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Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Mr. Thomas Worthington--Social Studies Department--Cold War Debate
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USSR or USA?
With the defeat of fascism and militarism
at the end
of World War II, the world was immediately thrust into the
Atomic Age and what became known as The Cold War between
the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR). Each
of World War II, the world was immediately thrust into the
Atomic Age and what became known as The Cold War between
the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR). Each
superpower
quickly built up its nuclear weapons arsenal
and developed the ability to put nuclear warheads on rockets
and cruise missiles. The world was on the brink of nuclear war.
In the upcoming debate, you will be expected to defend one of the
above positions in regards to the role the country played in
creating the Cold War.
and developed the ability to put nuclear warheads on rockets
and cruise missiles. The world was on the brink of nuclear war.
In the upcoming debate, you will be expected to defend one of the
above positions in regards to the role the country played in
creating the Cold War.
Question: Who was more responsible for the Cold War?
Historical Background:
Opening Statement:
Position #1:
Position #2:
Position #3:
Position #4:
Position #5:
Deference to the opposing side:
Closing Statement:
Note: Prepare for the debate as
usual, but hand in
research from at least three separate resources.
research from at least three separate resources.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Intellectual Property, Academic Integrity and Avoidance of Cyberbullying
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National Junior Honor Society Inductees 2013-2014
8th GRADE | ||
Alana Abesamis | Ariel Gaete | Matthew Petraco |
Austin Adams | Benjamin Garcia | Morgan Petraco |
Christian Agostino | Theresa Gerrity | Ryan Petraco |
Kelly Allen | Bryan Iangrande | Angelina Etterson |
Tyler Ancona | Michael Iaquinto | Amanda Pretory |
Isabella Anderes | Matthew Grillo | Joseph Prinzevalli |
Simone Atwa | Britini Guthy | Faima Quadir |
Arianna Barbieri | Liv Halvorsen | Daniel Raber |
Bridget Becchina | Zachary Hobbes | Kelly Raftery |
Jillian Becker | Thomas Howell | Luciana Ragolia |
Catherine Betz | Timothy Hsu | Ashley Resnick |
Veronica Buhler | Emily Huang | Ashley Robinson |
Eva Buonaiuto | Steven Jellen | Alexandra Romanoff |
Hailey Buttaro | William Jin | Rosenband Odeya |
Justin Cahill | Jordan Jonas | Jason Rosenfeld |
Julia Campanella | Antonella Jones | Clara Rosenzweig |
Theodore Campbell | Zoe Kahnis | Maxwell Ruffner |
Richard Caporusso | Ryan Kampe | Andi Sauer |
Richard Carbone | Ryan Keary | Olivia Schmitt |
Alexander Case | Dongwook Kim | Matthew Seyfert |
Jacob Chapman | Yuto Koga | Manaal Siddiqui |
Xiang Chen | Megan Kuhnel | Delaney Simpson |
Dylan Chou | Lawrence Lan | Alexander Sobel |
Steven Chu | Faith Leonard | Connor Stafford |
Ryen Cinski | Sophia Lo Biondo | Brendan Steinberg |
Annatje Clark | Abigail Long | Leah Sugrue |
Frances Clever | Timothy Longo | Charles Sun |
James Coccaro | Michael Lu | Noah Tanenbaum |
Keren Collins | Deirdre Lynch | Emily Tanzi |
Isabella Colombo | Cathy Ma | Schuyler Tasman |
Andrew Constantouris | Kamryn Maccarello | Sydney Tasman |
Dominick Cosentino | Rachel Maloco | Rebecca Templeton |
Shannon Coughlan | Jessica Marino | Gina Torre |
Benjamin Cummings | Frank Mattimoe | Peter Tsemberides |
Hannah Daly | Emily Mauro | Laura Ulrich |
Liam Davenport | Malachy Mc Avoy | Kevin Vera |
Ryan Devlin | Julia Mc Govern | Holly Vion |
Husain Dhoon | Ross Mc Ilvaine | Deven Wackett |
Isabella Diehl | Harry Merzin | Alyson Wertheim |
Aidan Diviney | Israel Miller | Alex Wiggins |
Michael Dobo | Cameron Montana | Kaitlyn Wilson |
Natalie D'Onofrio | Marisa Mueller | Kayla Winicki |
Logan Doran | Kate Mulham | Elizabeth Wong |
Laura Douglas | Kylie Munn | Andrew Wright |
Kyle Dunham | Mathieu Nagle | Lauren Young |
Drake Eggleston | Hallie Nicholas | Leon Zhao |
Kathleen Esfahany | John Ninia | Sophia Zhukovsky |
Nathan Fastenberg | Christian O Toole | Luka Zuric |
