Bell-Ringer: Individual Reading and Reading Log
Fluency Practice
Inner Voices and Research
Read-Aloud, if time.
Don't forget that the Writers' Conference will be held during B4. Bring your invitation, pen or pencil, and paper (a notebook).
Friday, March 25, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
New Term! Our reading class rotation will end on April 8.
Today your PowerPoint presentations are due at the beginning of class. We will be sharing them in class today.
Students filled out a chart while viewing others' presentations.
Individual Reading time and fill out reading log -- at the end of class.
Today your PowerPoint presentations are due at the beginning of class. We will be sharing them in class today.
Students filled out a chart while viewing others' presentations.
Individual Reading time and fill out reading log -- at the end of class.
Monday, March 21, 2011
AFJH Young Writers' Conference
This is a yearly event, held for students who enjoy writing and want to become better at doing it. Our guest speaker this year is Jessica Day George, nationally published author, and very entertaining speaker. We will meet during B4 on March 31 in the Media Center.
You will need an invitation to attend, so see your English or Creative Writing Teacher if you are interested.
You will need an invitation to attend, so see your English or Creative Writing Teacher if you are interested.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Today is the last day of Term 3.
Bell-Ringer: Individual reading and reading log
Fluency practice
Wednesday: I was just able to arrange for us to use the computer lab for part of the day today.
Hooray!
Your PowerPoint is due on March 29 at the beginning of class. We will be showing them that day.
Your Website evaluations were due on the 21st. Make sure you have created a bibliography entry for each of the sites you will use and that you have a bibiliography slide on your PowerPoint.
This rotation ends on April 8.
Bell-Ringer: Individual reading and reading log
Fluency practice
Wednesday: I was just able to arrange for us to use the computer lab for part of the day today.
Hooray!
Your PowerPoint is due on March 29 at the beginning of class. We will be showing them that day.
Your Website evaluations were due on the 21st. Make sure you have created a bibliography entry for each of the sites you will use and that you have a bibiliography slide on your PowerPoint.
This rotation ends on April 8.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Bell-Ringer: Individual reading and reading log
Computer Lab 223 Create your PowerPoint (and further research if needed). Your website evaluations should have all been turned in last time.
Computer Lab 223 Create your PowerPoint (and further research if needed). Your website evaluations should have all been turned in last time.
Your PowerPoint is due on the 29th, and we will not be in the lab again until that day.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Bell-Ringer: Individual reading and reading log
Computer Lab 223
B2 2nd semester 2nd rotation --
http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Computer Lab 223
B2 2nd semester 2nd rotation --
http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Your Website evaluations are due today. Make sure you have created a bibliography entry for each of the sites you will use.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Bell-Ringer: Individual Reading and Reading Log
Computer lab to work on Website Evaluations and then Research and Bibliography
For each site (URL) complete the website evaluation, then complete your research and bibliography page.
B2 2nd semester 2nd rotation --
http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Bell-Ringer: Individual Reading and Reading Log
Computer lab to work on Website Evaluations and then Research and Bibliography
For each site (URL) complete the website evaluation, then complete your research and bibliography page.
B2 2nd semester 2nd rotation --
http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Website evaluations are due March 21.
Your PowerPoints are due March 29.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
March 14, 2011
Bell-Ringer: Individual Reading Time and Reading Log
Computer Lab 223
Research
1. Reject the unreliable or unhelpful.
2. Record on Web Evaluations
and
3. Make bibliography Entries.
For practice creating a citation:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-ice-skaters.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana_Baiul
http://www.bibme.org/
Computer Lab 223
Research
1. Reject the unreliable or unhelpful.
2. Record on Web Evaluations
and
3. Make bibliography Entries.
For practice creating a citation:
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/famous-ice-skaters.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oksana_Baiul
http://www.bibme.org/
Website evaluations are due March 21.
Your PowerPoints are due March 29.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Ten Famous People Who Were Expelled From School
Carl Andrews at Onlinecollegesanduniversities.net shared this link with me. I think you might enjoy it. But don't you get yourself expelled from school!
http://www.onlinecollegesanduniversities.net/blog/2011/10-famous-people-who-were-expelled-from-school/
http://www.onlinecollegesanduniversities.net/blog/2011/10-famous-people-who-were-expelled-from-school/
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
When we get into the Computer Lab, go to http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Follow the directions on the front page.
