guidelines

Guidelines for Illustrated letter

• Begin your letter with the following greeting to a friend; "Dear_______"
• Use this sentence to begin your letter; "I just took the most amazing tour of Florence Italy."
• Write sentences that give a general description of Florence.
in section 2.9 of History Alive for words and phrases to describe the city.
• For each place you choose, draw a picture or find an illustration that goes with it
• Sentence starters:
o "One place I really enjoyed seeing was…."
o "I think what was most interesting about this place was…."
o "One thing I learned about this place was…."
o "Many advances were made here. Some of them are…"
o "One thing I will always remember about this place is…."

Chapt 29-test Florence

Friday 5/1
We will have a review time on Friday before the test for chapter 29 on Friday

We will use class time on WED 4/28 for the illustrated letter-

Room 23-sign ups for SS

Research Project-
Here are sign ups for the individual projects for the following History Alive chapters. Students are encouraged to go deep into an interest of study and produce a product that shows research-a report, biography, movie review, power point, painting, sculpture, artifact, movie or brochure. Students will have class time to work on the project and the project will take the place of the chapter test and notes.
Please let me know if there are any questions-

1. Florence-The Cradle of the Renaissance-due week of 4/28
a. Justin
b. Roy
c.
2. Leading Figures of the Renaissance- due the week of5/4
a. –Aidan, cody, Joshua, Randy
b. –Alexander, Nila, Tim, jeanine, Taylor
c. –Deeba, Cameron, Dillon, Pauline
d. –Brendon, Aaron, Danielle, Alicia, Mollie

i. **For movie project you may either submit original research or take the chapter **

3. The Reformation Begins-due the week of 5/11
a. –
b. –
c. –
d. -
4. The Spread and Impact of the Reformation-due the week of 5/18
a. –
b. –
c. -
d. -
e. -

human body system-room 23 signups

Human system project
Room 23

Joseph-Lymphatic system
Claire/-respiratory system
Mollie-respiratory system
Roy/Cody-muscular system
Jeanine/Cameron-digestive system
Nila/Nupur-digestive system
Brendan/aaron-intgeurementary system
Taylor/Deeba-cardiovascular system
Peter/aid an-cardiovascular system
Alicia/Danielle-skeletal system
Tim/Justin-muscular system
Joshua/Dillon-nervous system
Janice/Pauline-integumentary system
Randy/Alexander-nervous system

humnan system project-sign ups-room 26

Human system project

Nick m/Antonio-nervous system

Max/Michael/Brandon-urinary system

Sarah/Rachel-lymphatic system

Shannon/Priscilla-respiratory system

Evan/Paul-skeletal system

Jamie/Nick G-endocrine system

Claire/Everett-cardiovascular system

Leah/Zion-nervous system

Hannah/Katie-muscular system

Ruth/Emily-lymphatic system

Erin/Devon-Muscular system

Jenny/Kevin-digestive system

Illustrated letter of Florence-due Tues 5/5

Writing an Illustrated Letter

Imagine you are a 16th-century European traveler who has just completed a walking tour of Florence. Use the ideas and illustrations you recorded in your Reading Notes to write and illustrate a letter describing your experiences in Florence.

Your letter should be between 500-700 words and follow these guidelines:-5 pts

1. Include the date and a proper salutation ("Dear…" ) 5 pts
2. Write your letter to a friend who has never been to Florence and knows little about the Italian Renaissance. 5 pts
3. Write an introduction that gives a general description of Renaissance Florence.-5 pts
4. In the body of your letter, include a description of at least four places in the city. In describing each place, focus on these questions:-20 pts
a. What was most interesting or memorable?
b. What do you know now that you didn't know before?
c. What are some of the most noteworthy advances made in architecture, art, literature, science, mathematics, or politics?
Use precise descriptive words to create a visual image in the reader's mind. Include a least one illustration, picture, or symbol for each place you describe.
5. Be creative in writing and illustrating your letter. After showing a draft to your teacher for review, type or write your final draft neatly in ink.-5 pts

Total Points Possible-Due Tuesday May 5th
50 pts

wrong date

I have my weeks mixed up-sorry!

Test for Chapter 28-the Renaissance Begins

Friday 4/24

closed book-open notes

room 26-sign ups for History Alive!

