11. What is the name of the genre that involves speaking or oral communication: a speech or a presentation?
12. Are biographies, historical essays, and speeches considered fiction or nonfiction?
What is the name of the fiction verse or prose often used for a theatrical performance where emotion and conflict are expressed through dialogue and action: drama or poetry?
What is the name of the verse format that may contain rhythm, emotion, and imagination, and is written to appeal to the reader’s emotions: fantasy or poetry?
What is the name of the genre that is a story about the extraordinary or supernatural where animals often speak as humans: fable or fairy tale
What is the name of the wonder tale that may be a type of fable or folktale often about fairies or other creatures and are aimed at children: fantasy or fairy tale?
What is the name of the genre based on science that is often set in the future, or on another celestial body: realistic fiction or science fiction?
What is the name of a story that can actually happen and is true in real life: realistic fiction or folklore?
What is the genre name given for songs, myths, and stories that are often passed down the generations by word of mouth: folklore or fable?
What is the genre name given to a story with characters and events in a historical setting: realistic fiction or historical fiction?
What is the genre given to a story that is shocking or terrifying in which the characters and events create feelings of fear for the reader: fantasy or horror?
What is the genre name given to a humorous story full of exaggerations, with characters that do the impossible: legend or tall tale?
Report cards are now ready to be viewed on Parent connect. Parents, you will need to use the email you gave the school on the emergency card as that is the one in MISTAR. If you did not give us an email, you will need to let me know in an email and I will provide you with further instructions. You MUST have a working email.
Following is some information for administrators on how parents can access report cards data in MIStar ParentConnect and how schools can help parents with login info if parents can’t login. Please note that if a parent uses ParentConnect, he/she should be able to see data for all their students and do not require separate logins for the different schools.
See the directions below:
1. How do parents login to ParentConnect? To login to ParentConnect, parents need their PIN and password; there are 2 options to get this information.Option 1 (Screen below – Recommended): Parents go to Dearborn Schools web site then ParentConnect link. If they don’t know the login info, they click (Need Your Login Information) link and it will prompt them to enter their email address as provided to the school and entered in MIStar (Menu/Enrollment/Student Editor/Contacts) and click Submit. This process emails them their PIN and Password.
Option 2 (Screen below): If parents are unable to receive the email (no email, etc) and administrators need to provide the info, administrators can access MIStar Menu / System / ParentConnect Manager / Contacts Passwords as indicated below. Even though Option 2 is available for administrators, Option 1 is recommended because parents have to login to their email to retrieve the info and you can always add the email in Student Editor/Contacts if missing.
1. What are poetry, drama, music, mystery, horror, romance, fantasy, science fiction, biography, and autobiography all considered: genres, literary works, or language arts?
2. What are the two main genres in literature, one based on reality, the other imaginary?
3. What is the name of the genre written for children 2-12 that often has big text and pictures: children’s literature or youth literature?
4. What is the name of the genre that involves an imaginary or magical theme, setting, and characters: fantasy or unrealistic fiction?
5. What is the name of the genre that involves an unsolved murder or puzzle that the reader tries to figure out with the clues that are given: mystery or adventure?
6. What is the name of the genre that involves scare tactics to reach the emotions of the reader: fantasy or horror?
7. What is the name of the genre that involves a love story and finding happiness with another person: mystery or romance?
8. What is the name of the genre that involves extraordinary situations that are full of suspense, action, and adventure: a thriller or a western?
9. What is the name of the genre that is the written account of a person’s life written by another person: a biography or an autobiography?
10. What is the name of the genre that is the written account of a person’s life as told by that person: a biography or an autobiography?
Prior to our google meeting on 4/13, I need you to complete ZEARN M6L1. Some of you are there and that is AMAZING. Some of you are NOT, and you need to catch up before 3pm tomorrow!
The link for the google meet is: https://meet.google.com/aid-kcht-scq and a quick reminder to open in CHROME. Meetings this week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 3pm.
Science:
Ecosystems
(What’s due this week in science? Finish BIOME project if not done, complete activities on the ecosystem document. Make sure you SAVE a copy and rename with YOUR name. You will need to share it back to me with your completed work. You will complete the ecosystem test as a google doc and share it back to me, and you will complete 3 IXL tasks)
You will be using a google slide presentation to interactively complete questions pertaining to the ecosystem of the ocean. You will need to download a copy and RENAME it your name. You will be completing work on slides – SAVE changes made to your copy and EMAIL/SHARE it back to me.
