Vacation Homework

Vacation Homework - Please write at least a five paragraph  essay about the Harlem Renaissance. Research about the time period, what it was famous for, and why it was important.
Upload your paper to Turnitin.com by January 4, 2013.

Homework

Homework - Please finish the vocabulary sentences and definitions for chapters 13 - 17 for The Giver (16 words).

Please read my comments for the Rough Draft paper on Turnitin.com.  Make changes to your final paper that has to be submitted by midnight Thursday.

Example of Book Report

 Here is a copy of a grade seven student book report.

XXXXXXXXXX                                                                                                       Ms. Chaney

Due Date: 12/3/12

Home Room: 3-208

The Last Olympian

By,

Rick Riordan

                 

                  The Last Olympian, by Rick Riordan is the last book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series.  The Last Olympian is the conclusion of the other four books, while it isn’t the last of the books it is the end of Rick’s first series.  Rick Riordan was born on June 5, 1964 he was born in Texas in the city of San Antonio. He was the editor of his high school newspaper, he made third place in Texas for UIL feature writing. He once got his car egged by the football team for making fun of their losing streak. He went to North Texas State because in the beginning he wanted to pursue a career of being a guitar player, but Rick then transferred to the University of Texas in Austin to where he majored in English and history.

            During his childhood Rick became interested in Greek and Norse mythology, he read science fiction and fantasy till college in where he read mystery.  The other works that Rick Riordan wrote were the Kane Chronicles, 39 clues series, and the Heroes of Olympus. He has also written other books for adults the books are the last King of Texas, Big Red Tequila, The Widower’s Two-Step; The Devil went down to Austin, Cold Springs, South town, Mission Road, and Rebel Island. He is now happily married and has two kids named Haley and Patrick; he is currently living in San Antonio with his family.

            In the conclusion of the series The Last Olympian, Percy has to defeat Kronos the father of the eldest three. He has to fulfill the prophecy which is “A half-blood of the eldest gods, Shall reach sixteen against all odds, and see the world in endless sleep, the hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap, a single choice shall end his days. Olympus to preserve or raze.” (Rick Riordan, The last Olympian, and PG55-56) This prophecy was made seventy years ago and now the prophecy will come to an end. Percy has to protect Olympus and has to make a choice in what will save Olympus or destroy it. If he makes the wrong choice then Kronos will take over Olympus and destroy the Gods seats. Which are the only connection they have to Olympus and without them they are nothing. Then all the demigods will be tracked down by the Titans and destroyed.

            This whole story takes place in three major places, the underworld where Percy is betrayed by Nico di Angelo son of Hades who had lost his sister in the third book Titan’s Curse. He took Percy to his father thinking that he would just question Percy and then let him go. Instead Hades kept Percy thinking that if he did that then Nico would be the child in the prophecy. Instead after Percy got locked up Nico helped him escape and took him to the River Styx’s which he had to go to his mother’s apartment and get the blessing for dipping in to the river to defeat Kronos. Percy and Nico also went to May Castellan to get information on Luke and know his enemy. The final and major place this story took place is New York City in where the fight with Kronos took place.

            The major characters in this story are Percy who has to fulfill the prophecy and either save or destroy Olympus. Annabeth the daughter of Athena, she and Percy are really close she had helped him through all the books. Grover is Satyr and was the one that was with Percy from the beginning, he has gone with Percy and Annabeth almost everywhere. Nico di Angelo he became close with Percy at the end of the fourth book The Battle of the Labyrinth. Thalia Grace who was the daughter of Zeus, she then became a hunter so Olympus could have more time to prepare for Kronos because it was close to her 16^th birthday in which the prophecy was supposed to come true. To become a hunter is to swear an oath that you will not love or age forever.

            Rachel Elizabeth Dare who was like Percy’s mother she could see through the mist and helped Percy in the fourth book by leading the way through the Labyrinth. Clarisse is the Daughter of Ares the god of war and slayed Drakon and getting revenge for Aphrodite’s daughter Silena’s death. Silena and Beckendorf started dating; Beckendorf was killed in the battle on the Princess Andromeda, he sacrificed himself for the Gods and Olympus. The rest of the characters are Gods who had to fight Typhon the one thing that almost made them lose the war against Titans during the last war. There are the counselor’s and camper in camp half-blood that helped during the war, and they risked their lives for their Godly parents.

