Friday, June 21, 2013

A final review of sentences for your superhero project:

This is a Complex Sentence.  It is made up of a dependent clause (which needs more information) and an independent clause.  An independent clause is a complete thought and a simple sentence.

This is a compound sentence.  Each of the independent clauses is a simple sentence.

I will review and publish information from your Library blogs and post any new images of heroes on the Room 52 blog.

Tuesday, June 19, 2013

Now, for the next and last portion of this project.

Your superhero is allowed to have 2 extra special powers (flying, running fast, moving at superhuman speed) in addition to the regular Strengths you have as learners.

You will now move on to the writing portion of this project that involves you using different lengths of sentences.  In the sentences you will explore and explain the Strengths and Struggles you have as learners.  You only have 5 sentences to do this.  I do not want you to go over the limit, but I want you to do the best job with completing your sentences correctly.

Show me what you have learned!

My superhero's name is Mind.  Mind has the ability to fly and he also has superhuman strength.  He has spent many years of his life reading and studying because he loves to develop his mind.  He is very smart, but he is also forgetful and can be easily distracted.  Mind is the hero for the world needs.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Only a few of you are following directions.  Here are the assignment requirements:

a) Completion of rough ideas about your Strengths and Struggles.  What you are good at and have difficulties with.

b) Your Superhero image must be completed.  The code should be copied into your blog or saved on a Microsoft Word file and handed in to me on a USB key.  I would prefer it pasted into the blog.

c) Part a) of this assignment should be completed before you can do this one.  This is the writing portion of the assignment and you will be responsible for the following:

1.  Using a simple sentence to introduce the name of your hero.
2.  Use 2 compound and 1 complex sentence to discuss what your hero's Strengths and Struggles are.
3.  Use a simple sentence to make a final statement about your hero. 

The assignment will be marked out of 25:

5 marks for the completion of your rough ideas
10 marks for the creation of your hero
10 marks for the writing portion of the assignment

for Thursday, June 12, 2013

Before you continue with this project, you need to do the following:

1.  Complete a blog entry or journal entry (in your Literacy folder or Journal) about your "Strengths and Struggles."
Thanks to Kenny, Ewan, and John for adding some details to the "Strengths and Struggles" for completing this.

To illustrate what to do, I am going to list my Strengths and Struggles as I begin to think about planning for the creation of my hero.

Strengths:
- ability to run at super speeds
- ability to gather people together for a common cause and purpose to work together
- fix and work with electricity 

Struggles:

- being overwhelmed by too much information
- leaving things to the last minute
- trying to do too much

2.  Once this is done --and it needs to be before school ends on Friday-- you may begin to develop your hero or continue to work on what you started from last week.  I suggest you use Google Chrome to access the link.  Here it is:
http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-2-5-character-portrait-creator/

3.  a) Once you play around and begin to develop your hero, you will need to save it.  When you click save, it will give you a long code and should look something like what you will see in this screenshot I took:

You will need to copy this code and save it to a Microsoft Word file and save it on your home drive.  Without saving this code, you will lose all of the work you do.

** Do not add any information to the sheet you paste the code on, but you may save the file name as something you will be familiar with:  Bishophero.doc

b) When you return to the project and want to load your file, you will have to open up the Word file, copy the code and paste it into the box on the screen and then press okay.  If you want to work on this at home, you will have to find a way to save the code on a USB key or email it to yourself.

Take your time with this project.  It is not meant to be rushed.  I will be back on Friday for you to ask me any more questions on the project.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

I spoke about a Superhero project we would be doing towards the end of the year.  It involves both some Writing and aspects of Art. 

You will have to think a little about the Strengths and Struggles you have in school.  All of use have strengths that allow us to be good at certain things and feel a sense of success.  At the same time, we have things we struggle with which are difficult for us to do and sometimes frustrate us.

Your powers will be based on your strengths.
Your weaknesses, or what your enemy can do to make your life difficult, is based on the things you struggle with.

The writing portion has to do with you creating a series of sentences for your Strengths and Struggles.

HOWEVER, I WANT YOU TO THINK OF HOW YOU CAN POSSIBLY FACE YOUR ENEMY!!

So, you will also be creating a section on how to confront your Struggles, aka, your enemy.

This project is to be based on real issues that you face.  Only the body and image of your hero will be manufactured using the Hero Maker program.

Today, in Library, you will need to think a little about your Strengths and Struggles and the image you may want to use.  I want you to share your thoughts on your blog page.  I will be checking this and giving you some feedback.  

 

 http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-2-5-character-portrait-creator/

Post Number 2: Following up on Coordinate Math Lesson on May 22

Here are some fun links to games that will help you understand the location on the 4 quadrants of the coordinate plane.  You will find the link for the game and a screen shot of it.


http://resources.oswego.org/games/BillyBug2/bug2.html

http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/games/ctf/ctf_hotmath.swf

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/weblessons/GridGraph/default.htm

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell18.swf

Which game game was your favourite game?  What did it do, specifically, to help you understand how coordinates work on a grid?  There will be a journal exercise in the afternoon for you to answer this question.

Reading Response for Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Please consider looking at this Reading Response post by Zhao Lun from 2 weeks ago.  It is an excellent example of how a Reading Response should look and sound like:

24 newspaper Response: Date: May 2nd, 2013  He has put the date.  Please also include the title of the article you read.

Retell:  Explains or summarizes what the article is about.

3 men were charged of interfering in the Boston bombing, they stated they had hid fireworks in a suspect's backpack during the bombing. People say the "trio" swiftly covered for his friend from the FBI, they leaked some pictures of the suspects.

Relate:  Zhao Lun makes a connection with the article and offers some insightful ideas and connections to things he has read or heard about before.

