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Preparing for the end of the school year

1. On Scholaris, go to Information Technology\Yr7 IT\ 7E East
2. Go to your first blog and find the post(s) you wrote in February about your first week at Rowville SC.
3. Copy all the information onto a WORD document. Copy at least two photographs from your images library and save them into your U drive or USB
4. Now go to your regular blog on global student and  start a new post
5. Call it My first week at Rowville SC
6. Paste the information from the WORD document into this post.
7. Edit the information. Check that your spelling, grammar etc is correct.
8. DO NOT change any of the information. This is a reflection of your thoughts in Feb.
9. Upload two photographs to accompany this post.

10.  Give it category of: Reflection.

11.  Publish your post.

 

Start a new post in your blog

Call it :  Looking back: My first year at High School

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THE END OF THE YEAR IS COMING! This is a perfect time to observe and reflect on your first year at Rowville SC. It’s also a wonderful way to celebrate the year and get ready for the future.

Looking Back

Write a detailed paragraph on things you did this year. Include the following:

What made you laugh the hardest?

1. What is one thing you’ve done really well this school year?
2. What things did you make?  
3. Name one person that you should probably thank.
4. If you could go back in time and redo any one day, what would it be?
5. Name one person to whom you should probably apologize.
6. What were some of the best things about your year at school?
7. How to be successful in the class, things to do and not to do.
8. What were some of the “hard” things you did this year?
9. If tomorrow were the best day of your life, what would happen?
10. What is one thing that you know you could have done better?
11. What made you the most angry this school year?

Looking Forward

“How did you feel on the first day of school this year?” “What can you do now that you couldn’t do then?” Re-read what you wrote about your first week at Rowville. How have you changed since you wrote that post? Make a list.

What questions have you about next year? Classes you’ll have friends, subjects, teachers. What goals  should you set for next year? Describe 3 goals. For example, I  will complete all my homework as soon as I get it.

PUBLISH YOUR POST

Preparing for the Future!  

Start a new blog post

Call it: Preparing for the future: Year 7  2010

Writing a message to next year’s incoming Year 7.  Tell them about the fun, interesting things that happened in Year 7. What can they look forward to? What should they watch out for? How do they survive their first day? First week?

Your message should be at least 20 lines and should start: Dear new students,

Create a new post on your blog and complete the following writing task.

You are on a very tight budget and must make some money as soon as possible. You decide to sell  five of your most valued possessions in the weekend newspaper.

 

Task 1:

Describe the five possessions you will sell.  (4-5 lines for each item)

Task 2:

List the five possessions in order of financial value.

Task 3:

List the possessions in order of emotional value to you.

 

 

Task 4:

Write an enticing advertisement for each of the five items that will be in the newspaper. Find an image to accompany each Ad

You need 5 advertisements

 Old Boots

These boots were left in a cardboard box near a donation bin, and collected by a charity. They are now sitting on a shelf, ready for sale.

Colour: Brown
Age: 2.5 years
Size: 9
Condition: Used

Task 1

Writing from the point of view of the boots, describe your best selling features.  (6 lines)

Task 2

Describe your last owner. Include their age, occupation, sex, physical description, personality traits and how and where they used you.   (one paragraph – 8 lines)

Task 3

Why were you left at the charity bin?  (5 lines)

Task 4

What type of owner would you prefer to buy you? Explain why.   (8 lines)

Task 5

You are going to use a program called Blabberize to make your shoes talk.

Preparation for this task:

1. You need to find an image of a pair of old boots – fairly large image. don’t use the one in the post. find your own. Download the image and save it
2. Write a detailed paragraph describing a typical day with your owner.  (one paragraph -  12  lines)
3. Read this paragraph and time it – you want at least 30 seconds

Where to write  it

1. Create a new blog post to complete your writing. For each task, write a subheading.
2. Publish your post.
3. Give it the tags of writing, description
4. Put it in the Category of writing.

Example of a Blabber

Time for some creative writing

Several aliens have landed in your backyard.

Write a list of 20 adjectives to describe the aliens.

 

Describe the special powers the aliens have.

 

As you make friends with the aliens, you learn that they come from a planet made entirely of gold. Write the dialogue between you and the aliens as they describe their planet and how they live.

 

The aliens are willing to give you as much gold as you want if you can provide them with an object that is unique and has functions that will help them during their travels. you do not think you have an item that will suit their needs so you grab the first thing you can reach – a  ???? (you choose the object). They are interested in your object and want you to explain how it could be used.  As the aliens will never return to  a planet they have visited,  you feel you could “stretch” the truth in your explanation.

List six different ways that your object could be useful to the aliens.

 

Illustrate your  writing using Toondoo.  Create three single pane cartoons 

1. one of your aliens
2. one of the object
3. one which shows one of the ways your object will help the aliens
4. Embed each of your panes into your blog post

 

Some objects you could choose from if you’re stuck for ideas

toilet brush,  frying pan, ice cream scoop, tongs, vegetable peeler, laundry basket, soap, bathmat, cookbook, breadbox, ice cube tray, broom,, vacuum cleaner, table cloth, fabric softener, light bulb, bulletin board, ironing board, toilet paper.

Good preparation makes you confident and results in a good talk, so prepare your talk and then practice your delivery:

INTRODUCTION
Plan to introduce your presentation with an attention-grabber, like a joke or an anecdote about your topic. Telling it will help you relax and warm your audience to the presentation. Also in the introduction, tell the audience what they’re about to hear by summarizing the most important parts of your presentation.

BODY
Purpose
Determine your purpose: to inform/teach or persuade/convince. Write it down as a purpose statement and try to make it more specific.

Take a few minutes to think about your audience:

1. Who is your audience?
2. Is everyone in the audience as familiar with your topic as you are?
3. How can you make your topic interesting to everyone?

Brainstorm ideas on your topic.
Brainstorm the topic. The topic is broad, so you need to narrow it down by brainstorming again Narrow your point of focus. Your goal is to pick one aspect of your topic to focus on. What do you need or want to tell people about your topic?

 Select the key ideas
From your list of brainstorming ideas, pick 5. These are the key concepts you want to introduce to your audience.

 Organize your ideas

1. Put each point in the order you are going to say them. Eg your most important point can go either first or last. Look again at the order of your points. Are they in a logical sequence? Do they build from the weakest to the strongest point.
2. List each main point and develop two or three supporting facts.