            In the beginning of the book Percy is enjoying an afternoon with Rachel when Beckendorf comes and tells Percy that it’s time to go. They go to the Princess Andromeda a ship that first Luke was using, and now Kronos who is in Luke’s body is using . There Beckendorf and Percy go and try to blow up the ship. In the end Beckendorf and Percy get caught and Beckendorf hit the detonator and Percy dived into the sea after he tried to fight Kronos but he was hit by Kronos’s sword and he felt his energy draining as he hit the water the last thing he thought about was Beckendorf before he blacked out. He woke up and saw his half-brother Tyson, he then found out that he was in his father’s palace where his father told him that it was time he heard the whole prophecy. He heard the Prophecy and realized that he only had a few days left until he died.

Percy and Nico then shadow traveled to May Castellan to find out more information on Luke’s past. They met Hestia who gave up her seat on the council for Dionysus; she is what the book title referred to. Hestia was the last Olympian she gave up her seat for peace in court. She told Percy to think about her when he made his last and final decision that would affect Olympus. He comes to the River Styx where he dipped in and the only thing that kept him sane was Annabeth. When he came back everyone prepared for battle the time was upon him he then posted everyone at places where Kronos would most likely strike. Everyone was in position and everything was in place. Kronos aimed for the weaker points where weaker soldiers and fighters were positioned.

A Titan named Prometheus visited Percy and gave him the Pandora’s Box, Prometheus is telling Percy to give up hope .To stop the war give up because there is no way that there was no way he could beat Kronos. While the gods are fighting Typhon they are not at all winning Dionysus was thrown at a mountain and is under tons of rumble. Rachel had message for Percy and she came back from her vacation to tell him. The message she gave him was “Perseus you are not the hero.” (Riordan, The last Olympian PG 278) Nico at that moment is trying to convince Hades to join the war to help the other Olympians, because if they lose he fades with them.   Soon Silena tries to lead the Ares cabin but dies at doing so, and then everyone learns that she was the spy inside camp. Clarisse in anger killed Drakon for revenge, and Silena was not known as the spy but a hero.

Percy gives Pandora’s Box to Hestia, because she is the Last Olympian and because Hope also survives best at the Hearth.  Percy then climbs on his father throne which is a very dangerous thing to do because the God or Goddess could kill you. He convinced his father to come and help the Gods and Goddesses fight and leave his palace to save Olympus. Hades come to Olympus and occupies Kronos’s army while Kronos tries to get away not before Typhon comes, all the Olympians are giving their last amount of effort to stop him. Then Poseidon came and helped take down Typhon who then sank into Jersey shore. 

In the end when Kronos hit Annabeth Luke came back and took control and said that he needed to 

kill himself. Annabeth gave the sword that Luke gave her when she was seven he took it and stabbed

 it into himself he died. He was the hero the cursed blade was Annabeth’s knife. 

Luke was the real hero of Olympus he killed himself for Olympus and Percy said “We need a shroud……” “A shroud for the son of Hermes” (Riordan, the Last Olympian PG 338) Hades came to Olympus and got great comments and had a hero’s welcome from everyone. Percy, Annabeth, Thalia, Tyson, and Grover were each given something. Thalia promised to help filling the Hunter’s ranks. Tyson requested a stick and Zeus said he’d give him the best stick ever made. Grover was named fit to join the Council of Cloven Elders; Annabeth was then named the official architect of Olympus. Percy was given the chance to be a god instead he requested that all gods should be recognized even minor gods, by the age of thirteen they should know who their godly parent is.

            The story was enjoyable, because it had a twist of just a normal boy with girl issues but it also showed that he didn’t give up hope. He made the right choices that saved Olympus; he didn’t try to do this on his own not only did Percy stand up tall. Percy had loyal friends that stood ground with him. They all showed perseverance, integrity, which lead to their excellence. When Percy in the book was told to give up hope, he didn’t he not only encouraged himself to go forward. He had friends by his side telling him to not give up, he had determination he looked forward no matter the obstacles in his way.  As the writer to recommend this book, it would probably go to the whole class. The class would enjoy it because; it started with a twelve year old to a sixteen year old that had to face difficulties the class could only imagine. It showed that he never gave up no matter what was in his way.

