Homework for the week of October 1.

Day	5th	7th	8th
Monday	Book Report 2.4 5-20 20 Minutes Khan Academy (experiment)	Book Report 1.9: 1-4, 6-7, 9, 11-14, 18-24, 27-28, 39, 44-45, 59, 62, 65   20 Minutes Khan Academy (experiment)	Book Report 3.3:25-27, 34-36, 41, 45, 46, 53, 54. 20 Minutes Khan Academy (experiment)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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Homework for the week of September 24th.

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Day	5th	7th	8th
Monday
Tuesday	Lesson 2.2 10-33	1.5: 9-12, 17-50 even, 53-63, 68	3.1: 37-42, 49-51, 67, 68, 72-74, 79-82.
Wednesday	Lesson 2.3: 9-28	1.6: 20-48, 51-53, 57-61, 64	3.2: 28-30, 35, 36, 43-45, 51-56, 60-62, 66-69, 76-78.
Thursday
Next Week	First Book Report	First Book Report	First Book Report

This is the Rubric for the

Local Geography Paper. Read it. Make your paper conform to it.

Item/Score	1 (not good)	2 (not so good)	3 (Getting Better)	4 (Ideal)
Length
Fifth Grade	A couple sentences	A Paragraph	A Page	2-3 Pages
Seventh Grade	Less than a page	A page	2-3 pages	4 pages
Eighth Grade	A page	2-3 pages	4 pages	5+ pages.
Format/ Legibility	No formatting	Effort at formatting	Some successful formatting	Typed. Double Spaced. 12 point Times New Roman. One inch margins all around. Headings bold, 14 point Times New Roman. Page numbers on all pages, bottom center. Neat cursive handwriting is also acceptable
Introduction, Body, Conclusion	Not recognizable	Labeled, but not substantiated.	Headed, and leaning in the direction of doing their jobs.	Headed, and consistent with their headings. Intro tells what going to tell, body tells it, conclusion tells what was told.
Content	Not factual	Researched to some extent.	Mostly researched, well structured, but not entirely cited.	Well researched. Coherent. Research is cited. Follows guidelines laid out below. Includes aspects of Physical and Cultural Geography.
Citations	Nonexistent.	Partial	Effort was made, but incorrect formatting, or other small errors.	Bibliography is well put together and in proper format. Alphabetical order.

Local Geography “Place Paper”

1. You will need to pick a local place. This can be very specific, such as “My Families Land” or a little more general, such as “Salmon Creek Community” Geographical features can also be chosen, such as “The Eel River” or “Gillem Butte.” Keep in mind that broader topics, such as “The Eel River” will have far more information on them than extremely localized and remote locations.

2. Your report should follow the following rough outline. Deviation from this outline is fine, as is mixing up components, but in general this is what I am looking for in each report.

1.     Introduction

2.     Body

a. What is the place you are talking about? Why is it important? What is its modern context?

b. Why do we care? What is the history of this place?

c. Physical Geography influences. Weather, climate, etc.

d. Cultural Geography. Who has lived here thru the ages? How have they interacted with the place?

3.     Pictures. You will need a minimum of three illustrations in your paper. These can be maps, diagrams, photographs, hand drawn sketches, and charts, as well as any other visual. The criteria are that you need three, but each one must be from different genera. I do not want three of the same thing.

4.     First Person Interview. You need to find a person that has been in the area that your report deals with for more than 20 years, and interview them about your topic. I will need to see the dated interview, and how you incorporated it in to your report. If you have trouble finding someone, come see me.

5.     Conclusion.

6.     Bibliography. This will follow the same format as the previous report. APA formatting guidelines can be found here http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/. I will provide examples of proper citations upon request. Here is an example:

Book: Jans, N. (1993). The last light breaking: Life among Alaska's Inupiat Eskimos. Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Books.

Website: The Sea Turtle Restoration Project homepage presents a wealth of compelling, well-researched information on the struggle to save the world's sea turtles from extinction (http://www.seaturtles.org).

A complete list and examples of how you should cite different materials can be found here:       http://www.umuc.edu/library/guides/apa.shtml

Although is would be nice if it were, this is not an exhaustive guide to your report. There should be questions about how you should write your report. Please come ask me them. Thank you, and have fun.

Timeline

September 27th. Rough draft due. Following Thursday: Final Draft.

8th grade History- make your pectorals. I will be bringing feathers on Monday.

Costume Research Paper

Kym's Due Sept 24.  Costume Paper

5th grade will turn in a one page research paper.

6th grade  will turn in a one and a quarter page research paper.

7th grade  will turn in a one and a half page research paper.

8th grade  will turn in a two page research paper.

Typed, single space, and at least one and preferably 3 illustrations/photographs (and where you got them).

Do not lose the urls (addresses where you got your information and illustrations.)  We will be using them to create a simple bibliography.

