Ms. Masciopinto

GLOBAL STUDIES Tuesday, May 8th Activities

 

 

"Your friends make known,

O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

Making known to men your might
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages,
and your dominion endures through all generations.

Your friends make known,

O Lord, the glorious splendor of your kingdom.

~Psalm 145

 

TODAY'S LINE UP

~Revise "European Fill In Review" if less than 20 points received.

~Draft final draft "How to Make a Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich" due Wednesday, May 9th.

~Check in Candy, Create and decorate "What's in the Bag?" Due Wednesday, May 9th.

~Continue reading and Study Packet "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory."

Begin thinking about Third Letter: "My Class of 2012 Pal" Confirmation, "Trouble in magic Kingdom" and Graduation Thoughts ue Friday, may 11th.

WRITING INTRO THIS WEEK: Poetry & Creative Writing: "Where I'm From" Poem due next week.  Assignment to be introduced with samples this week.

Begin "Biography Digital Slide Shows"  2-3 at a time throughout the rest of the quarter.

Download Middle Ages Biography Slideshow Directions

Download Middle Ages Slideshow Rubric 2012

 

Tuesday Afternoon Session: "Library Studies" with Ms. Nagel

Mid Term Report forms distributed this week for Student~Parent Review and Signature.

BIOGRAPHY REVISIONS: "Biography Packet" returned Tuesday.  I really enjoyed reading all of your biographies.  100 points is in Language Arts for the paper; 60 points is in Reading for your reading, research, and prewriting efforts, and 10 points is in Social Studies for your Works Cited Page list of research. Please read all teacher notes, edits, suggestion, revise and resubmit for additional learning and credit. Though the papers were strong, I spent an average of thirty-five minutes on each of your drafts and all written work will benefit from revision.

See Ms. Mash afterschool for individual and additional support.

GREAT WORK ON GREAT PEOPLE, PEOPLE!

Salutations!

 

"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.:

~John 14

"I'll be your rock of refuge, your shelter from the storm, 

A beacon in the darkness, the light that leads you home. 

I'll make a place within you, deep within your heart, 

and you will know the peace and love of God."

~Curtis Stephan, Shari Kurtenbach

SPIRIT & SONG: "The Peace & Love of God"

 

"No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that rock I’m clinging.
Since Love is Lord of heaven and earth, 
How can I keep from singing?"

~Robert Lowry

SPIRIT & SONG: "How Can I Keep From Singing?"

 

Hope that you had a Super Moon May Extended Weekend.

It's back to work my Scholars!

May 04th Friday's Activities

 

GOOD FRIDAY MORNING SCHOLARS!

 

TODAY'S STORY WRITING TIP: GOOD DIALOGUE MAKES A GOOD STORY!

SCRIPTURE SAMPLE FROM TODAY'S GOSPEL:

 

Jesus said, "I will come back again and take you to myself,
so that where I am you also may be. Where I am going you know the way."

Thomas said to him,"Master, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?"

Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life."

 

~John 14

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE: May 04 Readings

 

TODAY'S SELECTIONS:

Using your Mac, edit your "How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich" first draft.

 

Review teacher paragraph sample:  Download How to Make a PBJ Sandwich

Proofread teacher's sample for Expository How to or Process Writing format and paragraph conventions including: Starter Sentence(s), Topic Sentence, M3 Support sentences, transition words, adjective and adverb description and detail writing, sensory writing, and grammar mechanics including indenting, sentence-predicate structure, capitalization, comma use, possessive case, plural-singular, and how about some phrases and clauses practice that you have been practicing with Ms. Elliott in English Studies Skills!

Submit your revised electronic final draft today with your first draft stapled in back of digital document.

 

 Forget about peanut butter and jelly. How about a honey sandwich!

 

OTHER OPTIONS:

 

Team Cooperative Meetings for "Asian & Pacific Rim" Brochure Production

"Good Shepherd" Quote, Ten Characteristic List, Wordle, and Thank you note for Father Sheridan.

IRB, ARB, SCOPE Reading

"Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" In Class Play

 

Have a Fantastic Friday!

May 03 Thursday Workshop Activities...

 

 

"Their message goes out through all the earth.

The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day pours out the word to day;
and night to night imparts knowledge.

Their message goes out through all the earth."

~Psalm 19

 

 THURSDAY WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES:

 

Current Assignments:

 

READING: IRB Week of April 30th Log: Reading Section of Class Journal. SSR 30 mintues daily (May include ARB & SCOPE)

READING: ARB Reading in text or on line of all excerpts from EXPLORING OUR WORLD pertaining to your "Asian and Pacific Rim Brochure" nation.  We read and think before we write.

RESEARCH READING: On line & Library reading about your nation as an individual or in peer team-of-three.

READING TO WRITE: Reviewing WRITE SOURCE text pages and GREAT SOURCE iWrite on line support to master writing process, writing to the six traits,  sentence & paragraph writing, proofreading, recognizing and practicing the genres of writing.