CONCLUSION  
Use your conclusion to remind the audience what they’ve heard. Restate your most important conclusions and reiterate your most convincing evidence. Give the audience a sense of closure by wrapping up your presentation.

PREPARE YOUR TALK

1. Put these points on cards (or paper that will fit in the palm of your hand). Perhaps type them onto a Powerpoint slide. Each slide can be one of the main points. Then print the slides, cut them up and they become your cue cards for the actual presentation.
2. Write out your introduction and conclusion. Intro should create interest, reveal topic, and preview main points. Conclusion sums up by repeating main points and suggesting implications or action for the audience

REHEARSE YOUR TALK USING CUE CARDS

1. Practice, practice, practice!!!!!
2. Practice your talk out loud until you really know it (but don’t memorize it!) and don’t read it.
3. Repeat your presentation over and over again.
4. Practice it before friends or family, your pets, in front of a mirror. Practice in your sleep and in your imagination.Speak slowly, clearly, and not too softly. Be careful not to say “um” or fidget.

What happened on the day you were born?

This  is Task 8 in your Autobiography project.

Part 1

On the wiki site:  http://starringme.wikispaces.com/, each of you have a page where you will type your findings. Your page is: the date of your birthday (No two students have the same birthday in the class so you will be responsible for locating the appropriate information for this date in history).

The sites:

On this Day	International BBC news service about what happened on this day
YAHOO Answers	Very popular website for  finding answers to questions
MSN Encarta	This day in the  history of the world
Brainy History	American site for world events and birthdays
Infoplease	Year by Year – 1900 – 2008
Australian Screen	Australian Screen – Films produced in 1997
History	About this day- excellent UK  site with video  clips
IMDB	Movie stars born on this day & films released
What happened in Disney history	What happened in Disney history on this day
Interactive timeline in History	British history timeline

Task

1. Join the wiki using the username and password provided.
2. Using any of the sites below, find 5 things that happened on the day you were born.   It might be something in history, in music, in film, in sport.
3. When you find something interesting, follow the link and read the information.
4. Edit your page.
5. Write a brief summary (5 -8 lines) on the event that happened and save your page. Set out each entry like the example below:

Example

May 21

Tornado sweeps through Southern England: 1950

Two people died as a tornado  wreaks havoc through Southern England, leaving in its wake ruined property and  dozens of people homeless. The tornado also lifted up parked cars, cattle and horses, uprooted trees and even turned over a double-decker bus.

Students have been working on an autobiography project for the past few weeks. One of the tasks is to write a collection of poems all about them:  their personality, their character, their bedroom.  To accompany the poems, students needed to create a wordle  with each letter of the alphabet describing an aspect of their character; a photograph of their bedroom and  their picture attached to a billboard (Bighugelabs.com)

To see all the tasks in this project, see the tag Autobiography

Here are some of the poems students wrote:

 Gemma   http://gemmam.globalstudent.org.au/who-am-i/

I am ……
I am determined and committed.
I wonder what my life would be like without cheerleading.
I hear people cheering on my team at the cheerleading world championships.
I see everything going to plan.
I want to win.
I am determined and committed.
I pretend I am at the studio training.
I feel adrenalin run through my body.
I touch the cheerleading floor as I backflip my way past the crowd.
I worry I will hurt myself.
I cry of excitement and happiness.
I am determined and committed.
I understand the importance of this competition.
I say I am a winner no matter what.
I dream of becoming involved in the best cheerleading team in the world.
I try to catch my breath.
I hope we will win.
I am determined and committed

AshleighW   http://ashleighw.globalstudent.org.au/who-am-i/

I am … a basketballer

I wonder what my life would be like if i didnt play basketball.
I hear the ball go though the hoop ”SWISH”
I see the ball being passed from player to player. 
I want to be a professional basketballer.
I am a basketballer.
I pretend no one is watching.
I feel like all the adrenelin rushing through my body.
I touch the hoop as  I slam dunk the ball.
I worry that I will make a mistake.
I cry of joy when we win the game.
I am a basketballer.
I understand that we all make mistakes.
I say that I will improve one day.
I dream that I will play in a professional team.
I try my best to win the game.
I hope to win the Grand final

 

BiancaT   http://biancat.globalstudent.org.au/who-am-i/

I am…

I am loving and caring
I wonder why we cry
I hear the animals
I see my family
I want an iPod touch
I am loving and caring
I pretend to be a human
I feel the wind at night
I touch music
I worry about my friends
I cry for love
I am loving and caring
I understand people
I say nothing is impossible
I dream about me and my friends
I try my hardest in school
I hope for an iPod touch
I am loving and caring

LianneC  http://liannec.globalstudent.org.au/who-am-i/

I am …

I am loving and caring.
I wonder if i am a good singer.
I hear ringing.
I see tear drops in my future.
I want to find my uncle.
I am loving and caring.
I pretend that I have this perfect world.
I feel sadness.
I touch my spirit.
I worry about what people think of me.
I cry when my heart breaks.
I am loving and caring.
I understand the people around me.
I say if you believe in your dreams then your rainbow will come smiling through.
I dream about a perfect life.
I try make things better.
I hope for my dreams to come through.
I am loving and caring.

The annual Year 7 Oratory Competition will be taking place on the 20^th of October 2009. Each Year 7 student will complete a speech in class on the topic below, and the top two speakers from each class will then progress to the overall competition for each campus

The winners for each campus will receive a fantastic prize and also be invited to present their speech on Presentation Evening.

The topic for the 2009 Oratory Competition is:

‘If I could control the world…’

How it will work for our class:

During the second week of term, each of you will be required to give your 3 minute speech on the topic. We will go over how to prepare for an oral presentation,  what to do, what not to do, basic tips in class as soon as we get back to school for Term 3. In the meantime, here is an example of a poor oral presentation.  Make a list: how many things does this student do poorly?

A poor presentation

Dear Self

Ambitions: Past and Present: What did you want to be when you were younger? A lawyer? A doctor? A fireman? A movie star? Astronaut? How about now? What goals or dreams do you have for your future now? What do you think you might be “when you grow up?” Why have you chosen this profession or career? Do you have any dreams for yourself that are not related to a job? Do you have things you want to learn to do? Skiing, Skydiving, gourmet cooking, travelling? Do you want to become an expert on something just because you’re interested in it? What is it that interests you? What goals have you set for yourself?

