Today's Menu ~ April 29

Today's announcements.

Let's say "The Pledge of Allegiance."

Watch today's SchoolTube video (if absent, you may view the video here). After watching this video, ponder on someone who you know who has NOT been affected by material things due to whatever circumstances in his life. (Yes, see the connection to our thematic unit?) NOW for your next project:

1. Blog about this person.
2. Draft interview questions for this person.
3. Plan your storyboard.
4. Interview and record your interview.
5. Create your production in MovieMaker or PhotoStory.
6. Rubric for this project is here.

The Great Gatsby

1. Hand in chapter four handout.
2. Quiz over chapters 5-6.

RESEARCH Paper CONTINUES today!

• Re-read your paper.
• Create a Google form (click here for an instruction how-to) for your classmates that includes two questions. Create a page on your blog for your form. Embed your form on that page. Then post a link on the class wiki to your page/Google Form. Gather the data! Insert this data into your paper.
• Create a poster on your 1920's topic on Glogster. Needs to include minimum of your topic in a larger font, one image (with url included), a video of you discussing your topic. Think about factors makes a poster interesting...including white space, clean lines.

Your DUCK said WHAT?!

• What literary piece are planning to include in our anthology?
• Have a title you would like to submit to the competition?

Homework:

• Read chapter 6 and study chapter 6 vocab.
• Draft your storyboard for production.
• Create form and place on a "page" on your blog.