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: researching, discussing, planning, sharing, complimenting, cooperating to promote and practice team collaboration and communication to create nation brochure. TEAM BROCHURE DUE: Friday morning, May 11th. 

EXPOSITORY & CREATIVE WRITING: "Asia & Pacific Rim Brochure" DUE: Friday morning, May 11th. 

LETTER WRITING: "Personal Photo Letter" pages format.  Three paragraph letter to Class of 2018 First Communion Prayer & Pen Pal Buddy.

POETRY/CREATIVE WRITING FINAL DRAFT ASIAN HAIKU: Format & Content with Image & initials.

THANK YOU GOOD SHEPHERD SHERIDAN: Wordle & Character Listing; Due FRiday, May 4th.

 

"Jesus said:

 
'I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd,
and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;
and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.
These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice,
and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me,
because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own.
I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.
This command I have received from my Father.'"

~John 10

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE: "Good Shepherd Sunday"

The Teacher as model.

"Hear, O children, a father’s instruction,

be attentive, that you may gain understanding!

Yes, excellent advice I give you;

my teaching do not forsake.

 

When I was my father’s child,

tender, the darling of my mother,

He taught me and said to me:

'Let your heart hold fast my words:

keep my commands, and live!

Get wisdom, get understanding!

Do not forget or turn aside from the words of my mouth.

Do not forsake her, and she will preserve you;

love her, and she will safeguard you;

The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom;

whatever else you get, get understanding.'"

~Proverbs, Chapter 4

 

Thank you Father William Sheridan

for forty years of being our Good Shepherd!

We salute your life of service

to God, His People,  and All Creation.

Have a Fantastic Thursday.

Let us be kind and thankful people.

Let us take care of each other.

This is what Jesus did.  This is what he asks of us.

Good Shepherding People!

Amen.

Greetings Sweet May: Reading & Using Proverbs & Psalms and "What's in the Bag" Candy Selections

 

"No matter how long the winter,

spring is sure to follow."

 ~Proverb

 

What is a proverb?

 

A proverb is a short, pithy (look up the word) statement that teaches a life lesson.

 

Currently, what assignment in class requires a proverb?

 

The Asian Studies & Pacific Rim Brochure requires a proverb about the nation and its people on the first page under the image.

 

What are our biblical proverbs?

 

"The primary purpose of the book [of proverbs] is to teach wisdom, not only to the young and inexperienced but also to the advanced. Wisdom in the ancient Near East was not theoretical [knowing and understanding the idea] knowledge but practical [living or practicing the idea] expertise.

Jewelers who cut precious stones were wise; kings who made their dominion peaceful and prosperous were wise. One could be wise in daily life, too, in knowing how to live successfully (having a prosperous household and living a long and healthy life) and without trouble in God’s universe. Ultimately wisdom, or “sound guidance”, aims at the formation of character."

 

~NEW AMERICAN BIBLE

The Book of Proverbs Introduction

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE Book of Proverbs Introduction

 

"The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom;

whatever else you get, get understanding."

 

~Proverbs, Chapter 2

 

Well Scholars, I'm not sure if we get proverbs totally; however, that we are trying to grow in wisdom is sure to please the Lord!  Wisdom brings peace and understanding regardless of our circumstances. Speaking of wisdom and promoting understanding, thank you to the four out of thirty (13%) scholars who submitted their "My Favorite Candy" selection for our Communal Candy Bags due yesterday, May 1st. Thank you for your contributions. 

Obviously, these four candy conscientious students read, highlighted, and annotated their "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" Study guide directions, pages 1-4 assigned last week. As Mr. Wonka would say:  

"Oh, I do congratulate you! I really do! I'm absolutely delighted! It couldn't be better [Even that Mr. Wonka uses  the third person singualr pronoun; bother, and a contraction too! Oh well...]  How wonderful this [Another pronoun Mr. W.!  Please be specific...what is so wonderful?]  is! I had a hunch, you know--right from the beginning that it was going to be you!  Well done Charlie...well done!" [LITERATURE p. 763]

 

 

For the majority of you who are still gathering your candy bag donation, please review the paper study guide received last week and logged in your Class Journal.  Or feel free to download the uploaded document below. 

Download Charlie & The Chocolate Factory REVISED 2012

 

 

CANDY BAG REMINDERS

 

Please bring in seventeen, small, individually sealed or bagged pieces of your favorite candy in a bag with your name.  Original due date was 05.01.12.  Extension through Friday 05.04.12.

 

Please remember that pieces must be individually sealed or bagged, and all pieces need to be the same type of candy except to accommodate our peers with *candy limitations. One can have different flavors of the same type.  For example: all Tootsie pops but in different flavors.

*SAFE CANDY SELECTION NOTE: 6K Green has one scholar that can have chocolate but not nuts. 6K Gold has one scholar who cannot have chocolate or nuts, and one peer who can have chocolate but no nuts!  Please be careful and sensitive to all peer needs. 6K Green change out one selection and 6K Gold change out two selections to meet these needs.  If you are unable to gather an alternative candy option, please see Ms. Mash to purchase a "Safe Candy" Selection from our communal sweet basket. PERMISSION REQUIRED!