Task

On the My Future page, Write a letter to YOURSELF and tell yourself things that will happen in the future…here are the topics you are to write about…:

•  Something to look forward to…

•  Something to watch out about…

•  Something/someone to avoid…

•  Something to work hard at…

•  Someone to be especially nice to…

•  Someone to really listen to…

•  Somewhere to be sure not to go…

My family in pictures

Register for PhotoCube 3d.

Find 6 photos of your family – including any pets and upload them to PhotoCube. You are going to create a 3d photo cube of your family and embed it on your My Family page.

For each photograph, write 5-10 lines explaining the importance of  your family member or pet to you.

Sample 3d photocube

What are your memories?

Complete this task on the page, My Memories.

Task 1

Do Task 1 in the page, My Memories. Provide three memories for each of the following sections. Include the subheadings.

Memories of long ago (jot down your earliest memories)

1.

2.

3.

Memories that make you laugh

Memories that make you cry

Memories that are warm (moments that give you hope in bad times)

Memories precious as gold (moments you wouldn’t trade for anything… proud moments and big accomplishments)

Task 2

After filling in the blanks for Task 1, pick one from each category and write a 4-5 sentences describing each one.

Task 3

You are going to create a memory wall  using the program, Wallwisher.     http://www.wallwisher.com/

Register for an account.  Using the 15 memories from Task 1, create a wall and embed  on the My Memories page. You can include links to images and videos on your wall. Here is a sample wall

Task 1

Open-ended Sentences –Reflective writing

Complete the following  sentences:

1. One thing people often think about me but is not true is…
2. One of my greatest fears is…
3. Most people don’t know this, but I…
4. It makes me so angry when…
5. One thing I do not understand is…

Then pick one and write a more detailed  paragraph.

Task 2

Using the site, Glogster, create a glog – multimedia poster which incorporates different elements of your personality and character. It can include music, photos, text, video. When you look at the finished Glog,  what should emerge is “You”.

Here is an example of a glog

(Click the glogster.com logo to make it full size)

Video on how to use Glogster

What is interesting about you?

On your My Interests page, complete the following:

What are some of the things you do well?  Do you have hobbies?  What do you do when you are NOT in school?  This page  is about what makes you interesting.

Sport: do you play or follow a sport. Give some details

Music, movies, TV: Artists, style of music, songs, lyrics of favourite song, why you like the artist/style of music; favourite movie, actor, TV show and why.

Hobbies/Activities: Do you build model airplanes, bird watch, or go skating? Whatever your hobby, write a few paragraphs explaining what is enjoyable about your hobby, how often you participate or work on it. Be sure to include specific details and definitions of things so that others can learn about your hobby as well.

Explain in detail you favourite things in life and why you consider them to be your favourite.

To finish this page,

1. Include two photographs. They should reflect your interests
2. Upload the photographs to your blog and insert them on the My Interests page.

What is the essence of you?

Complete three poems, each of which will provide an element of your personality and character. Download a copy of the instructions to complete your  poems.

Your page should be set out as follows:

Poem. All about me.

1. You need a photo of yourself – a head shot preferably. You can use my laptop camera if necessary. Use this photo to create a billboard http://bighugelabs.com/billboard.php.  Get the embed code  for the billboard and embed under the All about me poem

Poem.    I am …..

1. Create a Wordle.  Find 26 words to describe you.  If you’re stuck, use the online thesaurus. http://thesaurus.reference.com/
2. You must select one word for each letter of the alphabet  http://wordle.net
3. Give your Wordle a title – Me from A-Z
4. Publish your wordle to the gallery. Copy the embed code
5. Embed your wordle under the I am …. poem

Poem:  My Bedroom

1. Take a photograph of your bedroom either with a digital camera or your phone. Upload the photo to the blog and embed under your bedroom poem

My Online History

For the last two weeks of this term, you will be producing your online history. This project will be all about you. You will be using a variety of web 2.0 sites, complete some reflective and descriptive writing, write some poetry, take images, create a photostory, and search for information. All about you!

Today, you need to create some pages in your blog and setup the Pages widget in your sidebar.

Intructions.

1. From your Dashboard, Select Pages
2. Click Add New.
3. Name the page:  This is me
4. Click Publish
5. Now set up the following pages:
   1. My interests
   2. Who am I?
   3. My memories
   4. My family
   5. My future
   6. My life in history
6. Add the Pages widget to your sidebar. Click Appearance, then Widgets. Drag the Pages widget to Sidebar 1 and move it up to second position. Save.

NOTE: you may already have the Pages widget in your sidebar. Check first.

All the work you do on your autobiography will be placed into the appropriate page in your blog.

All the autobiography posts

Who am I: http://7eenglish.globalstudent.org.au/2009/09/08/who-am-i/

My interests:  http://7eenglish.globalstudent.org.au/2009/09/09/my-interests/

This is me: http://7eenglish.globalstudent.org.au/2009/09/09/this-is-me/

My memories: http://7eenglish.globalstudent.org.au/2009/09/11/my-memories/ 

My family:  http://7eenglish.globalstudent.org.au/2009/09/12/my-family/ 

My Future: http://7eenglish.globalstudent.org.au/2009/09/12/my-future/ 

What happened  the day I was born? http://7eenglish.globalstudent.org.au/2009/10/04/autobiography-the-day-i-was-born/

Information and Handouts for Teachers

1. Student instruction booklet:   Download.
2. Unit planner and assessment guide: Yr 7 autobiography Unit planner_rowville secondary college
3. Web 2.0 tools used in the project: web 2.0 tools used in table
4. Poetry – Task 1 Who am I?: My Online History_poems

Writing the conclusion

The purpose of the conclusion is:

1. Clearly connects introduction and body of the writing (all the paragraphs that outline your argument and the rebuttal)
2. Gives a sense of completion
3. Does more than restate your arguments and position
4. Gives the reader something to think about

Your conclusion should focus on one of the following g strategies:

1. Call to Action : the writer pleads with the audience to change.
2. Offer a Solution: the writer suggests some possibilities to resolve the problem posed.
3. Make a Prediction :  this can be a warning or an encouragement.

