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November 25, 2006
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 4.
Your Tiananmen Square news article should be TYPED and single spaced with a font size of 10 to 12. The font is your choice, but should be clearly legible (for example, no old English script).
This should be written in the third person (no " I think" or "what would YOU do?", just the facts!)
Your article should answer the questions what, who, when, where, why and the results or effects of this event. This should be in column form, with the title of the article, author, date, at least one and not more than two, pictures. You can also use a title for your newspaper. The use of color would be effective, suggested Vince!
Please turn in your notes with the newsletter. You should have taken notes from your "Journalist's Notes handout and read at least one online article about the event for further clarification.
WORD, Publisher and other software programs have a newsletter format you may wish to follow.
Posted by Glenn at 05:35 PM
PLEASE NOTE:CHINA BOOK REPORT BROCHURE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8!!
The Mabry Middle School GEOGRAPHY BEE is scheduled for Thursday, December 14. Most students took the qualifying exam last Monday, makeups will be given Monday and Tuesday for interested students.
MONDAY: Challenges for China. We'll discuss the challenges that Chinese Communists have faced such as overpopulation, wars in Korea and Vietnam, food shortages, the Chinese Nationalists, etc. Students will be introduced to the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989 through journalist's notes. They'll have a writing assignment of creating a newspaper article from their notes. This assignment was originally due to be presented last week, but because of high absenteeism it was postponed. This assignment is due Friday, December 1.
TUESDAY: We'll discuss overpopulation and the one-child policy in China.
We'll also discuss HONG KONG's status as a government within another government.
Chapter 26 Quiz tomorrow! Study your chapter review and your Persia Organizer.
WEDNESDAY: DEAR. Students will read an article entitled, " North Korea Goes Nuclear" in UPFRONT magazine, published by the New York Times. Chapter 26 Quiz today!
THURSDAY: Students will use the WORLD AFFAIRS edition of UPFRONT magazine to identify the variety of governments in Southeast Asia. They'll create a MAP KEY and color in the various governments on a map.
FRIDAY: Today we'll use the differentiation strategy of cubing to answer a variety of probing questions about communism and socialism.
Don't forget to finish your news article on Tiananmen Sqaure for Monday, December 4. Your book report brochure is due Friday, December 8.
Posted by Glenn at 03:01 PM
JUST A REMINDER ON YOUR CHINA BOOK REPORT BROCHURE!!!
The next book report is due on December 8 and is a book report on China. I will loan first come/first serve a number of selections available in my personal library. There are also copies of books in the Media Center or public library. Click here to review the GIA Reading Brochure with suggested readings for China. There are instructions attached on making your brochure. Font size should be 10-12 and a readable font. Titles can be larger and in bold.
Download file
Click here to download a copy of the instructions for creating a Brochure Book Report, although students will be provided with one.
Download file
Posted by Glenn at 10:24 AM
November 17, 2006
Click here to see a really neat clock! 1st Line is Seconds. 2nd Line is minutes. 3rd line is Hours. 4th Line is Day of the Week. 5th Line is Day of the Month. 6th Line is Month. 7th Line is Year.
http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf
Click here for some silly holiday fun! The penguin will write your name in the snow. Well, we have been studying the Himalayas!!
http://www.star28.net/snow.html
Dig a hole to China. Check out this Google application.
http://map.pequenopolis.com/
Posted by Glenn at 02:32 PM
November 12, 2006
Click to listen to a Chinese Folk Song
Japanese Folk Tales
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/folk.html
Chinese Folk Tales
http://firehorseportfolio.com/tea/intro.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01397/folkt.htm
Indian Folk Tales
http://dimdima.com/khazana/stories/showstory.asp?q_cat=Indian+Folk+Tales
http://www.pitara.com/talespin/story.asp
Vietnamese FolkTales
National Geographic Grimms' Fairy Tales
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/
Posted by Glenn at 01:13 PM
Countdown to Turkey Day!
MONDAY: Today students will have the opportunity to view one another's JAPAN scrapbooks and comment on them for the author to view. They are FABULOUS! Peer review is a great experience in that students will garner ideas from others, and that the "constructive" comments often back what I have said as well. We'll continue our discussion of the Chapter 26 Review.
TUESDAY: Students will share the Inspiration webs they made on Ancient China and we will review the outlines created. Students will work on other activities using the Essential Readings on China book.
WEDNESDAY: Students will have a brief lesson on the languages of South Asia.
DEAR-Drop Everything and READ. Students should be reading their historical fiction novels about CHINA. Notebooks should be organized for the next three units to come: CHINA, SOUTHEAST ASIA (Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, etc, and INDIA. Students should store their Japan information in a folder for CRCT review in the spring.
THURSDAY: We'll discuss the various dynasties in CHINA and their contributions and influences in the lesson DYNASTIES RULE. Continued study of Chapter 26 on China. Students will use a PERSIA organizer to select important points on CHINA's Political Influence, Economic Influence, Religious Influence, Social Influence,etc.for homework.
Homework: Finish PERSIA organizer.
FRIDAY: Review of PERSIA organizer. Students will read about the history of the SILK ROAD and make notations on the Silk Road Record.
MONDAY: We'll explore the Cultural Revolution in China, focusing on the Tiananmen Square events in 1989. Students will take notes on an organizer and will write a news article about the event after Thanksgiving.
TUESDAY: Students will view a video about China which will serve as a basis for further discussion about the problems and challenges that face China. IMPORTANT NOTE...DUE DATE FOR CHINA BROCHURE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 12/8 BECAUSE OF MEDIA CENTER CIRCULATION CHANGES.
ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS! IF YOU ARE TRAVELING, BE SAFE!
Posted by Glenn at 01:06 PM
RE: China Book report brochure. I've handed out over 40 books, the Media Center has loaned us 15 or so, and now students are on their own to order or buy their own, or visit the public library. Reports are due 12/4 in BROCHURE form.
Remember, students read five out of the required 25 books for the 7th grade in my Social Studies class. Students were given a brochure with suggested book titles at the beginning of the year.
Organization and timing will allow students to use the public libary and Media Center for their books. I have copies for about half the class and rotate through the year which periods have first choice. Some students prefer to buy their own books.
Please do not wait until the last minute and be frustrated with me that you do not have a book!
Posted by Glenn at 12:55 PM
November 04, 2006
WOW! Students have worked diligently in the last six weeks to conduct research and produce intelligently written essays, study tremendous amounts of information for finals and create gorgeous Japan scrapbooks that have left me speechless. What a brilliant group of agents!
Friday we began our study of CHINA in the MAC lab where students are paired to create INSPIRATION webs as they notetake. This software program allow students to add clip art, pictures,notes,links, and WORD Art while creating their own beautiful web,then with the click of a mouse, the information turns into outline form for study. Cool, eh?
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY we'll be in the lab working on this project.
TUESDAY is not only ELECTION DAY, but a day off for students as teachers have a staff development day.
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY HOMEWORK: Students will begin review of the CHINA chapter by completing the CHAPTER REVIEW
FRIDAY: The scrapbook grades include a presentation grade and we will work through the week student by student to make a couple of presentations daily. We'll finish the presentations today and students will have the opportunity for peer review on their classmates' work.
All scrapbooks will have been graded by then, but I would like to display them at school for a while before sending them home.
Posted by Glenn at 11:40 AM
