Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Madrigal Review Quiz
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Athens: Inventions of Concepts and Democracy
Please write 2 complete sentences for each person.
Euclid
Hypocrates
Archimedes
Thucydides
When you are finished answering the following questions, please wait quietly until everyone is done. We will then go outside and choose our own black and white rocks.
Thank you,
Ms. Picard
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
CNN Student News 1/26/10
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
CNN Student News 1/20/10
Friday, January 15, 2010
My Name Mini Memoir Rubric
| | 4 – Great! | 3 – Good Job | 2 – Almost There | 1 - Resubmit |
| Details | Many details. All details are fact-based. Interesting supporting details. Added pages of history of family. Every paragraph is a constructed response (ISSSC) | Many details. All details are fact-based. Interesting supporting details. | Some details. Some are fact-based. Details are not interesting. | Little to no details. |
| Descriptive Language | Have strong words. Many similes and metaphors. Sentences flow well. Many adjectives. | Have strong words. Many similes and/or metaphors. Sentences flow well. | Does not have strong words. Very few metaphors and/or similes. | No descriptive language. |
| Mechanics (COPS) | No mistakes. Paragraphs are structurally sound. | Very few mistakes. Paragraphs are well formatted. | Several mistakes. Paragraphs have major structural mistakes. | Many mistakes. No correct paragraphs. |
My Name Mini Memoir Final Draft
My middle name came from Uncle Ray who died when he was 82 and I was about 10 year olds and I have a little story behind it and it’s a little sad. When was just a little baby my Uncle Ray got up little more than he did before, but it was because he a lot of issues with his back. One day when he was gardening in his garden he fell and he couldn’t get up. Luckily someone came around and help him up, the next day my Uncle Ray was very scared to go out and in his garden because he was worried that he would fall and no one would be there to help him up, plus it was in the middle of winter. He was also worried that if he fell down again, no one would come to help him up and he would freeze to death. Uncle Ray was very important in the family. I am glad I have my Uncle Ray’s name as my middle name because everytime I walk into my grandma’s house, I can feel him, still sitting in his room watching the news, eating chocolate, and doing Word Searches.
Last but not least my last name has a heck of a lot history behind it, so lets gets started. After I was born my mom wanted to do some research on our family’s last name. It turned out to be quite interesting, because my mom printed a lot of pages on how our last name came about. Well I’ll tell you how. It all started with a man called Robert Thomas Jordan. He made our last name possible because he went to the king and got our name from the Jordan River. Technically our last name is famous!
My Name Mini Memoir Draft 2
Date
Title
Hi my Tucker Raymond Jordan and I’m going to tell you how name came about. My fist name came from my grandmother’s maiden name and I have a little story behind it. So when I was still in my mom’s womb she couldn’t think of name to call me. My dad wanted to call me Travis but mom didn’t think that name wasn’t fit for me. But when my mom heard my grandmother’s maiden name tucker and she said that’s it.
MY middle name came from uncle ray who died when he 82 and I was about 10 year olds and I have a little story behind it and it’s a little sad. When was just a little baby my uncle Ray got up little more than he did before, but it was because he a lot of issues with his back. Because one day when he was gardening in his garden he fell and he couldn’t get up. Luckily some one came around and help him up, the next day my uncle Ray was very scared to go out and in his garden because he was worried that he would fall and no one would be there to help him up, pulse it was in the middle of winter. He was also worried if he fall down again he would freeze to death. Uncle Ray was very important in the family. I am glad I have my Uncle Ray’s name as my middle name because everytime I walk into my grandma’s house, I can feel him, still sitting in his room watching the news, eating chocolate, and doing Word Searches.
Last but not least my last name has a heck of a lot history behind it, so lets gets started. After I was born my mom wanted to do some research on our family’s last name. Which turned out to be quite interesting, because my mom printed a lot of pages on how our last name came about. Well I’ll tell you how. It all started with a man called Robert Thomas Jordan. He made our last name possible because he went to the king and got our name from the Jordan River. Technically our last name is famous!
My Name Mini Memoir Draft 1
MY middle name came from uncle ray who died when he 82 and I was about 10 year olds and I have a little story behind it and it’s a little sad. When was just a little baby my uncle Ray got up little more than he did before, but it was because he a lot of issues with his back. Because one day when he was gardening in his garden he fell and he couldn’t get up. Luckily some one came around and help him up, the next day my uncle Ray was very scared to go out and in his garden because he was worried that he would fall and no one would be there to help him up, pulse it was in the middle of winter. He was also worried if he fall down again he would freeze to death.
Last but not least my last name which has a heck of a lot history behind it, so lets gets started. After I was born my mom wanted to do some research on are family’s last name. Which turned out to be quite interesting, because my mom printed a lot of pages on how our last name came about. Well I’ll tell you how. It all started with a man called Robert Thomas Jordan.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Exit ticket 1.13.10
A: #1 In 1600 b.c Greeks are interacting with the Egyptians, the people of Lerna, and the Phoenicians.
B: #2 Linear B Logograms = Whole words
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
10/21/09 exit blog
Re: What was Pangea?
