Journal Activity: Identify as many intriquing historical figures from the last 50 years as you can think of. Then, write about three of them in detail.
Remember- 10 minutes from the beginning of the period. Save as a google doc.
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*Blog Activity
Situation- You are visited by three important figures from history who all died before 1950. Who are they, how are they dressed, and what do they talk about?
Before you do this, research each of these historical figures- cut and paste the info into your google doc
Pick three figures that would be able to have a dialogue and/or react to one another. Your success and ease in this assignment lies in your selection of historical figures.
AFTER YOU HAVE DONE ALL OF YOUR PLANNING FOR THIS, WRITE A DIALOQUE BETWEEN THREE HISTORICAL FIGURES
Length- at least two pages of single spaced text. You may write this into a play format and you may enter into this conversation, if you so choose.
Save and Share this with me in a google doc.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Categories and Visitors
Journal Writing: Explain to Visiting Aliens
If you were trying to explain high school students to visiting aliens, how would you do it? Imagine that aliens wanted you to classify teenagers into four groups. Consider personality, intelligence, physical aptitude and other factors to come up with your four groups.
As always- 10 minutes, silently.
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Blog Activity
As you have been working on the theme of Visitors, most recently- the three visitors from history, aliens, delivery guys, you will write a 15 line poem about these visitors.
Task- write a 15 line poem that "sounds good" including material about the visitors; share this with me by the end of the period.
If you were trying to explain high school students to visiting aliens, how would you do it? Imagine that aliens wanted you to classify teenagers into four groups. Consider personality, intelligence, physical aptitude and other factors to come up with your four groups.
As always- 10 minutes, silently.
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Blog Activity
As you have been working on the theme of Visitors, most recently- the three visitors from history, aliens, delivery guys, you will write a 15 line poem about these visitors.
Task- write a 15 line poem that "sounds good" including material about the visitors; share this with me by the end of the period.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Center???
The Center of the Earth
Imagine that you know nothing of science. As such a person, what do you think is the center of the Earth? Come up with a few theories. Take one of these theories and develop it into an extensive descriptive explanation of what exists at the center of the earth. This will be evaluated by the amount of details and originality.
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