Call to Action

1. Include a final appeal to reinforce your argument.
2. Clearly and forcefully state your desired action.
3. Give information needed to take that recommended action.

Call to Action – student sample

Daily mandatory homework for high school students would serve no real worthwhile purpose but to unnecessarily stress out students and teachers alike. Teachers and students are busy, stressed, preoccupied, and quite frankly, strung-out enough as it is without this. Please, I urge you not to put this in effect. Not simply because I don’t want homework for all seven classes every day, but because it would truly be detrimental to everyone actively participating in the public school now and in the future.

Offer a Solution

1. Restate the problem.
2. Define and develop the solution.
3. Focus on the strengths of the solution.
4. This strategy differs from a call to action.
5. More of a recommendation
6. Stresses the solution to a problem

Offer a Solution – student sample

According to high schools with the highest test scores across the country, homework is only necessary when an individual student doesn’t understand a concept, or needs additional practice. Therefore, mandatory homework in every class would be meaningless. Instead, teachers should assign homework on an individual basis. This solution would provide students with needed practice, without needless busywork for students, and endless grading for teachers. When students work on just their own weaknesses, rather than work assigned to the whole class, they will quickly see improvement and will be more motivated to stay in school.

Make a Prediction

1. Takes the argument a step further than a summary
2. Keeps the reader thinking after reading your essay
3. Is based on the main points (arguments), creating joy, hope, gloom, suspense, etc.
4. Draws reader’s attention to the significance of the argument

Make a Prediction – student sample

Imagine an empty classroom. As students trickle in, without a word, they immediately take out a piece of paper and a pencil to start writing down today’s homework assignment. The teacher walks to the front of the class to admire her focused students as they work silently. Ring! Class is in session. We can make this longed-for dream a reality. Our high school’s motto has always been “Be the Best You Can Be” and if the required homework proposal is implemented, we really would be.

It’s time to write the body of your persuasive writing.

Using your plan, write the introduction,  and  the paragraphs which  outline your arguments.

Link your arguments by using transitional words.

What are transitional words?

Transitional words are used to show how ideas are connected. Transitions take your reader from one thought to another. More importantly, if you don’t make connections between your ideas, the reader will probably insert their own thoughts—not always a good idea. In persuasive writing, it’s important that you lead the reader in the direction you want them to go—don’t allow them to make their own connections.

Here’s a list of commonly used transitional words and phrases:

and		to sum up
but		because
or		to sum up
while		consequently
although		first
unlike		next
while		sometimes
however		surely
in other words		on the other hand

Transitional words are very useful in persuasive writing because they help you show both sides of the arguments.

What arguments  do you need to anticipate?

You can’t succeed in persuading you audience uinless you have anticipated all the opposing arguments and addressed some (or all) of them in a paragraph called the rebuttal.

Your task

1. Ask your parents to list all the reasons why they don’t want you to ………… (insert your topic). Download a copy of the letter that explains this task to your parents.
2. Use 3-4 of these reasons and address each one of them in a paragraph. The rebuttal paragraph is  usually the second last paragraph with your strongest reason being your last paragraph. Start the rebuttal with a tranistional word. For example, on the other hand, although.

Step 2 involves planning each paragraph and writing the introduction.

So far, you have:

1. Decided on a topic-  Something you want to do but your parents will not let you or something your parents want you to do but you don’t want to do.
2. Have arrived at an opinion on this topic. In other words, you have taken a position for or against the topic; your point of view.
3. Determined 4 arguments which support your point of view
4. Written your thesis statement.

Writing the introduction

1. Start with a strong opening sentence – something to grab or hook your reader.
2. Two sentences of background information
3. Write your thesis statement
4. End with a strong sentence that links to your first paragraph

Planning your paragraphs

Each paragraph  must have a topic sentence, then 2-3 sentences with supporting detail that expand the topic sentence. Finish the paragraph with a concluding sentence that sums up the paragraph.

Download a persuasive writing planner

Student examples:  -

Topic: Going On Walks Alone (HayleyM)

Dear Mum,

Sometimes my life feels so hectic, I need a refuge. A lot of parents trust their young teenagers to go on walks alone. I know I deserve that trust. For the thirteen years of my life, you have been over protective. I need to be independent. I should be permitted to go on walks alone because I’m trustworthy, I need time to be alone, I know most safety procedures and I want to enjoy nature.

Topic: Getting an iphone (GemmaM)

Dear Mum and dad,
I need a phone, and the I-phone would be the perfect phone for me to have. I could use it on the plane to America, It is highly entertaining, it would keep me safe and enable me to make any important calls that I needed to make. The plane trip to America and back is 46 hours in total! If I had the I-phone that time would be made shorter with the highly entertaining and addictive games that the phone has to offer. If I had an I-phone it would keep me safe and allow me to more independence and freedom. It would also enable me to make any important calls that I need to make to you or other people.

In persuasive writing, a writer takes a position FOR or AGAINST an issue and writes to convince the reader to believe or do something. Persuasive writing is often used in advertisements to get the reader to buy a product. It is also used in essays and other types of writing to get the reader to accept a point of view. In order to write persuasively, you need to have reasons why the person should do what you are suggesting. You also need reasons why your idea might not be the greatest. So you basically have reasons from your perspective and from someone who thinks the opposite of you. In order to convince the reader, you need more than opinion; you need facts or examples to back your opinion. So, be sure to do the research.

As a general guideline, when writing a persuasively:

1. Have a firm opinion that you want your reader to accept.
2. Begin with a grabber or hook to get the reader’s attention.
3. Offer evidence to support your opinion.
4. Conclude with a restatement of what you want the reader to do or believe.

Step 1:  What is your opinion on your topic

1. Come up with a position on your topic. This is alos called your point of view or your opinion
2. Are you for it or against it? eg if the topic was  school uniform, you might be against having to wear school uniform
3. Give three or four reasons to support your opinion. These will form the paragraphs later when you plan your writing.
4. Use the graphic organiser: My opinion to set out your work

An example

Step 2: Write your thesis statement

What is a thesis statement? A statement of the purpose, intent or main idea of your persuasive writing.  You need to test your ideas by summarising them into a sentence or two, to better organize and develop your argument and to provide your reader with a “guide” to your argument.

