Current Events Assignment: Core

Good Morning,

Please finish typing and then turn in your "How To Paragraph"
When you are done, complete the current events assignment

For this assignment you need to:

1. Watch the CNN Student News from October 29, 2013 (use headphones)

2. Answer the questions on your handout as you watch

3. Choose one of the stories from the news that you would like to work more with, click the link of the story below that you are interested in. Use the story to complete the rest of your current events handout

Story #1: Epic Weather in Europe  OR St. Jude Day Storm
Story #2: Hurricane Sandy Anniversary 
Story #3: 2014 Winter Olympics

4. finished? turn in your CE assignment to Miss Bryant AND THEN: Watch today's CNN Student News (use headphones), work on WW#5, read quietly or practice keyboarding

Looking to practice your keyboarding skills?

Try these sites:

1. Learning Games for Kids
2. Keybr
3. Fingerjig

This Week in Room 103

Core
Monday: WW#5, edit "How to" paragraph, Chapter 1 Section 1 notes
Tuesday: Type "How to" paragraph, Chapter 1 Section 1 quiz, Chapter 1 Section 2 notes
Wednesday: Finish paragraphs (Due!!!), Chapter 1 Section 2 notes
Thursday: Chapter 1 Section 2 quiz, Chapter 1 Section 3 notes, adjective review
Friday: WW#5 due, WW#5 test, Chapter 1 Section 3 notes

Reading 6
Tuesday and Thursday: informational text

Reading 8
Monday and Wednesday: African Elephants
Friday: Reading Circuit

WCP
Monday: MVPG meet with WCP
Tuesday - Thursday: Committee Work
Friday: BB

Culture Graphic: Due Monday, October 28

What is an infographic?

I am admittedly, a little obsessed with data visualization. Making information visually appealing, making it BEAUTIFUL. According to Wikipedia, "Today information graphics surround us in the media, in published works both pedestrian and scientific, in road signs and manuals. They illustrate information that would be unwieldy in text form, and act as a visual shorthand for everyday concepts such as stop and go."

You may find yourself saying "huh?!" But what this means is that we can learn, and study information and data in a fun and visual way. We can make our information diagrams into works of art. We can create projects, presentations and ways that show that we have learned that are amazingly complex, detailed and actually beautiful.  We can take information that might otherwise be overwhelming and in some cases difficult to understand and make it easy to read, understand and learn from.

What does this have to do with my Culture Quiz-ito?!
Well...we created a very, very basic information graphic in class on Tuesday when we made our Culture Web. For the quiz-ito you can recreate that web from memory, or choose to show that you know that information by showcasing it in another way. To get started, you may want to look at thePeriodic Table of Visualization (just mouse over the "elements" to see some of the many ways people visualize data). Remember...you can choose any visualization method that you want but there are some that are better suited for this job than others for example: cluster/web, tree, treemap, cone tree, data-flow, mind map...and more! Need more ideas? Click Here 

Ok, I can do this. BUT, I lost/can't find/would like to see the original Culture Web again?
Here it is(remember, some social scientists agree to 4 elements, some to 6 and others 8, also the branches overlap and may include things not listed below):

Elements of culture web

please click/enlarge view all of the elements clearly

How to Paragraph

How to Paragraph FINAL draft is due WEDNESDAY, October 30th How to Packet

Having trouble with the first 3 pages of the How to Packet?

This video (please ignore the dates in the video), can provide you with a little help.

This Week in Room 103

Core
Goals due Tuesday
Culture Infographic due Monday, October 28th

6th grade Reading
Dragon Dragon

8th grade Reading
Medicine Bag 

WCP
Boo Ball & Pink Signs due Wednesday

Reading 8: Plot Structure Notes

Quiz on Wednesday