Research Project-
Here are sign ups for the individual projects for the following History Alive chapters. Students are encouraged to go deep into an interest of study and produce a product that shows research-a report, biography, movie review, power point, painting, sculpture, artifact, movie or brochure. Students will have class time to work on the project and the project will take the place of the chapter test and notes.
Please let me know if there are any questions-

1. Florence-The Cradle of the Renaissance-due 4/28
a. –Katie, Claire
b. –Zion
c. –Everett
d. -Paul
2. Leading Figures of the Renaissance-5/5
a. –Nick M, Michael, Antonio
b. –Hannah, Sarah, Leah
c. –Jamie, Max, Jenny
d. –Shannon,/Ruth-Paganism
3. The Reformation Begins-5/12
a. –Erin
b. –Devon
c. –Emily
d. -Priscilla
4. The Spread and Impact of the Reformation-5/19
a. –
b. –
c. -
d. -
e. -

ocean floor graph

The graph from the ocean floor studies will be checked in class tomorrow-
Thurs 4/22

SS test-chapter 28

Test for Chapter 28-Friday 5/1
The Renaissance Begins

We will begin closed book tests-notebooks are still allowed

Science dates

Test Chapt 17-Monday 4/27

Eye Dissection-Thurs 4/30

Body System Project-Thurs May 21

Human Body System Project

Human Body Systems

Object: To learn about different body systems. Each team of students will choose a topic to study; such as the endocrine system, the digestive system, the respiratory system, etc. Each team will be responsible for creating a PowerPoint Presentation on the system they picked out of the hat-trading is allowed on the day we pick systems only.

We will pick systems on Monday May 4th
Some class time will be made available-some students may need to use time at home or getting together with partners outside of class

Requirements:

• You must have a minimum of 10 slides-This does not include the title slide or the bibliography slide
• Each slide should contain information pertinent to your topic; however should not be limited to typed information. Graphs, pictures, and diagrams are often very useful in explaining a concept.
• Fancy animation is not as important as thorough information about your system.
• Each PowerPoint presentation is worth 50 points
• The PowerPoint presentation should be emailed to me or brought in a thumb drive in order to download it to my computer by May 19
• Please note: Late work is marked down 5 points every day if it is late
• Use the rubric attached to help you evaluate you own work.
• Any questions, please ask!

Presentations Due Thursday, May 21, 2009

posting for a student-diary entry

Creating a diary entry

Pretend you are a nobleman or noblewoman living in Heian-kyo during the 10th century. You are keeping a diary of your impressions of daily life during that time. Use your Reading Notes (chapter 21) to create a diary entry that describe one day in your life while visiting the emperor's court.

Your diary entry should
• Indicate the date
• Be written in the first person. Use "I, me, we and us"
• Have information about at least six aspects of your life. These might include a description of your capital city or your house, the leaders of your government, your rank, what is considered beautiful or fashionable, what is considered bad manners, games you enjoy, art and literature of the day, or your attitude toward the poor.
• Include at least one tanka poem that expresses your feeling
• Have at least three colorful pictures to illustrate key idea

Add creative touches to make your diary entry personal. After completing a draft for review by your teacher (Wednesday 2/11) type or write the final copy in ink. It should be free of grammatical and spelling errors and be approximately three handwritten pages (500-700 words long).

1.-Sitting behind the screen
2 Writing poetry
3 Ranks (1-9)
4-Folds in your fan-
5-manners
6Fshion

1. games
2. food
3. art/writing/
4. sculptures
5. new city looks and works
6. house look like?
7. Farming/econonmy

Tanka Poem-31

5 lines
5 syllables
And 7 syllables

Colorful pictures

Mrs. Stuart's math group

"Mrs. Stuart's 7th grade math students: Please go to my homework blog every Sunday evening to find out what the homework is in math for the week ahead. My blog site is: http://teacherweb.com/CA/DiscoveryCharterSchool/MrsStuart/uh1.stm

Inca Test

Inca Test-Chapt 26
Friday 4/10

frogs

Amphibian Metamorphosis

Research an amphibian and depict its life cycle. Student's can choose to make a poster,PP, models, or another display to show the various stages. The depictions should include the name of the amphibian and where it lives, as well as labels indicating each stage of development. These will be displayed around the room and evaluated on level of detail, labels, as well as spelling and grammar.

Example-The Surinam toad of South America
Due on Monday April 20
Frog dissection on Thursday April 9

Frogs

Amphibian Metamorphosis

Research an amphibian and depict its life cycle. Student's can choose to make a poster,PP, models, or another display to show the various stages. The depictions should include the name of the amphibian and where it lives, as well as labels indicating each stage of development. These will be displayed around the room and evaluated on level of detail, labels, as well as spelling and grammar.

Example-The Surinam toad of South America
Due on Monday April 20
Frog dissection on Thursday April 9