2. AGENDA 71 WARM UP 1. Practice typing on the next slide’s links or any typing lesson or typing game. Typing Test Next Week.

3. Shark Typing Typing Tutor Type Me Typing Bubbles Typing Lessons Typing Game -- Barracuda Typing Game -- Foggies Typing Game -- Alphabet Rain Another Typing Game Typing Game Dance Mat Typing More Typing Games Easy Typing Games Harder Typing Games More Typing Lessons and Games Frog Typing Game Fleet Commander Typing Game Shark Typing Typing Tutor Type Me Typing Bubbles Typing Lessons Typing Game -- Barracuda Typing Game -- Foggies Typing Game -- Alphabet Rain Another Typing Game Typing Game Dance Mat Typing More Typing Games Easy Typing Games Harder Typing Games More Typing Lessons and Games Frog Typing Game

4. MID-SEMESTER PROJECTS DUE CULMINATING PROJECTS DUE

5. IF ALL PROJECTS ARE FINISHED- Work On Winter Holiday Activities

6. Check Out This List of Winter Festivals for Ideas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winter_festivals December See also: Winter solstice#Observances Advent: four weeks prior to Christmas. Saint Nicholas' Day: 6 December Bodhi Day: 8 December - Day of Enlightenment Saint Lucy's Day: 13 December - Church Feast Day. Winter Solstice: 21 December-22 December - midwinter Soyal: 21 December - Zuni and Hopi Yalda: 21 December - Mōdraniht: or Mothers' Night Saturnalia: the Roman winter solstice festival Pancha Ganapati: Five-day festival in honor of Lord Ganesha. December 21–25. Christmas Eve: 24 December Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (Day of the birth of the Unconquered Sun): late Roman Empire - 25 December Christmas: 25 December Twelve Days of Christmas: 25 December through 6 January Yule: Pagan winter festival Anastasia of Sirmium Feast Day: 25 December Malkh: 25 December Boxing Day: 26 December Kwanzaa: 26 December - 1 January - Pan-African festival Saint Stephen's Day: 26 December Saint John the Evangelist's Day: 27 December Holy Innocents' Day: 28 December Saint Sylvester's Day: 31 December Watch Night: 31 December New Year's Eve: 31 December - Last day of the Gregorian year Hogmanay: Night of 31 December - Before dawn of 1 January - Scottish New Year's Eve January New Year's Day: 1 January - First day of the Gregorian year Saint Basil's Day: 1 January (Christian Orthodox) Twelfth Night: Epiphany Eve: 5 January Epiphany: 6 January: the arrival of the Three Magi. Armenian Apostolic Christmas: 6 January Chinese New Year: (late January - early February) February Imbolc: 1 February - first day of spring in the Celtic calendar Hedgehog Day: 2 February - supposed archaic European version of Groundhog Day, Dongzhi Festival - a celebration of Winter Lupercalia, the Roman end-of-winter festival - 15 February http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winter_festivalsWinter solstice#Observances Advent Saint Nicholas Bodhi Day Saint Lucy's Day Winter Solstice Soyal YaldaMōdraniht Saturnalia Pancha GanapatiGanesha Christmas Eve Dies Natalis Solis Invicti Christmas Twelve Days of Christmas YulePaganAnastasia of Sirmium Malkh Boxing Day KwanzaaPan-African Saint Stephen Saint John the Evangelist Holy Innocents Saint Sylvester Watch Night New Year's EveGregorian year Hogmanay New Year's Day Saint Basil Twelfth Night EpiphanyThree Magi Armenian ApostolicChristmas Chinese New Year ImbolcGroundhog Day Dongzhi Festival Lupercalia

7. I have moved the links to my blog on the home page of www.2020nexus.org Winter Celebrations http://capl.washjeff.edu/1/l/2452.jpg

8. 8 TH Grade Tell Me When You Are Ready for Lessons On Making A Storyboard and/or A Cartoon in PwrPt http://www.zeroatthebone.com/uploaded_images/IMG_8054-702500.jpg

9. WE WILL BE MAKING SIMPLE ANIMATED MOVIES ABOUT YOUR WINTER CELEBRATION AS A WAY TO REVIEW POWERPOINT (instead of doing formal PowerPoint reports) You only have 9 days so we don’t want them to be too complicated.

