Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Thursday/Friday, May 2/3, 2013


Links of Interest:             

Brochure Assignment -- Late Work


1. iRead Ice Story and work on assignments:

For A1, A3, A4, B7 --
1. ?'s  Prologue through Chapter 2.
2.  ?'s  Chapters 3-5.
3.  Chapts.  5 - 8 --  Pictures What They Saved and What they Threw Away.
4.  Read chapters 9-11 and create a journal entry on your own lined paper as if you are there with Shackleton's expedition. (See packet)
5.  Fill out the T-Chart for Chapters 12 - 15. 
6.  Fill in all available vocabulary words on the chart provided.


 Today: Receive Ice Story papers back.  Create a packet.  

 Keep them  in your folder until next time.   You will hand 

 them all in at once.

 When you receive your brochure back, you may keep the 

 green papers, but hand the brochure back in -- unless you 

 are redoing it.  We will share them in class on another day, 

 so they need to be here. 







For B8 --Question for all chapters--
Ice Story Reading Guide Complete.docx


Today: Receive Ice Story papers back.  Create a packet.  

Keep them  in your folder until next time.   You will hand 

them all in at once.

When you receive your brochure back, you may keep the 

green papers, but hand the brochure back in -- unless you 

are redoing it.  We will share them in class on another day, 

so they need to be here. 

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2.  Ice Story Vocabulary
Chapters 16-end
Loom:  page 107   to appear indistinctly; come into view in indistinct andenlarged form: The mountainous island loomed on the horizon.
Premonitions: page 113    a forewarning. synonyms: foreboding, portent, omen, sign.

 3. Using a dictionary 
Here is a site where you can learn about a practice using a dictionary entry. http://www.tv411.org/vocabulary/dictionary-thesaurus/dictionary-entries

Quiz:  http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp2186_dic1.shtml

 http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_lp206_dictionary.shtm
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Using a Dictionary -- Answers to Quiz Questions



For your assigned word, find the part of speech and best definition for the way it is used in Ice Story.


Unrelenting: page 

Desolate: page 

Improbable:  page 

Exploits: page 

Ebbed: page 


Using a Dictionary -- Practice


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4.  Test Practice:  Purple writing text, page 486-487




5.   Ice Story -- Book and Video Venn in your composition book 

 What differences do you see between the book and the 

 video? 

 What do the author and film maker each do to get the story 

 across?  

 Which is better? 


If time: c. Video
A1 video   1:33:59 (4-26-13) to Disk 2 - 29:30 to 35:20  (the ship is about to sink)
A3 Watched video   2nd disk 13:52 to 38:33 to 1:03:

A4 Watched video to 1:12:53  to 1:16:00   Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 17:17 
B7 Watched video to 1:07:55    to 1:17:04 to  1:23:00  Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 12:17 to 30:14  
B8 Watch video from 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk to 35:20 (the ship is about to sink)

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Correcting


     There was a lot of people that drank a little but there was 

 also a lot of people that drank a lot more then they should.  

 So its saying there is a lot of people that died or almost died 

 from drinking. 



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Tuesday/Wednesday, April 30/May 1, 2013



Links of Interest:             

Brochure Assignment -- Late Work


1. iRead Ice Story and work on assignments:
For B8 --Question for all chapters--








For A1, A3, A4, B7 --
1. ?'s  Prologue through Chapter 2.
2.  ?'s  Chapters 3-5.
3.  Chapts.  5 - 8 --  Pictures What They Saved and What they Threw Away.
4.  Read chapters 9-11 and create a journal entry on your own lined paper as if you are there with Shackleton's expedition. (See packet)
5.  Fill out the T-Chart for Chapters 12 - 15. 
6.  Fill in all available vocabulary words on the chart provided.







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Vocabulary:  If you have missed any of your words from frenzied through fanfare, get them  from someone at your table.

Plummet:  page 76  Verb
Fall or drop straight down at high speed.

