FREE Science & Technology Event

You can ride a bus from Rio Grande HS or Atrisco HS (permission slip needed; see me) or your parents can drive you to the Convention Center (downtown).

GLArts: Writing an Introduction

Here are the parts you need for your Introduction to your persuasive essay:
Part I: THE HOOK - Hook your reader's interest in your topic in one or more of the following ways:

• Explain why the topic is interesting or important
• Relate your topic to everyone
• Ask an intriguing question.
• Start with surprising or interesting facts or statistics
• Fact: Many studies show that the biological sleep pattern for teens shifts a few hours, which means teens naturally stay up later and feel alert later in the morning.
• For the thesis: If every school day started at ten o'clock, many students would find it easier to stay focused.
• Statistic: According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, teens and young adults experience the highest rates of violent crime.
• For the thesis: Parents are justified in implementing a strict curfew, regardless of a student's academic performance.
• Tell an anecdote (brief story) that relates to your topic.
• Start with a related quote and explain it:
• 
  

  Quote: "A man's errors are his portals of discovery."

  For the thesis: Students grow more confident and self-sufficient when parents allow them to make mistakes and experience failure.

• • Inspire curiosity with an unusual statement: A duck’s quack doesn’t echo. Some people might find a deep and mysterious meaning in this fact …
  • Start with a Definition of a key word for your topic: A homograph is a word with two or more pronunciations. Produce is one example …
  • Anecdote (tell a brief story that introduces your topic): Yesterday morning I watched as my older sister left for school with a bright white glob of toothpaste gleaming on her chin. I felt no regret at all until she stepped onto the bus …

Part II: TRANSITION - Relate the hook to your thesis in a smooth way.
Part III: THESIS - State your thesis at the end of the paragraph.

SEMINAR: Measuring for school map

If Ms.  Newton will send students out (with completed pass in agenda) to collect measurements of specific locations for our map of the school.  You will come back and convert your measurements while the other students go measure.

When measuring the school buildings for the map, remember the formula:

(your footsteps) x (length of foot in inches) = (length in inches) 

(length in inches) /12 = (length in feet)

THEN TO SCALE FOR MAP:

Length in feet /6 = number of squares on the map grid.

Gifted Language Arts (GLArts!): Persuasive Writing

PLANS FOR SUBSTITUTE Wednesday 1-15-14
You will begin by thinking about the following question and discussing the arguments for and against it:
"Are good grades the most accurate indicator of success in school?"

Now form groups of two or three students to fill out the sections of the planning document below (copied on your own paper).  Each group must agree on which side of the question to take, and turn in a complete planning document for that position.

For the "objections" section you may get ideas for arguments against your side from another group that is taking the opposite position. Then think of ways to respond to those arguments.

Focus on these three types of arguments for your reasons:

1. Ethical Appeal
2. Testimonial (including personal and expert testimony)
3. Emotional Appeal

Seminar: Student-as-Teacher Day preparation

I. Topic Selection

• A. choose something you are interested in
• B. select 2 or more terms or concepts from an academic subject (math, science, language arts, social studies) that you will teach in your lesson to relate to the lesson.
• C. Sustainability Theme: Show how 1-3 of the permaculture principles relate to your topic

II. Goal: write a goal describing what you want people to learn from your lesson.

III. Activities: Describe the learning activities we will engage in during the lesson.

• A. Presentation of Information: how will we get the information?
• B. Active Participation of students: how will we use it in class to develop our knowledge?

IV.  Assessment:  Measure how well you achieved your goal using a test, quiz, rubric, self-assessment, written response, etc.

