Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Ms. Terry's I-Search Research Project

Topics:

Stephen King use the databases and type in King, Stephen
Black Historic Colleges African American Colleges (When did they originate? Who named after?)
The History of Guitars go to destiny and type in guitars and choose a webpath list of sites
The Coming of the Antichrist (teaching of Revelation and other theories) go to this site (User Name: college Password: courses) and select Gale Virtual Library (ebooks) type in the word antichrist
Madame CJ Walker
Training for and Working as a Auto-Body Technician (Key words: Automotive Mechanic) Go to this site and User name college password courses and select Gale Virtaul Library and type in the word Automotive Mechanic
Automobile Mechanics (Training)
History of Soccer
Fashion of the 1980s
Muhammad Ali (type in Ali, Muhammad
Reggaeton
History of Baseball
History of Soccer
History of Boxing or Boxing As a Sport (training and gear required)
Types of Cancers and Treatments
Rules of Football
Amusement Parks (inspiration for parks and the founding of various parks in the US) webpath in Destiny
Photography Techniques (How to become a better amateur photographer)
Cosmetics (How to choose appropriate cosmetics for your skin (colors and types)
Automobile Design and Construction look in chilton
Teenage Pregnancy Statistics and Strategies for Decreasing Numbers(Prevention)
Side Effects and Symptoms of Use of Marijuana
Rules of Hockey
Famous African Americans
Quincenera(incorrectly spelled on sheet) Correct spelling is Quinceanera(origin, customs, etc.)
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Also try these ebooks on trial User Name: college Password: courses

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Renaissance Booths and Scene Performance

Final Culminating Performance Task:

Renaissance Booths and Scene Performance

Renaissance Unit

Maule

British Literature (Spring)

Here it is: your final performance test for our Renaissance unit!!!!

Task 1: Your assigned group will create and display an original “booth” for our Renaissance festival. Choose a theme for your booth from the following list:

Renaissance Wedding Page (Web site)

theater and The Globe

Renaissance Wedding Feasts (Web Sites)

clothing (royalty and peasants)

music and instruments

clothing
music and instruments

entertainment and pastimes

sports

occupations of the Renaissance

food—particularly at a wedding feast

People of the middle ages

armor

Middle Age Weapons & Warfare

Weapons

weddings in the middle ages

Renaissance and Medieval Cooking

disease, hygiene, and medicine

crime and punishment

disease, hygiene, and medicine

Each group is required to have the following elements distinctly present in its booth:

the booth’s theme clearly lettered and displayed in an eye-appealing fashion

a written synopsis of that time period and displayed creatively in the booth
music to accompany the booth
an artistic replica of a feature of your category (i.e., a model of diseased skin with the plague, a sporting tool/item, weaponry, punishment tools/devices, etc.)
a creative background and/or display that suits the time period
costumes worn by all members and especially the storyteller that reflect your booth’s theme (these need not be elaborate and can even be embellished with props)
evidence of research and knowledge of the assigned topic
a “storyteller” appointed to share the booth’s contents with visitors
a hidden piece of information to be used in a scavenger hunt that visitors will complete

Group Roles:

Project Manager (1 per group): The project manager will manage, plan and facilitate the group’s success. Researching his assigned topic thoroughly, he will be a “master” of that topic, making sure to keep the group’s project unified and consistent with the time period. He/she will use appropriate management skills and communication to guide the group toward good decisions regarding time management. He/she will produce a calendar for the group with deadlines that all members of the group agree upon beforehand. Ultimately, he is in charge of keeping the lines of communication open, knowing the status of the group’s progress, and ensuring the group’s success. The project manager will also create two items/questions for the scavenger hunt to be completed by guests as they visit the booth; he will also contribute one additional item for display to be determined by the artistic designers. These questions will be submitted to Ms. Maule who will compile ALL scavenger hunt items onto one sheet. Finally, the project manager will stay in constant contact with Ms. Maule and will attend regularly scheduled management meetings in which he/she will provide Ms. Maule with updates, conflicts, and assessments of other members’ work. The project manager will complete an “exit” interview with Ms. Maule upon the project’s completion as part of the assessment.

Artistic Designers (2 per group): The artistic designer is in charge of making the booth visually appealing. Research of the Renaissance time period should be reflected in the booth’s overall design, color, scheme, and motif. The artistic designer is in charge of pulling all of the visual elements of the booth together in a uniform and creative fashion. Creativity is the key in this role!!! The artistic designers are also responsible for assigning one item to the project manager for display; the item of creation is to be determined by the designers. The booth should be finished within at least three days of the actual event in order to give the Storyteller adequate time to prepare his/her oral presentation. He/she should be able to verbally justify his/her choices in motif and how they relate to the time period.

