CHECKLIST

1)  3READING COMPREHENSIONS which you have done in school and will add in the booklet on Monday
 2) APRILS ACTIVITIES from the blog:
2) Make a comparison between PENN and CRASH, draw them and show the things you have inferred or understood about  
     them (e.g. Personality, background, family, likes/dislikes, they way the dress, hobbies etc
3) INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES  /uploads/5/9/1/1/5911537/intro_tocrash_by_jerry_spinelli.docx TO DOWNNLOAD THE FILE
4)  Make a cover page for  your booklet about CRASH 


INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES (BELOW IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DOWNLOADED!)
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES CRASH by Jerry Spinelli

Activity #1

Read the blurb on the back of the book and write answers to the following questions, explaining each answer that you give:

1)      Do you think that this book will be interesting to read? 

2)      Do you think that Crash will be a likeable character?

3)      What do you think the words ‘dweeby’, ‘mowing down’, ‘hilarious’ and ‘prank’ mean?

4)      What do you think that Webb might have that Crash ‘may never gain’?

5)      What do you think the story will be about – do you think it is a suitable theme for 6th Grade?

6)      What do you think Mike might do to Webb?

7)      What do you think might happen at the end of the story?

8)      What do you know about American football?  Do you think that it will be important to understand how the game is played to understand the story?
Homework
  Find out the basic rules of American football.  How many players are there in a team and what are their roles?  What do they wear?  How are points scored and who scores them?  What is allowed and what behaviour is penalized? What are the main American football competitions and what do the cheerleaders do?  (You do not need to write the answers to these questions.)
  Go to Youtube and look for ‘American football for newbees’.  In Wikipedia you will find basic information. Write a short paragraph about your impressions of American football.  Is it the sort of game you would like to play or watch?  Is it similar to any sport you have played or watched?  Is it easy or difficult to understand?  What sort of characteristics do you think make a good player?  Have you ever seen a real game?   Do you think a good football player would be a popular person in school? Chapter 1

1)      What is Crash’s real name?

2)      Why is he called Crash?

3)      Why did he knock down his cousin?

4)      What does the term ‘bawled bloody murder’ mean?

5)      Which of the following words describe Webb:

tall, short, thin, muscular, respectful, rude, happy, miserable, confident, timid, talkative, silent?

6)      The Penn Relays are a big racing competition – true or false?

7)      Why did Crash take such an instant dislike to Penn Webb?

a)      Because he was too happy and confident.

b)      Because he was skinny and badly dressed.

c)       Because he was invading Crash’s space.

8)      How many brothers and sisters did Penn have?

9)      Why do you think Crash told him that his name was Mergatroid?

10)   What did Crash do to get rid of Penn?  What do you think about this?

Remember to focus on the political system not the leader!
The important thing is to try and understand how the political system works, so you have a basic and simple understanding of it  and the impact on the community.

Remember to bring the task for the Exhibition groups which is to design an activity for a team building gymcana. You must make detailed instructions of how it works and also the list of materials and identify the place where it should take place.

CATCH UP with last weeks activities,  if you are not up to date with CRASH this is what you have to do:

• intro_tocrash_by_jerry_spinelli.docxDownload File  Introductory
  
• On Tuesday we will catch up and do the test of chapters 1-16 
  
• Make a cover page for  your booklet about CRASH 

HOMEWORK FOR THIS coming WEEK

• Make a comparison between PENN and CRASH, draw them and show the things you have inferred or understood about them (e.g. Personality, background, family, likes/dislikes, they way the dress, hobbies etc)
• Make sure you have read chapters 17-23 because on Thursday we will have the test of chapters 17-23
  

REMEMBER YOU ARE CREATING A BOOKLET AVOID LEAVING EVERYTHING TILL LAST MINUTE

Since some people are leaving me messages now,I am clarifying it for you.

If you have entered the site I gave you which is down below where I set the homework..you click on cell structure and on the sidebar you will find the list of the following parts... you need to click on them and summarise each part in no more than 3 lines in your own words for each one.  There are 18 parts to this. I had said 19 I made a mistake there are 18.

Cell structure:
Cell Membrane-Membrane Proteins-Cell Walls-Connections-Cytoplasm-Nucleus-Chromosomes-Centrioles-Ribosomes-Mitochondria-Chloroplasts-Endo. Reticulum-Golgi Complex-Vacuoles-Microfilaments-Microtubules-Lysosomes-Peroxisomes

You will have 1 final rehearsal tomorrow FRIDAY before Monday!  Make sure you have everything you need. I have seen the other classes looking really good with the wigs, the clothes, the necessary props!

Here is what I promised the inventory of each challenge from week to week with the link included. Now you can´t get it easier than this! So you guys who are behind have no excuse whatsoever!
/uploads/5/9/1/1/5911537/blogging_challenge_2011_tasks_inventory.docx

To visit examples of posts that were done open this page and go to the right sidebar and click on the number of the challenge in the place where it says "visit these"  e.g .Visit these – March 2011 – Week 1 and so on.
/uploads/5/9/1/1/5911537/edublogs_challenge_2011_posts_inventory.docx

INDIVIDUALLY OR GROUPS OF 3

Show the structure of a plant cell or an animal cell :
For each part:
-Identify its name
- its function 
-How it is important for the cell

If you work in a group you have to divide responsibilities and identify which part was done by who.

In the comments section place the number you received and beside it your name. Tomorrow we will see who are the groups!!


THEOCRACY- MONARCHY-DICTATORSHIP- COMMUNISM- DEMOCRACY- REPUBLIC
DON´T YOU LOVE SURPRISES!

FOR MONDAY : THE FINAL PRESENTATION!!!!!!!

For Thursday 7th April: Remember to have a title and good props...as real as possible. 


PROPS:
Remember what we said about having a real phone and not a cardboard with a phone painted on it or an invisible phone...which is more effective?

Obviously the real phone!!!....a phone painted on a cardboard does not look real!...Make sure your props are really shown what is written in the script!