Private Peaceful - Last Post...

Answer the following question in a complete sentence answer.  Make sure you add lots of detail and three openers in your answer.  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. Is Charlie’s court martial fair or unfair in your opinion? Give evidence or reasons to support your view.

Coding

You will be learning some basic coding to create games on line.  These 19 lessons are tutorials.  That means they will teach you as you do the lessons how to code and make objects and characters move on your screen..You will need about an hour to finish them.

Go to this website

(https://code.org/learn)

1. Click Begin Now.. be patient and wait for it to load, 
2. Watch the short video.
3. Then follow the instructions.

Private Peaceful: A Minute Past Three

This is a picture of typical trench where soldiers spent their days and nights.

1. Who is Captain Wilkie? How is he different from Sergeant Hanley? (p.120)

2. Is the war going well for the soldiers? How do you know this? 

3. What problems were there in the trenches? 

4. Anna, the girl from the estaminet, reminds Tommo of Molly. Write about a time when you saw someone who reminded you of a person you know.  Tell what it was about that person (not just looks) that reminded you of them.

Draft your answers in MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; PROOF READ them for COPS using WORD TALK before copying them into the blog editor and posting them.  Remember the blog rules.  You can read them. ->

Markus

Here are some facts we know from When You Reach Me:

• The notes from the Laughing Man suggest Sal will die unless he saves him.
• Markus notices that Laughing Man always avoids him, running away quickly.
• Markus punched Sal because of something his brother said.

In your opinion:

1. How does the Laughing Man know that Sal will die unless he saves him?
2. Why does Markus make the choice to come back and save Sal even though Markus sees the Laughing Man die?
3. Would you change any of the choices that Markus/The Laughing Man made and how would this affect the story?
4. Given that you know Markus comes back to save Sal, how would you describe his personality and character?

Do all questions in Microsoft Word and check it with WORD TALK. Use all your COPS skills and include as many openers as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible.

Grade 6 Social Studies - Overpopulation

Grade 6's please go to Brainpop and log in using the username and password I have written on the whiteboard in the lab.

1. Click on this link.
2. Watch the movie.
3. Take the graded quiz (choose the graded quiz).  Print your results (it will ask your for your full name - it is ok to type it, as no one but I can see it.  
4. Comment on one interesting fact that you learned from the movie that no one else has mentioned in the comments below.  Of course, make sure your comment is COPSd, written in a complete sentence, and that you sign only your first name.

Grade 5 Social Studies - The Underground Railroad

Grade 5's please go to Brainpop and log in using the username and password I have written on the whiteboard in the lab.

1. Click on this link.
2. Watch the movie.
3. Take the graded quiz (choose the graded quiz).  Print your results (it will ask your for your full name - it is ok to type it, as no one but I can see it.  
4. Comment on one interesting fact that you learned from the movie that no one else has mentioned in the comments below.  Of course, make sure your comment is COPSd, written in a complete sentence, and that you sign only your first name.

Math Review - Numeration

Review:

After you take each quiz, make a note of any questions you get wrong in MSWORD.  Pick one from each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

• Grade 5's go to this page for chapter 2 (Numeration) and work through quizzes 1 - 5 that cover all of the main subjects in the recent unit in Math that we are currently working through.

• Grade 6's go to this page for Chapter 2 (Numeration) and work through quizzes 1 - 4 that cover all of the main subjects in the recent unit in Math that we are currently working through.

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

When You Reach Me: Things that...

Miranda carries around a battered book that she has probably read a hundred times.

• Do you have books that you like to read over and over?
• What is the best book you have ever read?
• Why has the author included Markus in the plot?  Why do you think he punched Sal?
• We have learned a lot about Miranda’s mother. Would she make a good mother? What little details tell us so much about her?

Do all questions in Microsoft Word and check it with WORD TALK. Use all your COPS skills and include as many openers as you need to make your answers as interesting to read and as descriptive as possible.

Rules, by Cynthia Lord. No Toys in the Fish Tank!

Answer these questions in CSAs.  Give me YOUR ideas, thoughts and feelings.  Use word talk to proof read your answers before posting. COPS is important...

1. Give two reasons that Catherine enjoys going to occupational therapy with her mother. 
2. Name one person with whom you enjoy spending quality time. Describe your fondest memory. Why is this time alone so special to you? 
3. Who is Jason? Describe him. 
4. In what ways does drawing help Catherine? What activities do you like to do in your spare time? 
5. Catherine’s says, “Mom doesn’t understand how not everyone is on David’s side.” What might it mean to be “on David’s side”? Why wouldn’t people be “on his side”? 
6. On page 43, Catherine wonders how it would feel, “…to have to wait for someone to make a word before I could use it. And to have all my words lying out in the open, complete strangers able to walk by and see everything that mattered to me, without even knowing my name.” Imagine you were Jason. How would you feel? 
7. What fears does Catherine have when she is around Jason? Do you think her fears are reasonable? How might you help her to get over her fears if you were her friend? 

Blog Rules & Etiquette

DIVISION 3: READ THE RULES BELOW.  WHEN YOU HAVE READ THEM, COPY THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND PASTE IT INTO THE "COMMENTS" SECTION BELOW AND SIGN WITH YOUR FIRST NAME AND FIRST INITIAL OF YOUR LAST NAME ONLY.

I agree to follow the Division 3 Blogging Rules and the Etiquette guidelines on this blog whenever I post.

Signed (FIRST NAME & FIRST INITIAL)

BLOGGING RULES

Division 5: A blog is short for web log or online journal. A blog is public domain. What that means is that anyone with an internet connection can read what you write. They can also respond to what you write. Because of this, there are some rules you must obey for safety and for etiquette. I will read this blog daily to check that all rules are being followed.
For Safety:

1. Keep your, and other people's, personal details private. Never offer any personal information including your last name, contact information, home address, phone numbers, school's name, e-mail address, last names of friends or relatives, instant messaging names, age, or birth date.
2. Assume what you publish on the Web is permanent. Anyone on the Internet can easily print out a blog or save it to a computer.
3. No one wants or needs to know private details about your family life.
4. No photographs of yourself or others should be posted unless they are group shot, without names, and you have cleared the photo with me first.

For Etiquette:

1. ALL your posts should be positive, friendly and inoffensive; don't use them for slander or to attack others. That includes gossip. No gossip or negative posts about any other individuals, whether they are in our community or not. Remember, as soon as you post something it's hard to take it back!
2. Avoid trying to "outdo" or compete with other bloggers; concentrate on your own ideas.
3. Don't write in UPPER CASE: it is seen as shouting.
4. No innapropriate words, phrases or pictures are to be posted. Keep your language appropriate, clean and free of any rudeness.
5. Sign all your posts with only your first-name.

Above all: have fun!
Mr. N