First off, thanks to all the students who are diligently working on their famous person interviews. I’ve seen some really great questions brought up and some good research to answer those questions.

As we finish up that portion of our unit, our next assignment will be for my students to make a faux-Facebook page for their famous person. Make sure you download it and save it to your eDisk!

Facebook Info Worksheet

Facebook Wall Worksheet

Go to the libguide here

http://lms.lps.libguides.com/content.php?pid=208060&sid=3158002

Should School Be Year-Round?

http://712educators.about.com/cs/reformtime/a/yearrounded.htm

http://childparenting.about.com/od/schoollearning/a/year-round-school-pros-cons.htm

http://www.nea.org/tools/17057.htm

http://www.theindependent.com/news/local/calendar-is-extended-not-year-round/article_33d2fe10-e009-5407-9596-0c5ee7d6a3bc.html

http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/school-years.html

 

Should There Be Longer Passing Time in Schools?

http://service.columbia.k12.mo.us/purpleandgold/2011/01/07/reasons-to-increase-passing-time/

http://eagleeye.edublogs.org/2010/11/23/passing-time-more-or-enough/

 

Should Schools Have Uniforms?

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-requiring-school-uniforms.htm

http://www.articleswave.com/educational/school-uniforms-debate.html

http://www.learninghaven.com/edu/school-uniforms-debate.html

 

Should There Be Homework in Schools?

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/rethinkinghomework.htm

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2012/02/the_homework_debate.html

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/The_Homework_Debate/

http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Instruction/What-research-says-about-the-value-of-homework-At-a-glance/What-research-says-about-the-value-of-homework-Research-review.html

 

Should Schools Provide Electronic Devices to Each Student (1-to-1 Initiative)

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb11/vol68/num05/One-to-One_Laptop_Programs_Are_No_Silver_Bullet.aspx

http://www.districtadministration.com/article/are-one-one-laptop-programs-worth-investment

 

Should Cell Phones/Ipods Be Allowed in Classrooms?

http://life.familyeducation.com/cellular-telephones/school/51264.html

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/how-teachers-make-cell-phones-work-in-the-classroom/

 

 

If you want to look at your OID script at home, click on the link that has yours! Some you may have to rotate. Go toTools > Rotate Left or Rotate Right.

The Boy Who Wanted the Willies

The $39.00 Man

Spying High

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Mr. Twit’s Revenge

Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup

Almost the Bride of Dracula

Disney Heroine Round Table

Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face

Cinderella Wore Combat Boots

Miss Polly’s Institute for Criminally Damaged Young Ladies Puts on a Show

OID- Putnam Spelling Bee – Revised for 7th

BurglarsBunglarsNeighborhoodThievesOID – Revised for 7th Grade

To view the slide show, click on the link below.

Ekphrastic Poetry

Here’s the handout

GarageBand Handout

 

How to Create Your Podcast with GarageBand

Monologues are used in LaCA class to promote active oral presentation. Students use these to make a conscious choice in how they use tone of voice, volume, pacing, body gestures, eye contact, etc.

Here are the monologues for those of you who would like to practice at home (highly encouraged). Click on the link and you should be able to find yours.

Male Monologues

Female Monologues

Dramatic Monologues

To complete the Career Presentations, students will create either Powerpoints or Prezis. To familiarize students with Prezi, we have the following tutorials and handouts to help.

How to Prezi Handout

 

 

Here is the handout for the press conference script.

Press Conference Script

What’s the Future of the Internet – Stuff You Should Know

These past few weeks, students have been working on creating Opinion Essays. Throughout the unit, students have learned the components of an opinion essay, how to give good support, and how to organize the essay. Lately, the students have been typing their essays into a program called Google Docs. Google Docs is a wonderful program because it allows people to share documents, spreadsheets, etc. with others. Students have been sharing their essays with me electronically and I have been able to write feedback right on their essays. The great thing about Google Docs is that it is accessible from home as well!

If a student needs to work on it from home, all they have to do is go to the LPS Homepage and type “goog” into the Keyword Search on the top-right. There, they type in their Student info and they are ready to view and edit their essay!