Individual Reading Time -- shortened?
Computer Lab:
Select Celebrity
Begin Research
B2 2nd semester 2nd rotation --
http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Follow the directions on the front page.
Individual Reading Time -- shortened?
Computer Lab:
Select Celebrity
Begin Research
B2 2nd semester 2nd rotation --
http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Website evaluations are due March 21.
Your PowerPoints are due March 29.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Some Possibilities for Celebrities
Suggestions for famous people to research on the Internet
You DO NOT have to use someone from this list.
Your “celebrity” needs to be widely known.
You may research a person who is no longer living if he or she is listed with these teacher recommendations. Also, no promises, but you may be able to talk other teachers into some extra credit if you do a great job on your PowerPoint!
You may research a person who is no longer living if he or she is listed with these teacher recommendations. Also, no promises, but you may be able to talk other teachers into some extra credit if you do a great job on your PowerPoint!
Some of the Celebrities other students have chosen:
Hawk, Chase
Allen, Tim
Brees, Drew
Clarkson, Kelly
Depp, Johnny
Dyrdek, Rob
Gates, Bill
Hamm, Morgan
Hamm, Paul
Hanks, Tom
Hasselhof, David
James, LeBron
Jordan, Michael
Lautner, Taylor
Pastrana, Travis
Pattinson
Peterson, Adrian
Robert
Robinson, Denard
Smith, Will
Spielberg, Steven
Swift, Taylor
Tatum, Channing
Underwood, Carrie
Think of singers, sports stars, actors and actresses, people who are famous in government, scientists, explorers, other sorts of leaders, etc.
You may research a person who is no longer living if he or she is listed with these teacher recommendations. Also, no promises, but you may be able to talk other teachers into some extra credit if you do a great job on your PowerPoint!
English Department
Authors
Gary Paulsen
J.K. Rowling
Brandon Mull
Suzanne Collins
S.E. Hinton
Scott Westerfeld
Agatha Christie
Stephenie Meyer
Christopher Paolini
Meg Cabot
Darren Shan
Avi
Lois Lowry
Eoin Colfer
Robin McKinley
Holly Black
R.L. Stine
Cornelia Funk
Will Hobbs
Joan Bauer
Gary Soto
John Ritter
Judy Blume
Richard Peck
Karen Hesse
Ally Condie (local -- Matched)
Garth Nix
Caroline Cooney
Chris Crowe (local)
Walter Dean Myers
Scott O'Dell
Louis Sachar
Ouida Sebestyen
Wilson Rawls (Where the Red Fern Grows, Summer of the Monkeys)
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Explorer: Shackleton, Ernest
Theater / Drama
Ms. Hansen suggests
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
Arthur Miller
Mark Twain
John Steinbeck
Thornton Wilder
Agatha Christie
Sophocles
Euripides
Contemporary Theater (suggestions from Ms. Dorsey and Ms. Hansen) -- I haven't yet checked all of these for availability and appropriateness of information.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Michael Crawford (the Phantom)
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine and Broadway!)
Idina Menzel (Wicked, Enchanted)
Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked, Pushing Daisies, many others)
Audra McDonald (Ragtime, amazing Broadway star who came to Utah last summer to perform at the Hale Center Theater)
Donny Osmond (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, sang with the Mormon Tab. Choir for a Christmas album/program)
From the Math Department:
The links below have modern mathematicians and historically significant mathematicians.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0192505.html
http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm
From Mr. Thornton:
Any classical composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, etc.) and also Guido de Arezzo (he was a monk who changed the history of music almost 1000 yrs. ago). Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, The Beetles, Elvis, Frank Sonatra, Ella Fitgerald, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Glen Miller, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson, The King Singers and U2 are some 20th century musicians that have had a great effect on music.
From Mrs. Wettstein:
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Ms. Hansen suggests
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
Arthur Miller
Mark Twain
John Steinbeck
Thornton Wilder
Agatha Christie
Sophocles
Euripides
Contemporary Theater (suggestions from Ms. Dorsey and Ms. Hansen) -- I haven't yet checked all of these for availability and appropriateness of information.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Michael Crawford (the Phantom)
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine and Broadway!)