 

"SWEET SENSORY PARAGRAPH"

Coming to Class Next Week!

As mentioned in class several times, you will write an in-class, timed, creative, sensory paragraph on your favorite piece of candy next week. You need your candy sample in class to perform the assignment.  Be ready and prepared!  

 

READING MENU This week...

 

Continue to perform your daily reading duty of SSR, IRB, ARB, SCOPE, etc... All students continue to select from a variety of reading materials:

 

Independent Reading Book Personal Selection

EXPLORING OUR WORLD: Chapters with information about your Asian or Pacific Rim nation.  All students assigned one nation with two peer partners to read, research, and create brochure.

 

ON LINE & LIBRARY RESEARCH: On Asian or Pacific Rim Nation

 

WRITE SOURCE: review pages on paragraph writing, proofreading, Expository Writing.

 

SCOPE MAGAZINE:

SCHOLASTIC SCOPE: April 02, 2012 "Is Failure the Secret of Success?"

SCHOLASTIC SCOPE: April 23, 2012 "Terror on the Titanic"

 

 

IN CLASS LITERATURE: "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory" and Poetry Selections

 

“THE CANDY MAN” 

 “Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew

Cover it with choc'late and a miracle or two

The Candy Man, oh the Candy Man can

The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

 
Who can take a rainbow, wrap it in a sigh

Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie

 
The Candy Man, the Candy Man can

The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

 
The Candy Man makes

Everything he bakes satisfying and delicious

Now you talk about your childhood wishes,

You can even eat the dishes

 

Oh, who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream

Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream

 
The Candy Man, oh the Candy Man can

The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

 
The Candy Man makes everything he bakes

Satisfying and delicious

Talk about your childhood wishes,

You can even eat the dishes

 
Yeah, yeah, yeah...

 Who can take tomorrow, dip it in a dream

Separate the sorrow and collect up all the cream

The Candy Man, the Candy Man can

The Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

Yes, the Candy Man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good

A-Candy Man, a-Candy Man, a-Candy Man

Candy Man, a-Candy Man, a-Candy Man

Candy Man, a-Candy Man, a-Candy Man...

Willy Wonka Can!

 

"O God, let all the nations praise you!"

~Psalm 67

What is a psalm?

 

EC OPT: Compare and Contrast a proverb and a psalm? Create a Venn Diagram or write a paragraph.

 

Early Dismissal Wednesday. Sweet!

Have a Carefree (Remember to gather your Candy) Afternoon!

 

 

I wonder what Ms. Mash will add to our bags?

APRIL POETRY REVIEW NOTES & ASSIGNMENTS & EXPOSITORY WRITING REVISITED: "How to Make a P.B.J. Sandwich?" (Optional Sandwich Selections Available for Non-P.B.J. Consumers!)

 

"Peanut-Butter Sandwich"

I'll sing you a poem of a silly young king
Who played with the world at the end of a string,
But he only loved one single thing—
And that was just a peanut-butter sandwich.
His scepter and his royal gowns,
His regal throne and golden crowns
Were brown and sticky from the mounds
And drippings from each peanut-butter sandwich.
His subjects all were silly fools
For he had passed a royal rule
That all that they could learn in school
Was how to make a peanut-butter sandwich.
He would not eat his sovereign steak,
He scorned his soup and kingly cake,
And told his courtly cook to bake
An extra-sticky peanut-butter sandwich.
And then one day he took a bit
And started chewing with delight,
But found his mouth was stuck quite tight
From that last bite of peanut-butter sandwich.
His brother pulled, his sister pried,
The wizard pushed, his mother cried,
'My boy's committed suicide
From eating his last peanut-butter sandwich!'
The dentist came, and the royal doc.
The royal plumber banged and knocked,
But still those jaws stayed tightly locked.
Oh darn that sticky peanut-butter sandwich!
The carpenter, he tried with pliers,
The telephone man tried with wires,
The firemen, they tried with fire,
But couldn't melt that peanut-butter sandwich.
With ropes and pulleys, drills and coil,
With steam and lubricating oil—
For twenty years of tears and toil—
They fought that awful peanut-butter sandwich.
Then all his royal subjects came.
They hooked his jaws with grapplin' chains
And pulled both ways with might and main
Against that stubborn peanut-butter sandwich.
Each man and woman, girl and boy
Put down their ploughs and pots and toys
And pulled until kerack! Oh, joy—
They broke right through that peanut-butter sandwich
A puff of dust, a screech, a squeak—
The king's jaw opened with a creak.
And then in voice so faint and weak—
The first words that they heard him speak
Were, 'How about a peanut-butter sandwich?' 

~Sheldon Allan Silverstein

[C.E. 20th Century American Poet]

"My Favorite Poem 2012" Submitted by Class of 2014 Poets: c.w. & c.m. Thank you.