The thesis statement  combines your opinion of the topic and  your 3 main arguments into 1-2 sentences. It looks like this:

Complete your thesis statement using the graphic organiser: My thesis statement

Video: How to write a thesis statement

Here are all the completed ads. Look at each one and leave a comment for the ad that has persuaded you to buy their product.

Chill Shoes

iShoes

Chair world

Pogo shoes

Crap car

Answer these questions by writing out the correct answers in your workbook.  Due Tuesday, August 11

Punctuation: Apostrophes

Apostrophes are used to show ownership or possession in the following ways:

• when the noun that owns or possesses is singular – add ’s
  
  • eg the witch’s broom
    
• when the noun that owns orpossesses is plural and already ends in ’s’, simply add an apostrophe
  • eg the knights’ horses
• if the noun  that possesses is plural, but does not end in ’s’, add, ’s
  • eg the children’s cloaks

Change each of the following so that an apostrophe is used to indicate ownership or possession

eg: the crown of the king becomes the king’s crown

1. the lair of the dragon
2. the wings of the fairies
3. the tail of the mermaids
4. the gold of the giants
5. the hats of the wtiches
6. the barking of the dogs
7. the playground of the children
8. the tiara of the princess
9. the library of the monks
10. the  dress of the lady
11. the leaves of the trees
12. the quest of the hero
13. the eyes of the women

Punctuating sentences

The following sentences are all missing punctuation. Write each one correctly.

1. do you remember asked simon where i put my keys
2. stop it yelled roger
3. the ladies hats all got wet on melbourne cup day
4. while cathy was cooking the babies were crying
5. johns brother is in the larege green canvas tent
   

Synonyms

A synonym is a word with the same or similar meaning to another word

Match each word with a synonym from the following list: begin, damp, incorrect, clap, weep, repair

1. applaud
2. wrong
3. fix
4. start
5. cry
6. moist
   

Write two synonyms for:

1. angry
2. tiny
3. excellent
4. odour
   

A paragraph is a series of sentences that are organized and coherent, and are all related to a single topic. Almost every piece of writing you do that is longer than a few sentences should be organized into paragraphs. Paragraphs can contain many different kinds of information. A paragraph could contain a series of brief examples or a single long illustration of a general point. It might describe a place, character, or process; narrate a series of events; compare or contrast two or more things; classify items into categories; or describe causes and effects. Regardless of the kind of information they contain, all paragraphs share certain characteristics. One of the most important of these is a topic sentence.

The structure of a paragraph could be compared to a burger

The bun at the top is the topic sentence, the bottom part of the bun is the concluding sentence. Each main idea in the paragraph is represented by the cheese and the meat with the supporting details for each main idea represented by the mustard, lettuce and ketchup.

Without the buns, the burger would fall apart, just as a paragraph would without the topic and concluding sentence!

Your task

Select two topics from the Paragraph writing prompts sheet (Click here to download another copy)

1. Create a blog post on your blog.
2. Call it Paragraph Writing.
3. Give it the tags of paragraphs, topic sentences, writing
4. Put it into the category of Writing
5. Publish your post
6. For each of the two topics you have selected, write a detailed paragraph. Make sure you follow the format described in the Paragraph Burger.

Need a refresher on how to write a paragraph? Watch this video

Before we start reading the text, Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson, you need to find out about ancient China.

Your task is to produce a tourist brochure for Ancient China.  You can work in groups to research a particular aspect of this area and period of history. Research the information as a group but produce your own brochure.

The following are topics that you can chose from, each topic can only be covered by one group and every topic must be covered.

1. Empires.
2. Dynasties.
3. Dragons.
4. Values and traditions.
5. Lifestyle.
6. Clothing.
7. Societal structure.
8. Role of slaves.

Produce a double-sided A4 brochure using Microsoft Publisher. Your brochure must be planned roughly on A4 paper (provided) and the plan also needs to be submitted.

In Publisher, select a brochure or newsletter template. From the research you took in your group, include the following in your brochure:

• Heading
• Subheadings
• Images
• Further sources of information
• Information on your topic (this MUST be in your own words)
• Contributing author (this is your group members’ names)

Suggested resources to start.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/

Due date: August 7

How to use Microsoft Publisher

Emotive language, simply put, is that which appeals to your emotions, often with a view of trying to persuade you to a particular point of view. Emotive arguments can be highly misleading as they are not generally based on logic or rationality, and people can be “blinded by emotion”. Writing is classified as “emotive language” when there has been a deliberate choice of words to express strong emotion. Most ideas can be expressed in a manner that is positive or negative, welcoming or threatening, depending on the words selected

Advertising is useful to sell products, sell political candidates and ideas, make announcements, and so on persuasion. Ads often exaggerate, mislead and even lie. The psychology of ads is that they play on our fears, desires, prejudices and weaknesses. No expense is spared, and weasel words (fights bad breath, helps control dandruff with regular use, gets dishes virtually spotless) are generously used, especially in the fine print.

There are two basic kinds of ads: those that give reasons, and those that do not. All ads never give you sufficient information about a product. Ads will never tell you what is wrong with the product (for example, the commonly experienced mechanical problems of a particular model car). Ads give weak promises (your clothes will be “brighter” if you use a particular soap), use vague comparisons (good, better, best), and make illegitimate appeals to the authority of the crowd (most people use the product) or to the authority of a particular individual.

Look at the following two ads and answer the questions  for both ads by leaving a comment.

1. What is each ad  trying to achieve?  (The Explicit message) Describe the purpose and audience of  the AD.
2. What tools and techniques of persuasion has it used to persuade you?
3. How does the  Ad help to persuade the viewer? (the implicit message)

The Stick on bulb

Acne complex treatment

Advertisements are there to sell a product or service.  An Ad will often have an explicit message, “here is a great product, buy it”, and also an implicit message, “if you buy this product, you will get closer to being as attractive as the people you see in this ad, and you will get closer to the lifestyle they have”.

Advertisers sell an image, a look, a lifestyle as well as a product. They know that a product will become popular if it is placed in the context of an attractive, desirable or ‘cool’ lifestyle. Advertisers can appeal to such things as loyalty, masculinity, money, fear, love for your family, patriotism etc.