11. Steps in Detail 1.Choose a Winter Celebration except American Christmas. 2.Get it approved by ShankLS. 3.Research 5 Cool Things About the Celebration. Use TEMPLATE.TEMPLATE. 4.Make a storyboard on paper for a short, informative cartoon about your Celebration. FOR A GRADE 4.Get it approved by teacher 5.Make background with a COPYRIGHT-FREE PICTURE in PowerPoint (I’ll show you how to get that if you need me to.) 6.Make slides to match storyboard in PowerPoint- Don’t bother with sounds yet - Program slideshow to play AUTOMATICALLY 7.Turn in the slideshow- FOR A GRADE 8.Convert slides to JPG’s 9.Turn JPG’s into a project with MovieMaker 10.Fix play speed (and add sound if there is time) 11.Convert project into a movie -turn in the movie (not the project) - FOR A GRADE You Are Here

12. How To Start Your Winter Celebration Report --animated with PowerPoint. First, Make Sure You Got Topic Approval from Shankls and You Turned In Your Template. You Turned In Your Template.

13. Title:_____________________________________my Name:___________________ Scene 1 Scene 4Scene 3 Scene 2 Scene 5Scene 6 You must draw your own storyboard on paper & get it approved

14. You’ll animate the show to play by itself You’ll animate the show to play by itself. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1352650

15. 1.After you have programmed your show to play automatically 2.Save EVERY SLIDE as a jpeg so you can 3.Import them into MovieMaker and 4.Adjust the speed some more 4.Adjust the speed some more and 5.Add copyright-free music. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1352650

16. These Might Prevent You Getting Full Credit for Your Movie You used more than 1 picture you didn’t make yourself. You turned in a.mswww project, not a.wmv movie. Your movie runs so slow it is painful to watch or we cannot follow the action. You used copyrighted picture(s). You did not give credit for the picture you used. You used copyrighted music.

17. These Might Prevent You Getting Full Credit for Your Movie

19. 7 TH GRADE http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_n33rMEtMk7o/RfPkrqpXpmI/AAAAAAAAAOE/awCfDqxQBTM/s320/ 2007-02-27+Sunrise.JPG You are Ready for Lessons On Making A Gorgeous Picture in PAINT

20. Winter Celebrations In HISTORY – DIGITAL PAINTINGS Winter Celebrations In HISTORY – DIGITAL PAINTINGS Targets: I can paint a digital landscape with electronic tools. The landscape will represent a winter celebration from any culture in history except American Christmas. STANDARDS: History - 6.3 Students know how various forms of expression reflect religious beliefs and philosophical ideas. As students In grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes describing how societies have used various forms of visual arts, dance, theater, and music to express their religious beliefs and philosophical ideas throughout history; explaining how stories, myths, and other forms of literature and oral traditions reflect the beliefs of cultures and societies; and explaining the religious or philosophical significance of structures such as pyramids, cathedrals, and burial mounds. International Society for Technology in Education - 1. Creativity and Innovation Students b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression. 6. Technology Operations and Concepts Students d. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies. Visual Arts: 3: Students know and apply visual arts materials, tools, techniques, and processes.

