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World Issues Reminder- all blocks

Ms. N — Mon, 21 May 2007 06:06:17 +0000

We will be finishing up our United Nations/World Issues project this week. At this point your group should have a completed storyboard, all necessary pictures, and all your research completed. Plus all of your research and pictures should be in the appropriate program your group is using to present your project. If you feel you are not able to meet the deadlines you should see me for suggestions about how to complete the assigned tasks. See the deadlines below.

Last Work Day:

Block H/E: Wednesday, April 23rd
Block D: Thursday, April 24th

Presentation Day:

Block D: Monday, May 28th
Block H/E: Tuesday, April 29th

REMINDER: You must turn in all of your work on the presentation day! You should staple the following information in order.

* Rubric/Assignment sheet
* Research Records

* Storyboard/Outline (hand in separately)
NOTE: The assignment, rubric, and storyboards are all on the resource page.

Helpful tips

Ms. N — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:47:52 +0000

Introduction- This should be catchy, interesting, and a reflection of you as a speaker! You want to arouse your audiences curiosity.

Hook- interesting or emotional comment used to catch reader’s attention
General Comments- interesting background information (define key terms)
Thesis Statement- specific topic of the essay/explains ideas of the body paragraphs

Conclusion- The reader should see the importance of your essay, and finish thinking about what you have said.

Ideas of thesis statement- use different words than those in the introduction
Comments- may include a summary of the main ideas, an evaluation of other ideas, and/or the writer’s opinion
Final statement- a final thought that ties up the topic

Reminder- all blocks

Ms. N — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:29:08 +0000

You will be working in class next period to prepare for your Famous Egyptians Speech. By next class, you should have completed all your research. That means you have at least two full pages of notes, from at least two different sources, and most importantly enough information to write a five paragraph speech about your person/god.

Work Day:

Block D: Tuesday, April 17th
Block H/E: Wednesday, April 18th

Day you will be presenting your speech:

Block D: Thursday, April 19th
Block H/E: Tuesday, April 24th

REMINDER: You must turn in all of your work on the presentation day! You should staple the following information in order with the rubric on top.

Rubric
Final Typed Draft
Outline
Research Records

The assignment, rubric, and research record are all on the resource page.

Homework All Blocks (April 9/10)

Ms. N — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:09:10 +0000

If you have not finished your poem of praise about one of the gods from your Egyptian myth you must finish it for next class. You should also be prepared to recite the poem for the class. Please rehearse your poem and concentrate on your presentation skills. I am looking for you to recite the poem loudly and clearly with enthusiasm, voice inflection, and body movements.

Review for Egyptian God Quiz

Ms. N — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:04:36 +0000

Match he following gods with the correct information about them.

Taurt Ra Thoth Mut Anubis Horus
Hapi Hathor Ma’at Bast Isis Osiris

The household goddess of joy and music. She is depicted as a cat-headed woman.

This god was depicted as a female with a vulture head-dress or crowns, or as a lion-headed woman. She was a war goddess.

The goddess of law and order and truth and balance.

The sun god who was worshiped in many forms.

The messenger to Osiris. He is the god of embalming and presides over the mummification process

The god of scribes and knowledge.

The god of the sky whose eyes were the moon and sun.

This god was depicted as a female hippopotamus and she was the protector of women in childbirth.

The sister-wife of Osiris and the goddess and protector of women.

The goddess of love, beauty, dancing, and music and protector of children and childbirth.

This god began as the god of fertility but later became the judge of the dead.

The god of the Nile.

Homework All Blocks (Feb 13/14)

Ms. N — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:12:42 +0000

Find some pistures of Egyptian Gods. Make a post with the name of the god, a simple caption explaining what this god represents, a picture of the god, and lastly the URL of the site you found the god at.

Example:

Ra: The Sun God
http://www.ra-horakhty.co.uk/images/what_i22.jpg

Homework- All Blocks (Feb 9/12)

Ms. N — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:45:14 +0000

Reflection NUMBER TWO on the process of creating your Ancient Africa Wiki:

Make sure to write a full paragraph describing your feelings in response to each of the following questions/statements. Make sure to spell check, grammar check, read out loud, and format with paragraph spacing before you click publish.
First, please post the question and then your answer.

What would you change about the final product (the wiki you created) if you were to do the assignment again?

Secondly, respond to the next statement.

Look at some of the other wikis from any class and find a few that you think are done exceptionally well. Tell me the name of the empire and the block, and then explain what you like about their wiki.

Ex:

Mali Empire- Block G
I liked the way……

Kongo Kingdom- Block D
This group did a great job….

Homework All Blocks (Feb 7/8)

Ms. N — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:58:18 +0000

Reflect on the process of creating your Ancient Africa Wiki:

Make sure to write a full paragraph describing your feelings in response to each of the following questions. Make sure to spell check, grammar check, read out loud, and format with paragraph spacing before you click publish.

Please post the question first and then your answer for each of the following questions.

What did you learn from this task?
Did you find this difficult or easy? Why?
What would you change about the process you went through to complete the wiki if you were to do the assignment again?

Ancient Arfican Wiki’s

Ms. N — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:22:52 +0000

As we finish up our research we are now ready to begin working on our wikispaces. Remember you need to be finished with your research by next class period. That means that you need three different resources and at least three full pages of notes. Ask me if you are not sure if you have enough information.

Block D- Thursday, January 25th (research due!)
Block E and H- Friday, January 26th (research due!)

Next, we will take our notes and start sharing our knowledge on our wiki’s! Below are links to the wiki’s for the different classes.

Block D

Block E

Block H

Great Work

Ms. N — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:41:46 +0000

Everyone did a great job evaluating web sources in class! In case you need extra evaluation sheets or you can’t find your guideline sheet, go to my resource page and you can find them both there. Don’t forget to share the web sites you find with other class members. If you find a site that is very helpful to you, make a link on your blog so you can share the good information with the rest of the class. Happy researching!