Research

We are in the library the rest of the week. Research projects are due May 16th and are to be presented in class. Research topics and project options are post on the chalkboard in my classroom.

Creative Commons is an excellent source for images, music, video, etc that may help you in designing your projects. This website offers a list of sites that use creative commons: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Content_Directories - Please visit and don't forget to give credit where credit is due.

The Wiki

We will be answering Peck questions on the Wiki for the rest of the school year. You will use your library book, or other approved novel, to complete the journal entries and comments for the wiki. During the 5th six weeks, we will complete two journal entries and four comments.

SAT Vocabulary for 5th Six Weeks

The Myriad Operations Vocabulary quizzes have been passed back. If you'd like to raise your score for that quiz, you must write a creative story using all the words you missed correctly. The length of the story will depend on the number of words you missed. If you missed between 3 and 6 words, write a two page story. If you missed between 7 and 11, write three pages. If you missed 12 or more, then write four pages. Stories must be creative! Due: 3/23 (1st, 3rd) or 3/24 (2nd, 4th).

New Words!!

FLUX

wax
wane
fluctuate
flux
aberration
albino
aghast
diminish
augment
static
steadfast
dynamic
espy
illusory
precarious
fickle
capricious
lull
mercurial
protean
malleable
gape
rectify
recalibrate
amend
redress
vicissitudes
undulate
bide
antechamber
variance
pittance
suffice
Zeitgeist
mutability
entity
surreptitious
physiognomy
misogyny
monogamy
polygamy
uniform
unilateral
unique
remiss
relish
savor
vacillate
invariable
immutable
dutiful

Vocab Quiz April 12th!! Study Study Study!!!!

A Separate Peace Extra Credit

Students were given a handout discussing extra credit for this six-weeks. The assignment is due 2/15/11. There is an opportunity to earn 10 extra points if technology is incorporated into the assignment. Below is an example of what I mean.




This is an excerpt from chapter 7 of A Separate Peace. You can make a similar video at www.xtranormal.com.

Additionally, students may use www.animoto.com to create a digital scrapbook or yearbook. I have obtained permission for 50 students accounts. If you'd like to use a student account, see me or email me and I'll give you the code. This is on a first come, first served basis. If I run out of student account and you'd still like to use Animoto, you may still do so, but the website will only let you make 30 second videos, so keep that in mind.