Tasks

• Film your AD
• Edit your AD using Moviemaker  (60 secs). Your AD needs to be given to Mrs Berner via a USB for uploading
• Produce a logo and slogan for your AD.
  • Examples of slogans : Helps to control the grease and dirt, Probably the best drink in the world, Virtually no maintenance required
• Online LOGO and slogan:  http://cooltext.com/   Create the logo and save it as .jpg image. Write the slogan and save it as a .jpg image. Use a small font so it fits on your blog without extending into the sidebars.
• Important: Save your logo as a .jpg file.

Create a blog post on your blog

1. Describe your AD.
2. What is your AD trying to achieve?  (The Explicit message) Describe the purpose and audience of your AD.
3. What tools and techniques of persuasion have you used?
4. How does your Ad help to persuade the viewer? (the implicit message)

Example of Logo and slogan

To finalise our work on Narrative, you will create a Photostory video which will accompany your story. This will involve the following procedures:

1. Working out what images will best reflect your story. You need at least 20 images that cover the beginning, middle and end of the story.
2. Organising these images into a table using WORD. Find suitable text from your story that can explain this image.
3. Creating text slides that will form the commentary  and accompany each image.
4. Creating the Photostory. Importing the images, getting them into the  best order, changing the transition, timing and motion of each slide, adding music and saving it as a video file.
5. Your video will be uploaded to a site where you can obtain the embed code and embed the video into your blog where it will become the introduction to your full story.

You can download a copy of the full instructions for completing this task here.

All software that you will use to complete this task is available at school on the network but you can download obtain free versions of Irfanview and Photostory 3  so you can work on this at home.

• Irfanview – for creating images.  This is free to download to use at home  (http://www.irfanview.com/)
• Photostory – If you don’t have this program, download it for free from here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
• Or get it from me – save it onto your USB drive.

Video on how to use Photostory 3


Sample Photostory

Here is a photostory I created  based on the story, The Weisenheimer Mansion Monsters. It is not the full story but it will demonstrate what you can produce.

Mystery and horror stories rely on the written word to  build  tension, fear and a spooky mood. Read the extract of a mystery story below. What images would bring this story alive to the reader?

Weisenheimer Mansion Monsters

Everyone knew about the Wisenheimer Mansion– no one ever came out of it. But I had to follow when my little brother ran into the house! This all happened about a week ago, while I was practicing soccer to my brother. We live right next to the old mansion, which gave all of my family the creeps, especially because of all the rumors about it. I was kicking the ball around when my brother, James, wanted to play. I told him not to kick the ball out of our yard, but he did anyway.

The ball flew over our hedge and landed on the path in front of the mansion’s front door. Before our eyes, the front door opened and the ball rolled in– by itself!
James went running after the balls. I yelled, “James, don’t go in there!” but he was running too fast to hear me. I ran after him, calling him to stop, but he kept on running. “Listen to me!!” I screamed. “You better stop now!!”

He ran straight into the mansion. He screamed, “I got the soccer ball!” But it was too late. The doors slammed closed, with a booming, echoing sound. I leaped over the hedge and ran into in the mansion, and the doors slammed closed. I looked around. No sign of James. I walked around for a while, and then started to call his name. All I heard back was an echo, saying the same thing. Then suddenly, I heard a shriek. James!!

The scream gave me a scare. Chills ran up my back. I raced down the halls, towards the sound of the scream.
I ran down what seemed like miles of halls until I finally found the room where the screams were coming from. I burst through the door, calling, “Are you okay?” But James didn’t look at me– he was looking at something standing over him, and he kept on screaming……

(Source: MysteryNet Kids Mysteries. Click the link if you want to read the rest of this story)

 

 I would look for an image of a spooky house, a scary front door, a long, gloomy hallway,  a face that shows total panic, a  creature – that could be the “thing” standing over James.

 Your task:

To finish your narrative writing piece, you are going to create a photostory that will be used to introduce your mystery story. This will involve searching for images that may reflect the mood or content of your story.

1. Search for and select 20 images which you could use to illlustrate your story’s beginning, middle and end.  Read the story, think about what your text is saying and find an image to reflect that text.
2. Save the images to a folder on your hard drive or USB drive. Call it Photostory Images.
3. In a new WORD document, paste the image, select an appropriate  section of the text to go with that image and paste it next to the image. There is an example below.
4. Next term we will use this work to create the photostory.
5. This work is due on Monday, July 13.

 

We live right next to the old mansion, which gave all of my family the creeps, especially because of all the rumors about it.

 

 

 

 

Image sites

Pics 4 Learning. This site is in the Education channel for those with no internet credit, or use Creative Commons images in Flickr. (This site will only work at home).

Tie up the Loose Ends

You have completed a number of tasks this term which were published on your blog or class WIKI. The following need to be completed by Friday, June 26. All of you need to check that you have completed these tasks. Don’t assume you have. For details on a particular task see the relevant post.

1. Boy overboard: Typed in your summary on the Boy Overboard WIKI.
2. Boy Overboard: Created a Toondoo cartoon for both of your summary chapters and embedded it into the WIKI.
3. Completed your Narrative mystery story and published it.
4. Check that each post on your blog has Tags and a Category.
5. Completed the final chapter of the AGE ultimate story; emailed it to me, created a post and published this story in your blog.
6. Completed the Editing Practice task

Calendar of work and deadlines

Get into the habit of checking the calendar. It lists all tasks, activities and their deadlines. There is a link to it on the class blog. Here, too,  is the link. http://rsc7ecalendar.wikispaces.com/

Write the final chapter

We have read through chapters 1-4 in class, and you have completed a study of each chapter’s plot, characters and an overview of the first 4 chapters.

Now it’s your turn. Plan the last chapter and write it. Word length: 800 words. Your chapter needs to be typed on WORD as a draft, spellchecked, edited, proofread and word count verified.

You have three  class periods to type your story and it must b e submitted by Friday, June 19. Either print it or email it to me.  email: mrs.berner.2009@gmail.com

Each chapter’s author has a blog site. Visit it to get ideas, write to the author, contribute to the discussion and respond to the comments of others

Archives of the first four chapters: Click to download.

Chapter 1:  by Cathy Cassidy

Chapter 2:  by Archimedes Fusillo

Chapter 3: by Pat Flynn

Chapter 4: by Laura Bentley

RSC Competition

The best 3-4 entries from the class will be entered into the RSC story competition. The best story will be judged by a panel of teachers and students. Prizes are vouchers from Borders – $30, $20, $10.