Pangaea – Whole Land
Looking at a globe reveals coincidences that are difficult to ignore. The Eastern coast of South America seams to fit perfectly, almost like a puzzle, into the Western coast of Africa. At the same time, North America can be rotated slightly, and made to fit comfortably next to Europe, and Asia.
These clues have lead geologists and other scientists to examine the relationships of other clues. Ancient fossil records show that the same plants and animals lived along the Eastern coast of South America, as did along the Western coast of Africa, as did other plants and animals along the coasts of North America and Europe.
Laurasia
Laurasia is the name given to the largely northern supercontinent that is thought to have formed most recently during the late Mesozoic era, as part of the split of the Pangaeansupercontinent. It also is believed that the same continents comprising Laurasia existed as a coherent landmass much earlier, forming after the breakup of the hypothesized supercontinent Rodinia about 1 billion years ago. The landmass of this earlier period is sometimes referred to as Proto-Laurasia to avoid confusion with the Mesozoic supercontinent.
The name Laurasia combines the names of Laurentia and Eurasia. Laurasia included most of the landmasses that make up today's continents of the northern hemisphere, chiefly Laurentia (the name given to the North American craton), as well as Baltica, Siberia, Kazakhstania, and the North China and East China cratons.
The formation of different supercontinents, such as Laurasia, is explained today by the theory of plate tectonics, which recognizes the earth to have a thin, solid crust, made up of several plates, that floats or rides on an inner layer of melted rock. The view of a supercontinent that is hundreds of millions of years old poses a problem for young-earth creationists, but plate tectonics is widely accepted today and backed by considerable scientific evidence.
Latitude & longitude
latitude is measured from the equator, with positive values going north and negative values going south. Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian (which is the longitude that runs through Greenwich, England), with positive values going east and negative values going west. So, for example, 65 degrees west longitude, 45 degrees north latitude is -65 degrees longitude, +45 degrees latitude.
Gondwanaland
Monday, October 19, 2009
Part 2
Draft 2
Ethiopian foods
Tucker
10/19/09
Hi my name is Tucker and I’m going to tell you a little bit about Ethiopian foods. Just in case you were wondering where Ethiopia is, it is on the far eastern side of Africa. Ethiopians have food that is sometimes spicy, they first invented coffee, and has an interesting culture.
Ethiopia uses a specific ingredient to make their food spicy and lumpy. They use a Teff grain and to make a bread called Injera. They dry up jalepnoa peppers and crumple them into a powder and sprinkle it over their food. That is how they make their food spicy.
This is the story of out Ethiopians invented coffee. One day a farmer went out to feed his goats and realized they were really dull. He made their pasture larger and next to a bush. That night he went to give them their dinner then he realized that the goats, instead of being dull, were hyper! He thought they were just excited to get their dinner. The next morning he went out to give them their breakfast and they were still hyper. The farmer went out into the pasture and looked at the bush. He realized that there were a lot of goat feces and he saw a little beans in the feces. He took a dozen berries from the bush, and took them to his house to make a stew. When he woke up the next morning, he realized he was really hyper too! He said to himself, “I have made a great discovery!” He realized that he had discovered a bean that helps people get up in the morning. Later on, the beans became famous and got turned into coffee instead of stew.
The last thing I am going tell you about Ethiopia is about their culture. The Ethiopians always eat with their right hand because it’s a tradition and the law. They have over 70 languages. They also are not colonized like we are. Last but not least, they have over 70 different alphabets!
Thank you for reading my information on Ethipoia and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it. The last thing I am going to say is that keep your eyes peeled because you might come across a man from Ethiopia named Johnathon. He was the one that made this essay possible!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Ethiopian foods
Hi my name is Tucker and I’m going to tell you a little bit about Ethiopian foods. Just in case you were wondering where Ethiopia is, it is on the far eastern side of Africa. Ethiopians have food that is sometimes spicy, they first invented coffee, and has an interesting culture.
Ethiopia uses a specific ingredient to make their food spicy and lumpy. They use a Teff grain and to make a bread called Injera. They dry up jalepnoa peppers and crumple them into a powder and sprinkle it over their food. That is how they make their food spicy.
This is the story of out Ethiopians invented coffee. One day a farmer went out to feed his goats and realized they were really dull. He made their pasture larger and next to a bush. That night he went to give them their dinner then he realized that the goats, instead of being dull, were hyper! He thought they were just excited to get their dinner. The next morning he went out to give them their breakfast and they were still hyper. The farmer went out into the pasture and looked at the bush. He realized that there were a lot of goat feces and he saw a little beans in the feces. He took a dozen berries from the bush, and took them to his house to make a stew. When he woke up the next morning, he realized he was really hyper too! He said to himself, “I have made a great discovery!” He realized that he had discovered a bean that helps people get up in the morning. Later on, the beans became famous and got turned into coffee instead of stew.
The last thing I am going tell you about Ethiopia is about their culture. The Ethiopians always eat with their right hand because it’s a tradition and the law. They have over 70 languages. They also are not colonized like we are. Last but not least, they have over 70 different alphabets!
Thank you for reading my information on Ethipoia and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it. The last thing I am going to say is that keep your eyes peeled because you might come across a man from Ethiopia named Johnathon. He was the one that made this essay possible!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
MURAL ARTS
