Electrical Circuits-The Fuse Box

Go to the The Fuse Box - Circuit Builder website

Complete all the activities, starting with level 1, working through level 2 and ending with level 3. MOST circuit instruction have a question under it in bold.  Answer all the questions in MS word and post all the answers in one comment.  An example of how to label the answers so we know what you are talking about is given below: (Level 3, Question 2).  Use COPS and CSA.

e.g. 3.2 Even though I broke one light with a bat, the others stayed on.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch - A Gyre

Watch the videos.

Video#1
Video#2
Video#3

Answer these in complete sentence answers/COPS.

1)Who or what is impacted by these garbage patches or gyres?

2)How are you directly impacted by these garbage patches?

3)On a personal level, in a small way, what can YOU do to slow this down? List all the ways an individual can make a small difference in what collects in our oceans.

4)Your future depends on this planet.  What careers/jobs are out there where you can make a bigger difference (invent solutions to this problem) and reverse the pollution in our oceans?

Fritz - What Would You Do?

"There's no future here for me.  I'm leaving East Berlin tonight.  I found a place near the Spree that isn't well guarded.  I can run for the water and swim across before I'm seen.  I wanted you to know so you can explain to Mama.  It's not fair, but it is the best I can do.  I will not join their military.  Eventually I'll think like they do.  And I will not let them ruin my life." Fritz's note to Gerta.

1) In complete sentences, list all the reasons why Fritz is determined to risk his life and escape over the wall and across the dangerous River Spree to West Berlin.  What are the factors pushing him away from East Berlin; what are the factors attracting him to West Berlin?

2)Then, tell what you would do in his place.  Would you stay or would you go?  Why?  If you chose to go, then what about your mother and younger sister?  If you chose to stay, how would you shape your future.

Remember, COPS, complete sentence answers.

The Berlin Wall

We will be reading A Night Divided by Jennifer A Neilsen about the rise of the Berlin Wall.  

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family divided overnight. She, her mother, and her brother Fritz live on the eastern side, controlled by the Soviets. Her father and middle brother, who had gone west in search of work, cannot return home. Gerta knows it is dangerous to watch the wall, to think forbidden thoughts of freedom, yet she can’t help herself. She sees the East German soldiers with their guns trained on their own citizens; she, her family, her neighbors and friends are prisoners in their own city.

Go to the following website and read a little background on the Berlin Wall.  

Watch the following videos: 

video#1 

video#2 

video#3

Write one question you have about the Berlin Wall and post it.  If you can answer someone else's question, go ahead :-)

Chapter 8 Measurement-Test Review

Angles, Interior Angles of Polygons...

A pentagon has 5 sides, and can be made from three triangles, so you know what ... ... its interior angles add up to 3 × 180° = 540° And if it is a regular pentagon (all angles the same), then each angle is 540° / 5 = 108° (Exercise: make sure each triangle here adds up to 180°, and check that the pentagon's interior angles add up to 540°)

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 8 and work through quizz#'s  1 through 11.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong on each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Your comments should look like this 

Quiz#1:
I got question #7 incorrect.  I skip-counted incorrectly on the 7 times table and so I didn't get the correct LCD.

Fraction Review

Fraction Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 7 and work through quizz#  3, 4  5 and 6.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong on each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Your comments should look like this 

Quiz#1:
I got question #7 incorrect.  I skip counted incorrectly on the 7 times table and so I didn't get the correct LCD.

Elijah Of Buxton Post#2

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. What unusual item does the Preacher possess that most other men of religion do not? How do most people in Buxton believe that he got the item? 
2. Why does the Preacher tell Elijah that he can't make up his mind whether "chunking rocks" is gift from God or conjuring?  Which does he decide it is? 
3. Explain why Elijah Freeman's birth is a symbol of hope for the people of Buxton.
4. The Buxton Settlement Creed is "one helping one to uplift all." How does this creed represent the strong sense of community in Buxton? (Explain how helping one another is uplifting to all.) Discuss the many different things the citizens of Buxton do to help one another.
5. Living free in Canada doesn't guarantee the people of Buxton a life without prejudices. What are some examples of the challenges they face?

Elijah of Buxton

Remember (Boys in particular!)

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. Elijah of Buxton takes place in a small settlement in Canada more than a century ago. Name three things about Elijah's home which would probably be different than your own. 
2. What would be one advantage and one disadvantage to living during this time period? 
3. Elijah's ma sees him as "fra-gile." What are the characteristics of a "fra-gile" person? How does Elijah get this reputation? 
4. Describe the Right Reverend Deacon Doctor Zephariah W. Connerly the Third, the man Elijah and Cooter call the Preacher. What is the first clue that he isn't an honest man? 

Math Review (Ratio & Percent%)

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 6 and work through all the quizzes..

Make a note of any questions you get wrong and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Make A Crossword!

