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Famous Egyptians Speech Reminder

Ms. N — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:12:36 +0000

You will be presenting your Famous Egyptians Speech next period. You must be in costume to help accurately present the person/god you chose, and you must turn in all of your work. That means you have at least two full pages of notes, from at least two different sources, your finished web, and your printed citations.

Date you will be presenting your speech:

Block B, C and D: Thursday, March 6th
Block H: Friday, March 7th

REMINDER: You must turn in all of your work on the presentation day! You should staple the following information in order with the rubric on top.

• Rubric/web
• Typed Draft
• Research Records
• Citations

NOTE: The assignment, rubric, and brainstorming web are all on my resource page.

HELPFUL TIPS:

Introduction- This should be catchy, interesting, and a reflection of you as a speaker! You want to arouse your audiences curiosity.

• Hook- interesting or emotional comment used to catch reader’s attention
• General Comments- interesting background information (define key terms)
• Thesis Statement- specific topic of the essay/explains ideas of the body paragraphs

Conclusion- The reader should see the importance of your essay, and finish thinking about what you have said.

• Ideas of thesis statement- use different words than those in the introduction
• Comments- may include a summary of the main ideas, an evaluation of other ideas, connections to audience, and/or the speaker’s opinion,
• Final statement- a final thought that ties up the topic

GOOD LUCK! I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE PERFORM!

Ancient Egyptian Story

Ms. N — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:07:28 +0000

Don’t forget to use the rubric on my resource page as you prepare and revise your masterpiece!

Homework- August 17th

Ms. N — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:32:42 +0000

For Homework you need to carefully follow the steps below.

First, find an article that is acceptable for class. Then, write a response to the following statements.

1. State what type of event the article (i.e. Social Event) and explain why it is this type of event.
2. Explain why the article is acceptable for social studies.

Use the following definitions and guidelines to help you explain your responses.

Definition of Current Events
• the cultural, political, and social events of importance and interest at the present time
• present-time news events concerning important people, places, things, and ideas

Definition of Political Events
Events related to politics (government, war, economy)

Examples of Political Events:
• Lebanon bombings
• US dollar currency drop
• Hurricane Katrina
• 9/11
• Presidential elections
• New laws or policies

Definition of Cultural Events:
Events related to culture (religion, art, human accomplishments, language, beliefs, education)

Examples of Cultural Events:
• Tsunami
• Hydrogen cars
• Bird flu
• Scientific discovery
• Historic discovery
• Museum exhibits

Definition of Social Events:
Events related to people; usually parties, activities or gossip

Examples of Social Events:
• Parties
• Moving homes
• New people arriving
• Gossip
• Celebrity gossip/news
• World Cup
• Marriage
• Airplane crashes

How to tell if an article is acceptable or not

Criteria for an Acceptable Article
Acceptable articles should….
• last at least 10 years in the history books
• make world news
• affect the whole world
• reflect human innovation
• change lots of lives
• groundbreaking scientific discovery
• affect the environment on a large scale
• change living environment for a large portion of the world

Criteria for an Unacceptable Article
Unacceptable articles…
• won’t make world news
• will not last 10 years in the history books
• affect a very small group of people or one person
• can be celebrity news
• interest only a small group of people
• can be human interest stories
• can be silly news
• can be entertainment news