Thursday and Friday, May 13-14, 2010

Block: SSR and log entries both days. Study for vocab and spelling test which will be on Friday. Continue to work on paragraphs for geography report. THESE ARE OVERDUE! Work on persuasive paragraphs by locating tourist information and discovering some exciting things to do or see in your country. The final paragraph's goal is to convince the reader that YOUR country is the BEST of all to study! Parents, feel free to help with this one, as well as the other sections.

No science due to MSP testing. Thursday will be the math portion of the test. The kids are working very hard on this, you should be proud of them! Friday we will watch a movie for a little comic relief/reward for their hard work on testing.

History: Demo of how to cut and paste URL addresses for their bibliographies, and students will be assigned to 15 minute computer slots to locate tourist information on their countries. They need to locate at least 5 cool places or things to do in their country. This doesn't have to be a "fun" activity if they have an extremely poor country. It can be in the form of - I would like to visit this country to help the Aids victims, or when I become a doctor I would like to join "Doctors Without Borders" to help, etc.

Cartooning: Those people who have not completed comic strip #4 have until Monday to complete it and turn it in. After that time, the grade will remain a zero and they may not make it up. Everyone not working on strip 4 will be decorating life sized surf boards and making palm trees for the 8th grade graduation dance. This is an assignment and they will receive a participation grade and a grade on the final product. Those students who refuse to participate will receive a "0" grade for both parts.