Links To India

The link below has an incredible amount of information about India. You can learn about the Geography, culture, climate, and  much more history. You can even take an adventure trip through India.  I hope you enjoy!

Map of Mohenjodaro and Harrappa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Civilt%C3%A0ValleIndoMappa.png


http://www.geographia.com/india/index.html

http://www.indiamapsonline.com/state-map/india-state-map/india-state-map-image.html

Link from BBC about Hinduism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/ataglance/glance.shtml 

Buddhism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhismism

Homework - March 28

Have an awesome long weekend!

LANGUAGE ARTS: SOME OF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED YOUR SPEECHES!  IF I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH YOU SOME REVISIONS OR ADDITIONS TO MAKE THAN YOU NEED TO WORK ON THEM OVER THE LONG WEEKEND!!    SHARE THEM WITH A FAMILY MEMBER!

THEY NEED TO BE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 MINUTES!


Don't forget to PRACTICE, PRACTICE IF YOU HAVE FINISHED WRITING IT!!!

Homework - March 26

Language Arts: YOUR SPEECH IS SHOULD BE DONE FOR TOMORROW!!!   It needs to be at least 3 minutes long!  Practice your speech in front of your family or even in front of the mirror!


Reading: Read for at least 1/2 hour!

Math: Worksheet

March 25 Homework

Language Arts: Speeches are due Wednesday - You will be sharing with a partner and practicing your speech!

April 4 Classroom Speech   ----- School Speeches April 9

Reading: Read for at least a 1/2 hour  - Most of you have new books so be thinking about what you want to share about your author's craft!  What hooked you into the book!

6W Social Studies: Timelines were due today - I will not accept them after tomorrow.
5 Words using the Triple Entry Journal  - choose words that are in Chapter 11 - Many of you did not get to this today because your Timelines weren't done.  Make sure to write the sentence that the word is in, definition, and picture.  The words that are in the book in bold letters.

6S- Social Studies - Triple Entry Journal if you are not done!

Math: Worksheet

Homework - March 21

Reading: Read for 1/2 hour

Language Arts: Speech will be due next Thursday, March 28th! We will be recording them so be ready!  Classroom Speech is April 4th and the School Speech is April 9th!
You should be working on the background paragraph of your speech!  What historical information will your audience need to know!  


6W: Finish Timelines!

Math: Worksheet

Links for speeches

I found this website and I thought it might help some of you.  It has names of people you may be researching.
http://www.oes.edu/ls/grades/2nd/2ndheroes11.html


Marvel Library - ONCE YOU CLICK ON THE WEBSITE BELOW
                  GO TO ---      POINT OF VIEW REFERENCE CENTER

TYPE IN THE NAME YOU ARE SEARCHING AND SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE SOURCE YOU THINK WILL BE MOST USEFUL!

http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/topic.asp?topic=Teen%20Resources

Homework - March 18

Speeches ---- Due Dates: Speeches Due Tuesday March 26th Recordings with Mrs. Barnes March 28 - Practice April 2 - Final Classroom Speech ****** April 4******* 
*********************School Speech April 9 

Reading: There are a few students who have not met their reading goal!  Tomorrow is the last day to conference!

Language Arts: Speech writing - continue to research your person - You should have the lead, introduction, background paragraph, and first paragraph of body.

Social Studies: 6S - Triple Entry Journal, finish packet for chapter 10
6W - Finish packet for chapter 10

Math: Worksheet

March 13, 2012

March 20 - Bricktivity Day - Students will need $2 for the movies or bowling

Language Arts: Continue to work on speech - You should have your lead, introduction, and background paragraph--

Reading: Work on reading goal - You need to conference including Friday

Social Studies: 6S - Work on finishing section in Chapter 10  your group is working on (10:3 or 10.4)

6S
 Math: Finish MB 6 -5
SL  6.6
Science be sure 48 is done

6W - Math
SL 6.6
Finish MB  6 - 5
Science - Analysis 49 needs to be done if not

Tuesday, March 12 - Homework

Work on Reading Goal!!! Last day to conference is Friday!!!  READ, READ,READ!!!

Language Arts: Continue to research Person who has overcome a challenge

*** Lead and Thesis is due Wednesday

Finish reading novel ~ Elephant Run & Miss Spitfire 

Quiz this week!!!

 

March 11 - Homework

Students were given summer camp scholarship forms which are provided by the Hancock Point Chapel Society.  There are summer camps for Science, Math, Nature, Outer Space, Music, and Theater!  Please ask your child to show you the form!!
Each class in the school is raising money for cancer research!  Please help our class by giving your child some change to fill our box!  We have a classroom goal of $100! We can do it!

