school awards for good grades. In “Thank You, M'am” by Langston Hughes, Roger wants a pair of blue suede shoes. The characters are about the same age, and it's easy to sympathize with them both because they are struggling to grow up in an unfair world.

THESIS:  Martha and Roger are very different characters, however, because they have different reasons for what they want, different ways of trying to get it, and different lives at home.

=================================
Can you write more than the introduction? The more you have, the more feedback you'll get and the better your essay will be! We will write more in class as well.

The Akamai Ohana BLOG

Share your preference regarding Freak the Mighty; which did you like better, the book or the movie?  Tell us why and support your answer with three details; at least one from the book and at least one from the movie.

Teenbiz Articles:

1. Tea for Peace
2. Wikipedia: OK to Use?

1. Check Jupitergrades; All LATE work due
2. Add to your T-chart comparing the movie and book

1. Check JupiterGrades
    All missing work due by Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011

2. SURF Book
    Find a new SURF book. Max the Mighty may interest you!
    Look for a book that you will ENJOY reading:

• 150+ pages
• No books that have been made into movies or tv shows
• Something that is NEW to you (not a 5th or 6th grade book)

Teenbiz
1. Stay Out, Snakes
2. Making Strings Sing

Commas in Sentences
Practice use of commas on worksheet started in class.

1. FINISH reading Freak the Mighty

2. Bring in permission form to view movie, The Mighty.

TWO Teenbiz Articles - Free Choice

• Print out Portfolio
• Highlight your top two scores from 11/14/11 and on

BIG BAMBOOCHA QUIZ for BRAINIACS!
Freak the Mighty - Chapters 6-15
Vocabulary (ch. 6-10) + Reading (ch. 11-15)

Be sure to study these words:

1. swilling
2. strutting
3. cretin
   
4. deficiency
5. perspective
6. converging
7. swaggering
8. nanosecond
9. confrontation
10. vegetate
11. archetype
12. microsurgery
13. artifact
14. avarice
15. sucrose
16. incision
17. divulged
18. modification
19. optimum
20. dungarees
21. fealty
22. retrieval
23. damsel
24. distress

The BLOG

Post a perfect sentence (7+ words, correct CUPS) on the blog

• Using assigned vocabulary word
• Must contain one/more literary device:

1. simile
2. metaphor
3. hyperbole
4. personification

VOCABULARY:

1. swilling
2. strutting
3. cretin
   
4. deficiency
5. perspective
6. converging
7. swaggering
8. nanosecond
9. confrontation
10. vegetate
11. archetype
12. microsurgery
13. artifact
14. avarice
15. sucrose
16. incision
17. divulged
18. modification
19. optimum
20. dungarees
21. fealty
22. retrieval
23. damsel
24. distress

Re-test on Freak the Mighty QUIZ Chapters 1-5 (Vocabulary OR Reading Quiz)

• If you scored below proficiency on this quiz, you may take a re-test to show that you understand the content.
• Read over the chapters before testing; it's a different quiz
• Be sure to take the test by Wednesday, Nov. 9.

Freak the Mighty (chapters 6-15)

• Vocabulary/Synonyms Worksheet
• Figurative Language Worksheet

Here is the slideshow we used in the lesson, but you'll have to look the songs up on Youtube if you want to hear them!

Two Teenbiz Articles

You're getting better all the time; remember, nothing grows your brain muscle more like reading!  As always, aim high--100%!

• Shark Fins Off the Table?
• Coming Up: The Wii U

Ensemble Crossword Puzzle

Do your part to help your ensemble succeed! Make sure you do the words you are responsible for!

Vocabulary Practice Worksheet and Study for Test

Be sure to study these words from the list:

1. unvanquished
2. microsecond
3. mainstream
4. fiend
5. hunkering
6. bulkhead
7. propulsion
8. sobriquet
9. postulated
10. quest
11. invincible
12. ignorance
13. sophisticated
14. massive
15. hulking
16. offended
17. abide
18. flinch
19. depleted
20. regurgitate

Freak the Mighty (FTM) - Vocabulary Definitions (Chapters 1-5)

• Split up the words to look up with your ensemble.
• Use the book to find the word
• Use Kevin's dictionary or look up the definition on your own using a dictionary (online or book)
• Be ready to share definitions with your ensemble
  

1. Study for Freak the Mighty Quiz (chapters 1-5)

2. Continue reading in Freak the Mighty (chapters 6-15)

1. Freak the Mighty - Chapters 1-5

• Read the chapters (I dare you to stop only at five!)
• Fill out the Notetaking and Summarizing (see attachment below if you lost yours or want to get started before the sheets are passed out in class)
• Use the Comprehension Check to help you pick out important details (see attachment)
• Enjoy the book!

