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Book Project - Mrs. Powell
Name______________________________ AR Points I
Earned______AR Score_____
Book Title:_________________________ Author:
#of pages______
Identify the setting(s) of the
Novel:
Name and describe each of the main characters:
PLOT STRUCTURE:
Identify the conflict in the story.
List 3 main events in the novel:
1.
2.
3.
Identify the climax.
Identify the resolution.
This project may be
turned in with the AR slip attached anytime between now and March 17, 2008.
This gives you 2 weeks from today to complete this assignment. Unless you have
a doctors note, late assignments will not be accepted. You need to get this in
by the deadline.
Science Fair 2008 timeline
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Homework Assignment #3 Famous Scientist
Wanted Poster Project
You
will need a SMALL (the size of this paper) poster to include the following
information using a marker so we can see it well
1.
a mug shot (we need to know what your scientist looks like)
2.
a sentence telling why they are wanted (what made them famous)
3.
First, Middle and Last name of your scientist
4.
Birth Date and Year of Death (or age if they are still alive)
5.
What country they were born in and where they did their work
6.
a Fact that you found interesting OR a quote by that person
7.
On the back of your poster, in your own words, write about what they are
famous for, and why we can find them in books, magazines, or on the Internet
8.
Write your name on the bottom right corner
9.
In three weeks, you
will orally communicate who your scientist is and why they are wanted, in
three to five minutes.
*A reminder home
projects are 10% of your science grade each nine weeks. This paper is worth
five additional points.
10. The due date for
this homework assignment is December 6 , 2007.
Rubric for your Wanted Poster
Possible Total
1.
Poster with information on the back
.. 30 points _____
2.
Oral presentation
.. 20 points
_____
3.
Mug shot
10 points
_____
4.
Name and dates ...
10 points _____
5.
Country or countries
10 points _____
6.
Fact or quote
10 points
_____
7.
Neatness
.. 10 points
_____
100 points _____ SCORE
Homework Assignment #2 a Collection of Weather Data
You will need to
create a weather journal (NOT A POSTER) where you
1.
design a data table to collect and display weather data for two weeks
including the weekends starting today (September 10, 2007).
2.
specifically identify clouds by observing them daily and describing what
they look like (puffy - cumulus, stretched out - stratus, wispy - cirrus).
3.
specifically record temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, wind
speed from the weather report on television or weather.com on-line.
4.
begin to use your observations to make predictions about the next days
weather and then record your success (tally the times you were right and the
times you were wrong and record as a fraction with the right predictions over
the total)
5.
In two weeks, you will orally communicate, in three to five minutes,
1.
a summary of your weather journal and what you learned as you observed.
2.
your inferences about your weather observations
3.
your success rate (as a percentage) in predicting future weather and
what skills you used to predict
*A reminder
home projects are 10% of your science grade each nine weeks.
The due date
for this homework assignment is Tuesday, September 25, 2007.
Rubric for your
weather journal
Possible
Total
1. your weather
journal
40 points ___
2. oral
presentation
20 points _____
3. clouds
identified daily
. 10 points _____
4. weather data
collected daily
10 points _____
5. predictions and
success rate
.... 10 points _____
6.
neatness
. 10 points _____
Your grade
100 points _____ points
Mrs. Powell's Memory Bag
Project
6TH
GRADE - MEMORY BAG PROJECT
DUE DATE - SEPTEMBER 11 13, 2007 --- POINTS WILL
BE DEDUCTED FOR ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE TURNED IN AFTER THE 13TH. NO
PROJECTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER SEPTEMBER 18TH. (YOU WILL BEGIN
PRESENTING YOUR PROJECTS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH.)
AS A FOLLOW UP TO OUR READING OF MEMOIRS AND BOOKS
ABOUT SPECIAL MEMORIES, YOU WILL BE CREATING MEMORY BAGS.
EACH STUDENT WILL BE GIVEN A BAG.
STEP 1 DECORATE THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BAG. MAKE SURE
YOUR NAME IS PRINTED SOMEWHERE ON THE OUTSIDE WHERE IT CAN BE EASILY
IDENTIFIED.
STEP 2 PLACE (5) SPECIAL MEMORY ITEMS IN YOUR
BAG. THESE 5 ITEMS WILL REPRESENT:
1)
SOMETHING FROM A LONG TIME AGO
2)
SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU SAD
3)
SOMETHING AS PRECIOUS AS GOLD
4)
SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU LAUGH
5)
SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU FEEL WARM
AS YOU PUT YOUR BAG TOGETHER, THINK ABOUT THE BOOKS
WE HAVE BEEN SHARING IN CLASS AND MY MEMORY BAG THAT I PRESENTED IN CLASS.
ON THE ATTACHED SHEET, WRITE 2 TO 5 SENTENCES ABOUT
EACH ITEM INCLUDED IN YOUR BAG TO INDICATE WHERE THE ITEM CAME FROM AND WHY YOU
INCLUDED IT IN YOUR BAG.
HAVE FUN AND TRY HARD TO THINK OF SPECIAL MEMORIES
THAT YOU HAVE.
PACT Testing May 13th - 27th
