Before you take your GMAS, I want you to take some time to review the punctuation rules we've talked about in class, but that you may have forgotten about. Here are some videos that can help you. Also, on Monday and Tuesday, when you are not with me, you will be working to practice when to use these forms of punctuation.
Another thing you might want to do is take some online quizzes to help with these topics. I've gone ahead and linked to some that might be helpful for you. (Also, simply googling something like "run-on sentence quiz" will yield about a billion results.)
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Okay, so I know we've discussed this quite a bit in class, but your GMAS is on May 4-5 (Wednesday and Thursday). On those days you will be testing during the afternoon testing block, and you'll report to first lunch. After lunch you'll come to my room where you'll take the GMAS. This test will be 3 sections; on Wednesday you'll do sections 1 and 2, and on Thursday you'll do section 3.
Here are a few resources that might help you prepare for the exam: Georgia Milestones Test Guide Tool to Practice the Test Software RACE! We love RACE! Make sure you have this response written up and submitted to me by the beginning of class on Friday, April 15. We will be discussing how your projects--both for Study Skills and for the Sustainable Food Project--tie in with the other content areas you are studying, specifically in the STEM areas. :)
If you didn't finish this quiz today in class, you may go and rewatch the TED talks that we watched today in class and do this quiz this weekend. :)
For this unit, we will be using our research and synthesis skills to learn about the food system in our country and how it impacts our bodies, our economy, and our environment. We will also be exploring how sustainability in food is empowering and liberating--both for the individual and for the community. You will have two major grades (in addition to several smaller grades) for this unit: an annotated text (that you will select from a list on the class website), a research project, and the presentation of that project. Here is a calendar of our research dates: March 30-31—media center—research skills, website evaluation, research of the topics April 6-7—continuation of research, organization of project, storyboards. Storyboards are due at the end of class on April 7. April 13-14—project production. Your project should be completed by the end of class on April 14 and ready for review by the teacher. April 20-21—Presentations of research projects. I will be assigning your groups and topics. Don't even try to ask me to change them. :) GMO's: Sam, Veronica, Andrea Organic v. Non-Organic: Juan, Tom S., Isabelle Sugar: Chris, Eileen, Zachariah Fish, the Perfect Protein?: Brandon, Ryan, Ikeme Locavore and Urban Farming Movements: Corinne, Taylor Farm Labor: Thomas B, Leticia, Dominic Factory Farms: Nathan, Miles, Larry For the project, you will be researching your assigned topic with your group and creating a 3-5 minute presentation about your topic—including both the problem and solutions to the problem. You will receive separate grades for the presentation itself and the project you create. We will be working in the media center and in the classroom for much of the month of April on this project. (See attached rubrics.) Book Annotation Assignment Select and procure one of the books from the list below. If this book also aligns with the topic for your research project, that is awesome. It is not required, however, that you select a book that deals with the same topic as your research project.
Your assignment for the annotated book is pretty simple: read the book and use post-its to annotate (take notes on the book—write questions, insights, parallels, ideas, etc.—kind of like what you did with To Kill a Mockingbird but without the actual double-entry journal). To receive full credit you will need a minimum of 25 post-its with annotations of the text. This assignment will be due on April 26. Once you have completed your annotation, you will write a constructed response for the following topic: “What is the author’s main argument in this text, and what were the strongest arguments put forth?” This assignment will be due on April 26. Making Annotations: A User’s Guide As you work with your text, consider all of the ways that you can connect with what you are reading. Here are some suggestions that will help you with your annotations:
Here are the questions we discussed (and that you need to answer thoroughly and then turn in) about The Martian. And here is the constructed response that you are completing in class for the film. Don't forget RACE!
Hello, darlings! Today in class you need to do two things. First you need to work on makeup work, and second you need to work on your To Kill a Mockingbird theme paper.
Here are some of the explanations and links you may need to complete the makeup work.
You can not make up quizzes, but you can complete any of these short constructed responses (with a 1-2 paragraph thorough answer using the RACE strategy) to up to 20 quiz points for each one. And for up to 30 bonus quiz points, you can complete this assignment about today's political landscape.
Hey, ninth grade darlings! Here is the information for the To Kill a Mockingbird theme essay (that I promised to put up on the website).
The tentative due date for this essay is Friday, March 4. I may push that deadline back, but I won't make it any earlier than that. It will depend on how the essay writing goes during class. Remember that for this essay you're writing about social inequality, and you're narrowing your focus to discuss social inequality as it relates to race, gender, or social class in the novel. Don't try to tackle all three; doing so will make your paper disorganized and underdeveloped.
This paper needs to be in MLA format. We'll be going over what this means in class, but for now, here's a video about it and a sample paper. :)
Today in class we discussed how to write a proper thank you note. You wrote a note either to the people who brought our school the Mountain Film Festival or to someone in your life (if you weren't at the festival). Below is the presentation that we viewed in class.
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