Sophie Ferguson | Jake Okrent | Jennifer Zwerling |
Molly Fernandes | Matthew Okrent | |
Jessica Fiorella | Janine Olson | |
Emily Fiorenti | Cole Palmer | |
Hannah Fondacaro | Arianna Parkhideh | |
Matthew Fortier | Kendall Parrish | |
Arianna Fournaris | Emily Perelli | |
Niki Friedwald | Cayla Perini | |
9TH GRADE | ||
Michelle Barnett | ||
Michael Bilfinger | ||
Isabella Brand | ||
Maria Gacovino | ||
Patrick Germano | ||
Skylar Haas | ||
Sarah Hollmann | ||
Sarah Klecher | ||
Hannah Lorenzen | ||
Jake Marte | ||
Emily Pashinsky | ||
J. Alexander Pfitzer | ||
Claudia Powell | ||
Alexander Qin | ||
Sophia Rashidzada | ||
Jason Robinson | ||
Sylvi Stoller | ||
Nestor Tkachenko | ||
Jake Weizenecker |
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
April Is School Library Month
School Library Month (SLM) is the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) celebration of school librarians and their programs. Every April school librarians are encouraged to create activities to help their school and local community celebrate the essential role that strong school library programs play in a student's educational career. Read about the history of School Library Month.
The 2014 theme is Lives change @ your library® and Jeff Kinney, New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, has been named the national spokesperson.
“I don't know where I'd be without my school library,” said Kinney. “Our librarians were passionate about putting great books in the hands of kids, and making us into lifelong readers. School libraries introduce kids to whole new worlds and new perspectives and are so important in broadening kids' minds. It's crucial that we support our school libraries, especially in times of tightening budgets. I'm so grateful for the well-stocked libraries and knowledgeable, dedicated school librarians that were a part of my childhood.”
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ms. Laura Leidahl--English Department--The 7th Grade Research Paper
1. Log onto
your NoodleTools account and click on your research paper project.
2. On your
dashboard, select “Notecards and Outline”.
3. The tabletop:
a. Drag your
notecards out of the “new notecards” pile on the left hand side.
b. See what
information you have. Do you notice cards that are of similar topics? You can
start to group them together. Drag one notecard on top of the other. NoodleTools
will ask you to create a pile name. Write down what it is that all of these
cards have in common. Put the cards in the order you’d like them to appear in
the paper. You should have at least 2
notecards in each pile.
4. The outline:
a. Uppercase
roman numerals explain what the paragraph is (the main idea)
b. Uppercase
letters give you “Subtopics”.
c. To get started with your introduction:
i. Roman
numeral I should say “Introduction” and hit the green plus sign.
ii. For A, write
“Hook” and hit the green plus sign.
iii. For 1, write
what your grabber will be, then hit the plus sign, and then the “move left”
button until you see B.
iv. For B, write
“Research Questions” and hit the green plus sign.
v. For 1, write
your first research question, then hit the plus sign, and then the “move left”
button until you see C. For 2, write your second research question, etc.
vi. Hit the
green plus sign and use the “move left” button until you see C. Write “Thesis
Statement”.
vii. Hit the
green plus sign and type in what your thesis statement is.
viii. For your first Body Paragraph:
1. Hit the
green plus sign and use the “move left” button until you see roman numeral two
(II). Type in “Body Paragraph 1 Main Idea:…“ and then type in what this
paragraph will be about. You can rephrase and answer your first question here.
2. Drag and
drop the pile of notecards that
corresponds with the main idea.
3. Repeat for
the rest of your body paragraphs. You
need at least 3 body paragraphs.
ix. For your conclusion:
1. Your
uppercase roman numeral should say “Conclusion”.
2. Your A.
should say “Touchback”. Underneath the touchback, write your main points to go
over.
3. Your B.
should say “Heart of the Matter”. Underneath this, you should write down what
you think is the most important piece of information that the reader needs to
take away from your paper.
