7th Grade History - Mrs. McAliley
Trading Cards
11/12/14, Wednesday - Make 4 trading cards featuring each of the empresarios.
Trading Card Maker New Trading Card
11/13/14, Thursday - Finish trading cards and start Land Grant Map.
You will be importing the Texas map into Google Draw or Sumo paint so that you can identify the settlements.
Texas Map 1820-1836
Google Draw or SumoPaint
11/14/14, Friday - Finish all assignments.
Helpful Websites
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/empresarios.htm
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online
11/12/14, Wednesday - Make 4 trading cards featuring each of the empresarios.
Trading Card Maker New Trading Card
11/13/14, Thursday - Finish trading cards and start Land Grant Map.
You will be importing the Texas map into Google Draw or Sumo paint so that you can identify the settlements.
Texas Map 1820-1836
Google Draw or SumoPaint
11/14/14, Friday - Finish all assignments.
Helpful Websites
http://www.tamu.edu/faculty/ccbn/dewitt/empresarios.htm
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online
8th Grade History - Coach Suniga
Colonial Protest Project Guidelines
11/4/14, Tuesday - Write your letter. The letter must be typed using business letter format. You must use complete sentences, proper grammar, and spell correctly. The goal of the letter is to inform me, the citizen of one of the colonies, of the protest. You must have all specified information in the letter.
Things you must have in your letter:
11/5/14, Wednesday - Make a prop for the type of protest you will be doing. (Example: displaying signs-make a sign, picketing-make a picket sign, distributing flyers-make a flyer) Be creative and colorful!!!! Use one of the Web 2.0 tools provided to create your prop.
Poster My Wall - Must create an account to save work. SAMPLE
Piktochart - Must create an account to save work. SAMPLE
11/6/14, Thursday - Working on your own
11/4/14, Tuesday - Write your letter. The letter must be typed using business letter format. You must use complete sentences, proper grammar, and spell correctly. The goal of the letter is to inform me, the citizen of one of the colonies, of the protest. You must have all specified information in the letter.
Things you must have in your letter:
- Inform the colonist of what the name of the Act is and what the Act is enforcing.
- Develop a slogan. Example: Walmart’s slogan: Save Money. Live Better. McDonald’s slogan: I’m lovin it! The slogan must be used in the letter.
- Describe how the colonies will protest. (examples: picketing, displaying signs, distributing flyers,)
- Tell where, when, and how the protest should be done.
- Tell what you are trying to gain by protesting.
11/5/14, Wednesday - Make a prop for the type of protest you will be doing. (Example: displaying signs-make a sign, picketing-make a picket sign, distributing flyers-make a flyer) Be creative and colorful!!!! Use one of the Web 2.0 tools provided to create your prop.
Poster My Wall - Must create an account to save work. SAMPLE
Piktochart - Must create an account to save work. SAMPLE
11/6/14, Thursday - Working on your own
7th Grade Writing - Mr. Edwards
10/28/14, Tuesday - Use the Tagxedo website to create a transitional words and phrases word cloud. We will print these and hang in the hallway. Use a minimum of 20 words or phrases. (Phrases count as 1 item)
Sample Word Cloud
10/29/14, Wednesday - Identify the transitional words and phrases in the paragraph by changing the font color, bold and underline the text.
Identify Transitions Essay
10/30/14, Thursday
Practice with Transitional Words and Phrases
1. Insert the correct transitional word or phrase in the appropriate place in the paragraph. You will need to use copy, paste and insert tools in Word to do this.
2. List the events in chronological order and apply number bullets in word.
These assignments will be on one document that you will print to turn in. Be sure you use the proper heading.
Sample Word Cloud
10/29/14, Wednesday - Identify the transitional words and phrases in the paragraph by changing the font color, bold and underline the text.
Identify Transitions Essay
10/30/14, Thursday
Practice with Transitional Words and Phrases
1. Insert the correct transitional word or phrase in the appropriate place in the paragraph. You will need to use copy, paste and insert tools in Word to do this.
2. List the events in chronological order and apply number bullets in word.
These assignments will be on one document that you will print to turn in. Be sure you use the proper heading.
7th Grade Science - Coach Talley
Cell Mitosis - Refer to this website to view each step of cell mitosis
Google Draw - Draw and label the 7 steps of mitosis. Explain what is happening in each step. Be sure that you create a separate drawing for each step.
Insert individual pictures into Google Slides and submit link to Coach Talley using the Mitosis Portfolio Dropbox.
Instructions for creating your slideshow
Go to file
Select Publish to web
Click blue Publish button
You will see a link pop up, copy the link
Go back to your Google Slide
Choose insert picture
From the picture pop up box, choose from URL
Paste the URL from your published picture into the box
You should see the picture appear on your slide
5. Repeat steps for the remaining 6 pictures. You will have 8 total slides.
Mitosis Portfolio Dropbox - You will need to copy the link to your Google Slides and paste into this dropbox for a grade.
Google Draw - Draw and label the 7 steps of mitosis. Explain what is happening in each step. Be sure that you create a separate drawing for each step.
- Prophase - Label Chromosomes
- Prometaphase - Label Microtubules, chromosomes and centrosomes
- Metaphase - Label chromosomes
- Anaphase - Label chromatids
- Telophase - Label nuclear membrane and chromosomes
- Cytokinesis - Label cells and nucleus
- Interphase - Tell that G1, S, and G2 are all occurring in Interphase, also label DNA
Insert individual pictures into Google Slides and submit link to Coach Talley using the Mitosis Portfolio Dropbox.
Instructions for creating your slideshow
- Open new Google Slide
- Create title page
- Insert new slide
- To insert picture on the new slide you will need to follow these steps
Go to file
Select Publish to web
Click blue Publish button
You will see a link pop up, copy the link
Go back to your Google Slide
Choose insert picture
From the picture pop up box, choose from URL
Paste the URL from your published picture into the box
You should see the picture appear on your slide
5. Repeat steps for the remaining 6 pictures. You will have 8 total slides.
Mitosis Portfolio Dropbox - You will need to copy the link to your Google Slides and paste into this dropbox for a grade.
8th Science - Mrs. Thompson
Chemical Formulas & Equations Assignment
You will be learning how to use Adobe Acrobat to fill out and submit your assignment.
You will be learning how to use Adobe Acrobat to fill out and submit your assignment.
7th Reading - Mr. Cantwell
Presentation Rubric
Google Research Doc Sample
Sample Timeline
TimeToast - sign up for a free account
TimeToast DropBox
8th ELAR - Mrs. R. Jones
Presentation Rubric
Conflict Map
Sample Presentation
ThingLink
Email - [email protected]
Password - Denning
- Tuesday - Create document with information for ThingLink
- Wednesday - Take picture of plot chart and email, search for video example, finish ThingLink document
- Thursday - Complete Conflict Map
- Friday - Create Google link for photo and conflict map and finish presentation.
Use dropbox link sent to you via email to turn in presentation.