We have been reading about different cultures in Social Studies.  In particular, we have read about Nihon.  Please make a crossword using all the important vocabulary words we have read in Chapter 4 of your text book (Investigating Cultures).  Make a list of 45 words that you think are important to our investigation of other cultures from the entire chapter.  Some will be highlighted and bolded, some you can just pick.  Spelling counts!

Once you have your list, create some short clues that other students could use to solve your crossword.

Then click here...and input your words and clues (spelled correctly!).  Your crossword title should be "Your Name - Investigating Cultures"

Once you have CHECKED your crossword for COPS, print it out, hole punch it and insert it into your SS binder after your last piece of work.

There, Their, They're...Homophone Challenge

It's official; some of your grammar is driving me crazy!  Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently.  There is so much confusion out there.  There are people who are confused about their usage of some homophones: they're unable to distinguish when to use there, or their, or they're!  Well there's one way to fix their confusion and to make sure they're always correct when they use these homophones...We'll do some exercises on them!

Please read this lesson, then click on each of these links below.  Complete the exercises.  Then post a one sentence comment that shows you can use these 3 homophones correctly.

Link 1

Link 2 (click continue to get questions 6-10)

Link 3

Link 4

Motion Geometry Review

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 5 and work through all the quizzes..

Make a note of any questions you get wrong and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

The Wednesday Wars: Holling Has Grown Up

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1.  On the first day of class, Holling dramatically makes a snap-judgement and pronounces that "of all the kids in the seventh grade at Camillo Junior High, there was one kid that Mrs. Baker hated with a heat whiter than the sun."  Who was that kid?  Do you agree with Holling?  Give as many examples as you can remember to support or disagree with Holling's judgement of Mrs. Baker.
2. What has Mrs. Baker taught Holling about himself?  How?
3. How does Holling show that he loves his sister?
4. At one point, Holling argues with his father about picking up his sister from the bus station.  What growth is Holling showing by standing up to his father?

How Would You Deal With It?

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

Doug Swietecks brother plays a prank on Holling Hoodhood.  He sticks pictures of Holling in bright yellow tights all over his school.

1. How does Holling deal with this at school?
2. What is Holling's plan, and what throws a wrench in his idea?
3. How would you deal with Holling's predicament if you were him?

Plotting Points and Interpreting Line Graphs

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 4 and work through quiz 4 and 5.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Math Ch4 Questionnaires...

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 4 and work through quiz 1.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Cream Puffs, Fairies and Monsters

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. Holling’s friends insisted he replace the cream puffs eaten by the rats. Was this fair of them? Why do you think Mrs. Baker replaced the cream puffs? 
2. Caliban is a monster in Shakespear's play The Tempest.  Holling says that monsters must always be defeated if there is to be a happy ending. Do you agree with him? Why or why not? How does this apply to his own life? Does this always happen in real life? Give examples. 
3. How is playing "Ariel" in the school play going to affect Holling's life in your opinion?

Possible spellings you may need: Sycorax and Caliban, Presbyterian

Wednesday Wars - Cream Puffs and Chalk Dust

Mine, all mine!

1. Personification is giving human qualities to something that is not human. Here's an example from Chapter One: The hair on his chest leaped over the neck of his T-shirt.  Describe how the hair is personified in this example.
2. Many authors enjoy using alliteration – a literary device where the author repeats the same sound at the beginning of several words. Here's one such example:from Chapter One: … my father had it painted perfectly...Using your imagination, create your own examples of alliteration from the following topics. Each example must contain a minimum of three words: Chalk erasers; The sound a rattlesnake might make; Cream puffs.
3. Why did Mrs Baker offer Holling a cream puff after he had finished his chore?
4. In what ways in this Chapter did Mrs Baker show kindness towards Holling?  How did Holling react?  Why?

Math Review: CH3 Number Relationships

Review:

Grade 6s go to this page for chapter 3 and work through 7 quizzes (Skip quiz 4, 5 and quiz 6) that cover all of the main subjects in the recent Chapter on Math that we have completed.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong.  Pick one from each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

Motivating!

Answer the following questions with CSAs.  Make sure you add lots of detail to your answers.  Short, unimaginative answers will be rejected.

Remember:

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS and sense using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember to post with your first name only.

1. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or “good guy”. The protagonist of our novel is Holling Hoodhood, a grade seven student at Camillo Junior High on Long Island. Think back on some of your favorite characters from past novels you have read or movies you’ve seen. What do you think makes for an especially interesting protagonist?
2. What unfortunate circumstance got Holling and Mrs. Baker off on the wrong foot at the start of school in September?
3. Why do you think it was important for Mr. Hoodhood that they have the Perfect House?
4. What proof do we have in the first chapter that Holling wasn't a real brave, macho guy?
5. Why do you suppose Holling never mentions the first name of Doug Swieteck's brother, but always refers to him simply as Doug Swieteck's brother?