A couple of reminders...

May 14

We have a couple of things on the run, 7A. It's important that we're staying current with the due dates:

We're in the midst of our geography presentations. The first five that we saw today were great! Please remember that we will continue with the rest after the long weekend. Come prepared.

On Tuesday afternoon, we'll be presenting our plays as well. Have those ready to go. 

Also please don't forget to bring in your jump rope for heart forms!

Geography Assignment

This is just a friendly reminder that your geography assignment is due next Thursday. The success criteria has been shared with you on Google Drive. Please ensure that you and your partner are working on this assignment everyday in order to finish it on time. We'll begin presentations next week!

Upcoming Due Dates

Hey 7A,

Keep an eye on some of our upcoming due dates:

Wednesday May 6th - Monologues
Tuesday May 12th - Alternate Ending
Thursday May 14th - Geography Presentation
Tuesday May 19th - Plays

Monologues

Here are some tips, 7A:

Be less than two minutes. Two minutes is more than enough to show your stuff. In fact, the auditors have already made their decision after 30 seconds, maybe even less.  

Have a clear objective. You can't just stand there and talk. You have to be actively talking to someone you've imagined, and you must be trying to get something from them.  

Try to have a distinct beginning, middle, and end. A beginning: A strong first sentence to capture attention. A middle: Lots of juicy content. An end: A strong finish. When your monologue has structure, the auditors are more likely to remember you.

Contain conflict. Drama cannot exist without conflict. Who wants to see a play about everyone getting along? 

The Wanted Poster

A few things to keep in mind:

• you need to include three plausible traits (that are NOT physical, but personality traits)
• character traits are supported with direct textual evidence
• APE strategy is used to fully support your inferences
• Wanted Poster is accompanied with a supported graphic (poster)\

And remember this is due next Wednesday, April 29th!

All Summer in a Day

Write a story scene that is a continuation of "All Summer in a Day." In your scene, pick up where the author left off: Margot is released from the closet.

Please post your writing to VT for feedback by Thursday.

-Mr. C

P.S. Tomorrow in math you need to complete your tiling pattern using rotations, reflections and translations. Ensure that after it's assigned that you complete it!

March Break

Over the break, please review our Geometry and Measurement unit. There are some great practice questions from pages 58-68 in your work book that you can work on. 

On the Monday back -- March 23rd -- we'll be having our unit test. That's a day two and a double period of math. I will be looking at:

• surface area of right prisms (rectangular/cube) and triangular prisms
• volumes of right prisms 
• surface area and volume of irregular prisms

Also don't forget that your Breaking News assignment is due midweek when we get back. You may be given one more period to work on it the Monday back but we'll be moving on to our Short Stories unit that week. Please keep in contact with your group and assign roles. I hope to view these after the March Break.

And lastly...enjoy your break!

P.S. Parents: please ensure that your son/daughter has shared with you their results of their geography test, fractions test and article assignment.