 

POEM HUNTER: Silverstein, "Peanut-Butter Sandwich"

Download %22Peanut Butter Sanwich%22 Silverstein Poem

 

"My Favorite Poem 2012"  This may be the last day of Poetry Month 2012 my poem hunters; however, we have only just begun our poetry study.  

 

POETRY IN PROGRESS REPORT:

 

        The Class of 2014 selected poetry by 20th Century American poet: Shel Silverstein more than any other. Wonderful poetry hunting class!  Your poem selection grade is logged in the Reading Section of the Power Grade Book with a ten point submission grade.  Some scholars may ask:

 

Why did I not receive full credit on my poem submission?

(p.s. Congratulations those who did!)

 Those poem hunters who neglected to document their poem on a pages document and include: Proper Heading in upper-right hand corner, Title of Poem, poem's words, poet's name, poet's century, and poet's culture did not receive complete credit because you did not submit complete work. Any student in this situation, please revise your incomplete work and resubmit.

Thank you.

WE ARE NOT FINISHED WITH YOUR POEM Poem digital drafts are returned Monday.  Please log your copy in the "Poetry & Song" Section of your Class Journal. Also, have your digital pages document on your Macbook for word play this week.

We will be creating a Poetry Wordle and drafting a Poetry Paragraph: "Why I like the poem:  ________________________________________." Directions, Due Date, and Class Mac time to follow this week.

 

ELECTRONICS ARE TO ENHANCE NOT DISTRACT! As repeatedly mentioned in class since August, it is crucial that any work you complete at home must be uploaded on a USB Flash drive and transported (downloaded) to your Mac at school.  This action insures that the minutes given during class time allow the most current work.  If anyone continues to have digital transporting issues due to PC Home vs. MAC School or incompatible software applications, avoid doing electronic work at home.

Use home time to read and research with traditional pen/paper notes. Bring your notes to class, and use class Mac time to format your work electronically.  

For example, the "My Favorite Poem" assignment collected Friday, April 20th was allowed five days to find and digitally document. SFX Scholars received over 70 minutes of class time that week to find that poem! There really is no logical excuse for not having the job fully completed!  Get your poem together people!!!

READ, THINK, PLAN, COOPERATE BEFORE YOU DIGITALLY CREATE Currently, we are working on reading and planning for your "Asian & Pacific Rim" Team Brochure due next week.  Do not play with electronics until you read your EXPLORING OUR WORLD Chapters and meet with your team members.  Wise peers divvy up (what a great verb & adverb) the work with cooperative effort and spirit to share in the final product together!  Now, let's discuss one of today's class topics and Monday's homework assignment due Tuesday morning.

 

How to make a P.B.J. Sandwich?

Add some banana Sire, and count me in! 

 

MONDAY HOMEWORK: Write one expository paragraph using

WRITE SOURCE paragraph format and six writing traits.

PARAGRAPH TOPIC: How does one make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich?

 

PARAGRAPH REVIEW MATERIALS

 

Before you write and submit your: "How to Make a P.B.J. Sandwich" paragraph on Tuesday morning, review the WRITE SOURCE text on paragraph writing including: 

 

TEXT & DIGITAL SUPPORT

By this time of the year, paragraph content & conventions instruction has been reviewed and practiced weekly.  Please review your support materials before you ask questions.  See me after school if you are unsure of your homework or if you need additional guidance.

Expository Writing & "Explaining a Process" pp.157-161

"Constructing Strong Paragraphs"pp. 524-540

"A Writer's Resource" pp. 544-574

"Proofreader's Guide" pp. 579-702

*"Paragraph Checklist"

Hand out in Class Journal & uploaded below.

**"Paragraph Points Quick Reference 2012"

Hand out in Class Journal & uploaded below.

 

Paper copies of the following documents were received First Semester and logged in the Writing Section of Class Journal. Second paper copies will be resubmitted this week. In addition, feel free to download documents and print at home in case you leave your Class Journal and/or papers at school.

 

*Read, review, and check off your paragraph accomplishments: 

Download Paragraph Checklist

 

**Read, review, and practice strong paragraph format:

Download Paragraph Points Quick Reference 2012

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE

THE POWER OF GREAT SOURCE

iWRITE ONLINE

FOR ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE

 

GREAT SOURCE Expository Writing: "How-to-..." 

 

ONE POEM LEADS TO ANOTHER...When I read two peers Silverstein poem selection about peanut butter, I could not help but think about our annual "peanut butter and jelly" paragraph. Perfect connect!  Also, Silverstein's poem reminded me of one of my many favorite Milne poems: "The King's Breakfast."  Enjoy below.

EC COMPARE/CONTRAST OPT: What are the similarities and differences between the two poems? Answer using a Venn Diagram, other Graphic Organizer, or a paragraph. (5-12 Sentences)

 

 

The King's Breakfast

The King's Breakfast
The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

 

 

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told
The Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."
The Alderney
Said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

 

The Dairymaid
Said, "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."

