Week in Review

Here is what was accomplished this week:

SL:
We read the first 3 chapters of "Hunger Games." Kids are writing up chapter summaries in their notebook, starting on page 60. They need one for each chapter. On Monday I'll be checking to see that they have all three done.

They are also practicing their vocab words. On Friday we played a review game of pictionary to practice the Greek and Latin root words.


HL:
We read the first 4 chapters of "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Kids worked on chapter summaries for each chapter. Additionally, we began looking at televised portrayals of Sherlock Holmes and read a recent article on his character.

Vocab was due Friday (today), and most kids got it in on time. They will get another lesson on Monday, which will be due next Thursday. We played a review game today on the Greek and Latin roots.


ALL:

Notebooks should be all set up by now. This includes: having a composition notebook, numbering all the pages as directed (begin by calling the front side of the second piece of paper #1), setting up "Pause and Think" in the back, and having a table of contents. Also, vocab lesson 1 should be written down on pages 2 and 3. See earlier blog post for more details on that.

HL Vocab Lesson 1

Students got a worksheet today with the first part of Vocab lesson 1. This sheet is due on Friday, 9/20. 

Greek and Latin roots: 

1.  photo- light

2.  graph- to write or draw

3.  tele-  far away or distant

4.  metron-  to measure

5.  tropos-  turning

Vocab words: 
1.  voracious
2.  indeiscriminate
3.  eminent
4.  steeped
5.  replete

SL Vocab Lesson 1

Here is the vocab for lesson 1. We will be doing several activities with this list over the next couple of weeks. It is your job to learn the meanings of the words and the roots. There will be a quiz, but the date is yet to be determined.

SL: Hunger Games Pre-Read

Go to this google doc and CAREFULLY follow the directions!

This assignment is due by Monday. You will only have the time left over lab time after you have finished your poetry assignment. However, you may work on this at home, or see me for a media center pass and you may work on it during study hall or after school.

If you have read Hunger Games, now is the time for you to talk to me to make other arrangements. However, you will also need to complete this assignment.

High Level: Hound!!

Before we begin reading "Hound of the Baskervilles" we are going to familiarize ourselves with some background knowledge...

1.  Create a google doc
2.  Share with zumberge.lillian@apps.slpschools.org
3.  Title the document hour first name Hound Background  (5 Lil Hound Background) 
3.  Complete the following questions:

1.  Find 3 biographical pieces of information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (look up "biographical" if you're not sure what it means.
2.  Explain who Freud was and what he did
3.  Insert an image from London between 1850-1910
4.  Describe a moor in the British country side. Include an image.

This must be completed by the end of the day on Thursday. You may work on it more if you finish your poem early, but otherwise it's up to you to get it done on your own time. 

THE OUTSIDERS FINAL PROJECT

CLICK HERE FOR THE FINAL PROJECT AS A GOOGLE DOC

Create an “Identity” profile for a chosen character.

“Imagine you are the child psychiatrist assigned to meet with the teens involved in the Greaser/ Soc street wars. You need to develop a multi-dimensional evaluation on one of the characters and develop a means to present your analysis. Your analysis must include a description of their identity as well as provide specific examples of influential events and relationships. Your description needs to reflect your understanding of the multiple factors that contribute to a person’s identity, and they ways in which people are unique and similar to others.”

Option 1: Power Point

You need to create a presentation that shows how your character was impacted by their environment during their development.

Minimum requirements:

1. 1 slide for each of the 6 areas: friends, enemies, pop-culture, religion/ tradition, school, family. Each slide will include specific examples and at least 1 DQ.
2. 1 slide to explain their psychologica/ psychosocial development.
3. 1 slide that make comparisons between the character and the experiences of kids around the world.
4. ALL slides need to include an image and at least 3 points. ALL slides need perfect editing/ spelling/ punctuation/ grammar.
5. BE SURE TO INCLUDE A SLIDE THAT SHARES THE IDENTITY OF YOUR CHARACTER OVERALL... DESCRIBE WHAT KINDS OF THINGS YOUR CHARACTER IS INTERESTED IN, HOW THEY ACT, THEIR STYLE OF DRESS, ETC...
6. Do this on google.doc’s and SHARE WITH MS. ZUMBERGE

Option two: 5 Paragraph Essay

5 paragraph essay

1. Thesis around choosing which identity the three factors that most impacted the character: enemies, friends, family, culture/tradition, school, pop-culture.  
2. Each body paragraph will need a minimum of 4 embedded quotes.
3. Students will need to include reference to a childhood experience from another country/ culture and how it compares to their character in the introduction. In the conclusion they will need to make reference to the stage or status of the characters development based on a psychological/ psychosocial model.
4. Do this on google.doc’s and SHARE WITH MS. ZUMBERGE

Helpful website: http://www.rocklin.k12.ca.us/staff/svictor/Important%20Quotes%20in%20the%20Outsiders.pdf

Children around the World...

How are you the same as other children? How are  you different? You are going to look at two photo projects that look at kids around the world

Begin by getting a piece of paper and putting your name on top. On the front side title it "Groceries" and number it 1-20. You are going to look a pictures of families with a weeks worth of groceries from different countries. For each image you need to write a sentence about what you notice. You MUST write a different observation for each picture!

To see the Grocery pictures, click on this link.
***NOTE: The country where the picture is from appears ABOVE each photo 

Next, when you finish that, turn the page over. Title this side "Prized Possessions". Number your paper 1-15. You are going to look at pictures of kids and their most prized possessions. Again, for each image you need to write a sentence indicating what you notice about the picture. You MUST write a different observation for each picture!

To see the Prized Possession pictures, click on this link.
*** NOTE: The country where the picture is from appears BELOW each photo

Some things to think about in your observations:
** Notice similarities between them and you
** Notice differences between them and you
** What other inferences can you make about: how much money they have, their religion, what's important to them, how often they get new things, what their personality may be like, would you be friends?, do they do well in school?
** Can you infer anything about their personality?

YOU DO NOT NEED TO WRITE ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT THEY ARE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU GET STUCK.

WHEN YOU ARE DONE, HANG ON TO YOUR PAPER. YOU WILL HAND IT IN, BUT YOU WILL NEED TO DO ONE MORE THING ON THE PAPER, WHICH I WILL EXPLAIN LATER.