Works Cited

"Camp Half-blood/Characters." Camp Half-Blood Wikia. N.p., n.d. Web. .

"The Last Olympian." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Nov. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2012. .

"Rick Riordan." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Feb. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2012. .

Riordan, Rick. "The Online World of Rick Riordan." Rick Riordan. Gray Digital Group, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2012. .

Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Last Olympian. New York: Hyperion for Children, 2009. Print.

 

Information

Information - I was sick for the entire weekend and did not correct most students book reports. I am moving the date forward for completion of the final copy of your reports until December 20th.
I will try and complete all corrections for submitted work by Thursday, December 13.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

Homework

Homework - Please review summaries for chapters 9, 10, 11, and 12 for The Giver, you will have a test on Tuesday.

Addtional Information

Additional Works Cited information - I just received this morning access to a new web site for additional help with doing a Works Cited page and how to do parenthetical citations; Plagiarism.org.

Please use this web site to aid in doing your final paper. We will go over this web site in class on Monday.

Homework/Information

Homework - Put each vocabulary word from Power Plus Lesson #3 in a sentence, work is due on Friday December 7.

Information - There will an ELA assessment test given by the Boston Public Schools for all students in grades 3 - 10 on Wednesday and Thursday. The assessment will take place during English class on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Please make sure you come to class on time.

Homework/Information

Homework - Continue working on report. Do additional research on the author of your book. Come to class prepared to use the Ipads and your Evernote account to take/save notes for your paper. Friday you will learn how to upload your paper to Turnitin.com.

Information - The Boston Public Schools are conducting tests of all grade 3-10 students next week
 ( December 5/6), in English and math.

Homework - Study your summaries for chapters 7 & 8 in The Giver and study the vocabulary for chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8 also in The Giver. Test on Monday December 3rd for both.

Continue

Please continue working on your long term project (Book Report) which has to be uploaded on Monday before midnight.

Information

Information

I will not be in class on Monday, I have a funeral to attend. All work that was due on Monday will be due on Tuesday. We will start to use the iPad on Tuesday instead.
Please do the work that I am leaving with the substitute teacher all work will be checked on Tuesday.

Homework

Homework - Continue to work on "Riki-tiki-tavi" in your Literature Book, pages 74 - 91. Answer all questions except for 6,8, and 9 on page 89.
All work is due Monday November 26.

Continue to work on your Book Report, which is due no later than December 3.
We will be using the iPads in class next week (11/26). Please come prepared with both your notes and book to work on your project in class.

Homework/Classwork

Homework/Classwork - Complete Subject/Predicate packet finish the rest of the packet. Due Friday November 16.
Continue working on Long Term Project (reading a book written by a male). Read and take notes, place your notes in your Evernotes.com account.
Rough Draft due to be uploaded by December 3. The rough draft will be worth three (3) test grades. The final revised paper is worth 30% of your term grade.

Book Report Outline

Here is a copy of the outline for the long term project:

Pick a book written by any male author; please follow the guidelines listed below. Please bring in the book for pre-approval no later than November 5.

Rough draft is due December 3, final draft is due December 17, 2012; use Turnitin.com to submit your paper. Your paper must be at least 4 pages long; cover, 2 pages of body, and a work cited page.

MLA format:

a)     Times New Roman Size 12 Font

b)    One inch margins on all sides

c)     Double space only

d)    Cover Page has to include your name, homeroom, date, book title underlined, author, and my name, Ms. Chaney

BOOK REPORT OUTLINE

A.   Title: Give the title of your book – underline it once

B.    Author: Give the name of the author of your work. List details concerning his life work, and include any information that might have a direct bearing on the work that you have read by him. Is there a special reason why they wrote this work? Finally list all other works done by this author.

C.    Theme/thesis: Write on good paragraph about the subject/main idea of the story.

D.   Setting: Describe the setting or local in which the events in the story take place.

E.    Characters: List the main and minor characters. Write one good sentence about each; tell why they are important to the story.

F.    Action/situation: Use details to tell what happens in the story. Please be specific by using examples from the story.  Please write at least three (3) paragraphs for this section

G.   Opinion: What is your opinion of the story? Did you enjoy reading it yes/no, explain. List facts to back up your statements.

H.   Recommendation: Would you recommend this book to the rest of the class? Write at least one sentence for your recommendation

Homework

Homework - The Giver packet, chapters 5 and 6 is due Friday November 9.

