Tuesday, August 31, 2011

GOAL-SETTING:

Think about your goals for the year, type them up and give them to Greg by the end of the week. Think about our discussions of HARD WORK, LEADERSHIP and ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING when setting your goals.

COURT:

Court quiz on Friday (1st period). Quiz will cover the laws contained in the constitution.

FRAMEWORK OF VALUES

Assignment Four (Due Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 31^st)

Reread the section entitled ATTITUDES TOWARD LEARNING and consider the following questions.

1)   One of the things discussed in the section titled ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING is the importance of cooperative learning in which ideas are shared. Have you ever been in a situation where a classmate does not participate in cooperative learning or in other words, group projects? In this situation, how did the quality of the group work suffer (if at all)? How did it make you feel when a classmate did not put in the same effort as you? BE SPECIFIC

2)   Have you ever been in a situation in which you did not cooperate with others and/or did not put forth full effort despite the fact that your classmates were counting on you to match their hard work? What ultimately happened with the project or the assignment? How did your lack of effort make you feel? BE SPECIFIC

3)   Have you ever been in a situation in which a person displayed a NEGATIVE ATTITUDE toward learning?  How did the person influence the learning environment?  How did he/she interfere with your (or other's) learning? BE SPECIFIC

Type your responses to these questions, double-spaced, two page minimum.

7th GRADE CREATIVE WRITING

CREATING EXTRAORDINARY SCENES

DUE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2^nd

Take the following summary of a scene and make it into a dramatic, riveting and compelling scene. (Please stay away from the ridiculous.) Please type your work.

The woman from the foster home said that they were nearly to the place where the girl would live. It was raining. When they got there, the girl noticed that the town was sort of weird and sad. At the house, the two foster parents came out to see who their new daughter was. The foster mom thought there was something odd about the girl and she said so. The girl did not want to come into the house.

SCENE = DETAILS (of setting and character), ACTION, DIALOGUE