 

The Queen said
"Oh!:
And went to
His Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"

 

The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"

 

The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer,
And butter for his bread."

 

The Queen took
The butter
And brought it to
His Majesty;
The King said,
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down the banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!" 

~Alan Alexander Milne

[C.E. 20th Century British Author]

 

POEM HUNTER Milne, "The King's Breakfast"

FAMOUS POETS & POEMS "The King's Breakfast"

Download %22The King's Breakfast%22 Milne Poem

 

"BUT 
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!" 

 

 POEMS CONNECT TO OTHER GENRES:

The Novel & Illustrations

In addition to the peanut butter poem, several Class of 2014 peers selected a Silverstein poem about a boa constrictor. Enjoy, if you dare!

EC OPT: Connecting genres and images.

 

Download Boa Constrictor Poem & Image Connections

FAMOUS POETS & POEMS: "Boa Constrictor"

 

REMINDER: ENGLISH STUDIES THIS AFTERNOON!

 

Have a Best Last Day in April Monday Today!

May Day...Here we come!

Global Studies Days: Poetry, Picture Books, Paragraphs, Letters, & Brochures... Oh My!

 

 

 

The Road Not Taken

 

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

 

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

 

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

 

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

 

~Robert Frost

[C.E. 20th Century American Poet]

 

"I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference."

Download The Road Not Taken FROST

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN Poem, Frost

POETRY FOUNDATION Frost, Robert

 

 

Good Thursday Workshop Day Scholars!

 

Today's Activities:

6K Green Workshop: Periods 1, 2, & FLEX

6K Gold Workshop: Periods 3, 4, & 5

 

CLASS OF 2012 Play Preview: "Trouble in the Magic Kingdom" 10:00 a.m. Thursday

Play Debut: 7:00 p.m. Tonight!

"Break a leg SFX Class of 2012!"

 

The following activities are in process and/or being assessed:

Favorite Poem Digital Copy

Paper copy in Classroom mailbox and digital copy on Macbook. (10 pts.)

 

 

Favorite Picture Book

Book in Class Mailbox/Backpack and available during class time.

(10 pts.)

 

 Ms. Masciopinto's 2012 Favorite picture book.

ONE MORNING IN MAINE

Robert McCloskey

1952

 

    

What is the setting of your picture book?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Who are the characters

in your picture book? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where is the location of your story? 

 

 

 

What is the plot of your picture book?

Why do you like your picture book?

 

SADAKU PARAGRAPH

Assessed for content & conventions according to paragraph format and the Six Traits. (20 points Language Arts)

 

SISTER PEN PAL LETTER

        Twenty-nine students were asked to edit their first letter using the  "Classic Letter" template in pages.  Please submit second letter by Friday, April 27th. Your content is excellent.  We continue to be challenged by conventions though your repeated grammar mistakes are typical for your age.  Please read all edits and suggestions written by Ms. Mash to guide your second draft. Remember to break longer sentences into two shorter ones, and practice comma use with phrases and clauses.

REVIEW ALWAYS! Return to pages 582-590 in WRITE SOURCE.  Many of your questions in class are answered with examples in your text.  PLEASE READ, THINK, AND PRACTICE before you ask for help.  Working the sentences correctly takes great time, patience, practice, making mistakes, correcting mistakes, and maturity.  Stay on task.  Your skills are getting stronger everyday!

 

CLASS OF 2018 FIRST COMMUNION LETTER

Those of you who have submitted your final Sister Pen Pal Letter are working on your Class of 2018 First Communion Buddy letter.  We are using the "Personal Photo Letter" template in pages.  Content includes: PARAGRAPH ONE: Introduction of Self Who am I?  PARAGRAPH TWO: Three memories about your First Communion Experience Who I was in May, 2008.  PARAGRAPH THREE: Questions for your Second Grade Buddy.  Is Holy Communion a Sacrament of Initiation, Service, or Healing? 

 

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM STUDIES

NATIONS & TEAMS "Holy Spirit Pick" SELECTION WEDNESDAYS

(Draw the number and nation out of the basket!)

Project Directions read Tuesday night.

Start reading the textbook chapters about your nation only.

 

DAILY SSR READING

IRB

ARB EXPLORING OUR WORLD Chapters about your Nation

WRITE SOURCE Pages on Paragraphs & Letters

LITERATURE The Reader's Choice: "Charlie"

SCOPE

BLOGS

CLASS HAND OUTS & INSTRUCTIONS

PICTURE BOOKS

POEMS

 

Download Buttercup Days Poem Milne, A.A.

POETRY FOUNDATION A.A. Milne

 

Have a great Thursday Scholars.

Asian & Pacific Rim Studies

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS Class of 2014 on your Liturgical Leadership yesterday! WELL DONE!