It makes me feel sick to know United States makes war and not truce, If united States had stood down and signed a peace treaty, they might of saved themselves some time to fix the poverty, homeless, and to fix up the places that has been broken down, but instead of aiding their homes, their just making it even worse.

Reflect:  This section reads very similar to the one he wrote before and allows him some more time to make connections.

I have nothing to reflect on this, but to say that there are other bombings that were even more devastating like the Afghan Wedding Party bombing, 30 people were killed in the bombing, and it wasn't even given attention like the Boston bombing, I'm not saying that the Boston Bombing wasn't big, but I think they should give more attention to other bombings too. 

For today's Reading Response, please go to the 24 newspaper homepage (http://eedition.toronto.24hrs.ca/epaper/viewer.aspx

Select an article from today's (TUESDAY) online newspaper to do your work.  You must have the Retell, Relate, and Reflect portions completed.  The article does not have to be long!

Use the posting from April 30 if you are stuck with how you are supposed to set up your Reading Response.  Mr. Proudfoot will be reading these by Friday, May 24th.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

For a Reading Response for today, you will be selecting an article from the online version of the 24 Hours newspaper and doing a Reading Response.
Please use your blog section (your name) to complete it.
Use this template to help remind you of what and how you are expected to respond:

Here is the link for the newspaper:http://eedition.toronto.24hrs.ca/epaper/viewer.aspx

I think the newspapers allow you to use a feature where you are able to listen to the article.  Be sure to respond to all parts of the forum and include the title of the article you are reading.

Wednesday, April 23, 2013

For part of the period in Library today, you will use some of the online websites to help you review for the concepts of Mean, Median, Mode, and Range.  The following are image of websites and the addresses for you to review.

After you have looked at them and played some of the games, you will be responsible for filling out a chart and sharing, with a specific example of how it has helped you understand how Mean, Median, Mode, and Range work.

Because you cannot click on the links from these images, I will have them just below each image to take you to the specific site.http://www.teachallkids.com/node/112

http://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/mean-median-mode-and-range-find-the-missing-numbe r 

 http://www.quia.com/rr/51667.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/data/mode_median_mean_range/play/
http://media.emgames.com/emgames/demosite/playdemo.html?activity=M5A006&activit ytype=dcr

Xtranormal Draft film

The Xtranormal film I made to model the Success Criteria for this project is here:

I will post it on the Room 52 blog.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Here is a screenshot of what will be happening next for your animation project.

There are only a few students who have successfully completed all Level 1-4 questions.  This will effect the quality of the animated project you produce.

Today you will be visiting the student site and enter the "token" that will add you to the class Mr. Proudfoot has set up in the Xtranormal account.  You will then have to take some time and "play" with the program so you are able to figure out how you will set up your questions and answers for the research you have done.

It is my wish that you will continue to work on this project while you are at home or in the classroom.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Be sure to organize your Level 1 - 4 questions.  This will help you locate them when you are about to begin writing your script for the animation portion of the assignment.

Cut and paste the list of questions and answers (see below) into the blank space on you blog page and put in your questions and answers, so  I can do a final check of your questions.

It is my aim to have this completed before you leave for March Break.

Level 1 Question:

Level 1 Answer: 

Level 2 Question:

Level 2 Answer:

Level 3 Question:

Level 3 Answer:

Level 4 Question:

Level 4 Answer: 
Keep working hard!

You can start to work on your script, if you have completed your questions.  You may write in Microsoft Word and cut and paste it into your blog page or save it in your home drive.

I would also like you to have a list of the websites you used to gather the information your are writing about.  This is a good habit to get into because you will have to credit your sources in high school and should get used to doing this.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

This is the website for the History project.  Once you have all 4 questions listed, and approved by Mr. Proudfoot, you will be using this online program to help you create your characters:

http://www.xtranormal.com/

By the time you return from March Break, I will have set up an account for each one of you.  It is very important that all of you complete your questions and answers.

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

I am going to post an image of the project for you to see.  Most of you are familiar with the questioning rubric; this is used to help structure the kind of questions you will be asking about your topic.

REMEMBER:  4 questions require 4 answers.

 If you are finding that 4 questions are too difficult for you, please let me know and I will modify the assignment or offer you some help.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

In thinking about some research in relation to African/Black History Month, I have decided to come up with this template for guiding our project.  The students will be required to ask 4 questions based around a particular topic relating to the contribution someone of African descent has made.  The questions will be leveled from 1-4:

For the initial research, this is a useful site on African Canadian History:
http://blackhistorycanada.ca/topic.php?id=150&themeid=6

Time in class will be provided for working on this,  Because of the research and animation portion of the project, it will take some time to complete.  For today, you will be using this template to help guide your first session of research.  Please use the blog to keep track of your research.

If it becomes too difficult to use the blog to keep track of your research, we can always use the traditional pen and paper method.

Ms. Zachariah arranged for the International African Inventors Museum to travel to AMG later in the month.  This website can also provide some useful information on the contribution of peoples of African descent:  http://www.iaimuseum.org/

Friday, February 8, 2013

Quite a day for weather!

I just finished responding to the blog entries from last week on the resignation of Dr. Christopher Spence.  I am posting a copy of the Reading Response for future responses on this blog.  Be make sure you comment on all of the response areas:  Retell, Relate, and Reflect.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Link for article on Dr. Christopher Spence for the Reading Response:

http://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/01/13/1-head-of-canadas-largest-school-board-resigns-over-plagiarism/

Room 52 Photo Assignment

Welcome back and happy 2012!
Please look at the link below and answer the three questions.
photo

For those of you who have not completed the questions on Malala, here is the photo along with the questions: