Period 1 Assignments

ROMEO and JULIET: The FINAL Performance 

See LA Pushout for sample

Create a COLOR poster of your character (computer generated or neatly drawn by hand) and label four areas:

• Head: your character's thoughts

• Heart: your character's desires

• Arms: your character's actions

• Legs: your character's obstacles

 

1. Use your laptops to put their scripts together. The sample is taped to the Smartboard and also in the LA PUSHOUT folder.
2. In each Acting Company, create one document and share it with all members and Mrs. Nagaji.
3. Create a table, 3x20 (three columns, 20 rows--you can add or delete rows as you need to). Title them: Characters, Lines, Notes
4. Cut and paste from the No Fear Shakespeare website. Check to be sure that all lines are there.
5. Then one person from each acting company will print out a copy for each person using the classroom computers.
6. Once each person has their script, you can cast parts and start cutting lines.
7. Highlighters and colored pens can be used  to mark up the scripts so each actor knows their lines.
8. Practice reading the lines through.

Be sure to comment in the correct period!

 

 

Please be sure to have your earbuds in Advisory; you will NEED them for SBAC testing.

You may revise your essay only if you received a grade on a completed essay.

Incompletes may not be revised.

Fill in the last column of the graphic organizer with your thoughts and observations from the play. 

1. "Kodak: The Picture Isn't Clear"

2. "I Am Malala"

 

NOTE: If you did these articles for Free Choice Last week, do two other 100% articles this week.

 

Finish reading Acts 4 & 5 MODERN VERSION

Read ACTS 2 & 3 - MODERN VERSION

 

Read through and leave comments on at least FOUR F451 Projects

 

and

 

at least FOUR Poetic Memoirs

 

 

Read the MODERN VERSION of Act 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

We're headed to SBAC; please do ALL parts of the lesson:

1. Pre- and Post- Reading Polls

2. Article

3. Activity

4. Thought Question

 

Aim for 100% and a complete answer on the thought question!

Turn in from and money to your Advisory Teacher

All late assignments due in March with late letter (handwritten 1/2 page with parent signature) or Grace note. Grade will dropped one.

 

1. Do reflection on TEAM BLOG. Be complete in your answer.  http://teamonipaa.edublogs.org/

2. Reading Response (in class)

Articles assigned by other teachers do not count!

Big Island Poetic Memoir published on CLASS BLOG 

1. AT HOME, go to vocaroo.com
2. Record your voice by clicking on the "Click to Record" button
3. Listen to the recording, and if you like it, copy the link in the "SHARING" box
4. Go to your Google Presentation, and add a text box on the slide with your poem.
5. Type "_______ reads" with your name in the blank.
6. Highlight the phrase and add a hyperlink to it by pasting the link from Vocaroo.
7. Check on your class blog to see if it works.

1. Launch Garageband and start a NEW PROJECT
2. Choose "Voice"
3. Save As "Poetic Memoir" on your DESKTOP, and click on CREATE
4. Select Male or Female Basic
5. Make sure you are in a quiet place and click on the RED record button on the bottom of the window
6. Read the poem and then click on STOP (the square button)
7. Play it back to see if you like it; if not, delete and record again until satisfied
8. Edit by finding where you want to delete and move the playhead to the spot.
9. In EDIT, select "Split", then click on the part you want to delete
10. SHARE selecting "Export Song to Disk"
11. Find the file on your desktop. It should be an m4v file.
12. Go to the Vocaroo.com website and click on "Or upload?"
13. Click to upload and find your file on the desktop.
14. In the SHARE box, click on the link (not the embed code)
15. Go to your Google Presentation, and add a text box on the slide with your poem.
16. Type "_______ reads" with your name in the blank.
17. Highlight the phrase and add a hyperlink to it by pasting the link from Vocaroo.
18. Check on your class blog to see if it works.

1. Follow steps above to record your voice reciting your poem and getting a link on vocaroo.com
2. Go to your class blog and click on EDIT
3. Type "_______ reads" with your name in the blank on the post.
4. Highlight the phrase and add a hyperlink to it by pasting the link from Vocaroo.
5. Check on your class blog to see if it works.

 

Use pictures and/or symbols to show what the prologue is about.

Select one of the 10 options or if you have another idea, let me know

If you are working with others, start planning NOW!