The Lord (and Ms. Mash) is pleased! Thank you to Class of 2014, Father Peter, homeroom teacher Ms. Kelley, religion teacher Ms. Laird, and musical director Mr. Krumwiede, school congregation, parents, family, and friends who attended. All those unable to be with us, you remain always in our thoughts and prayers. Pax!

 

"Three things cannot be long hidden:

the sun, the moon, and the truth."

 

~Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha

[C.E. 5th Century Indian Philosoper & Founder of Buddhaism]

 

 

ASIAN & PACIFIC RIM STUDIES 

This week we begin a three week study of Asia and the Pacific Rim regions of the globe.  Students are divided into teams of three members to explore one nation from these two regions.

On Wednesday, "Holy Spirit" picks (pull your nation out of a basket) will be assigned.

 

COOPERATIVE LEARNING Not an easy task but required in class and in life; so get use to it people!

You are a reader.  You are a researcher.  Imagine that you are a Travel Agent and an Artist!  Individuals will cooperate in small team to read, research, create a traveler's brochure, and orally present information about their nation to the entire class.

During Tuesday morning class time, students received a paper copy directions guide, an example of a brochure on Japan, and a layout sample guide.  Please log all information in the WRITING Section of your Class Journal. Tuesday's homework was to read, highlight, and annotate the directions.

Please feel free to download the following digital materials to help in the classroom and at home.

 

I. PROJECT DIRECTIONS:

Download Asian Studies & Pacific Rim Brochure Directions 2012

 

II. PROJECT SAMPLE: Japan

Download Asian Studies Brochure

 

III. PROJECT LAYOUT

Layout is a prewriting step where student will plan the placement of copy (words, sentences, bullet points, motto, quote(s), caption(s), proverb, poem(s); see layout and sample brochure to learn.  DO NOT BEGIN YOUR OWN WORK UNTIL YOU FULLY VIEW AND READ THE DIRECTIONS AND THE SAMPLES!  

 

BROCHURE COMMUNICATION

Words & Images visual presentation

Weaving letters into words and words into sentences!

 

 

 Working the letters into bullet points: words, phrases, clauses

 

Copy = Text or words; on your layout, plan for copy by drawing empty boxes where words will go.

On the layout, place a box filled in with an X to mark where images such as map(s), photographs, charts, graphs, paintings, other illustrations and/or original art work will be placed.  The images and copy should be in sync or go together.  Nothing random about a brochure! X = image

 

EMPTY SPACE: Important!  plan areas of empty space that frames the copy and the images.  Nothing says a lot!  Is that a paradox? 

Download Asian Studies Lay Out002

 

 

READING & RESEARCHING @SFX & @Home:  

 

        This week we are assigned our Asian and Pacific Rim nation in class. First, begin by reading.  Please use more home time to read and research so that you can save class time to work on Mac formatting.  If you have a PC at home, do not plan on using images that will not transport properly on your flashdrives.  Again, technology is to enhance not prevent learning. You will receive more than enough classtime to complete the electronis.  Also, you are welcome before or after school in Room 305 for teacher or Mac assistance. Schedule appointments with Ms. Mash.

 

TEXT FIRST Before you digitally or library book search for information about your nation and region, use EXPLORING OUR WORLD textbook in copy (hard bound book) or on line to read excerpts about your nation.

Review all aspects of the text that will help increase your knowledge, awareness, understanding, and information about your nation. You must become an semi-expert (What does semi mean?) before you can create the brochure.

 

A. FRONT OF TEXT SUPPORT:

CONTENTS PAGES, FEATURES, PRIMARY SOURCES.MAPS, DIAGRAMS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, REFERENCE ATLAS, GEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY, INDEX, GLOSSARY Do not underestimate the power of these pages!

 

B. IN-CHAPTER SUPPORT:

REGIONAL ATLAS , GEO Fast Facts, Maps, Pictures & Captions, etc...Do not underestimate the power of these pages!

 

C. BACK OF TEXT SUPPORT:

GAZETTEER, GLOSSARY, INDEX Do not underestimate the power of these pages!

 

D. ONLINE SUPPORT

        Once you have read the text excerpts about your nation, consider on line support.  First site may be Wiki for very brief copy (word) overview and some pretty good images.  Remember to click images and select "full image" for best pixel points.  NO BLURRY IMAGES ON BROCHURE PEOPLE!

Wiki can help you find other sites for copy and images.  Do not copy/past someone else's work!  

AVOID PLAGIARISM...IT IS THE LAW!  If you copy/paste, then you must place words in "quotes" and cite source. Practice paraphrasing: read information, think about the words meaning, write your own thoughts or interpretation from multiple sources.  GUIDELINE: If you read three sources that state approximately the same information, one may be on the path of a fact...but keep searching for the truth!