22. Help with MICROSOFT PAINT Lessons http://www.cs4seniors.com/about-us/sample-lesson- plans/microsoft-paint Old version of paint, most things the same: http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/ahunt/MSPttutr.htm http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/ahunt/MSPttutr.htm Old version of paint, most things the same: http://pjnicholson.com/mjcomapp/mspainttutorial.htm

25. 6 TH Grade http://ww w.flic kr.co m/ph otos/ domi nicspi cs/52 2546 6525 /

26. Requirements for Your PowerPoint About Winter Festivals Title Slide with Title and Your Name 5 Fascinating Facts Slides Credits Slide With All Web Addresses Showing Where You Got Your Information NOT REQUIRED - OPTIONAL: Animation, Transitions, Designs, Themes

27. AFTER PowerPoint: Voki 1.You’ll Learn 5 Cool Things About Any Winter Celebration Except American Christmas. 2.You’ll Make A Short PowerPoint About it. 3.You’ll Make A Voki Character To Say A Greeting or Something About It, Like “Joyeux Noel!”

28. 6 th – Voki.com suzanne 31381 @ gmail.com Username: suzanne 31381 @ gmail.com Password: room 06

30. Culminating * Project. Use This New Project To Show What You Learned In The Last Project (So You Don’t Have To Do New Research!) * Final, Finishing, Crowning, Summary, Ending

31. If You Are Blogging For Your Project USE THIS TO SELF-CHECK YOUR WORK: http://langwitches.org/blog/wp- content/uploads/2012/11/an other-look-at-blog-post.jpg

32. SmoreSmore lets you easily make an attractive flyer that you can print-out, and share online via a link or by embedding it somewhere. WHY NOT TRY IT FOR YOUR PROJECT?? (DIGITAL POSTER)

33. If You Want To-- Write A Persuasive Business Letter To The School Board About Keeping Mann Open. Here’s business letter format. You would use Word or Email. Your letter needs to be in formal style, professional looking, and PERFECT before you send it or it will only make things worse for us!! If You Want To-- Write A Persuasive Business Letter To The School Board About Keeping Mann Open. Here Is the D11 Page About the 12 Various Proposals Which Are Being Considered: Http://Www.D11.Org/Utilization/Pages/Default.Aspx Here’s business letter format. You would use Word or Email. Your letter needs to be in formal style, professional looking, and PERFECT before you send it or it will only make things worse for us!! Here’s business letter format. Http://Www.D11.Org/Utilization/Pages/Default.Aspx Here’s business letter format.

34. More Project Ideas – Keep In Mind You Have To Learn A Tool/Program That Is NEW To You. Can you adapt any of these ideas to your own topic? Make a trading card for the main character in your book or research: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html Make 5 diagrams by labeling pictures about your topic or from your research http://www.marqueed.com/ http://www.marqueed.com/ Tania, motivated by the food see sees being wasted, wrote about the issue through the eyes of a homeless man.through the eyes of a homeless man. Crystal, interested in urban legends and ghost stories, wrote her own version of the Blair Witch Project. her own version of the Blair Witch Project Erin, who began her research trying to uncover answers about religion, surveyed her peers with a Google Form on her blog and wrote this report of her findings. this report of her findings Talazya wanting people to know about gymnastics safety, composed a rap and performed it in this popular podcast. this popular podcast. Nathan has taken on the stance of a news reporter, writing about the conflict between North and South Korea writing about the conflict between North and South Korea This student, interested in what makes a successful relationship, wrote a script, which she later intends to publish as a podcast. a script MORE GREAT IDEAS: http://clinton.tulsaschools.org/library/digital_projects / http://clinton.tulsaschools.org/library/digital_projects / Reporting "Live from the Scene Students write a script presenting one of the major events in a book as a real event. Have them create a simple background or use a local setting as the backdrop for a "Live at 11 news report. Student-reporters present their on-the- scene reports in front of the video camera. http://www.freetech4teachers.c om/2012/11/6-apps- students-can-use-to-create- quick.html Online Audio Recorders