Create a three pane cartoon that reflects whatr happens in your Boy Overboard chapters.

Once you have created your Toondoo, Save it . Click Publish – publish to the world, then View Now.

 

Embed your Toondoo onto your WIKI page

To obtain the embed code, select MyToondoos from the Toons menu. Select your toon, click Go to Page, then the Embed button. Copy the html code (not the Flash code)

Go to your wiki page on the Boy Overboard site. Sign in, click on your page and click Edit.

Select the widget   from the Editor toolbar. (It looks like a blue TV)

Select the “Other HTML” tab and paste your code. Before you click Save, change the width to 800 px. Now click Save.

Register for Toondoo

This is a program that allows you to create cartoons and embed them into your blog.  You are going to develop a 3 pane cartoon for your Boy Overboard chapters. More on that later.

For now, go to this site.  http://www.toondoo.com  and sign up. Enter your email address. Do this on your home computer because you will need to activate your membership by accessing your email.

How to do write effective dialogue?

Writing effective dialogue is important because it brings characters to life and gives readers additioinoal information, such as trhe way a character speaks and how they react to situations.

Dialogue can add humour or drama. It moves the story along and can make it easier to read.

Important points to remember when writing dialogue:

1. Be sure to choose words that match the age and personality of the characters.
2. Dialogue needs to fit the mood and events in the story.
3. Good dialogue incorporates four parts. All four parts don’t need to be included at once, but there should be a balance of them throughout the story. These are:

Finish your story

In a new post, complete your story. Give your story a title. This should also be the title of the post.

Give this post the tags of writing, editing, dialogue and put it in the Category of Writing.

You should copy  whatever you wrote in the post” The Beginning” into this new post. Use your Mindmap plan to help you write it. your story should have the following:

Beginning

Hook your readers right from the start, so they will want to keep reading.  Use your 4 sentence “hook” to grab the reader’s attention.

Middle

Keep the action going. Get your characters solving problems, but make sure there is always something they need to do.  Build up to the biggest event or problem and leave a few clues along trhew way.

The ending

The characters should work out how to solve the problem themselves. Make sure the ending fits in with the rest of the story.

Before publishing

1. Proofreading and editing: Use the editing checklist and your notes to fully check your story for spelling errors and typos.
2. Check punctuation carefully; particularly the basics: capital letters, commas, apostrophes.
3. Use as many of the vocabulary and verbs from the Narrative – Short Story handout in your writing.
4. Use a thesaurus to look for better words and vocabulary.
5. Remember to check the rules for correct use of dialogue.

Write a meaningful comment on other blogs

One of the main reasons why you blog is so you can get feedback for your writing. Publishing your writing puts it “out there” in the blogosphere. How do your readers feel about your posts? Another reason to to do this is so can see examples of how other students write.

Your task: Visit the blogs of three students in this class. See the links on the right side of the 7E class blog. Find their  post which describes the character. Write a comment on this post.

What do you write?
“Yeah” or “Right on” may make the author feel good, but of more interest to conversation participants is “Why do you think it is right on?”
1. Start by genuinely complimenting the blogger in some way and point out where you do agree.
2. Point out each area of disagreement and why in a brief, non-rantish, professional manner.
3. NEVER: Be sarcastic, rant prolifically, curse, or personally attack a person.
4. Paraphrase the post or previous comments, respectfully agree or disagree, then give your opinion + evidence or reasons.
5. Write a comment that your grandmother can read without blushing or feeling uncomfortable.
The easiest thing to do is just look for the word “comment” and click on it.

Narrative writing – editing practice

Rewrite the following description. You will need to add missing punctuation, and improve some weak vocabulary and poor expression.

Date due: Thursday, May 28

Instructions:

1. Copy the paragraphs below.
2. On your blog, create a new post.
3. Call it Editing Practice.
4. Paste the original paragraphs into your post. Give it the heading Original text, bold and underline.
5. Leave two blank lines
6. Type the heading – Edited Text, bold and underline.
7. Rewrite your edited text under this heading. This way you will have botrh the original and your edited version.
8. Save and publish your post. Give it the tag – writing, editing and  the Category – Writing

At the outdoor restaurant in rome called legarto, there are seven tables outside in the courtyard. At the tables there are many people eating and drinking. You can order, cakes coke coffee juice and all those sorts of things. There is a musician called Julio. He plays the violin. He also plays the guitar. He plays the tunes people ask for.  He is a good musician. Some people buy drinks with fruit in them and little umbrellas in them. They also buy icecreams.

There is a wall around the courtyard, in the distance you can see the mountains. Down in the street is a stall selling flags medals and hats for the procession. The procession also takes place on the first Sunday of every month

Video: Demonstration of how to manually edit some text

Online Thinking and Mindmapping

We have been using Inspiration to plan our narrative writing using the Fiction template. Mindmapping is a good way to organise your thoughts and research before launching into the actual writing. A web version of Inspiration is now available. Webspiration is an online visual thinking tool with diagram and outline views that help you to think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas.

Your task is to sign up for Webspiration as soon as possible. We will use it to plan our next writing journey and also to prepare for oral presentations.

To sign up for your free account,  go to http://mywebspiration.com/

Take a note of your user name and password, write them down in your diary.

The beginning

Start a new post and call it The beginning. Give it the tag of writing and put it into the Category of Writing

Date due: Friday, May 22

 You need to ” hook” your reader right from the start, so they will want to keep on reading. Start with something that is already happening; for example, a conversation, a problem, something unexpected.

Use a 4 sentence hook to capture the reader’s attention right from the start.

1. Start with a sentence that is immediately interesting.
2. follow it with a second sentence that keeps the readers guessing.
3. Add 2 more short sentences

Example of a 4 sentence hook

Kate Thompson held her breath and waited. In a few minutes, it would all be over. Nervously, she ran her fingers through her hair. Why had she agreed to do this?

In drafting the beginning of your story,  think about the following points:

• The setting. Use the senses (smell, see, hear, taste, touch) to make it more interesting.
• Introduce your main characters into the beginning and use the description you have been working on and edited.
• Write in paragraphs.
• When using dialogue, use inverted commas and make sure each new speaker starts on a new line.
• When editing to improve vocabulary, use the handout with the verbs and adjectives. Use as many of these words as you can in your story.
• Follow your mindmap you produced using Inspiration. This is the plan of your story.
• Edit and proofread. Follow the checklist we discussed in class. Another copy of it can be downloaded here

Save your post and publish it.

