Thursday, May 15, 2014
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Gathering Grid for
Contagious Disease Research Paper
Directions: Sometimes it is difficult to write a unified
paper when you have information from lots of sources to keep track of and
include. Using this form should be a big
help!
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Research
question:
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Source
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Source
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Source
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Source
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How is
this disease transmitted from one person to another?
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What is
the cure for your disease?
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What are
the symptoms of your disease?
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How did this
disease affect the community(ies) where it was prevalent?
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What is
the likelihood you will contract this disease in your lifetime?
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What time
period and place was this disease most prevalent?
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What’s
your question?
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
English 9
Romeo and Juliet
Students are doing a fine job reading aloud from Romeo and Juliet. They've hardly skipped a beat. We just made it to the famous balcony scene today.
Students are doing a fine job reading aloud from Romeo and Juliet. They've hardly skipped a beat. We just made it to the famous balcony scene today.
Fever 1793
English 7
We read to page 33 in period 1 and 30 in period 8.
Reading logs and genre charts completed for the day, per 1.
We spent some time looking at books on Amazon. In addition to Silver, Chris Wooding has written some other promising looking books including one called Poison. Mrs. Chapman will still send interlibrary loan requests till Friday, May 9!
We read to page 33 in period 1 and 30 in period 8.
Reading logs and genre charts completed for the day, per 1.
We spent some time looking at books on Amazon. In addition to Silver, Chris Wooding has written some other promising looking books including one called Poison. Mrs. Chapman will still send interlibrary loan requests till Friday, May 9!
Monday, May 5, 2014
The Giver
English
8
Update
reading log – date, title, author, pages and summary. Put the following chart in the back of your
reading log. Then set remaining reading
goals with an eye toward reading from a variety of genres.
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Genre
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Title/#
of titles
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Dystopian
fiction
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Science
fiction
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Fantasy
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Supernatural/ghost
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Realistic
fiction
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Historical
fiction
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Nonfiction
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Sports
fiction
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Adventure/survival
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Romance
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Verse
novel
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Comedy/humor
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Read
to page 22 in The Giver, dystopian fiction.
Romeo and Juliet
English 9, Act I roles
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Montague
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Neutral
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Capulet
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Abram-Spencer
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Chorus - Hope
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Sampson-Trystin
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Officer-Dylan
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Gregory-Dylan
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Prince-Connor
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Tybalt-Zach
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Benvolio-Sage
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Capulet-Anthony
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Montague-Spencer
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Lady Capulet-Hope
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Lady M-Jenna
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Paris-Mrs. Scott
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Romeo-Austen
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Nurse-Nicki
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Servant-Connor
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Juliet-Heather
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Mercutio-Skylar
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Servingmen-Connor
Anthony
Dylan
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How
do you get a good reading grade? By trying to read all lines, not missing cues,
reading with expression and fluidity.
Reading
log is due tomorrow, 5/6
Blah, Monday!
5
May 2014
English
7
Business: Fundraiser sheets..flower sale from 5/5-5/12
Earth Day is tomorrow in SRF. We will go out 10th period to clean up the earth!
School Store.net – spread the
word!
Update
reading logs
Read
Fever 1793!
Characters
in Fever 1793:
Mathilda
– works at her family coffeehouse, friend and coworker died suddenly
Mother
– protective, hardworking and angry
Grandfather
– has parrot, was a soldier, joyous and shows Mattie love, gossip
Eliza
– black lady who was freed by her husband, but he died before she could buy his
freedom, cook in the coffeehouse
Setting
–
1793,
later summer (August) Philadelphia
Coffeehouse
– people meet there to gossip, drink coffee or tea and not spirits (alcohol),
play cards or gamble
Rotten
pile of coffeebeans, rats etc. conditions that were prime for the spread of
disease
Genre Chart
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Genre
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Title,
or number of titles
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Fantasy
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Science
fiction
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Realistic
fiction
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Supernatural
fiction
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Mystery
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Historical
fiction
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Sports
fiction
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Comedy
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