4. Your C.
should say “Zinger”. Underneath this, write the last sentence that you think
would leave your reader saying, “WOW!” J
REMEMBER,
YOU CAN STILL RESEARCH! IF YOU FIND GAPS IN YOUR OUTLINE THAT YOU NEED TO FILL,
GO BACK AND FIND SOME ANSWERS!
Monday, April 7, 2014
Ms. Laura Leidahl--English Department--The 7th Grade Research Paper
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Research Paper
For this year’s research assignment, you will
become an expert on one topic of your choosing. You will conduct research and
take what you have learned throughout the coming weeks to write a research
paper on your topic.
Timeline
and Grading:
TASK
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DUE DATE
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Graded As…
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Determine my topic and research questions
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Tuesday, April 8th
|
4th Quarter Classwork
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Declare my thesis statement
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Wednesday, April 9th
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4th Quarter Classwork
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Submit 6 notecards on Noodletools
**9 for honors
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Every day from Wednesday, April 9th-Friday,
April 11th
|
4th Quarter Classwork
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Finalize all notecards on Noodletools and submit
works cited page
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Monday, April 21st
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4th Quarter Quiz
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Finalize your MLA outline on Noodletools
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Wednesday, April 23rd
|
4th Quarter Classwork
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Hand in my final paper, works cited, and rubric
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Friday, April 25th
|
4th Quarter Major Assignment
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**Dates are subject to change
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Your task is as follows:
- Pick from a very broad category of topics. The following is a list of some topics. If something else interests you, just run it by me for approval!
Animal Experimentation
Natural Disasters
Bullying
Capital Punishment
Child Labor
Cloning
Pollution
Standardized Tests
Social Media
Video Game Violence
Racism
Fracking
Modern Wars (Sudanese Civil War)
Right to Bear Arms
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Speech
- Come up with 3 research questions about the topic you choose. In other words, what do you want to know about that topic?
- Research those specific questions. We will be in the library for three days. You should find at least 4 good sources. Only one of these may be a traditional encyclopedia, like World Book or Encyclopedia Britannica, and can be in print or on the computer. Please make sure you have a variety of sources (print or digital), such as books, videos, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, reputable websites, et cetera. Two sources must be from the library’s Virtual Reference Collection.
- You will be required to create a works cited page on Noodletools, listing everything you’re using as research. As you research, write note cards for your paper. You will need to have a minimum of 6 note cards on Noodletools. This must be completed by Monday, April 21st. Your note cards and works cited will count as a quiz grade.
- Together, we will be organizing your thoughts in an MLA-style outline on Noodletools. This must be done by Wednesday, April 23rd. Your outline will count as a class work grade.
- Turn your outline into your research paper.
- The final copy of your paper will be due Friday, April 25th. The paper should be typed, double-spaced, size 12 font, Times New Roman. Your final research paper will count as a fourth quarter major assignment grade.
A note on absences / lateness to school the day the paper is due.
You
have been told well in advance when the paper is due. Even if you are absent,
you MUST have someone trustworthy deliver the paper on that day. If you are
late to school and miss my class, you must make sure I get the paper that day.
If you are planning on leaving school early the day the paper is due, you must
give me the paper before you leave. If a dire emergency leaves you unable to
complete the paper or deliver it to me the day it’s due, you must include a
handwritten note from home explaining the reason for its lateness.
A reminder on the 7th grade English lateness policy
If
the research paper is late, you will lose ten points for each day it’s late, up
to three days. Your parent or guardian will be contacted if you fail to hand it
in by Thursday, May 1st. If the paper is not in by Monday, May 5th, it is a
flat 65 if it is handed in. If the paper is never handed in, it’s a zero.
A note on plagiarism
Plagiarism is essentially “idea-stealing”. It is taking credit for
information that is not your own original idea. While research is all about
getting information from other sources, you avoid plagiarism by giving credit
to the source of information. There are two ways to do this:
·
Directly
quote the author. Use quotation marks around his/her own words, and mention
whose words these are.
·
Put
the information in your own words. You
still must give credit to the author for the information! Use parenthetical
(in-text) citations to do this.
Plagiarism
is taken very seriously in our school, and we will spend more time in this unit
learning how to avoid plagiarizing a paper. If part or all of your research
paper is plagiarized, the dean and your parent / guardian must be notified. You
will be required to redo the assignment, and a 65 would be the highest grade obtainable.
Save yourself the trouble— showcase your own unique ideas, and give credit
where credit is due!
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