Video: How to write a scary story?

 

How to write an interesting story?

Editing and Proofreading

You need to edit and proofread the description of your character. Use the editing notes you took in class and you can download a copy of an editing checklist here.  Date due: May 18

In order to monitor your development as writers, we want to keep the original version of your character description and edit copies. This way, you will have different versions of your charatcers and can see the cahnges as it progresses to the finished, polished piece.

Process
Create a new post. Call it My character description – edited.

Copy your original character description from your first post and paste it into the new post.

You are going to edit the version in the post: My character description – edited

Give this post the tags of writing, character, editing, proofreading and put into the category of Writing

Video: Proofreading and editing in writing

Describe one of your characters

Write a detailed description for one of your characters. Write at least 10 lines in full sentences with accurate spelling and punctuation. 

Use the information you collected for the handout, ‘Creating Characters’ and look again at the model description you wrote from the board – the character of Old Johhno.

You should include  appearance, personality and background information. Use  adjectives, use the senses – sight, smell, taste, touch, hear. When you read your description, you should get a visual picture of your character.

Create a new post in your blog to write your character description. You can follow these instructions.

• login to your account
• You should be in your dashboard
• Select Write
• Post
• Type the title: My character description
• Type your description in the body of the post
• Enter tags: Writing, character
• Categories: Select Writing, deselect Uncategorised
• Save post
• Publish

Video: Example of a character description

Task 2: Introduce Yourself to your Readers

Whenever you meet someone face to face for the first time, you usually tell them a little about yourself.  You don’t tell them lots of really personal information but just enough for them to know a bit about you and your interests.

Well, the same thing happens when blogging.  Your readers need to know about you and your interests.  So there is an “About ” page on most blogs.  This is often the first page your readers might visit.

The task is to complete your About Page.

It should include:

1. Your Wordle – 40 words to describe you.
   • The Wordle was created in class; if you haven’t fully completed it, do so now
   • This needs to be saved as a .jpg image.
2. Your writing that describes you and what you like to do.
   • Typed up in Word
3. The picture (from task 1) that you think best describes your personality.  Write a short paragraph (6-8 lines) that explains why you think this picture describes you.

This is my picture. What I love is technology. Computers, laptops, netbooks, ipods, mobile phone, digital smart pen, the internet, web 2.0, computer networking. Any type of electronic gadget I’ll look at, research it and buy it or reject it. This picture resembles my office at home. Computers and cables everywhere – organised chaos.

source: www.flickr.com/photos/32927329@N00/2195919112

Steps

1. Create a VOKI by registering at www.voki.com
2. Write down a welcome message that you will use to attach to your voki. The message can be recorded in your own voice using a microphone or by typing in your message and the program will convert it to speech in a “computer voice”. The message length: 60 seconds.
3. To get your VOKI into your blog involves completing the following steps:

• Record a welcome message
• Add a text widget to your sidebar
• Once you have produced your VOKI, you will copy the embed code and paste it into a text widget

Full instructions for this process can be downloaded here.

Example: A Voki which uses text to speech as the voice.

 
Get a Voki now!

Task 1: A picture to describe you.

A picture tells a 1000 words and  the right image can say a lot about your personality. Your first task is to find a picture or take one yourself that reflects your personality. This picture will then be part of your About Me page on your blog.

To find images on the web that you can use – they must be copyright free. Go to Flickr Creative Commons photos.

Type in a category, eg I chose technology and  a selection of images. Select an image that you think reflects your personality, rename it and save it to your hard drive or USB.

Also take note of the source, copy the URL and paste it below the picture.

Example: This is a picture I got from the Flickr Creative commons Photo site which I think reflects my personality. I saved the file with the filename technology_how_I_see_me and noted the source which is pasted below the picture.

Source: www.flickr.com/photos/32927329@N00/2195919112

Technical Skills – Uploading an image and inserting it into your post

Open the instructions in WORD:  Importing an image and inserting it into your post

You will use the photo in Task 2: Introduce yourself. for now insert the image into your About Me page.

What is the difference between a blog and a web site?

Watch this video. It will explain the basics about blogging. As you watch it, think about the main  features that make up a blog and how it is different from a web site.

Then leave a comment which explains the differences between a blog and a website.

Setting up your blog

Open the attached Word file which has instructions for changing the settings on your blog. You cannot write any posts until this has been done.

Follow the instructions step by step at your own pace.
Instructions for setting up a blog

Now you have personalised your blog, the last task is to add the links of your fellow 7E bloggers to your Links sidebar.

Add other 7E students to your links on your sidebar

Now can visit each others blogs, make comments. When you find other blogs you would like to read, you can add them to your links.

From your dashboard, click  Manage / Link Categories

• Add the category 7E bloggers

Click Manage / Add new link - now you can add your classmates blogs to the appropriate category. You will keep adding to this as you find more blogs that you visit often. Remember to tick the category – 7E bloggers.

Sam C                      http://samc.globalstudent.org.au/
Kirsty B                    http://kirstyb.globalstudent.org.au/
Kelsey B                   http://kelseyb.globalstudent.org.au/
Nick C                     http://nickc.globalstudent.org.au/
Melanie C                http://melaniec.globalstudent.org.au/
Lianne C                  http://liannec.globalstudent.org.au/
Kristen D                 http://kristend.globalstudent.org.au/
Aaron G                   http://aarong.globalstudent.org.au/
Kyle H                     http://kyleh.globalstudent.org.au/
Rhys L                     http://rhys7e.globalstudent.org.au/
Hayley M                 http://hayleym.globalstudent.org.au/
Gemma M                http://gemmam.globalstudent.org.au/
Luke M                    http://lukema.globalstudent.org.au/
Kevin M                   http://kevinm.globalstudent.org.au/
Georgia Q                http://georgiaq.globalstudent.org.au/
Bianca T                  http://biancat.globalstudent.org.au/
Jayden T                  http://jaydent.globalstudent.org.au/
Ashleigh W              http://ashleighw.globalstudent.org.au/
Jaime-Lee W            http://jaimeleew.globalstudent.org.au/
Shaun W                  http://shaunw.globalstudent.org.au/
Tyler W                    http://tylerw.globalstudent.org.au/

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