Dabble:  page 81   Verb -- 1. to play and splash in or as if in water, especially with the hands.
2.
to work at anything in an irregular or superficial manner: to dabble in literature.
Optimist: page 85  Noun --   a person who expects the best possible outcome or dwells on the most hopeful aspects of a situation

Fanfare: page 85    Noun
  1. A short ceremonial tune or flourish played on brass instruments.
  2. An ostentatious or noisy display. 
Fanfares:  http://www.freesound.org/people/neonaeon/sounds/49477/

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2. Editing --  Copy and correct the following:
(Can you find and correct nine errors?)
       There was a lot of people that drank a little but there was also a lot of people that drank a lot more then they should.  So its saying there is a lot of people that died or almost died from drinking. 

from a student brochure about the Prohibition Era
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Test on Central Idea time after next.
3. Main idea -- Handout with two passages 
        Use the clues we learned.
Supporting details can be facts, details, examples.
     -- evidence, proof, description --
Test on Central Idea time after next.

4. Poetry
A-Day and B8   Poetry: Prospice by Robert Browning
What is the mood, purpose, audience, main idea or theme? 

Emotions -- What feelings do the poems we've read bring out?



B-Day: B7 Courage is a motherless lamb by Ivan Donn Carswell
Vocabulary for this poem
maniacal: like a maniac; crazy
wether:  a ram -- a male sheep 
desultory:  unfocused; half-hearted

 doting dad:  a dad who would spoil his child 

In this poem, what is the mood, purpose, audience, main idea or theme?

Courage is a motherless lamb by Ivan Donn Carswell
For a small child crossing the pen alone was a courageous feat,
occasionally, with a maniacal bleat, the wether would burst from cover
and butt whomever graced his yard. He meant it in fun, something
he had done since his bottle-fed youth, he knew no other form of greeting.
It was useless excusing his deeds as affection, the misguided beast
was a terrorist to small persons, wary or not, and no neat reason
would ease the fear we felt at his sudden charge. By and large
he was fine if pampered and fed, letting us pass with a desultory
glance, but it took just one bump to dispel that romance. Bunty,
an obvious name for the monster we dreaded, would behave
impeccably when adults inspected his manners, meanwhile we
shunned his yard and traversed the fences the long way round
to the hens. At times we forgot our chores, distractions abounded
outside the fences, the chooks were not fed or eggs not collected.
Be bold, stand up to him I was told, tell him who’s boss. I was lost
how to express the stupidity in that, he weighed three of me
and moved with the speed of a runaway bus. The way to stop a bus
best, prudence would suggest, was not by standing in its path.
I didn’t expect sympathy or ask for alms, I just avoided Bunty
and potentially broken limbs by staying clear. The morning I found him
asleep beyond the gate suggested he was still playing games, bound
in dreams of butting boys who crossed his domain, he might even
have sniggered at the terror he caused, at how my heartbeat
soared when he looked my way. I tried to be brave, I found the largest stick
I could carry and gingerly crossed the yard backwards, not letting him
out of my sight, fed the hens, collected the eggs, returning the same way.
He was still on the ground, no sign of his breathing, or of my believing.
When I was told he had died my first unkindly thoughts were of great relief,
of chances missed and vengeance denied, then in shock I cried.
I fed him as a motherless lamb and would not
let my doting dad return him to the flock.
© I.D. Carswell



5. Ice Story 



If time: c. Video
A1 video   1:33:59 (4-26-13) to Disk 2 - 29:30
A3 Watched video to 1:18:34 to  1:19:00  to 1:26: 50  Just had Christmas, spotted land, decided not to land there.  Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 13:52 to 38:33

A4 Watched video to 1:12:53  to 1:16:00   Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 17:17 
B7 Watched video to 1:07:55    to 1:17:04 to  1:23:00  Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 12:17 to 30:14 
B8 Watch video to 1:19  to (none today)

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Brochure Assignment -- Late Work

We found the template on Edmodo and students who did not finish on the lab day provided were able to save it on Edmodo.  If you have not handed it in yet, open your Edmodo document (or your thumbdrive or student drive document) and

     Print

     Tape

     Fold

     Clip to rubric (Write your name on it) and collecting sheet -- the one you filled 

 out for today.


