Monday, January 5 Skill Building

Skill Building Day:

Warmup: 121 book page 31, each line 3x, ds

One minute timings on page 36

Micropace: Guided Writings

Downhill Slalom Contest



Tuesday's Presenters:

Period 2: Cody, Andrew, Austin, Jasper

Period 6: ?????

Friday, Dec. 19 Presentations and Skills Building

Note: Your PowerPoint presentation should be completed by today with limited class time allowed once you get back from break.

Beginning of class, all of you who have presented can warm up in Micropace and then take a timing on TW 54, page 49. Others need to start immedicate work on completing the PowerPoint.

Presenters Today:
Period 2: Cody, Andrew, Austin
Period 6: Joseph, Jordan, Kristen

After presentations: Let's Build a Snowman Competition

Thurs. Dec. 18 2 Presentation Today

Warmup: Micropace: Game
Timed Write on TW 54, page 49

Presentations Today:
Period 1: Kyle and Kaci
Period 2: Mia Kue, Cee, Joseph

Assignment after each presentation:
Type in a Presentation Journal using Word the following:

1. Date
2. Presenter's name
3. Two interesting or important facts you learned for the presentation

Wed., Dec. 17 Sign up for Presentations and PowerPoint

Warmup: Micropace: Game
Timed Write on TW 54, page 49

Sign up for your day to do your research presentation.

Learning in PowerPoint:

• Slide Transition
• Slide Animation
• Slide Notes

Tues. Dec. 16, PowerPoint

Warmup:
Handout using Week 14 document
3' timed writing for accuracy on TW 54, page 49

• Work on PowerPoint for Career Report
• Sign up for presentations begins tomorrow!

Monday, December 15 Skillbuilding and Edit Research Report

Warmup:
Handout about the season.
3' timed writing for accuracy on TW (to be announced)

Due Today: Your final graded research report. Take your edited copy, improved your report and submit it printed and stapled in page order.

After you turn in your report, work on your PowerPoint Presentation of you career research using slide two in your file as an outline of what your slide show presentation requires that was created in class last Friday.

Friday, Dec. 12 PowerPoint

Warmup: Micropace Game (5 minutes)
Timed Write, 3 min. accuracy on TW 53 about Professional Dress on the Job

Learn to set up your Career Report into a PowerPoint Presentation

Thurs. Dec. 11 Career Report Draft Due

Warmup: Micropace Game (5 minutes)
Timed Write, 3 min. accuracy on TW 53 about Professional Dress on the Job

Due Today: Research report draft.

All of you done work in Microsoft PowerPoint for practice by doing the following from the Red Book:
1. Page 365, Exercise 1 (read through the directions and guidelines, then prepare the slide show on page 366. (have teacher check your presentation on screen)
2. Page 367, Exercise 2 (again read the directions and guidelines, then prepare the slide show on page 368. (have teacher check your presentation on screen)

Wed. December 10, Career Report Works Cited Page

Warmup: Things I've learned from my children (honest and not kidding) handout

Writings pages 11-12 in 121 text.



Career Report draft due Thursday:

Type together the Works Cited page (will need your handout with your source information)

Continue working on the body of the report. Remember the Summary must have a summary of what you need to know and do to enter the career field, and what you learned from doing this report about this career.

Tuesday, December 9 Career Report

Warmup: Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols Practice
Speed Timings on On-Minute Guided Writings pages 11-12 in 121 text.

Career Report Progress Check and Working on completionn of the draft.

Note: The report must have in-text citations and you must use at least three references

Monday, Dec. 8 Career Report Draft Progress Check

Warmup: Numbers, Punctuation, and Symbols Practice
Speed Timings on On-Minute Guided Writings pages 11-12 in 121 text.

Career Report Progress Check and Working on completionn of the draft.

Thurs. and Friday, December 4-5 Skill Building and Career Report

Warmup from handout ("So You Think You Know Everything") for 10 minutes.

Take one Timed Writing (3 minute, accuracy) on TW 52, page 48

Career Report:

You should have the outline of the report typed by now as side headings for your MLA, Career Research. Work on the content for each part of the report. You can also refer to the report handout.

Tuesday, December 2 Career Research Report

Period 2 Activities:
1. Using your sites for your research, develop either a file for your notes showing your source and location or handwrite your research notes and in the notes show your source and location.
2. Receive Research Report handout and compose a paragraph for the introduction.

Period 3 Activities:

1. Warmup on Micropace Drills working on the tab sections with the "dots".
2. Students who did not have time to print their MLA report yesterday on cell phones, need to print the report, front to back in order to save paper.
3. Timed Writing (3 minute, accuracy) on TW 52, page 48
4. Receive Research Report handout and compose a paragraph for the introduction
5. Work on the first section of the report