G.L.Arts: Vocabulary, Spelling, Skills Tutor

Here are the vocabulary words for "The Story of an Eyewitness" by Jack London:

1. conflagration: a large destructive fire 
2. lurid: very vivid in color, creating an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect. 
3. contrivances: acts or objects of clever planning 
4. flanked: placed at or approaching from the side of 
5. enumeration: the act of counting or listing one by one 
6. vestiges: visible signs of something that once existed 
7. bayonets: blades that fit on the end of rifle for use in close combat 
8. flotsam: floating wreckage left by a sunken ship 
9. pall: a covering that darkens or obscures what is underneath 
10. dun: dull brownish gray 

*Create a Google Document entitled: "Vocabulary - [your name]"

**Share your Doc with me as "can edit" or "can comment"

***For each word, complete the following:

• Synonyms 
• Antonyms 
• Part of speech (verb, noun, adjective, adverb) 
• Other related forms of the word (form: formed, forming, forms, formulate, formative, formal, formally, etc.) 
• An interesting quote using the word (search for "[vocab word] quotes" or go to the goodreads or brainyquote websites and search the vocab word. 
• An original sentence that uses the word in a way that shows you know what it means and how to use it correctly. 

For the rest of class you may study and quiz each other for the Spelling Bee Test (on Thursday) or continue on SKILLS TUTOR (remember your user name and password are your Student ID # and the site is hms03).

VIRTUAL TOUR of Our Water Supply

Where does our drinking water come from? Is it sustainable?
Take a TOUR of our water system
by clicking in the numbered stops in order.
For this assignment you will be the
VIRTUAL TOUR GIUDE!
You will present information about our water system to the class.  After you choose which part of the tour you will present you must prepare a presentation with these parts:

A.  a SUMMARY of what your part of the water system does:

1. include an explanation of the problem(s) that it solves
2. how it solves the problem(s) 
3. an explanation of any technical terms, equipment, or chemicals involved

B. an ANALYSIS of the impact (good and bad) of that part of the water system on the sustainability sectors (environment, economy, society):

• choose 1 sector to write a complete paragraph about.  Include a main idea and 3 supporting details and examples.  Give a brief 1-2 sentence explanation for the other 2 sectors.
• IMPORTANT! For this section you need to use 2 sources outside of the www.abcwua website (no wikipedia, yahoo, ask.com, or other generic sites).  Cite your source by pasting the URL address into your document.
•   If you need help finding a good sources ask me for help!

1. Environment - how it affects the natural systems around us
2. Society - how it affects the health and happiness of groups of people
3. Economy - how it affects people's ability to get money or important resources

C. an Evaluation of the how sustainable this feature of the waters system is:

1. Identify 3 permaculture principles that apply to your part of the water system tour.
2. For each principle, describe how your part of the water system follows and/or violates the permaculture principle.
3. What is your opinion of the sustainability of this part of the water system?

Mr Sullivan's Example project Document

Peer Review of ABQ Water Tour

• Share your document with all members of another group; give them the status of "can comment".
• ***IMPORTANT!!! - Before you have your project reviewed, copy all of parts A, B, and C and paste them below your peer review
• Also paste the following peer review instructions into your document.

Name of student(s) whose project is being reviewed:

Name of student(s) who are reviewing the project:

1. Sentence quality: Highlight the best sentence in the project, and write “1 best sentence” in the comments.
2. Sentence improvement: Highlight the best sentence in the project, and write “2 needs improvement” in the comments and give them any suggestions you have on improving it.
3. Interesting fact/idea: Highlight the most interesting fact/idea and write “3 most interesting fact/idea” in the comments.
4. Sources: highlight each of the sources in part B, and make a comment on each if you think it was a good source and why/why not.  If sources are missing or you can’t find them, make a comment on part B to remind of what they are missing.
5. Best Permaculture Principle: In part C, highlight the best description of how a permaculture principle relates to their part of the water tour. Label the comment as before (with the number and section description).
6. Unclear Permaculture Principle: In part C, highlight the best description of how a permaculture principle relates to their part of the water tour.  Label the comment as before (with the number and section description) and explain what was unclear or ask a question.
7. Overall sustainability: Highlight part C-3 and explain whether you agree with their assessment or not.
8. Editing and Revising: Now go back to your document and make the suggested improvements on your own project ON THE COPY BELOW THE PEER REVIEW.  Keep the peer reviewed copy the same so I can see what you changed!