     Hand in to wire basket

 You must hand in a hard copy, assembled and folded in order to receive your 

 points. 


Important Points about the Brochure Project: 
-- If you did not finish or if you were absent on the day we were in the lab to do this, you should 
turn this in by Friday, April 26 (if you are back at at school), or as soon as possible after that. 

-- April 24/25 were the only days class time was be provided to complete this assignment.  Because you were to have already collected and written all information (you have had since March 28th to do so), the brochure should be easily completed within one class time. 

-- Revision points will be given only if all parts are 
included and all directions followed. 
  
-- No late work or revisions will be accepted after May 23.  Do your best to get them done before that. 



Items you can download or view: 
Associated documents:
Here is the worksheet for collecting your information:  Collecting Information for the Basic 8 Book 6 Project.doc

Rubric for Nonfiction Brochure.docx

Brochure Template for Nonfiction Book.docx  (Find this also on Edmodo under the assignment for the brochure.)

This is NOT the template for you to use.  It is a sample for you to look at:  Brochure Sample 1 for Nonfiction Book.docx

A post on this blog:  Brochure Assignment for Nonfiction -- Photos of the Template


Objectives covered from the State Core include these: 
Reading and writing nonfiction (informational) text
Reading and creating external text features
Summarizing
Evaluating
Revising and editing
Synthesizing and presenting information
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Friday, April 26, 2013

Ice Story Assignments

A1, A3, A4, B7 -- 
(B8 has packets of questions instead of 3-5.) 
Make sure everyone at your table completes these assignments:
1. Answer Questions about Prologue through Chapter 2.
2. Answer Questions about Chapters 3-5.
3.  Appropriately make and label the pictures page for chapters
        5 - 8 -- What They Saved and What they Threw Away.
4.  Read chapters 9-11 and create a journal entry as if you are there with Shackleton's expedition.
5.  Fill out the T-Chart for Chapters 12 - 15. 
6.  Fill in all available vocabulary words on the chart provided. 



To Save or Not to Save Activity.docx, chapters 5-8
Assignment: Write a journal entry as if you were with the Shackleton expedition.

T-Chart for Ice Story.docx chapters 12-15

Vocabulary:  Ice Story Vocabulary


For B8 --Question for all chapters--
Ice Story Reading Guide Complete.docx

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Friday/Monday, April 26/29, 2013


Brochure Assignment -- Late Work



 1.  iRead:  Finishing up your nonfiction book, or reading your choice of materials. 

 2.  Main Idea (PowerPoint)  B7 and B8 used the pink handout.

 3.  Poetry

 Haiku: 
I am first with five
Then seven in the middle --
Five again to end.
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Purpose, Audience, Mood? 

A giant firefly:

that way, this way, that way, this --

and it passes by.

--Issa (1762-1826)

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The Rose
Donna Brock

The red blossom bends

and drips its dew to the ground.

Like a tear it falls

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A Rainbow
Donna Brock

Curving up, then down.

Meeting blue sky and green earth

Melding sun and rain.

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4.  Ice Story B8 -- Fill out questions for chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 
4.  Ice Story  A1, A3, A4, B7 

Ice Story Assignments



 For chapters 9-11 -- 

When you get there, 
Read chapters 9 - 11, and write a journal entry as if you were with the expedition, about anything that has happened so far to the you and the men. 

Write it on a sheet of lined paper, and add your own name.  Write a paragraph or more that contains specifics about this experience. 

See the attached for examples of journal entries written by real members of the expedition.

Use the handout provided at your table and leave it for the next class.
Do not write on the handout papers. 

 a. Vocabulary  (Google it!)  (B8 still needs these.)

 disintegrate: page 52  Verb. Break up into parts, typically as the result of impact or decay.

jubilant: page 55   Adjective.    Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph.

compensate:  page 59  Verb.  Recompense (someone) for loss, suffering, or injury, typically by the award of a sum of money.

prevailing:  page 62  Verb: Be widespread in a particular area at a particular time; be current: "The prevailing winds were to the  northwest. 

