Multi-Genre Research Report Schedule 
Please bring your research folders and a text to class every day
Feb. 8th  Outline of magazine due (typed)
Feb. 8 – Feb. 17 Write magazine article- first polished draft
Feb. 18  First final draft of magazine article due
Feb. 19 – Feb. 22 Write letter or interview questions
Feb. 22  Letters or interview completed or sent
Feb. 23 – Feb. 26 Work on poems for homework. Write poems.
March 1 – March 5  Write narrative
March 8 – March 12  Work on extra projects
March 15 – March 24  Revise and edit all writing. Finish final drafts
Thursday, March 25th  Final draft of multi-genre research report due
  1. Energy Wheel (Renewable & Nonrenewable Resources)
  2. Carbon & Oxygen Cycle Diagram
  3. Biome Research
  4. Vocabulary: Chapter 7 (all)
  5. Vocabulary: Chapter 8, Lesson 1
  6. Video Notes: Taking Care of Our Earth
  7. Video Notes: Ecosystem & Biomes
  8. Notes: Chapter 7, Lesson 1
  9. Notes: Chapter 7, Lesson 3
  10. Notes: reading pages 270-275 (in  textbook)
  11. Notes: Energy (from Feb. 3rd)

 

  1. How do Earth’s rainforests help the carbon dioxide and oxygen cycle?
  2. What important role do algea and plankton play in the ocean’s biome?
  3. How can riding a bus conserve energy (even though it uses more fuel than a car to go the same distance)?

 Know the following vocabulary words:

  1. Trophic level:
  2. Producer:
  3. Scavenger
  4. Predator:
  5. Population:
  6. Nonrenewable resources:
  7. Renewable resources:
  8. Ecosystem:
  9. Decomposer:
  10. Abiotic factor:
  11. Adaptation:
  12. Respiration:
  13. Biome:
  14. Energy:
  15. Transpiration:
  16. Tundra:
  17. Photosynthesis:
  homework

 

Wednesday 2/17/10

 

ALL DLI STUDENTS:

    • Finish first final draft of magazine article – typed, in columns, with pictures and captions, and bibliography

PRE-ALGEBRA STUDENTS :

  • Dividing Fractions:  Textbook page 128 # 17-25 all, page 129 # 34-38 even, and word problems #4 &5 on page 129.

  • ALEKS: 1 hour 30 minutes logged in by Sunday 9:00 p.m.

SCIENCE  STUDENTS :

  • Study for Science test tomorrow.

  • Folders are due tomorrow, so please make sure you have all the items listed in table of contents (see above).