6W - Social Studies - Study for a test over chapter 9

6W - Reading - Elephant Run - Finish reading the book by Wednesday!

6S: Study for end of book assessment - Miss Spitfire

Language Arts: Research person you are writing about - make sure to be taking notes
(tic/tac/toe graphic organizer or two column notes)

Math: Worksheet

March 7 - Homework

Reading: There will be a reading comprehension quiz tomorrow over the end of the book!  Make sure you are ready!

Independent Reading Goals: Make sure you are reading at home so you can reach your goal!   You can do it! 

Language Arts: Keep researching your person!

Social Studies: 6S - Quiz over chapter 9

6W - Make sure to read over section that you will be doing your interview over!  Remember your audience will be asking you questions!!!

Marvel

Marvel Virtual Library

MARVEL  is a useful website that will allow you find credible and useful information to develop your research paper.

Please click on the following link and it will lead you there.  Then explore, try typing in your ideas and see what it will find for you.

http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/

If the above link doesn't work for you follow the steps below to get there.

1.   type in marvel in your search browser
2.   then click on the link Maine's Virtual Libraries
3.   from there click on Teen Resources
4.   next click on points of view reference center
5.   when it comes up you will see a list of categories
6.   now browse through the list of categories and find something of interest to you
7.   Click on something of interest and read it.  If you see an article with a high lexile level, be careful, try reading something that is along your lexile level.

Thanks Rob for writing the directions!

Speech The girl that silenced the world for 5 minutes

A Young Girl with a strong message. What are some of the rhetorical devices used by this speaker? 

What makes it such a powerful speech?  Please comment as to what you think she does well. This could be either her writing or delivery.

Homework - March 6

Reading: Continue to work on Independent Reading Goal - Due March 15th. You need to conference over books you have read!

Miss Spitfire Finish extended response for how the feelings have grown between Anne and Helen. This should be a well written response with at least two pieces of evidence of how it was before they moved to the little house and then two examples that show they have grown closer.

Study for Quiz on Friday.

Elephant Run: Write a summary of the section you have chosen.  This was due on Wednesday,     March 6.

Read section 210 - 260 by Wednesday, March 13.

ELA: Research person; listen to a speech from the blog  or a video of person you want to write about.

Social Studies: Finish packet if you are not done; and read over section and questions so you are ready for interview.

Math: Worksheet

Homework - March 5

Reading: 6S - Miss Spitfire - Finish Book and Inference Wheel - Make sure on the inference wheel you are picking out quotes that support how Anne is feeling about Helen.

Work on independent reading goal:  March 15th is the deadline to conference for the 2nd trimester.

Elephant Run - Summary of section is due tomorrow.  This needed to be a summary over 150 - 200 or 200 - 250.  We worked on the Sum-It up template in class. You should have read up to page 210 by TOMORROW!  Wednesday, March 6

Social Studies: practice questions; 6S Study for quiz

Math: worksheet

ELA: Be thinking about who want to do a speech about

Martin Luther King's Speech

I have found the Speech of Martin Luther King's he gave on August 28th, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.  As you listen to the speech try to pick out the 5 Rhetoric devices we have discussed in class that he uses.  http://pinterest.com/pin/204702745532812787/

More inspirational speeches:
http://pinterest.com/learnoutloud/motivational-speeches/


Link to other speeches -
http://www.famous-speeches-and-speech-topics.info/giving-writing-speeches/index.htm

March 4 - Homework

Reading: Elephant Run - Read up through page 210; continue to fill in inference wheel;
Work on Independent Reading Goal - Semester Ends March 15th

Social Studies: Have questions and answers for interview. Practice your questions and answers!
The interviews will start tomorrow!  Remember to put yourself in character! Practice! Practice! Practice! [practice volume, rate, articulating your words, eye contact]

Language Arts: School Speech Contest - Be thinking about a person you would want to write and give a speech about!  

[Modern Woodman - School Speech Contest] 
Select on person who has overcome an obstacle in life, like a physical or mental disability or a difficult situations. You may choose someone you know, or someone nationally famous.  This person may be living today or someone from history. 

* What challenges did this person face?  (Consider physical or mental limitations: or racial, gender or cultural discrimination)

* How were the problems overcome? (Explain what the person did to prevail over the situation, and how other people helped or hindered the person made to society.)
* Did the person achieve a significant goal? (Consider what contribution the person made to society.)