Idina Menzel (Wicked, Enchanted)
Kristen Chenoweth (Wicked, Pushing Daisies, many others)
Audra McDonald (Ragtime, amazing Broadway star who came to Utah last summer to perform at the Hale Center Theater)
Donny Osmond (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, sang with the Mormon Tab. Choir for a Christmas album/program)
From the Math Department:
The links below have modern mathematicians and historically significant mathematicians.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0192505.html
http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm
From Mr. Thornton:
Any classical composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, etc.) and also Guido de Arezzo (he was a monk who changed the history of music almost 1000 yrs. ago). Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, The Beetles, Elvis, Frank Sonatra, Ella Fitgerald, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Glen Miller, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson, The King Singers and U2 are some 20th century musicians that have had a great effect on music.
From Mrs. Wettstein:
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Ginger Rogers
From the Media Center, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Bird:
We have "Biography Today" a series which would be a great resource for your students if you would like to use a print source. [Students, you could even look through the series to find famous people you'd be interested in.]
From Mrs. Hansen in the front office:
Try the Wild West Era, such as Billy the Kid
History/Social Studies Department
Mr. Wright suggests
Elizabeth the First
Marco Polo
Magellan
John Smith
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Marion
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Lewis and Clark
Andrew Jackson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Joshua Chamberlain
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Mr. Aiman (Technology) suggests:
From the Media Center, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Bird:
We have "Biography Today" a series which would be a great resource for your students if you would like to use a print source. [Students, you could even look through the series to find famous people you'd be interested in.]
From Mrs. Hansen in the front office:
Try the Wild West Era, such as Billy the Kid
History/Social Studies Department
Mr. Wright suggests
Elizabeth the First
Marco Polo
Magellan
John Smith
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Paul Revere
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Francis Marion
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Lewis and Clark
Andrew Jackson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Joshua Chamberlain
U.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Mr. Aiman (Technology) suggests:
Henry Ford (Moving assembly line)
Andrew Carnegie (Started US Steel, Carnegie Hall)
Jack St. Clair Kilby (Semiconductor)
John Deere (Plow)
James Watt (Steam Engine)
Rudolf Diesel (Diesel Engine)
Eli Whitney (Cotton gin)
Do not use:
| Bynes, Amanda |
| Cyrus, Miley |
| Dunham, Jeff |
| Eminem |
| Ice T |
| Lohan, Lindsey |
| Spears, Britney |
| Foxx, Megan |
| Cook, Dane |
| |
While doing research, we want to avoid inappropriate material, so don’t choose someone wildly scandalous or for whom there would be many “embarrassing” pictures or pieces of information.
New Book Coming Out March 15! Brandon Mull
 | by Brandon Mull Release Date: March 15 Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he's ever seen. In the past, the people of Lyrian welcomed visitors from the Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose to power. The brave resistors who opposed the emperor have been bought off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece together the word of power that can destroy the emperor, and learn that their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without heroes. Review from GoodReads 3 points extra credit if you can tell me what book is coming out March 15. |
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Bring your thumb drive next time.
Bell-Ringer:
Reading Strategies
Asking Questions: What's Reliable?
What can I believe?
Primary and Secondary (Play "Telephone") (Due Dates) -- 2 columns
Selecting Celebrities
Website Evaluations
Computer Dates (Tentative)
March 8 -- Lab 223 --
March 15 -- Lab 223
March 17-- Lab 212
Class Wiki: http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Bell-Ringer:
Reading Strategies
Asking Questions: What's Reliable?
What can I believe?
Primary and Secondary (Play "Telephone") (Due Dates) -- 2 columns
Selecting Celebrities
Website Evaluations
Computer Dates (Tentative)
March 8 -- Lab 223 --
March 15 -- Lab 223
March 17-- Lab 212
March 21-- Lab 223 All Website Evaluations Due
March 23 -- Lab 223 March 29 -- Lab 223 Present your PowerPoints
April 4 -- Lab 223Class Wiki: http://cavereading72011r2.pbworks.com
Teacher Notes
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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