35. Digital Project Ideas – Keep In Mind You Have To Learn A Tool/Program That Is NEW To You. CARS : Use Excel to create a spreadsheet of all the data you’re collecting about cars, options, loans, interest rates, etc. Make a commercial for one of your dream cars with an online movie making program. Make a Voki Character Study- Make a Glogster.edu Digital Poster– OUR CLASSROOM Do an Author StudyCODE IS:Voki Character StudyGlogster.edu Make a Character Study/Character’s Biography Design a Quiz About Your Topic Create a Novel TimelineTimeline Google Earth - map out the settings in the book. Design a travel agent tour of a major city in the book, creatingtravel placemarks of tourist attractions, museums and out-of-the-way spots, etc. Prezi / Prezi Help Page (BTW, if you’re making a Book Report - Create slides about the book'sPrezi Prezi Help Page setting, characters and plot. Record your summary of the book. OR -Make a Prezume’ for one of the characters.)Prezume’ Movie Maker Public Service Announcement Audacity PodcastAudacityPodcast Google Slideshow Animoto Setting VideoAnimoto Make a book/brochure at Scribble Press.Scribble Reading Circle Project IdeasIdeas 31DB9B http://missshanks.edu.glog ster.com http://missshanks.edu.glog ster.com FAQ’S http://edu.glogster.com/faq /#part8 http://edu.glogster.com/faq /#part8 Register for your own student account using this code (from the product info page click “Register As Free Student”. ) Videotape Book Report - Students create a "commercial" for a book they read. Set up a video camera in the back of the classroom, provide brief instruction on how to use it (Post a sheet of simple instructions for reinforcement.), and have each child videotape himself or herself presenting a 30-second "commercial for the book read. In the first 30 seconds of the commercial, students should tell what is good about the book. The next 2 minutes will feature the student reading a favorite passage from the book -- a passage that might motivate others to want to read the book. You might make a few copies of the video and send it home with a different student each night so parents can view the children's work and gather ideas for books to give as gifts! http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/11/muzy- offers-neat-way-to-blog-with.html Blog with Pix in Muzy

36. Finished With Everything- Even Winter Celebrations Projects?

37. If you’ve turned in everything you can explore this stress-reducer: http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy_vs_byokal http://www.zefrank.com/dtoy_vs_byokal

38. Finished Early? Use these links Audio English Practice http://www.efl.net/caol.htmhttp://www.efl.net/caol.htm English Games http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htmhttp://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm Novel Games http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/?category=9http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/?category=9 SpellARoo http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html?wtlAC=lm0504,email-lm http://www.funbrain.com/spellroo/index.html?wtlAC=lm0504,email-lm Ad Decoder http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourlife/yourlife_addecoder_game.html http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourlife/yourlife_addecoder_game.html Native American Stories http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/storytellers/rosella_archdale.html#trans cript http://www.pbs.org/circleofstories/storytellers/rosella_archdale.html#trans cript English StoriesEnglish Stories (even though the index is in another language, clicking on anything will take you to an English Story.)

39. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/bureau/ or http://tinyurl.com/65rqbohttp://tinyurl.com/65rqbo http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/index.shtml or http://tinyurl.com/y92n7tphttp://tinyurl.com/y92n7tp http://www.mathplayground.com/sliders.html or http://tinyurl.com/qvgevhttp://tinyurl.com/qvgev http://villainyinc.thinkport.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/index.shtml or http://tinyurl.com/bgwqohttp://tinyurl.com/bgwqo http://www.scholastic.com/growgreen/virtualforest/ or http://tinyurl.com/ckd9qdhttp://tinyurl.com/ckd9qd http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=67146 or http://tinyurl.com/d786r6http://tinyurl.com/d786r6

40. Period 2 OPEN AGENDA 70 Stampka, Alexis A Swain, Zackary D Lopez, Nayo K Gordon, Eli S Curtis, Aja G Banks, Michael A Sayler, Makayla H Van Story, Cody T Perea, Sierra R Ramirez, Moises N Ramirez Pena, Iris J Ballenger, Christopher R Spencer, Emma J Swain, Jason W Stanley, Paige N Martindale, Nicholas W Hamacher, Elizabeth R Gillen, Tylor B Heckenkamp, Kalla E Luna, Graeden J Santos, Ryan N Murray, Keagen N Mobley, Janelle A Fout, Harley R Buck, Theya E Orlik, Kristopher R Unassigned Fowler, Kayla M Warren, Sebastian G