2. TEENBIZ - 5 articles, your choice

• Read one article per day and complete the activity with at least 88% accuracy
• Print out your PORTFOLIO and highlight the activities you want me to count

TWO Teenbiz Articles:

• "For Sale: Your Stuff!"
• "Fun in Florida"

Please read the articles, and complete the activity by Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.
Strive for 88% or higher!

SLPC REFLECTIONS

Complete the STRENGTH and GROWTH AREA reflections started in class.

If you need the standards and benchmarks, check the attachment below

FINAL DRAFT - Personal Narrative

1. Take a look at the comments I added to your second draft
2. Make one last round of revisions.
3. If you are unsure about a comment or how to make the revision, check the attachment below and/or see me after school.

FINAL DRAFT should be:

• Typed
• Double Spaced
• 12 point Plain Font
• Stapled on TOP of rubric and other drafts
• Clean copy with revisions
• Include engaging title (capitalize the first letter of each word)
  
• Include your name under the title
  

• Dated AFTER Sept. 30, 2011
• Must be new articles (may not use ones assigned by a teacher for ANY class)
• PRINT out your portfolio and HIGHLIGHT your scores

$1 for Freak the Mighty, by Rodman Philbrick
If you want your own personal copy of the book, order one for just $1.
Class copies are not allowed to go home

BOOK ORDERS
Since Borders is now closed, you can get books through Scholastic and support our class library.

Order two ways:

• From the flyer
• Online (every online order gives our class a free book)
• Details in letter below (CLASS CODE: GMLQ9)
  

Orders due by September 28 (online and in class)
Please make checks out to Scholastic Books

DRAFT TWO DUE (Clean copy with revisions made)
     Turn in (organized from top to bottom):

1. Draft 2
   
2. Draft 1
3. Tree Map
4. Circle/Brace Map

Check JUPITERGRADES
All LATE WORK and REVISIONS DUE

Personal Narrative - DRAFT ONE DUE

• Typed
• 12 pt. PLAIN font (Helvetica, Times, Arial, etc.)
• DOUBLE spaced
• 3 page maximum
  

1. Tree Map - Plot of your narrative

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action
• Resolution

2. Two Teenbiz Articles of YOUR CHOICE

1. Read the article of your choice
   
2. Do the Activity - must score 75% or higher
3. PRINT OUT YOUR PORTFOLIO and HIGHLIGHT the two activities you want me to count.
   

Question:  Can you do more than two and select your best scores?
Answer: YES! That's what an intelligent person would do!

Circle Map
Brainstorm dramatic events in your life

Brace Map
Select one of the events and construct a brace map with the following information:

            > Characters > Details
Events   > Setting       > Details
             > Action        > Details

1. Study for Mid-Quarter Assessment (Notes in your composition book):

• Stages of Plot
• Identifying Conflict

2.  Study for Vocabulary WORD PARTS Test #3

TEST - "Seventh Grade"
To prepare for the test:

• Re-read the story
• Identify the stages of plot in the story
• Victor's internal and external conflicts

Internal/External Conflict Chart
What are your internal and external conflicts?
Scoring:
4 = 5+ internal, 5+ external
3 = 4 internal, 4 external
2 = 3 internal, 3 external
1 = less than 3

Somebody Wanted But So Chart for "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto

Use the link below to re-read the story

September 11 Timed Writing

• Log in to Teenbiz to find the Timed Writing Assignment.
• Take a good look at the RUBRIC before starting the timed writing
• You will have only 45 minutes to complete the assignment

Be sure to read the Teenbiz Article, "What was 9/11?" before you do the timed writing.
Use a tree map to help you organize your ideas into an essay.

Teenbiz Articles

• "What was 9/11?"
• "The Prom Must Go On"
  

Please read these articles and complete the activities by Friday.

1. Inferences Worksheet
2. Plot Stages Worksheet
3. FINISH SURF BOOK

TEENBIZ Articles

• "No More Chocolate Milk?!"
• "Should Ronald McDonald Stay or Go?"

We love FOOD!
Read these two articles about food and decide what your stance is on both issues.

Should we get rid of chocolate milk?
Should we replace Ronald McDonald?

Please read both articles and then complete the activities by Monday, Sept. 5.

Grades on JupiterGrades will be as follows (MMS Guidelines):
4 = 100%
3 = 88%
2 = 75%
1 = 63%
0 = 50% or less

Be sure to REFER TO THE ARTICLE make sure your answers are correct!

1.  Bring 2 file folders to class

2. SURF Tree Map
Create a tree map like the one we did in class for your SURF novel.
The top of the map should include:

• Title of book
• Author's name

The branches should include:

• Setting
• Characters
• External conflict
• Internal conflict
  

  Keep reading your SURF book!

