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
Next Week

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.
Next Week

Homework for Kym's Class

1. Finish cursive writing through Friday's work.
2. Spend a little time (5 minutes on Sunday) reviewing the verbs that need to be memorized by Thursday.
3. I have shared How to Write a Body Paragraph on Google Drive. This tells you how to write your essay's body paragraphs. (There are also comments on your introductions. We will work on conclusions next week.)
4. Remember due Monday is

8th grade--6 body paragraphs and revised Introduction and Title

7th grade--5 body paragraphs and revised Introduction and Title

6th grade--4 body paragraphs and revised Introduction and Title

5th grade--3 body paragraphs and revised Introduction and Title

 This is a tough weekend of homework.  I'm confident you can do it.  Call if you need me though--  932 0310.

Homework for the week of September 3rd.

 

Day	5th	7th	8th
Monday	Khan Academy sign up (see directions below)	Khan Academy sign up (see directions below)	Khan Academy sign up (see directions below)
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday	Division Problems Topic due for Geography	Fractions "2" First two columns. Topic due for Geography	2.1 20-22, 27-30, 41-43, 48, 49, 57-62, 69-71, 73-79. Topic due for Geography
Next Week	Geography outline	Geography outline	Geography outline

 In order to create an account with Khan Academy please follow these steps. 

1. Get on the internet. Go to http://www.khanacademy.org. On their main page go to the upper right hand corner and click on 'login' This will take you to a page with a large Google logo on it. Click on that. Log in to your Google account. Allow Khan academy to use information from your Google account. This should get you in to the main page of Khan Academy. Follow the steps in the pictures below. 

My email is benyorkovich@gmail.com. This is the 'coach id' that you need to enter.

That's it. Your done.

New school year started today. Off to a great start. Here is the daily schedule for everyone's convenience. Homework will also be posted here as it arises.

 

Homework for the Week of March 26

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Kym's Class: 400 (350) word newspaper article. 100 words handwritten	Kym's Class: 400 (350) word newspaper article. 100 words handwritten	Work on video presentation
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Next Week			.

Homework for the Week of March 12

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday
Tuesday		Lesson 65	9.4 21-23, 30-32, 42-54, 59-69
Wednesday
Thursday
Next Week	Kym's class: Remember who what when why where --1st paragraph of news story about Science Fair--any aspect. Add in How if you can.	Kym's class: Remember who what when why where --1st paragraph of news story about Science Fair--any aspect. Add in How if you can.	Kym's class: Remember who what when why where -- news story about Science Fair--any aspect. Add in How if you can.

Homework for the Week of March 6, 2012

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday
Tuesday	Lesson 91	To page 20 in Factions 4	9.1: 33-40, 49-52, 61-64, 94-100 even, 67-74, 81-93
Wednesday	Lesson 92 Work on science fair presentation	To page 28 in Fractions 4 Work on science fair presentation	9.2 26-33, 40-49, 53-55, 59-70, 72-94 even. Work on science fair presentation
Thursday
Next Week	Kym's Class: Work on Science fair presentation	Kym's Class: Work on Science fair presentation	Kym's Class: Work on Science fair presentation

Homework for the week of 2/27/2012

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday	Kym's Class: Lyrics to story song 1)Character/problem 2)Rhyme 3)Lyric and Chorus	Kym's Class: Lyrics to story song 1)Character/problem 2)Rhyme 3)Lyric and Chorus	8.6: 12-30 even, 35, 36, 41-43, 46, 47, 50, 51, 56-58 Kym's Class: Lyrics to story song (or lyrical verse) 1)Character/problem 2)Rhyme 3)Lyric and Chorus
Tuesday
Wednesday	Lesson 90	Investigation 6 Fractions Test	Quiz 3. Chapter review and summary, odd problems.
Thursday			TEST 8
Next Week	Kym's Class: Due Monday. 10 comments on blogs. 2 to 3 sentence minimum for each.	Kym's Class: Due Monday. 10 comments on blogs. 2 to 3 sentence minimum for each.	Kym's Class: Due Monday. 10 comments on blogs. 3 to 4 sentence minimum for each.

Homework for the Week of Feb. 20, 2012

Day	4th	6th	8th
Monday
Tuesday	Test 16	Lesson 57	8.4: 20-48 Even, 52-57, 60, 61, 65-68, 76-78
Wednesday	Turn in NOVA questions Ancient Civ: create a figure for painting on a vase; practice ball throwing and broad jump Kym's Class: Business letter 200 words handwritten plus envelope Lesson 86	Turn in NOVA questions Ancient Civ: create a figure for painting on a vase; practice ball throwing and broad jump Kym's Class: Business letter 250 words handwritten plus envelope Lesson 58	US History: write Congress speech/ radio ditty/ labor union speech per your selection in class Kym's Class: cursive copy of a story song. Plus, phrase for title and chorus as well as idea for story 8.5: 26-31, 41-46, 50-55, 72-77
Thursday
Next Week

Questions for sick sixth and fourth grade

Answer as many of these as you can, from the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJg44jetRVg

This can be a family exercise. I do not expect all questions to be 100 percent accurate, I do expect some sort of effort. Do this to the best of your ability.

Name____________________________Date______________________

NOVA

LOST AT SEA: THE SEARCH FOR LONGITUDE

BEFORE VIEWING THE VIDEO, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

a. What is longitude? What is the reference line associated with longitude?

b. What is latitude? What is the reference line associated with latitude?

WHILE VIEWING THE VIDEO, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

How long ago was longitude invented?

Why was it important for nations to be able to pinpoint positions in the oceans?

Why is John Harrison important? What did he do for a living?

How was the speed of the ship measured? What is a knot?

What is dead reckoning? What were some problems using knots to measure

distance?

What is latitude? What is 0 degrees latitude?

What is longitude? What are lines of longitude called?

How was latitude calculated on a ship?

Why was it easy for pirates to capture cargo ships?

What happened in 1707? Why was this important to longitude?

What was offered in 1714? What was the prize?

What was John Harrison’s educational background?

What was his idea for finding longitude?

How many degrees does the earth turn for each degree of longitude?

What was the challenge in knowing for the people on ships?

What type of clocks were Harrison’s early clocks? Were they accurate?

In clock making, what was the enemy to accuracy? How did he get around this?

What are the problems associated with using a clock on a ship?

What was the idea of Whifton and Ditton? Was it practical?

Was Cassini’s method of using Jupiter’s moons to tell time helpful? What were the

consequences of his idea?

How did Newton influence the board on the solution to longitude?

How did Harrison get around the temperature problem?

Was the interview with George Graham a good thing for Harrison?

What was the outcome of Harrison’s first sea trial with his sea clock?

Was H2 successful? Did it have problems?

Were Masculine’s celestial tables the answer to the longitude question? What might

be the problems associated with this method?

What was different with H3? Was it the answer to his problems?

What was the different direction that Harrison took to develop H4?

Why was it such a blow to Harrison that Masculine be appointed the Astronomer

Royal?

Did Harrison get the money? How much time had passed?

What do modern navigators use to pinpoint positions now?

AFTER VIEWING THE VIDEO, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Explain how time was used to pinpoint longitudinal positions.

Why did the Longitude Board not accept or welcome Harrison’s ideas or solutions?