If time: c. Video
A1 video to 1:23:45 to 1:29:00  ice closing in  to  1:33:59 (4-26-13)
A3 Watched video to 1:18:34 to  1:19:00  to 1:26: 50  Just had Christmas, spotted land, decided not to land there.  Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 13:52 

A4 Watched video to 1:12:53  to 1:16:00   Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 17:17 
B7 Watched video to 1:07:55    to 1:17:04 to  1:23:00  Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 12:17.  
B8 Watch video to 1:19  to (none today)



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Thursday, April 25, 2013

A New Conjunction?


http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/24/178892759/a-rare-bird-sighting-slash-as-a-new-conjunction?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130425
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What I'm Reading

 Night before last I started reading Nightingale by David Farland.

I'd heard of David Farland before -- mostly from seeing his book Of Mice and Magic, but I had never read anything of his.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Answers for Using Dictionary -- Practice


Word (page found in Ice Story)  part of speech, and definition:

Unrelenting: page 1 --  adjective -- not softening or yielding in determination

Desolate: page 1 --  adjective -- lacking inhabitants and visitors.

Improbable:  page 2 --adjective-- unlikely to occur

Exploits: page 2 -- noun-- deeds notable especially for heroism

Ebbed: page 6 --verb-- passing from a high to a low point

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Wednesday/Thursday, April 24/25, 2013

Vitally Important:  Bring your completed green sheet where you collected information from your individual nonfiction book.  It is optional to have your book with you. 

 Today: 
1. Prepare to go to Computer Lab 211 to create your brochure.
     Take your green collecting sheet with you.
2. Create the brochure in the computer lab.
3. With extra time, finish up reading your book or work on Ice Story assignments. 

 Today we will complete the second part of the Basic 8 Book Assessment: Nonfiction.
We did the first part on April 18/19 -- External Text Features in Individual Nonfiction.

We will go to the computer lab, and you will log into Edmodo.   edmodo.com

  • If you have forgotten your username and password, it should be 
    • lastnamefirstname for username  
    • student number for password
      • If these do not work, see me for your individual information. 
  • If you have not yet joined the class for this semester, see me for your group code. 
  • If you have not signed up for Edmodo,  see me for the group code and other information.
See the assignment Brochure for Nonfiction.  Read the instructions, open the template, and create your brochure.  

 You will complete it, print it, tape and fold it, and hand it in by the end of class. 
Steps:

 1. Read and collect (finished before today)

 2. Use template from Edmodo or here to create your

  brochure (today in class)

 3. Carefully revise and edit (today in class)

 4. Save on Edmodo (Turn In on Edmodo)

 5. Complete and Hand In by the end of class

  •      Print
  •      Tape
  •      Fold
  •      Clip to rubric (Write your name on it) and collecting sheet -- the one you filled out for today.
  •      Hand in to wire basket


Important Points about the Brochure Project: 
-- If you did not finish or if you are absent today, you should 
turn this in by Friday, April 26 (if you are back at at school). 

-- Today is the only day class time will be provided to complete this assignment.  Because you are to have already collected and written all information (you have had since March 28th to do so), the brochure should be easily completed within one class time. 

-- Revision points will be given only if all parts are 
included and all directions followed. 
  
-- No late work or revisions will be accepted after May 23.  Do your best to get them done before that. 



If you have extra time:
  
Finish reading your individual book

Read and answer questions for Ice Story 


Associated documents: 
Here is the worksheet for collecting your information:  Collecting Information for the Basic 8 Book 6 Project.doc
Rubric for Nonfiction Brochure.docx

Brochure Template for Nonfiction Book.docx  (Find this also on Edmodo under the assignment for the brochure.)

 This is NOT the template for you to use.  It is a sample for you to look at:  Brochure Sample 1 for Nonfiction Book.docx

Brochure Assignment for Nonfiction -- Photos of the Template


Objectives covered from the State Core include these: 
Reading and writing nonfiction (informational) text
Reading and creating external text features
Summarizing
Evaluating
Revising and editing
Synthesizing and presenting information


Ice Story Vocabulary


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