1. THE BLOG
Write one perfect sentence using your vocabulary word. The topic of the sentence is seventh grade.

Reminders:

1. hyper-
2. -logy
3. magna, magni
4. man, manu
5. metr, meter
6. multi-
7. ped
8. phon, phone
9. post-
10. pre-
    

Here's how it works:

1. Each person will be assigned one vocabulary word part from the list in class.
2. Write a sentence (seven words or longer) that uses the word correctly and post it to this blog.
3. We will correct the sentences in class the next day and for each sentence that is correct (usage as well as punctuation), the class gets an extra point. Each post will also score a point.
4. Students who DO NOT do a sentence will affect the score as each period's score will be a percentage of how many sentences are correct.
5. At the end of the week, the class with the highest score will get a grace note!

Reminders:

• Be sure to HAVE YOUR FIRST or LAST NAME as part of your identity.
• Be sure to POST in the CORRECT CLASS.
• The sentence must be about SEVENTH GRADE
  

2. STUDY for Vocabulary TEST

Character Bubble Map

• Complete a bubble map to describe the PROTAGONIST in your SURF novel.
• See the sample below to refresh your memory (you may also print out a bubble map to write on).
• Maps may be handwritten or done on a computer (use Powerpoint)
• Use ADJECTIVES to describe your protagonist
• Record page number and direct quote in your frame of reference

Scoring:
4 = 6 or more adjectives + frame of reference
3 = 5 adjectives + frame of reference
2 = 4 adjectives + frame of reference
1 = 3 or less adjectives and/or no frame of reference

1. THE BLOG
We're trying a new competition between classes based on this week's vocabulary list:

1. anti-
2. aqua or aque
3. aster or astro
4. audi
5. auto-
6. contra- or contro-
7. dict
8. extra
9. geo
10. graph

Here's how it works:

1. Each person will be assigned one vocabulary word part from the list in class.
2. Write a sentence (seven words or longer) that uses the word correctly and post it to this blog.
3. We will correct the sentences in class the next day and for each sentence that is correct (usage as well as punctuation), the class gets an extra point. Each post will also score a point.
4. Students who DO NOT do a sentence will affect the score as each period's score will be a percentage of how many sentences are correct.
5. At the end of the month, the class with the highest score will get a grace note!

Reminders:

• Be sure to HAVE YOUR FIRST or LAST NAME as part of your identity.
• Be sure to POST in the CORRECT CLASS.

2.  Bring a tablet to next class

3.  VOCABULARY TEST on our 10 word parts.

Lost your quiz? Print another one below.


3. Bring your Word Part Vocabulary Worksheets to class.

PROMPT: Do you believe that intelligence is fixed or can grow? Why? Please use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Be sure to include your ABC:
A:  Answer the question
B:  Back it up with a quote from the article (tell which article and write a one sentence summary of that article)
C: Comment or Connection made to the quote to support your answer

1. Partner Scrapbook Nametag
   Decorate the blank side of the index card using cutouts (from magazines, colored paper, or other pictures) to introduce us to your partner. It should include the following:

• Partner's name (BIG)
  
• Partner's Interests/Hobbies
• BE COLORFUL

2. Grow your brain: read your SURF book for 30 minutes everyday.

3.  Login to JupiterGrades.

• Check to see if you have any missing assignments and do them.
• Check to see if there is any assignment that you can re-do better and revise.
• Give yourself a pat on the back if your progress is at a 3 or 4!    

See link to JupiterGrades below:

Pen Pal Letter Reply
Be sure to use the correct format for a friendly letter:

• Address (use the school address: 1289 Mahiole Street, Honolulu HI 96819)
  
• Date
• Greeting with comma
• Paragraphs (new paragraph for each topic)
  
• Closing with a comma
  
• Signature at bottom

Need help? Check out the link below:

This letter will be graded as follows:
Letters that contain all of the above and have

• 5+ paragraphs = Advanced proficiency (4)
• 4 paragraphs = Proficient (3)
• 2 or 3 paragraphs = Approaching (2)
• 1 paragraph = Novice (1)

The letter may be typed or handwritten, but must be signed by hand at the bottom.

Grow your brain: read 30 minutes from your SURF book everyday!

1. Syllabus last page with parent signature
Lost your syllabus? See the attachments below to print out another one.

2. iBook
Create an iBook to introduce yourself to us!
Be sure to have it by your deadline so that you can participate in class.
Each page needs the following elements:
Cover: Your name and a picture/drawing of yourself
Page 2: Your household with picture/drawing
Page 3: Your interests, hobbies, pastimes with picture/drawing
Page 4: Your goals for this school year and life

See attachment for samples (the same Powerpoint I showed in class)

3.  Bring SURF book

• 150+ pages
• Must be new to you (no books you already read in elementary school)
• No movie or tv show books

1.  Pen Pal Letter

• Be sure to have this for next class so you can participate in the fun--we don't want anyone feeling left out!
• Write a letter to meet someone new in our class. It can be typed or handwritten.

2.  BRING A HIGHLIGHTER TO CLASS