Friday, May 30, 2008

Final Journal Day

TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO TURN IN MISSING JOURNALS. PLEASE BE SURE TO INCLUDE A POST-IT-NOTE ON THE FRONT OF YOUR JOURNAL INDICATING THE JOURNALS TO BE GRADED.

Students should create a two page journal on the following prompt:

Reflect on your school year. What were the high points? The low Points? How did they change/ influence your life?

Or

With 5 half days to go, why can't you wait for summer vacation?

Or

Students may create a two page journal on an appropriate topic of their choice

Monday, May 12, 2008

Students will create Power Point presentations

Monday, May 12- Monday, May 19 (Create Power Point Projects)
Tuesday, May 20-Friday, May 23 (Power Point Class Presentations)

Students will create a 12 slide Power Point presentation

Requirements:
-Students will create a 12 slide presentation (This does not include your title page or your works cited page at the end of the presentation)
-Presentations should be 4 minutes long (Min.)
-Presentations must be creative.
*The slides should be creative and contain a theme
*Students should present their material in a creative manner (EX. Dress like their
character,bring information to pass out to the class, create an overview sheet for the class, play music or
video clips)


Restrictions:
-You may not read from note cards or your slides during your presentation
-Your slides must be creative.......More than a photo or a group of words
-You may use 3 small note cards during your presentation; however, you may not read from the cards.


Tuesday, May 20-Friday, May 23
Students will present their Power Point Project utilizing the Smart board

Click the link below to view rubric for this project:
Power Point Project Rubric
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1474890&


Posted by journalism1 at 6:40 AM

Friday, May 09, 2008

Journal Day

Today you will write a two page journal on the following prompt:

If you won $10million in the lottery, what would you do?

or

You may create a two page journal on a topic of your choice


Have a marvelous weekend!!
19 days of school left!!!

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Journal Day

Students will create a two page original journal.

Students may use the following prompt
or
Students may create an original entry

Prompt:

Write out your goals--for the world, for your lifetime, for next year, or for today. What one step could you take to start you towards achieving that goal?
May 1-May 5
Students will write their research papers

-Mrs. Christian will conduct individual checks

May 6- All research papers must be ready to be peer editid by three people

May 6 - All Research papers are due. NO EXCEPTIONS