 

 

1. Create ONE slide in Google that includes a thank you letter and a picture and share it with me. I will put the slides together to share with the corresponding parties. Need pictures? Check here. 

 

2. If you went on the Big Island Trip, the thank you letter needs to be written to the presenters at UH Hilo/STEM Pre-Academy--please include:

OR, if you did not go on the trip, your letter has to be to your teacher in charge:

3. The letter needs to contain the following:

4. Want the EXCEED(4)? Include a Vocaroo link along with ALL of the criteria above! 

 

DUE BY WEDNESDAY, Mar. 25; NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED

 

 

Theme: "Our Kupuna"

Winners will be published in the Honolulu Star Advertiser's special Keiki Day Edition on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. Winners will also receive over $100 in cash and prizes!

 

All entries need complete information on the back:

 

If you want to watch the videos again to enhance your notes, you can watch them from HOME:

• Video clip “Do Athletes Face Unnecessary Parent Pressure?” Video from KCRA.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqypa_oNQVI
• Video clip "Notebook: Kids and Sports" Video from CBS news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV-WqlorsBM
• Video clip "Report: Pressure on Teen Athletes Soars" Video from WCPO, Cincinnati,
Ohio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p_9jUEz7AE
• Video clip "Sports: How Much Is Too Much?" Video from KCRA.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrP68OD355w video projection

 

Only one Teenbiz this week, but please do the ACTIVITY and THOUGHT QUESTION.

 

Video shown in class: http://youtu.be/VIeBrcP38cw

 See more of Mo'ne Davis: http://youtu.be/9q_PF3YyZsQ

 

READ and STUDY before coming in to re-take the test.

Highest score possible = 2

Chapter 2 Test "The Sieve and the Sand"

Read pp. 111-129

 

See if you can beat me!

Selfie Poem STEP 2 (hehehe!)

Add YOUR VOICE reading your selfie poem to your post!

See sample on the TEAM ONIPA'A BLOG

Use http://vocaroo.com/

There are two ways to do this.

 

 

 

 

1. "A Day for Remembering"

2."Teens Save a Hero's Story"

 

Your target: 100%!!!

See Mrs. Nagaji for pass

Please be sure to answer the question and provide a quote from each piece to support your answer. Cite the sources correctly using TLQC!

 To meet competition requirements:
1. Select a poem to READ, written by an African American Poet from the Past (Nonliving
Poet).
2. Present 5 important facts about your selected poet.
3. Provide a copy of the poem along with completed application.

 

 

 

 

Use the picture we took in class (or your picture wearing your uniform)

Write a poem about: 

Be sure to include at least three different figurative language elements to be proficient:

To exceed, write a poem that used an extended metaphor plus three other elements.

 

If you write your poem on the picture, make sure that it is readable.

You can use Presentation or a single picture to publish your poem on your CLASS BLOG.

Read pages 42-68

Be ready for quiz!

Tutorial on Wednesdays, at lunch

REMINDER: Students, we are headed to high school in six months! To help you prepare for this big transition, grading policies will be adjusted to better match what you can expect in high school. 1. Strive to turn everything in ON TIME. MOST teachers in high school DO NOT accept late work AT ALL.
2. Late work will still require a late letter, and the grade will be dropped one grade.
3. After one week, late work will no longer be accepted (unless there is an exceptional reason such as illness).
4. STUDY for tests! Use study guides and READ the assigned texts.
5. When given the opportunity to REVISE, do so to help show your new understanding.
6. When given the opportunity to RE-TEST, study and take the test again.
7. Take advantage of tutorials if you need help. ELA Tutorial is on Tues./Thurs. after school, or Wed. during lunch for F451. You CAN do it! Some of you are already there and ready to go, others need to step it up!
Always display ONIPA'A,
Mrs. Nagaji

Read pp. 21-42

Look for plot, conflict, characters traits, and figurative language!

Read pp. 1-20

Be ready for Quiz

Use the Reader's Guide and Character Chart in your LA Pushout folder

 

Lose your Close Reading sheet of pages 1-4? Click on the link below and print out another one.

"Harrison Bergeron" vs. Harrison Bergeron

 

How does “Harrison Bergeron” convey the conflict between the needs or ideals of society and the realities of individuals? Be sure to:

• Provide examples from the text and use at least one direct quotation to support your ideas.