You will complete the assessment on ecosystems. You will need to create a google doc and answer the questions from the test there. The last question is a short answer that will need to be in full, complete sentences.
Weekly IXL tasks. Science Level G – complete to 85%:B.2, K.2, D.1
(What is due this week in ss? You will be completing research to write and create a visual representation of the Boston Massacre. You will follow the rubric to include all necessary components for BOTH parts)
Read the information below about the Boston Tea Party. You will then make a newspaper article from either the modern time period or the past explaining in an article the 5 W’s of history (Who was involved; What happened; When did the events occur; Where did this happen; Why did it happen). Please be sure to write the article in your own words and maintain the TENSE in which you are writing (past or present). The article must have 250 words or more. Use at least 5 social studies vocabulary words.
Grading Rubric for Article (you are NOT aging this assignment*)
Include
A: 5 points
B: 4 Points
C: 3 Points
D: 2 Points
Vocabulary
5+ vocabulary words, used properly and underlined
4 vocabulary words, used properly and underlined
3 vocabulary words, used properly and underlined
2 or less vocabulary words, used properly and underlined
Length
1+ pages
¾ page
½ page
>1/2 page
Aged
Great aging
OK Aging
Little aging
NO aging
Sentence Fluency
No grammatical errors
A few grammatical errors
Some grammatical errors
Many grammatical errors
/15 Points
Part II
Create by drawing, painting or using any other artistic expression a depiction of the events of the Boston Tea Party. This grade will be based on effort. Please no stick figures. If this is a weak skill for you then you can create a diorama of the event using clay or figurines. You need to be creative, use your imagination, and apply some effort. Please be sure to use color. You will take a picture of your creation and send it to your teacher’s email address.
Include
A: 5 points
B: 4 Points
C: 3 Points
D: 2 Points
Realistic
Subjective: Does the visual clearly depict the event?
Somewhat depicts the event.
Has some similar characteristics.
Has little or no similarities to the events of the Boston Tea Party.
Color
Fully Colored
¾ Colored
½ colored
>1/2 colored
Neatness
Very neat
Somewhat neat
Sloppy
Very sloppy/ unrecognizable
Timeliness:
On Time
1 Day late
2 Days Late
3 Days Late
/20 points
Boston Tea Party Information
It was another cold December night in Boston. The three British ships the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver were sitting in Boston harbor, their holds full of tea that wasn’t being unloaded because the angry residents of Boston were threatened not to buy or use the tea.
The anger was directed at the government of Great Britain, which at that time had passed the Tea Act, a law that almost guaranteed that the American colonists would buy tea from the East India Company. Why? Because the law lowered the price on tea that the East India Company so much that it was the cheapest tea around. In fact, it was way below the price charged by other tea companies. Most American colonists, looking for ways to cut costs and save money, would choose a cheaper tea over a more expensive tea any day.
Why did this law come about? Well, the East India Company wasn’t doing so well and the British government wanted to help the company get back on its feet.
Other tea companies weren’t happy about the Tea Act, of course, but the American colonists viewed it as another example of “taxation without representation”: In effect, the Tea Act was putting a tax on tea sold by companies other than the East India Company. As with the Stamp Act and other unpopular taxes, they were all voted in by Parliament, which was thousands of miles away, and the American colonists had no way to influence the law or speak out against it while it was being debated in government.
So the colonists were angry. They wanted to do something else to let the British know about the unhappiness that the Tea Act was causing. Some people wanted to keep things nonviolent; others wanted bloodshed. The result was somewhere in the middle.
A group of colonists determined to make things change was the Sons of Liberty. Led by such impassioned patriots as Samuel Adams and John Hancock, the Sons of Liberty had secret meetings at which they discussed how best to get their message across to Great Britain, that the American people wanted more of a role in governing themselves.
Christmas was approaching in the year 1773, and the colonists faced another year of unopposed and unrepresentative taxes. The Sons of Liberty decided to take action.