Newspaper Summaries(3) are due on Friday November 16.

Homework

Homework - Please study for test tomorrow on Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson # 2.
Your Rough Draft is due December 3 for your long term project.
It will have to be uploaded to Turitin.com.

Homework

Homework - Please create an account for Evernote.com to be used to keep all of your notes for your long term project online. You will be able to access this information from any computer no matter where you are.

Homework

Homework - Study for Vocabulary test for chapters 1,2,3, and 4 in The Giver, on Tuesday.
Study for Vocabulary Power Plus test on Thursday.

Reminder Newspaper Summaries due Thursday.

Log into Turnitin.com and set your own password. Please write down your password in your agenda book. I will not have a copy of your password.

Start reading your book and taking notes on the information needed for your book report, the rough draft is due December 3 to be uploaded to Turnitin.com.

Homework

Homework - Vocabulary Power Plus  sentences for lesson # 2 (15), are due on Monday.
Sentences for chapters three (3) and four (4) are due on Monday (8).
Books for the next long term project are due to me for review, no later than Monday November 5.
Newspaper summaries, three articles, three paragraphs each. Due no later then November 8.

Homework

Homework - Continue with the questions for "The Tell Tale Heart", numbers 8-16. I will check on Monday, November 5.
Newspapers are due on Thursday (3) articles with (3) summaries and (3) at least (3) paragraph each.
Test Thursday on chapters 3 and 4 of The Giver, please review your answers for the chapters.

Homework

Homework - The Tell Tale Heart packet, please work on it over the weekend and we will go over it on Monday.
Newspaper summaries (3) are due on Thursday.

Binder Check

Binder check on Monday, please pass in your binder as soon as you enter the class.

Binder/Homework

Homework - Pick one Idea for Essay topic and write a five (5) paragraph essay. Due Friday

Binders will be checked on Monday, October 22.

Reminder

Reminder - Study for test on chapter one/two for The Giver on Tuesday.

Practice for Oral Presentation of newspaper article on Wednesday for a test grade.

Finish Do Now, essay on Bullying, for homework due Tuesday.

Test

Study for test on Tuesday for Chapters One and Two for The Giver.

Information

Information - Continue to work on Autobiography which is due no later than Thursday October 11.

Newspaper Summaries are due tomorrow October 10.

Next week, October 17, you will pick one of your articles to do and oral presentation (test grade).

October 19, will be the day I check your binders, Newspaper and Classwork.

Complete

Please complete all of the Pre-reading activities for The Giver. All work is due on Tuesday October 9.
Newspapers are due on Wednesday October 10. Continue to work on autobiography.

Autobiography is due Thursday October 11 for full credit: one day late - 25%, two days late - 50%, three days late - 75%, after that 0%.

Cover page has to have teachers name upper left hand corner, your name, title (autobiography)  in the middle of the page, and date in the upper right hand corner.

Study

Homework - Study for the Vocabulary Power Plus test lesson #1 on Wednesday.

Continue to work on your autobiography which is due NO LATER THAN October 11.

Newspaper summaries (3) due October 9.

REVIEW

Review all questions and answers from Seventh Grade there is a test on Monday.
Please review vocabulary, and review comprehension.
If you do not have access to the internet on a regular basis, please see me about borrowing a book for the school year.

Information

Information:

 All work for Seventh Grade, in the Literature Book will be collected on Friday (1200) points. Test will be on Monday October 1.

All work for Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson One (500) points will also be collected on Friday.
Test will be Wednesday October 3.

Homework

Homework : 1.  Newspaper summaries (3) due October 2.
                     2.  Pick one of the topics from Ideas for Essay paper and write a five (5) paragraph    essay, due Thursday 9/27.
                    3.  CONTINUE TO WORK ON AUTOBIOGRAPHY DUE NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 11.

Literature Book

Homework: Create an  online account for your literature book: Classzone.com, grade 7 Literature Book, McDougal Littell.  Online book access code 4726324-30 to use after you create your account.

Seventh Grade packet is due on Tuesday. Newspaper articles and summaries (3) are also due on Tuesday.

Homework

Homework- If you did not finish Writing Task #2, writing a letter to the principal, please do it tonight.

