Homework for the week of February 6-10, 2012 Monday, February 6 Africa Unit 5 Pretest Tuesday, February 7 Endangered Species Xword - Across clues only Remember - Rwanda = Mountain Gorilla Wednesday, February 8 Endangered Species Xword - Down clues Remember - Rwanda = Mountain Gorilla Explain on loose leaf in list fashion every step that is gone through to select an answer - do this for clues #1 and #7 Thursday, February 9 Long Walk to Freedom worksheet Friday, February 10 No homework - EXTRA CREDIT ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- DIRECTIONS for WRITTEN RESPONSE to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, “An America Built To Last”, given on January 24, 2012 1) Select one topic from your list in the Topics Addressed column that is of interest to you. Put a rectangle or oval around that topic. Use that topic for paragraphs one and two. 2) Paragraph 1 – identify your selected topic, explaining what President Obama said about that topic. You should write at least 5 sentences. You should paraphrase what President Obama said. 3) Paragraph 2 - explain your response to what President Obama said about your selected topic. Make sure that you explain: (a) whether or not you support what he said (b) why you do or do not support what he said (c ) what else you think he should have said about your selected topic 4) Paragraph 3 – identify your topic of choice that was not addressed in the State of the Union. Be sure to explain: (a) why you think this topic is important and should be included in the State of the Union Address (b) what you think should be done about this topic (c ) who you think should work on implementing action on this topic (d) when this work should take place 5) Each paragraph should be at least 5 sentences long 6) Notes and written response will be collected at the end of each class --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia Research Project - the goal is to produce a Travel Guide Brochure to sell your field trip service to clients - persuasive writing techniques will need to be used http://australia.gov.au – this website will be your launching point. Use it wisely. It will provide you with a wealth of information and a wealth of links to other useful sources. http://www.travelocity.com/ - this website will provide you with airfare costs and travel time You and two other people are Travel Guides planning a field trip to Australia’s national capital, or to one of the state capitals. Select the city that will be the destination of your field trip and plan your field trip. You are competing against other travel guides who want customers just like you, so you need to persuade your clients that your field trips are the best so that they will bring their business to you. You must include, at least, the information listed below. Your field trip format should be in the form of a booklet or a three-fold brochure. Pictures may be copied from the computer, but they should be small and support your text information. Hand drawn pictures are preferable, but they do take more time to complete. Collect all digital pictures on one Microsoft Word sheet. All pictures should have captions identifying what they illustrate or represent. If you include only the information for questions 1-15, with no development of your information, your grade can be no higher than a 75%. If you include the information for questions 1-15 and develop your information with details, your grade can go as high as 85%. If you include at least 5 more pieces of well developed information, questions 16-20, your grade can go as high as 100% Spelling, complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation, subject-verb agreement, etc. do count. Online work will commence on January 4, 2012 and continue through January 11 January 12 and 13 will be final production draft days Your field trip plans must include, at a minimum, information about the following: 1) destination city 2) absolute location of destination city 3) relative location of destination city 5) state within which city is located 6) landforms found in and around city 7) climate of region where city is located 8) a historic site located within or near city and an explanation of why it is historic 9) an example of flora that is distinctive to this city 10) an example of fauna that is distinctive to this city 11) airfare and travel time to get to this city from Albany International Airport 12) a notable person who lives, or lived, in this city with an explanation of why this person is notable
13) population in your destination city 14) an outline map indicating the location of your destination city within its state and in the country of Australia 15) a problem that exists in your destination city 16-20) responses to our five questions Divide up your work among team members Decide on when each item will be due Stay on task and on time! Extensions cannot be given!
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