• • The reader is stunned by Harrison’s dramatic death scene, yet Harrison’s parents hardly react. When George realizes Hazel has been crying, he simply says, “‘Forget sad things’” (Vonnegut 6).

• Include a reference to utopia and dystopia.

• Use active voice unless you choose passive voice for a certain effect.

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Watch this to help you with in text citations:

 

FINAL DRAFT DUE

 

1. Two Teenbiz 100% Activities

2. Springboard  Unit 2, Activity 2.3 (pp. 100-108) Online*

*Not able to complete this online? Be sure to take the pages out of your Springboard book!

 

"What defines a hero?"

 

 

RE-TEST: When My Name Was Keoko ch. 26-32 + Author's Note

1. Test will include chapters 21-32, including Author's Note
2. Be sure to study literary terminology as well; different types of characters, different types of conflict, plot stages, etc.
3. Highest possible score: 3

 

*significant comment = a comment that contains:

 

 

We AIM for 100%

Prompt on the bottom of pg. 79 DUE ONLINE

Be sure to include:

 

 

3. Publish your learning on your CLASS BLOG so that others can learn from you!

To Upload your PRESENTATION to your CLASS BLOG

1. In Presentation, select FILE > Publish to the Web . . .
2. Select “Start Publishing”
3. Find “Get a link to the published document”
4. Go to “Embed code” and COPY the code
5. Go to your CLASS BLOG
6. Create a New Post
7. Title it and add your name(s)
8. Be sure to select the TEXT tab
9. Paste the embed code in the box
10. Select the Category and PUBLISH (do not preview)

Be sure to close read before you re-test.

Highest possible score = 3

 

You should have finished it in class, but if you didn't, get to it!

Read chapters 21-25

When My Name Was Keoko - Mini Inquiry Project - Part 2

Research your top choice of inquiry topic

Use HANDWRITTEN Cornell Notes to collect evidence that supports your inquiry

Ch. 16-20

TEST on Chapters 13-20

Dated 11/10-11/16

Read chapters 13-15

Remember to look for topics of inquiry!

 

 

We started this in class and have been working on it for WEEKS.

If you did not finish p. 73 in the time allotted in class, be sure to complete it by Thurs., Nov. 13, 2014 ONLINE.

Chapters 7-12

Read and enjoy! Quiz?

Your choice of article; may not use articles assigned by other teachers.

 

 

Read ch. 1-6

Quiz??? What do you think?

NOTE: Articles from other classes do not count.

1.  Revision of Teenbiz Thought Question: "A Promise to Keep"

     (copy it from Teenbiz and drop it into a new GOOGLE DOCUMENT,

      then revise.) Title it:  4 Last, First name - TB Revision  

      and then SHARE it with me. Highest grade possible: 3

 

     (print out ACTIVITIES, highlight titles and scores that are late,

      write letter on back).

 

3.  SLPC Slides with LATE LETTER

     (Labeled: 3 Last, First name - SLPC LA Slides)

Punctuation - No late work accepted!

Punctuation - No late work accepted!

"Goodbye to an American Hero"

"Three People Who Changed the World"

 

See LA Pushout

TP-CASTT "O Captain, My Captain"

 

"To Keep the Promise"

We continue to look to history to find unsung heroes. Read this article to find out more, then complete the Activity. Strive for 100% by referring back to the article. Then do the Thought Question, which requires you to write a summary. Remember to include the 5 Ws!

We will be working on these in class. Selected CC Standards are posted here:

 

Here are sample slides (do NOT copy the reflections--I WILL know because I wrote them)

 

To save you from re-typing everything, here is the template for each slide. 

 

Period 1 - Slides 6-9

Period 2 - Slides 10-13

Period 3 - Slides 14-17

Period 4 - Slides 18-21

Period 6 - Slides 26-29

 

CTE/PE Standards:  Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III

 

SCIENCE Standards HERE:

 

 

 

1. Teenbiz - Two 100% Activities (dated from Oct. 4-12)

2. Christmas Card for a Veteran

1. "Say Thank You to Heroes"

2. "A Hero? Yes."

 

 

Go to edu.glogster.com and start your own glog on YOUR PEER RELATIONSHIPS!