Newspapers: Please cut out three (3) newspaper articles from the Boston Globe and write at least a three (3) paragraph summary for EACH. A paragraph has to have at least five (5) sentences. If it does not have five sentences, you will not get credit.
Newspapers are due Tuesday September 25.

Autobiography Guidelines

Please Follow Guidelines 

MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY GUIDELINES

 4 PAGES TYPED INCLUDING A COVER PAGE

 USE MLA FORMAT (ONE INCH MARGINS ON ALL SIDES, SIZE 12 FONT, TIMES NEW ROMAN STYLE FONT, DOUBLE SPACED)

 DUE NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 11, 2012

A.    Write a paragraph of introduction (tell something about yourself)

B.     What does life mean to you (what’s important to you)

C.    What is your outlook for the future

D.    Major/Important events in your life

E.     Write a conclusion paragraph

a)    Introduction – please include where you were born, live now and about your family (parents, brothers, sisters ect.), if your family is not from the United States, please include that as well.

b)   Life – educational experiences things you like, hobbies and thoughts about the important people in your life

c)   Outlook – What do you want to do in the future, what do you need to do to achieve your goals. Be specific!

d)   Events – meaningful events in your life, births/deaths or travels

e)    Conclusion – bring things to closure, add any final thoughts or ideas that you didn’t already include, if you want to include pictures, they can only be on the cover or a separate page at the end (appendix).

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles: Please use the Boston Globe given in class to find three (3) articles to cut out (NOT SPORTS OR ENTERTAINMENT). Write at least a three (3) paragraph summary on EACH article, including why you think it is important. All work is to be put into your newspaper binder.
Due Tuesday September 18, 2012.

Binder

Binder tab information:
Please label the sections in one of your binders as follows:
1.  References/Resources
2.  Vocabulary
3.  Classwork
4.  Do Now
5.  Homework
6.  Tests/Quizzes
The second binder is for newspaper articles only.
Notebook/composition is for short writing assignments only.

Weekend Homework

Homework:

Please review the summer reading book for the Writing Prompt Test on Monday and Tuesday. You may use your graphic organizer you created for the book Ender's Game.
Rough draft will be collected on Monday, and returned on Tuesday. Rough draft, final draft and graphic organizer will be passed in on Tuesday.

Welcome

Welcome to the O'Bryant family. I am pleased to be your grade seven English teacher for the 2012/2013 school year.
We are going to have a very exciting academic year.
In class today I gave the list of things needed for class;

1.  Two three inch binders
2.  One composition notebook
3.  Pocket dictionary/thesaurus
4.  Blue/black ink pens
5.  Pencils
6.  Highlighters
7.  Colored pencils/crayons
8.  Ruler

Please bring in your supplies as soon as you can.

Homework

Please write a five  (5) paragraph essay about what you did this summer. Due Friday 9/7/12

Research

Research - continue to work on the body of your paper, please use parenthetical citations immediately after all (paraphrased) information gathered from each of your sources. Place all work on Evernotes.
Due Wednesday 6/6
Final Paper Due 6/8 to be uploaded to Turitin.com before midnight.

This research paper counts twice; 30% of fifth term grade and 50% of the final exam grade.

RESEARCH

Research Continued- Please continue to work on the body of your paper, including putting your parenthetical citations for all of your material after each piece of information you get from your sources. Review from Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Library; The Basic Steps in the Research Process, numbers 17, 18. Start to look at number 19 to begin to understand how to do an introduction and conclusion.

On Monday I will check Evernotes to see how much additional information you have gathered over the weekend.

Review

Review for the Final Exam - Idioms, Literary Terms, Grammar Usage, and Power Plus Vocabulary.

Continue working on Research Paper using the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Library website for help; we will review in class.

Homework

Homework - Please go to Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Library website and do steps 15 - 18; Basic Steps in the Research Process. All work is to be uploaded to Evernotes.com. Time now extended to Friday May 25.
We will review in class to make sure you understand what needs to be done.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

Research Information - Please go to the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Library website, Basics Steps in the Research Process. Read and review numbers 10. 11, 12, 13, and 14; make additional keywords, source cards, note cards, and a rough draft of your thesis statement. ALL WORK IS TO BE PLACED ON EVERNOTES.COM,  by Friday. All work will be checked online in class.

Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Library

Please go to the CRLS library website, Basic Steps in Research Process section. Do numbers 7,8, and 9, Brainstorming Questions, Group Questions, and new questions of your own. Please place all of this work on Evernotes.com.
This work is due on Thursday, May 10.