Donning disguises that made them look like they were Native Americans (remember seeing that in the Liberty’s Kids episode?), a large group of the Sons of Liberty on December 16 stormed aboard those three unsuspecting British ships and dumped 342 crates full of tea overboard. By any standards, that’s a lot of tea. These crates happened to be jammed full of tea, and so the companies that made that tea lost a lot of money that night.
Because the Sons of Liberty were disguised as Native Americans, they could claim that they were not guilty of dumping the tea. The British government knew better, of course, and grew angrier than ever at what it saw as Americans’ ingratitude. The very next year saw the passage of what came to be called the Intolerable Acts, one of which closed the port of Boston entirely.
The Boston Tea Party was a symbolic act, an example of how far Americans were willing to speak out for their freedom. Two short years later, Americans were willing to give their lives for their freedom, as shots rang out on Lexington Green.
Watch the next 4 Liberty’s Kids episodes (episodes 27-30)
Math:
Geometry: Coordinate Pairs
(What’s due this week in math?? – 4 lessons in ZEARN and Succeed, 6 IXL tasks, 4 geometry worksheets)
***Watch and complete ZEARN M6L1 PRIOR TO CLASS MEETING on 4/13***
You need to complete M6L1, L2, L3, and L4 this week in both ZEARN and also in Succeed. We will be working to complete L1 and L3 together when we meet. You must watch and do ZEARN prior to our class math meetings! Every homework page needs to be sent to me as a picture for a grade. We will discuss the homework when we meet. Your pictures are DUE 4/19.
Weekly IXL tasks. Level G Complete to 85%:L.4, M.2, AA.2, EE.5, Z.1, K.9
Complete the Geometry worksheets below. Either print and do, or copy answers on a piece of paper. Be prepared to discuss when we meet on Monday and Wednesday during class:
Language Arts:
Main Idea
(What’s due this week in LA? Read 3 mysteries to determine Main Idea, 4 IXL tasks, continue to work to COMPLETE your Where the Red Fern Grows draft and ultimately your FINAL paper)
1. Weekly IXL tasks. Language Arts Level G – complete to 90%: U.2, MM.6, II.1, W.2
2. You will need to download a QR scanner (the one I use is blue on the app store) on your phone or ipad to complete this week’s lessons. If you have no way of doing that you can email me and I will send you the documents instead. There are three codes for you to scan this week and they are on finding MAIN IDEA. Scan the mysteries to review the passages. Write down your answers and be sure to include WHERE in the text you found your answer. We will discuss these during our class meetings.
MATH: Make sure that ALL of module 5 in math is DONE – in LEARN, ZEARN, and SUCCEED, all of 5 needs to be completed. We will be beginning M6L1 on 4/13.
READING: You should be DONE reading Where the Red Fern Grows and have taken notes throughout your reading. The reading comprehension packet should be DONE. You will be turning in pictures of your completed packet by 4/14.
You should have watched the movie, Where the Red Fern Grows and have taken notes to help you with your draft.
Your compare and contrast draft is due 4/15. I will be giving feedback by 4/19. Your FINAL copy will be due 4/23. See the posts for the helpers on HOW TO write a compare and contrast paper properly. I have posted MANY videos and graphic organizers to help you! You need to demonstrate your knowledge of writing on this.
SCIENCE: Your Biome project is two parts. The poster/Google Doc AND your terrarium. If you are doing a poster, remember to take your picture and send it to me by 4/14. If you are completing the requirements on google docs, just remember to share it with me by 4/14. Check the requirements – remember that you will be writing on 5 animals, 3 plants, where in the world your biome is located, the climate needed for your biome to thrive. the human interaction (sometimes this is good and sometimes this is bad), and also a food chain (remember to start with the sun and end with a decomposer). Your terrarium pictures are due 4/16 – These pictures are going to be turned over to Mrs. Younes and Mr. Bazzi and put up on our website.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Make sure you look to see that you have done all your weekly work for the last three weeks and are caught up!
IXL: Make sure you have done all the IXL tasks for the past few weeks. There have been a total of 48 assigned tasks in EVERY SUBJECT COMBINED.
On Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday for the week of April 6-April 10, breakfast & lunch distribution will continue from 10am-12pm at Fordson, Unis, Woodworth, & Salina.