 

REQUIREMENTS: http://goo.gl/mdshu2

Also in your LA PUSHOUT folder

 

LATE WORK - Turn it in by Wednesday to guarantee that I will have time to look at it. Anything after Wednesday--no guarantee that it will count.

 

TEENBIZ 

1. "Hero of the Hoops" - Activity and THOUGHT QUESTION

2. "A Hero Has His Day" - Activity only

 

STRIVE for 100% on the activity; be sure to re-check for criteria on the thought question

 

Include in Your Answer:

 

If you are interested in helping to build our class library, while increasing your own book collection (either book or ebook), check out the Scholastic Book Orders.

 

Forms are available in class and online:

 

Our class code is MW4K6 if you login. The link above is directly attached to our class account.

 

Mahalo!

 

TYPES of CHARACTERS:

Please BRING NOTEBOOK to class

In your LAPushout Folder:

 

1. In Google Drive, look in your LA PUSHOUT folder for "Comparing Books and Movies"

2. Make a COPY of the file, and RENAME IT: 

         Period Last Name, First name - Comparing Books and Movies

         5 Nagaji, Kathy - Comparing Books and Movies

 

3.  Then SHARE it with knagaji (allow me to comment)

4.  Fill in Part 1 & 2 as you watch the movie and/or afterwards

 

Take your re-test by Friday, Sept. 19, 2014

See me if you need a pass to take the test in the morning or during lunch. No passes are needed after school.

 

See your ENG8 Folder in Google Drive for the editable document, and the requirements and criteria (also posted below):

 

PART 2

Using these facts you’ve collected above, refer back to the instruction guide pdf, and start writing your newspaper article, being sure to follow and include ELEMENTS of a NEWSPAPER ARTICLE.

PART 3

Run your article through turnitin.com to check for errors, plagiarism, etc.

PART 4

1. Take your text and use PAGES on your laptop, or an online template  to create an authentic looking front page.  Keep in mind the setting when naming your newspaper, and the ads/extra that accompany your article. Google Drive has some templates here: http://goo.gl/Nm3TcK

1. You may use photos that are copyright free; visit Creative Commons or use Google’s Research Tool to find copyright free images. NO IMAGES FROM THE MOVIE MAY BE USED, as they are copyright protected.

If you uses photos that are copyrighted, you MUST cite them correctly using MLA format on a BIBLIOGRAPHY page. Use this website to help you:

http://goo.gl/r1QEcc

Example:

The correct citation for this picture is:

Dwyer, Michael. St. Ignatius' Church. Digital image. National Register. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2014.

1. BLANK SPACE on your page? Use ads and/or write short articles that would be fitting for the SETTING of the story. Think 1960s, the time period when the book took place. HAVE FUN WITH IT! If you do use original ads, please be sure to cite them in your bibliography using the link above.

 

 

Distributed in class on 9/8/14

Lose yours? Print out your own below.

FINISH the BOOK! 

Be ready for TEST

Article writing complete

After Friday, any missing work turns to a zero grade and will NOT be accepted.

1. The Comic Kid

2. Three War Heroes

 

AIM for PERFECTION by referring to the article!

Please do all five parts:

1. Pre-reading Poll
2. Read the article
3. After-reading Poll
4. Activity
5. Thought Question

• Highest score = Proficient (3)
• Get a pass to take re-test before school or lunch
• After school, no pass needed

Read and be ready for CLOSE READING TEST

I will check!

If you need to reset your password, see your advisory teacher or me.

On the TEAM ONIPA'A Blog, answer the question for your class:

"Who is your hero and why?"

Read chapters 5 & 6 of The Outsiders

• Leave a positive comment for each person in your ensemble.
• For a grade that exceeds proficiency, post 4 or more comments for different members of your class.

Cash (exact payment) or check (made payable to Moanalua Middle School).

• Read chapters 1 and 2 in The Outsiders.
• BRING NOTEBOOK (Composition book)

1. Post a picture with caption on your class blog.

Remember, the caption should include three extraordinary adjectives!

 

 

Username = same as Teenbiz WITHOUT the dot

ex: kathy.nagaji = kathynagaji

Password = same as Teenbiz

 

2. Your need to have an avatar on your profile. You may use any image that is a photo, drawing, or symbol IF it is appropriate. Please no weapons, drugs, alcohol, profanity, inappropriate/suggestive images.