 

Recommended On line Support Sites:

EXPLORING OUR WORLD "Study Central" 

DISCOVERY EDUCATION

NETTREKKER

BRAIN POP

SCHOLASTIC SCOPE ARCHIVES

 

GLOBAL STUDIES READING OVERVIEW

        We have learned to search for page numbers that pertain to our topic by flipping through the back Index for page references.  Some nations will have more information than others; however, all ten nations that we are exploring in team are covered in the book. Each nation has at least three chapters devoted to the nation and/or region.  As always, our book discusses the region in the following order:

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY: PAST & PRESENT

CURRENT GLOBAL STATUS: Today, Contemporary Times

 

AFTER THE TEXT READING

 

Following the text reading support, begin team research on your nation. Smart teams will assign parts to each member.  All members are responsible for the final work.  The Brochure receives a group grade because the final project not only assesses the learning and knowledge you gained, but how well you worked together.  Oral presentations receive an individual grade.  

As a team and as individual's get the facts that relate to each section of the brochure.  As a team, imagine that you are 21st Century travel agents.  Your job: sale your nation to the public!  Your brochure is to educate, guide, and inspire your reader to visit your nation a.s.a.p!

Have Fun and Good Luck My Scholars!

Japan 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku

 

JAPANESE HAIKU POETRY

5-7-5 Format

Nature & Humanity Content

 

"Mountain peak stands tall  . . .
A lone eagle silently soars below
Spring comes into play."

 

Review Haiku.  

Read three examples.

Write your own Haiku about Springtime.

 

"They who wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; And they shall walk, and not faint.

~Isaiah 40:31 

 

"Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 
Into the future 
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' 
Into the future 

I want to fly like an eagle 
To the sea 
Fly like an eagle 
Let my spirit carry me 
I want to fly like an eagle 
Till I'm free..."

~Steve Miller Band

[C.E. 21st Century American Musical Artists]

Download FLY LIKE AN EAGLE Lyrics

 

"Oh, oh, there's a solution ..."

World Peace.  Is it possible? 

Can our thoughts, words, actions, and attitude really make a difference?

 

NOTE: Presently, the instructor is reading your biographies and Sadako paragraphs. Number one essay question selected by the Class of 2014 for your Sadako Paragraph Reflection: Imagine World Peace. 

 

P.S. Our SFX Room 305 Communal Class Snack Basket runneth over! Thank you to all contributing members of the Class of 2014 and your folks who helped you gather the harvest.  Thursday's Writing Workshop snacks are on! Pivately owned snacks on Thursday always an option!

DRAMA: "Charlie & The Chocolate Factory"

 

"Spring has returned.  The Earth is like a child that knows poems."  ~Rainer Maria Rilke

 

 

Wonkaverbs

(Mr. Willy Wonka's Proverbs)

“A little nonsense, now and then,

is relished by the wisest men.”

 

“You should never doubt what no one is sure about.”

 

“So much time, and so little to do! Strike that, reverse it.”

 

“Invention, my dear friends, is ninty-three percent perspiration, six percent electricity, four percent evaporation, and two percent butterscotch ripple!"

 

~Roahl Dahl

[C.E. 20^th Century British Author]

 

"Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!

 

Remove from me the way of falsehood,
and favor me with your law.
The way of truth I have chosen;
I have set your ordinances before me.

 Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!"

~Psalm 119

 

 

What is a proverb again?  

You will need to brush up on these short, pithy literary saying that speak volumes about life...as we search for universal "truths" about our Asian & Pacific Rim neighbors in Social Studies and humanity in our literature studies.  

Who are these gentlemen, and what do they have in common?

 

Though Mr. Dahl's math may not equal 100%, this month's drama is sure to please over 200%!

WELCOME TO THE MAGICAL, MYSTERIOUS, DARE I SAY... MYSTICAL ADVENTURE OF CHARLIE BUCKET

Paper Copy of Drama Study Guide Distributed in class.

Download Charlie & The Chocolate Factory REVISED 2012

 

"April hath put a spirit of youth in everything."  

~William Shakespeare

THURSDAY WORKSHOP: SADAKO PARAGRAPH COLLECTED & BIOGRAPHY DIGITAL SLIDE SHOW

 

 

Good Thursday Global Scholars!

 

SADAKO Review Paragraph due today.

Download Sadako Paragraph Review REVISED II

 

BIOGRAPHY SLIDE SHOW

DUE: Tuesday, April 24th

 

We carry on with our biographical musings this week with a little help from iFriends! We have completed the most challenging part of expository/research writing.  We have read, thought, researched, thought some more, and created graphic organizers including: 5W Chart, digital note cards, and outline.  We have written a formal three-five paragraph biography on the life of our European person.

 

Presently, your written research papers and prewriting materials are being assessed by Ms. Masciopinto. Once again, thank you for all the time, effort, and discipline that you gave to your expository writing project. Your learning progress is evident in your finished draft.

 

Now comes the fun part! (kudos to those of us who thought the reading, research and writing was fun too!) We change out our format or method of communication from a written paper to a visual presentation. Let a combination of images and a few sentences, phrases, words, or bullets tell the story, again!

 

As mentioned, in class we are recreating our biography using a digital and visual format. There are several electronic options available to us in the classroom using our Macbook and Mac software applications.