Research Information Term 5

Here is a copy of the guidelines I will pass out in class for the 5th term paper. You will only get one printed copy. 

 

INFORMATION FOR RESEARCH PAPER 0N A TOPIC

1.    Final paper due June 8, 2012

2.    MLA format – size 12 font – Times New Roman font style – double spaced – one inch margins, top sides and bottom of the page

3.    Paper has to be a minimum of five pages long

4.    Page number one is the cover page

5.    Pages two, three, and four are the body of your paper

6.    Page five is your Work Cited page, which HAS to be a separate page

7.    IF YOU DO NOT HAVE INTEXT CITATIONS OR WORK CITED PAGE YOUR WILL NOT GET ANY CREDIT.

8.    THIS PAPER IS 30% OF 5TH TERM GRADE AND 25% OF THE FINAL EXAM GRADE

9.    Please reread your paper aloud before you upload it, and have someone else read your paper as well

10. All papers will be uploaded to turnitin.com before midnight

Rsearch Information

Please put all of your information from your source cards on your Evernote.com account. Review on the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Library website to find out what information has to be included.

This information and the Newspaper Summaries are due on 5/7 (Monday).

Homework/Review

Homework/Review - Please review all work for "What is a Winner?" in the literature book, pages 790 - 801. Test on Wednesday.

Go to the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Library website and continue with The Basic Steps in the Research Process. Review number four Source Cards (correct your source cards if needed), read numbers five (Focus the Topic) and six (Write a Statement of Purpose).
1. Write down your ideas about how you are going to focus your topic for the research paper, due Friday in class.
2. Write a statement of purpose for class on Friday. 

Log into Cambridge Rindge & Latin Library website that we viewed in class. Go to the Research Process page and review the guidelines for Key Words # 2. Create your own list of Key Words to guide your research for your last research paper due June 8th.

Homewwork/Informatiom

Homework - Study for test on Thursday Power Plus Vocabulary Lesson # 15. Information - During vacation you will review the list of topics and pick one to do for the (5) term. The paper will be due June 8th and will count twice, one towards term (5) 30% and the final exam, 25%.

PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR PARAGRAPH TO TURNITIN.COM NO LATER THAN APRIL 22, 2012.

List of Topics for Research

Please review the topic list and chose one that you are interested in learning more about. During vacation pick one topic and come to class April 23, with a short essay about why you want to do that topic.



1. Smoking cigarette / marijuana Pros/Cons
2. Television/Movies/Video Games are a bad influence
3. Eating Disorders Bulimia/Anorexia
4. Peer Pressure/Bullying is it Beneficial or Harmful.
5. All schools should have student uniforms as requirements.
6. Environment and Pollution
7. Death Penalty for/against Why
8. Afghanistan, is being there important?
9. School Should be All Year Yes/No
10. Supreme Court should end affirmative action in higher education.
11. Junior high and high school athletes should have random drug tests.
12. Stem cell research should be expanded.
13. It is better to a follower than a leader.
14. Racism /Stereotypes

Information

Information - Test on Tuesday April 10 on "Names and Nombres", and test on Thursday on Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson #14. Please review your answers to the questions for Names and your vocabulary lesson #14.

Information

Please remember to continue to work on your paper which is due no later than 11:50 PM on Thursday.

PLEASE read your paper ALOUD, then have an adult read your paper before you upload it.

Information/Homework

Homework - Newspaper article summaries are due on Monday: three (3) articles, three (3) paragraph summary for each, each paragraph has to be at least five (5) sentences long or you will not receive any credit.

Bring in your Rough Draft of your research paper on Tuesday. We will do Peer Review like we did after the Harlem Renaissance. You may bring it in on Monday and I will hold it until Tuesday.
If you can not print it, e-mail it to me.

Homework

Homework - Vocabulary Power Plus sentences for lessons 13 - 15 (45) total, due Tuesday.
Test Thursday for Vocabulary Lesson 13.
Test Friday for Idioms, study idioms 30 - 75.

Reminder to work on report due Thursday April 5, to be uploaded to Turnitin.com, before midnight.

Homework

Homework - Each student was supposed to bring in a book on the person that they chose for the research paper by March 19th. Any student who does not have a book by Monday March 26 will have their grade entered as a test grade. The paper is due to be uploaded to turnitin.com no later than April 5th, before midnight.