Storyteller (1): The storyteller will provide the class and guests at the festival with the oral presentation of the information displayed in the booth. The Storyteller should be animated, projecting enthusiasm, demonstrating extensive knowledge, and engaging the visitors. In addition to telling the story behind his/her booth, the Storyteller will create something unique (i.e., a replica) for the visitors to do, play, see, touch, hear, or smell in an effort to bring the booth to life. (For example, for the disease, hygiene and medicine booth, the Storyteller might have visitors “see”—somehow--what the black plague might have looked like on the skin).

Task II: Scene Performance

Try these websites and databases for information...click on the blue....

theater and The Globe

clothing (royalty and peasants)

music and instruments

entertainment and pastimes

sports

occupations of the Renaissance

food—particularly at a wedding feast

weaponry and armor

disease, hygiene, and medicine

crime and punishment

Monday, November 27, 2006

Research Project Ninth Grade Math

Algebra I PROJECT

Coach Startup

MAJOR TEST GRADE

Your first Algebra project is due NO LATER THAN _______________

Your project will be a poster and report about a mathematician. You may select a mathematician from the list below or select another one of your choosing (PYTHAGORAS, EUCLIS, and ISAAC NEWTON are NOT acceptable).

This project will count as a major test grade, and you can earn more than 100 points so lets go for the points!!!!!!

1. For this project you will be doing some research about a mathematician that you have selected.

2. In order to share your findings with the entire class, you will produce a poster which highlights the mathematician’s name with dates of birth and death prominently displayed.

3. You might include a portrait or photocopy of what the mathematician looked like.

4. Other items of interest are achievements in mathematics with a brief explanation of what the mathematician accomplished.

5. Accomplishments outside the field of mathematics should also be included.

6. Be sure your poster is easily read and eye-appealing.

The following is a list of possible mathematicians for the mathematics history project.

This is a required project and it is not OPTIONAL!!!!!!

MATHEMATICS HISTORY PROJECT

GRADE SHEET

NAME:_______________ DATE:_

1. Poster completed and turned in before or on the due date of _______________.

0 – 20 points _________________

2. Poster contains 5 different important facts about the mathematician.

10 – 20 points _________________

3. Poster is very neat, easy to read, and shows examples of his/her achievements.

10 – 20 points _________________

4. Poster shows at least one accomplishment outside the field of mathematics.

0 – 10 points _________________

5. The student had good eye contact during the presentation. The presentation was made without reading to the class.

5 – 15 points _________________

6. The student was able to show or tell how this mathematician’s invention or achievements are still being used today.

5 – 10 points _________________

7. The written report was a one page summary of the information collected about this mathematician.

10 – 15 points _________________

TOTAL POINTS / GRADE _________________

REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST GRADE!!! IT IS A REQUIRED PROJECT

Appollonius of Perga
Archimedes
Babbage, Charles
Banneker, Benjamin
Bhaskara
Bolyai, Janos
Boole, George
Cardano, Girolamo
Chatelet, Cu Emilie
Descartes, Rene
Einstein, Albert
Eratosthenes
Euler, Leonhard
Fermat, Pierre De
Fibonacci
Galilei, Galielo
Galois, Evariste
Gauss, C.F.
Germain, Sophie
Hopper, Grace Murray
Hypatia
Khayyam, Omar
Kepler, Johann
Khwarizmi, Al
Kovalevsky, Sonya
Leibnitz, G.W.
Lovelace, Ada
Napier, John
Noether, Emmy
Pascal, Blaise
Ramanujan, Srinivasa
Somerville, Mary Fairfax
Tartaglia, Niccolo
Thales
Torricelli, Evangelista
Viete, Francois

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Literary Criticism Senior English Mrs. Maule

Okay, Guys, can't use the Internet to do this research. You will have to use these online databases. :-) Can't find literary criticism on the 'Net...if someone writes a literary criticism ...they want to get paid and published, not just put it on the Net for any one to see. So, we have these two databases you can use...they only last 30 days and then they disappear. These two databases are FANTASTIC!!!!!! Good luck!!!!

FreeTrial password is welcome go to Literature Online then select criticism and reference before you search

Another free trial..... Literature Resource Center

Friday, November 17, 2006

Get Real! Unit Performance Project (Sakmar and Cupp)

GET REAL!

Unit Performance Project

What could be more representative of literary realism than a newspaper?

