Don't forget to turn in your brochure assignment.
Paperclip it to your "Collecting Information" page
and to a grading rubric with your name on it.
Brochure Assignment for Nonfiction
Extra Credit, April 2013
Brochure Examples See these photos if you're confused about the middle section or the bibliography. The bibliography could also be for web sites about your topic.
- No Sign-Ups this time.
- Bring a book to read each class time. This book could be from any genre you wish.
- Fill out your reading log each time you are directed to do so.
Today: 1. Finish up your Ice Story packets.
Packets to Hand in
for Ice Story
Staple all together
IN ORDER. Make sure your
name is on your papers.
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For A1, A3, A4, B7
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1. Questions for Prologue
through ChapterTwo.
2. Questions for Chapters
3-5.
3. Chapts. 5 - 8 -- Pictures for 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.
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For B8 –
Questions answered for all chapters 1-17
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2. Be prepared for your test on Central Idea -- TODAY.
- This test calls the topic the central idea, and gives you a choice among dependent clauses instead of complete sentences.
- You will be looking for the answer that best expresses what the passage is really about.
- In passage 8, the word is "run," in "run their own ads," not "fun their own ads."
Tips for Successful Test-Taking
- Read the passages and questions SLOWLY and CAREFULLY.
- Read the passages and questions as many times as you need to -- until you understand.
Ice Story Video
A1 video 1:33:59 (4-26-13) to Disk 2 - 29:30 to 35:20 (the ship is about to sink) [none today 5-6-13]
A3 Watched video 2nd disk 13:52 to 38:33 to 1:03: to 1:32:35
A4 Watched video to 1:12:53 to 1:16:00 Began 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk 17:17 to 1:38
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 to 57:41 (ice breaks under tent)
B8 Watch video from 2nd disk 8:55 to 2nd disk to 35:20 (the ship is about to sink) to 1:08 (watch for skip)
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Reference works:
atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac, (book of facts, calendar, up to date, annual)
Almanacs
http://www.refseek.com/directory/almanacs.html
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_8?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=almanacs&sprefix=almanacs%2Caps%2C247
originally published 4/30/13 3:28 PM