41. THIS IS THE FRONT P.3 OPEN AGENDA 70 Czyz, Tadek J RUSSIAN PANCAKE WEEK Sotelo, Tayde N MUHARRAF Hoder, Madelynn R FINNISH XMAS Henn, Dakota J MEXICAN N EW YEAR Green, Syndelle M SWEDISH XMAS Fout, Cordell W WINTER SOLSTICE Espinosa, Adrianna E ROCK XMAS Colville, Mason P KWANZAA Nelson, Chantey J ORIGINS OF SNOW SCULPTURES Burrell, Tashika M MEXICAN XMAS Butierres, Antonio J Watch Night Hardwick, Trevor G COLUMBIAN NEW YEAR Orona, Maria A COLUMBIAN XMAS Taylor, Seth C HANUKKAH Field, Daniel W Kujawa, Trenton A BRICKTACULAR Gantner, Jacob M POLISH XMAS Lowery, Emily A RUDOLPH LEGEND Parrott, Jacob B IRISH XMAS Ott, Bethany S Ghosts Xmas Past - DIckens Bechtelheimer, Jordan C YUL Duran, Angelika R ORIGIN OF XMAS COLOR Threet, Robert D Donner, Brendan W JAMAICAN XMAS Rawls, Daniel J BOXING DAY Nussbaum, Peyton M SOLYA? Lopez, Michelle D INDIAN XMAS Unassigned Johnson, Devon R CHILEAN XMAS Kleine, Tessa K FRENCH XMAS Nice, Max R Russian Xmas Carrillo, Alejandro J Chinese New Year

42. THIS IS THE FRONT P.4 OPEN AGENDA 70 Taylor, David J GERMAN XMAS Miller, Trenton S Boxing Day Kluzak, Tyler J IRISH XMAS Myers, Hannah T Fusnacht sp??? Quintana, Anthony T Monroe, Chrystopher A 5 Watch Nights Gregg, Angelina D Arechiga Perez, Dalila N Wallace, Logan S 3 KINGS DAY Carter, T'aijiah A CHINESE XMAS Etrata, Justen K CHINESE NEW YEAR Burgar, Charles D Hymes, Julian M SAPPORO Ross, Nyana J HOLIDAY CANDIES Chavez, Destiny M ORIGINS OF SCNOW SCULPTURES Evans, Eric J KWANZAA Rush, Andrew R hOGMANY White, Colin R Siemens, Emma N JAPAN NEW YEAR White, Ezra J POLISH XMAS Hunt, Benjamin T Easton, Destiny D Italian xmas Bristol, Parker R Meek, Sydney E SWEDISH Zamora, Mauricio F Hull, William C RUSSIAN PANCAKE WEEK Harris, Micaela J BRICKTACULA R Diosdado, Nallely B russian new year Emerson, Tonilynne D MEXICAN XMAS Alston, Ashton C DONGZHI FESTIVAL Minkler, Vikki J Roggemann, Corbin D Japanese Xmas

43. Period 6 OPEN AGENDA 70 Atkins, Morgan M Sundling, Kamryn F Peace, Chad W Pearson, Trinity M Hockett, William I Duncan- Money, Nikki L Romero, Lorenzo J Fournier, Arley B Montano, John B Lewis, Corbijn A Lopez, Miguel P Mather, Alyssa R Ochsie, Kevin J Matthews, Christian J Dulaney, Danielle D Garduno, Esteban N Owen, Michael A Mayer, Dakota S Escarcega, Victor A Johnson, Morgan S Gillen, Brandon L Boone, Joshua D Walker, Cassandra N Phelps, Gavin D Lewis, Adarious J Alvarado, Linda R Allen, Thomas J Amparan, Nadhezda L Porter, Taye M Aguirre, Evalynn A Beaman, Jade M Bondurant, Aric A