In groups of four, students will create a Realism Register consisting of an editorial; a lead (feature news) story (including a headline); an entertain-ment/home section (which could include the following: review of plays, community events, church socials, wedding information, comics, or recipes); obituaries; an advice column; a crossword puzzle; a weather report; a sports section (baseball was the only major sport around at this time…it began in 1876); and an arrest blotter. News items will be based on Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as well as on other events typical of the time period (Civil War/ post Civil War era).

The following roles will be assigned in each group:

one group member will write an editorial; another will be responsible for a lead story; and the third and fourth members will divide up the remaining seven feature categories (three stories each). All group members will be responsible for the final layout, finished newspaper, and presentation.

I will provide you with newspaper material, but you need to have the columns, etc. in line and in order for your final layout.

Get creative! You may have to research the time period (life in small towns, sports history, early newspapers, etc.) or transform fictional events from the novel to use in your newspaper. Your may choose to have a photographs to accompany the lead article and other pieces of writing.

Roundtable presentations—Finished newspapers will be posted around the room, and we will circulate to observe and read them.

Due Dates

Thursday, Nov. 16^th -- Pick groups and assign roles. Turn in to Mrs. Sakmar

Thursday, Nov. 30^th-- First draft due at the beginning of class. This will be for each person in the group.

Monday, Dec. 11^th-- Final draft and presentations due.

Newspapers from the 1800's

Trial for Historical Newspaper's Database password is welcomethen scroll down and select ProQuest Historical Newspapers - K-12 Edition: New York Times

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Famous British Artists Bullock

Auden, W.H.

Austen, Jane

Beatles

Bowie, David

Brotne, Anne

Bronte, Charlotte

Browning, Robert

Burns, Robert

Clapton, Eric

Costello, Elvis

Darwin, Charles

Dickens, Charles

Dryden, John

Eliot, T.S.

Gray, Thomas

Gordon, George

Hardy, Thomas

John, Elton

Johnson, Samuel

Joyce, James

Lawrence, D.H.

Led Zepplin

Lord Byron

Marlowe, Christopher

Pope, Alexander

Rolling Stones/ Mick Jagger

Rowling, JK

Rushdie, Salman

Shaw, George Bernard

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Sting/Gordon Sumner

Tennyson, Alfred Lord

Townsend, Pete

Wilde, Oscar

Woolf, Virginia

Yeats, William Butler

Click on these links below to find

AWESOME information about your British artist

Student Resource Center has good basic information type in name of artist last name first and then press enter look under the tab reference for articles open the article if you can use it press the print icon in the upper right corner

Biography Resource Center has more in detail information and recommended web sites. Type in last name of artist and then first, press enter and look under reference tab for articles. Open the article, if you can use it press the print icon in the upper right hand article. Also, look under the web site tab for recommended web sites.

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Ninth Grade Research Project Ms. Terry

As a culminating unit project for our study of heroes, you will be writing a one and one-half page research paper on an American hero. While you may perform research outside of class, you will be given three class days ( ____________ , ___________, and ____________ ) to research your topic and write your paper. The research paper must be written in class, and it is due on _______________. The rubric, which will be utilized to grade your final paper, is attached to this handout.

The list of American heroes you are allowed to research is attached to this handout. If you wish to choose your topic for research, you must see Mrs. Terry immediately after school on _____________ between 3:15 and 3:30 pm. Topics will be assigned first-come, first-served. No more than one student may research a particular individual. All students opting not to choose a subject for research on ____________will be assigned randomly to an individual in class on ____________.

In order to perform your research, you must first use the suggested database sources set-up by Mrs. Turner, CHS Library Media Specialist, as all of these resources are reliable. You will be given instructions on how to access these links in class. You will receive instruction in how to use these database from Mrs. Turner and will be given 5 extra points for each database you search correctly. If you have exhausted the established resource links, and you require additional information, you may visit other websites but be cautious of the content. Not all information found on the Internet is accurate!

Your research project will be worth a total of 200 points:

Graphic Organizer 50 points Due ___________

Rough Draft 50 points Due ___________

Final Draft 100 points Due ___________

American Heroes (If you click on the person's name you will find several articles from the Student Resource Center Database. Try to find one that has a green dot and is a biography. Press the print icon before printing)

1. Susan B. Anthony

2. Clara Harlowe Barton

3. Mary McLeod Bethune

4. Elizabeth Blackwell

5. Rachel (Louise) Carson

6. Jimmy Carter

7. George Washington Carver

8. Mary Cassatt

9. Cesar Estrada Chavez

10. Roberto Clemente

11. Bill Cosby

12. Walt Disney