Math Challenge

Hey Team,

Check out these math problem and post your complete solutions:

Test

Rebound Photo Assignment

Rebound Poster and Photography Assignment

1A Staircase 

1B Fists 

1C Desk 

2A Watch 

2B Phone

2C Fists 

3A McCully

3B Bloody Hand 

4A Water fountain 

4B Drawing 

4C Scott

5A Fight 

5B Shoes 

5C Hoop

6A Pens 

6B Jersey 

6C Trophies 

Great Job 80 AYYY making composing and editing your Rebound posters!

The end result is some awesome and magnificent posters. 

Let's take a moment to appreciate and evaluate your work and your peers work.

Explore the pictures and answer the following questions and provide feedback on two of the pictures. 

Which ones are the most powerful and vivid? Why do they resonate with you? 

Which one provides the greatest recall for you.  Meaning as you see the picture the story of Rebound rushes to your memory. 

Things to consider when critiquing the photo composition, use of blur, use of lettering, relevance of photo, realism how well it tells the story of rebound

Keep the conversations smart and intelligent and avoid the temptation to be petty and insulting.

After we will conduct a poll and vote for the best picture of them all and also pick the group that has the best collection of 3 photos.

Hey Team

Look at the image and respond by telling me what you see and what the theme of the image is: 

Responses should be detailed 

Welcome

Hey hey Team: 

It's time to get blogging 

How much experience do you have with blogging? Please share and post ! 

Math Problem solving "average"

Hey Team, 

It's time for more math fun ... I mean problem solving.  Check out this word problem and post your detailed and complete solution on your blog. Then share a link in this thread. 

Visit a blog

Hey Team,

Post a link to your blog here: 

Go visit two other students blogs and then come back here and write a review and recommendation for each of the blogs.  

Consider:  content, appearance, quality of work

Think about: what makes the blog a good web viewing experience, would you come back to the blog again, was it easy to navigate 

Math problem of the week

Hey team lets try this problem of the week! Post your solution on your blog and post a link here on this post. 

Practical Wisdom

Hey Team

Check out this video and answer the questions below

This is an interesting video and argument on the need for practical wisdom.  It challenges the concept of rules and regulations and offers an alternative opinion to how things in society and education can be done well.  Watch the video and post your responses below:


1. What is Practical Wisdom ?

2.  Do you agree or disagree with his argument?  Are rules beneficial or counter productive?  Use evidence from the video and your own experiences to justify your response.  Engage in dialogue with 2 other students to flush out the details of your position. 

3. Have you ever done anything you would considerate to be practical wisdom 

Math puzzle fun!

Hey team solve these 3 math puzzles.  Remember to explain how you managed to solve the problem. 

1.

2. 

3. 

Have fun! 

Speech Competition

Speech Competition:

Hey Team we will be having our regular annual BHJMS speech competition this year.  We must have 2 class winners by April 17 in order to compete in the school wide event.  Students MUST present a speech but do not have to compete at the school level.

Choosing a Topic:  No repeating previous topics come up with something fresh and exiting for you.  It does not need to be based on cliche talking points.  Talk about something you like and are interested in.  The key component is that you will be informing the audience and trying to convince them that they need to change or consider what you are offering.

Making an Intro:

Let's start getting ready for our speech competition.  We will begin with practicing and constructing an opening sequence.

An opening should; clearly establish your position on a topic, grab the readers attention with a quote, poem, anecdotal story, and finally set up the audience with a brief highlight of evidence you will use.

If you are really stuck:

Let's use this picture as our starting point "Your topic is wildlife endangerment and the wilful destruction of our forested areas...right your opening "

Use this space to write and post your opening paragraph for your speech: 

Calculating Percent

Calculating Percent 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYaE0ogtMI

Hey Team check out the video and picture to prepare and begin the next chapter in our math unit "calculating percentage".  Watch the video and study the example and then begin the work

Page 72 # 1abc, 2, 3, 4, 5

Math Word Problem

Hey Team,

Check out this word problem ! 

You will likely need to do some exploration to find the necessary prior knowledge in order to answer  

Answer the question on your blog and post a link in this thread 

Art review

http://m.wikihow.com/Write-an-Art-Exhibition-Review

Hey Team check out these three different pieces of art! You are going to review 1 of them! Following the link to guide you through the 6 basic steps of reviewing art! 

You should write your response on your blog and then post a link here : 

Here are the three pieces of art 

Journal Response

Good morning team and welcome back from March Break: 

Take a look at the 6 potential writing prompts! Pick one and respond! You can post directly on my blog or add a link to your blog if you want to answer it there so you can be more creative in constructing your response. 

Math word problems!

You can show solution on this thread or you can work it out on paper and snap a photo and explain yor solution on your blog and then post a link in this thread! 

Play ball 

Green Smoothies

 Green Smoothies

http://simplegreensmoothies.com

1) What are the benefits of green smoothies 

2) Locate and share a great Green smoothy recipe … what are its specific benefits. 

3) look and list the ingredients in this green smoothy pictured above

Answer these questions and construct an appealing response on your blog and then share a link here

Music

Music 

Hey Team,

Let's explore the power of music 

Find and share a music video that you think provides an important moral and social message. 

1. Write up and justify your choice! Considering the lyrics of the song and the imagery of the video! 

2. Do you think music should have a social conscious and obligation to preach positive messages and try to inform and inspire its audience 

3. What songs have inspired you? Explain how. 

Math fun

Hey Team, 

Check out these math problem and post your complete solutions:

What you want teachers to know about you...

Hey Team 80AYYY! 

Look at this info graphic on what students want teachers to know ! Which one is the most realistic and important to you. Pick, share and explain why with a specific example.  Express how teachers being more aware of the issue you pick will enhance your achievements.

After engage in dialogue with 2 others students about the item they choose. 

Rebound Chapter 20 - Dinner at David's

Dinner at David's

 David is living his life by believing he will walk soon.  He does the research and understands the science.  A cure could be discovered at any moment.  Sean and most have you also believe he will walk again soon.

David's mother has passionately argued at the dinner table that David can not live his life on a hope and prayer that he will walk again.  He must move on and accept who he is now as he may be this way until he dies.  

answer the following questions:

1. Is David's mother right to think this way and to want David to think the same way?

2. Should David stop researching and living his life expecting to walk again soon and learn how to live life in a wheelchair - accept who he is?

3. What should Sean do? encourage David and support his belief he will walk soon OR take the same position his mother has taken and help David accept his new reality.

answer all 3 questions and then engage in debate and dialogue about the responses...use evidence to support your positions 

Perspective - what do you see

Hey Team

Check out this image! 

Look - examine - think 

1. What do you see? Explain in detail what this picture is trying to show and then make a personal connection to relate to one of the people being portrayed(don't assume that the connection must be in a classroom scenario...rather it's the feelings and theme of the picture you are connection with) 

Rebound Poetry

Hey Team,

Post your poem you wrote on Rebound. 

Find two other poems and provide feedback for them to use to improve.  Be specific with your criticue - consider vocabulary , sensations of feel smell touch, empathy!