Kym's Due 9/18

Every student must turn in a Drive Document (Lenin may hand write) with a thesis statement for the Costume Research Paper

Homework for the week of September 17th

Day	5th	7th	8th
Monday	Lesson 2 all.
Tuesday		1.1: Even Problems	2.7: 19, 20, 27-29, 36-38, 43-47, 53-60, 64-66, 71, 72, 79-81
Wednesday	Lesson 4. 11- finish	1.2 Odd Problems.	2.8: 23-26, 34-36, 41-45, 51, 52, 55, 56-78 even.
Thursday	Lesson 4- 11-37 Rough Draft Report	1.3 17-43  Rough Draft Report	Rough Draft Report
Next Week			Chapter Summery and review. Test 2 on Monday

Kym's Class Due 9/13 and 9/17

Due Thursday 9/11:

1) Completed and checked Personal Essay ---What I Want to Get Better at Doing.  Worth 100 pts

2) Remember that yesterday the Costume Research was due.  I should have a document on Drive that

• has a picture
• has an url for more information
• has a paragraph or two copied and pasted from that url

Remember anything late is minus 10% for each day past due.

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Due Monday 9/17:

Research on your Costume.  Outline of what will be in it.

Outline is similar to what is being required by Ben.

Here is an example:

I. Introduction

1. Hook
2. Thesis

II. Shoes

III. Pants

IV. Tunics

V. Weapons

1. Swords
2. Bows
3. Knives

VI. Jewelry

1. Rings
2. Necklaces
3. Bracelets

VII. Makeup

1. Face Paint
2. Body Paint

VIII. How to Create

1. Buy Weapons
2. Make Headress
3. Use Dad's sandles
4. Pay Aunt Jane to sew tunic

Conclusion

For each major heading (ie Makeup) except Introduction and Conclusion, I will need at least a paragraph copied and pasted from a website (copy url, too) or photocopied from a book (with title and page number) that gives information on the heading. The above is due Monday.  For planning purposes, the complete assignment is below.

Book Reports

 Book Reports.

This you will be responsible for one book report a month. These reports need to be on books that are approved by me. You need to have the book approved by me before you start reading it and/ or doing a report. You need to pick books you have not read before the start of this school year to do book reports on.

These reports are due on the first day of school, each month. If this is a huge problem, talk to me. It is better to talk to me before hand, and come up with a plan together, than show up that first day of the month without a book report.

Your book report should follow the following criteria. You will need a sheet of paper, 15x11 inches, which you can get from me. On that piece of paper you will need to create your report. There is no prescription for exactly how it should look but it needs to include the following elements.

·      Picture(s)/ Illustration(s) related to the book. This is the most important element. This should be a work of art. You need to put real effort and skill in to the creation of your illustration.

·      Author, date published

·      Brief plot description

·      Brief character description, along with roles. (Are these characters protagonists, antagonists, support, etc.)

·      Any message the book is trying to send. Is the book trying to convince you of something? Is there an argument that is present throughout the writing?

·      Your name, and the date you finished the book.

·      Did you enjoy the book; would you recommend it? WHY or WHYNOT?

·      All writing on your report paper needs to be in CURSIVE.

Some ideas for creating your report. These are just suggestions, but I do not want all your reports to look the same. Have fun creating different formats that embody the above criteria. If you do not meet all of the criteria I will hand your report back to you and have you do it again. Also, if your book report has any mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuation, I will hand it back to you and have you do it again. 

·      Book Jacket. You can design an alternate book jacket for the book.

·      Poster. Make a catchy design that would be an advertisement for the book.

·      Make a storyboard for a TV feature of the book.

·      Make a comic strip of the book.

·      Just do a plain old report.

Remember that all of these ideas, and any you have on your own, need to include the criteria in the first list. How you do that is up to you. Try and have fun. Use paints, markers, pencils, dirt, berries and fur from your cat. Make these interesting. As always, if you are unsure of something, or have questions, please let me know.

Homework for Kym's class Sept. 10th

Daily Cursive through Friday.

Finish all the corrections on your personal essay. Call 932 0310 if you need help.

Choose a topic for your historic costume research paper.

Homework for the week of September 10th.

Day	5th	7th	8th
Monday	Test 8	Chapter 1 readiness test.	2.2: 34-32 even, 51-59, 64, 65, 68, 69, 73-75
Tuesday	Rough Draft Outline Skills Practice "A"	Rough Draft Outline Translation and Long Division	Rough Draft Outline 2.3 24-26, 33-35, 47-49, 55-58, 65-67, 71-73, 77-79. Quiz one.
Wednesday	Skills Practice A	Proportions	2.4: 22-29, 36-41, 42-46 even, 56-63, 67-71, 75-77, 81-83.
Thursday	Finished Draft Outline	Finished Draft Outline	Finished Draft Outline Memorize Tyger 2.5: 26-31, 38-40, 45, 46, 56-62, 66-68, 70, 75-78, 82-84, 88-90.
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