Some of you are more tech savvy then others, and you may take your skills to the highest level in this project and experiment with iLife, iMovie, or iWork Garage Band to make a Podcast.  

Those of us who are in the early budding stages of Macabilities, please practice iWork Keynote with this project.

The technology is to enhance and not prevent us from creating a visual presentation of our person's life and times.

 

Please review the uploaded packet for project directions.  The project includes ten slides.  There is an option to create additional slides up to a 15 slide show. The uploaded packet gives you specific directions for each slide and extra credit options.  Paper copies of the project directions are available in Room 305.  Please ask Ms. Mash for a paper copy if you need one.  Otherwise, refer to the electronic document:

Download Middle Ages Biography Slide show Directions

 

The direction packet uses images from Charlemagne's life because he was my person.   Replace Charlemagne examples with your own.

 

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

• READ ALL DIRECTIONS FIRST!

• Review your research paper.

• Review your digital note card images and use for your show; you may search for new or more images for the slide show.

• PREWRITING not mandatory but you may want to take notebook paper and make a mock-up or pencil design prior to typing.

• Use easy to read fonts BIG POINTS, CLEAR FONTS, COLORFUL 

• Use "full size" photos with the best pixels or images NO FUZZY STUFF!

• Avoid being "over busy" with your electronics NO CHOPPY, DISTRACTING STUFF!

• No more than three sentences or three bullets to a slide SHORT & SWEET BUT COMPLETE!

• Help one another especially with creating your "Credits" slide with your Photo Booth Photo and Middle Ages Person in the background!

DO NOT LET ELECTRONIC OPTIONS DELAY YOU!  Stay with Keynote if you are not practiced in iMovie and/or Garage Band/Podcast. There will be plenty of other opportunities!

 

HAVE FUN!

 

 

TODAY'S POEM:

 

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -

And on the strangest Sea -

Yet - never - in Extremity,

It asked a crumb - of me.

~Emily Dickinson

[C.E. 19th Century American Poet]

POETRY FOUNDATION: "Hope"

Hope floats upward like a kite.

 

 

 

 

REMINDER SCHOLARS:

 

Poem & Picture Book Due Friday.

PS: Great job on your Sister Pen Pal Letter this week!

 

Sadako Paragraph Review & Finally, the European Review: Read,Search, Write, Review!

 

Today's Poem: 

 

"Portrait By a Neighbor" Before she has her floor swept Or her dishes done, Any day you'll find her A-sunning in the sun! It's long after midnight Her key's in the lock, And you never see her chimney smoke Til past ten o'clock! She digs in her garden With a shovel and a spoon, She weeds her lazy lettuce By the light of the moon, She walks up the walk Like a woman in a dream, She forgets she borrowed butter Any pays you back in cream! Her lawn looks like a meadow, And if she mows the place She leaves the clover standing And the Queen Anne's lace! ~Edna St. Vincent Millay [C.E. 20th Century American Poet] AMERICAN POEMS

EC OPT: Ms. Millay had an eccentric, quirky, but I bet delightful neighbor.   Write a poem about one of your singular and unique-in-all-the-world neighbors.

 

 

WEDNESDAY HOME WORK: Due Thursday morning.

 

The Story of Sadako and the Children’s Peace Statue

ONE THOUSAND PAPER CRANES

Takayuki Ishii

 

Thank you for reading the biography about Sadako Sasaki.  In clas you received a form with writing options. Please consider the five writing menu options, and select one to write a one-paragraph response.

Please use the paper form and cursive/ink to complete the assignment, unless Ms. Mash gave you clearance to complete on the computer.

 

The paragraph will be assessed for your content knowledge and your use of proper paragraph format.  Consider the Six Traits when you write: Ideas, Organization, Personal Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency/Variety, and Grammar Conventions.

Download Sadako Paragraph Review

 

 

This week's Global History Review:

Europe Today

 

Review what we have learned about Europe by reading and searching for the right word to complete the meaning of each sentence and paragraph.

 

Download Europe Today First Person Review Northern Europe

Download Europe today First Person Review Answers

 

After reviewing the United Kingdom in historical context, and its connection to contemporary America, review the other geographic areas of Europe including:

 

NORTHERN EUROPE:

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Northern Ireland

The Republic of Ireland

Scandinavia

 

EUROPE'S HEARTLAND

France & the Benelux Nations

Germany & Alpine Nations

 

SOUTHERN EUROPE:

Spain & Portugal

Italy

Greece

 

EASTERN EUROPE:

Poland, Belarus & the Baltic Nations

The Czech Republic, Slovakia, & Hungary

Southeastern Collection: Ukraine, Romania & Moldova

Bulgaria

Balkan States

 

EC OPTION: If you were to move to Europe, what nation would you choose to live?  Explain why with a  M3 Paragraph!

Thank you for your Sister Pen Pal letter writing work today.

Tomorrow, Writing Workshop includes history review and working on digital biography.