Homework

Homework - Study your answers for the Story about "Eleanor Roosevelt" pages 774-779 in your literature book. Test on Thursday, there is an open response component.

Monday - Newspaper articles (3) pick three articles from the Boston Globe, write a three (3) paragraph summary for each of your articles. Each paragraph has to have at least five (5) sentences to get credit.

Bring in at least one book for your research paper by Monday March 19.

English Language Arts MCAS next week Tuesday and Wednesday.

Evernotes

Please change the name of the notebook that you made on Evernote to Research Paper on a Woman - Your Name, by Monday. Please add the name of the woman you have chosen for your research by Monday.

Homework

Homework - Please use the website for the book to finish any work not completed for the Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, classzone.com. Finish all work for pages 762-779, this will be checked on Friday. There will be a test next Thursday.

Please bring in a copy of your Harlem Renaissance paper to share with your class on Tuesday. We will review several papers online and discuss how to do things differently for the next paper.

Newspaper Summaries

Newspapers - Newspaper summaries on political stories, pick three (3) stories and write at least three (3) paragraph summaries on each. Each paragraph must contain at least five (5) sentences to recieve any credit.
This is due Monday March 12.

Information/Homework

Information - This term the long term assignment is a research paper on a woman. Pick a woman from the list given in class. Find at least three sources for your paper. Use the guidelines that where given in class to write your paper. I have included the list and the guidelines in this blog.

List of Women for Research

Please pick one of the women from this list for your research paper for fourth term. Paper is due April 5, 2012. Additional information will be coming soon.

Clara Latimer Bacon
Gertrude Branch Mae Jemison
Mary Lucy Cartwright Jane Goodall
Sun-Yung Alice Chang Maria Mitchell
Sister Mary Celine Fasenmyer Marie Currie
Deborah Tepper Haimo Dorothy Crowfoot
Paulette Libermann Annie Cannon
Svenlana Jitomirskaya Ellen Ochoa
Argelia Velez-Rodriguez Barbara McClintock
Irene Fonseca Sallie Ride
Hypatia Ada Yonath
Etta Zuber Falconer Carol Greider
Gloria Conyers Hewitt Elizabeth Blackburn
Chuu-Lian Terng Linda Buck
Anneli Lax Mary Douglas Leakey
Ida Rhodes Wangari Maathai
Pauline Sperry Rigoberta Menchu
Vivienne Malone-Mayes Shirin Ebadi
Fan Chung Harper Lee
Lesley Milman Sibner Gwendolyn Brooks
Indira Gandhi Rebecca Cole
Frida Kahlo
Suiko
Sandra Day O’Connor
Constance Baker Motley
Golda Meir
Madeleine Albright
Benazir Bhutto
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Audrey Hepburn
Marion Anderson
Mildred D. Taylor
Mary McLeod Bethune
Evelyn Cisneros
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
Violeta Chammoro
Cristina E. Fernandez de Kirchner

OUTLINE FOR RESEARCH PAPER ON A PERSON
DUE NO LATER THAN April 5, 2012
PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR PAPER TO TURNITIN.COM BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Use MLA format, total of five (5) pages typed. Page one cover, two, three, and four text, page five Work Cited. You need a minimum of three sources. Do not label the sections of your paper.

A. Work Cited – List all of the places that you gathered information from, including page numbers, dates of publication, title of and author of books used. This information comes at the end of your paper. If this information isn’t included, you get no credit.
B. Cover – Give the name of your person; and underline it once on your cover page. Your name, grade, date, teacher’s name, and class period.
C. Childhood – Describe the subjects’ childhood. Where was he or she born? Were they rich or poor? Were there any significant events or facts in his or her childhood that made them what they later turned out to be?
D. Education – Describe the general educational experience. Private school or public, were there any influential teachers or friends at school. Did they attend college, which one, how important was education to their lives?
E. Life Crisis or Major Events – What major event or life crisis best illustrated the character and personality of the subject? Write about anything that made this person who they later became.
F. Impact – What impact or influence did the subject have on history and the lives of others?
G. Did you benefit from this research experience, in what way? Be specific.

Homework

Homework - Newspaper articles summaries (3) will be due on Monday March 5. Please write at least (5) sentences for each of your (3) paragraphs. I will NOT accept any summary that is less than (3) paragraphs or (5) sentences in each paragraph.

Power Plus Vocabulary Test on Tuesday March 6, Lesson number 12. Please review all definitions, including synonyms and antonyms for the test on Tuesday.

Homework

Homework - Review Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson number 11 for test on Tuesday. Continue to review your questions and answers for Ben Carson Gifted Hands test will be on Thursday March 1.

Homework

Homework - Please review all of your chapters during vacation for Ben Carson Gifted Hands, the test for the end of the book will be March 1, 2012. If you do not have the questions for chapters 13 - 22 please get a copy from me.

Homework

Homework - Part 1 Study for Vocabulary Power Plus test on Lesson # 10.
Part 2
Continue working on research paper. Remember to cite your sources in your document after each paragraph or section that you borrowed information from. Use the website for Cambridge Rindge & Latin Library. Review the section; CRLS Research Guide, Basic Steps to Research Guide, parenthetical citations (18) on the list. Use this website to help with your Work Cited page.

Your paper has to be uploaded no later than Friday February 17, before midnight. It is worth 30% of your third term grade.

Homework

Homework for 208, 210, and 206 ONLY- Put each of your forty five vocabulary words from lessons 10 - 11- 12 in your Power Plus book into a sentence. Your sentences have to show that you understand the meaning of each word. If they do not, then no credit will be given for that sentence. This is due Friday 2/10.

Additional Homework

Please go to the website easybib.com and put in your information from your sources for your research paper to create your Work Cited page.
This is due by Monday 2/13.

Homework

Homework - Finish the Do Now; write a three paragraph essay about your experience of doing your research project in class. Please post your essay on Evernotes.com, and entitle your new note as Research Essay.
Due Wednesday, February 8.

Homework

Homework - Please keep working on your research paper. It will be due to be uploaded to Turnitin.com on Friday, February 17, before midnight.

Homework

Homework - Please continue to work on your Harlem Renaissance research paper which is due no later than February 17th. This paper is worth 30% of your term grade.

Newspaper articles - cut out three (3) articles of interest to you from The Boston Globe not including sports, entertainment, obituaries. Write at least three (3) paragraphs about each article. Each paragraph has to be at least five (5) sentences long or you will not get any credit. Due Monday February 6th.

Information

Information - Please attach your name to your work on Evernotes. I am having a hard time checking that you are placing your work online without having to open all of the pages. Place your name as part of the title of your notes, for example; Ms. Chaney's Notes. Put your book/website information on Easybib.com. Copy and past it into your Evernotes to save for your Work Cited page.

Homework

Homework - Newspapers, please cut out three articles from The Boston Globe and write a three paragraph summary for each. Each paragraph has to be at least five sentences long or you will not get any credit. This is due on Monday, January 30.

Homework

Homework - Please bring all of your books/notes for the Harlem Renaissance paper to class to put on Evernotes. We will be using the iPads in class all of next week as well.

Homework

Additional homework; please share your Evernote account with me by linking my e-mail in the share notebook box on Evernotes. I need to make sure you are using this account to store your information on the Harlem Renaissance. My e-mail bchaney@boston.k12.ma.us

Newspaper Summaries

Newspaper article summaries; pick three articles from The Boston Globe, and cut them out of the newspaper. Write at least a three paragraph summary of each. Each paragraph has to be at least five sentences long, or you will not get any credit.
Newspaper summaries are due Monday January 23.

Homework

Homework - Study Vocabulary Power Plus lesson number 9. Test on Tuesday January 17.

Continue to work on your Harlem Renaissance paper. Please keep all notes, including information about the books and websites, on your evernote.com account.

Homework

Homework - Continue to work on gathering information about the Harlem Renaissance making sure you record where you are getting your information from. You will need that information to do your in text citations and your Work Cited page.
Go to your local library and get a book about one of the people you will be doing your research on and bring it to class on Wednesday. We will be working in class the whole period on the research project.

Information

Hello,

Due to the fact that the library is being used for testing we will not be able to go during the times I had previously scheduled. I will be asking you to go to your local library to obtain books on the two people that you pick for your Harlem Renaissance paper. We will be going over the information in class.

I will give all classes the list of people to review for your paper tomorrow. We will also go over all expectations for this paper.