Sophomore Class
Aim
- practice typing
- present biography powerpoint to class
- take effective notes on all presentations-be prepared for test on bios
Classwork
- practice your typing
- go to this website on typing
- practice lessons #4 and #6
- take handwritten notes on biography presentation (you will be graded on how well you listen)
- effective presentations
Basic Guidelines About Your Delivery
1. try to accomplish eye contact with each person for a few seconds
2. Look up from your materials, or notes, every 5-10 seconds, to look into the audience.
3. Speak a little bit louder and a little bit slower than you normally would do with a friend.
4. Vary the volume and rate of your speech.
5. Keep your hands relatively still.
- begin working on next project - autobiography in powerpoint
- helping others quietly
- practice your typing with the typing lessons on the left side at this typing site
Daily Journal (remember to use complete sentences)
Describe the best Saturday school session you have ever attended at KIPP; think about all the Saturday school sessions you have ever attended. (note: all daily journals will be due on Wednesday).
Aim
- please log off all machines!
- don't look at others work on macbooks
- stay on task-remember: it's a privilege to use these Macs
- work on your iWeb
Classwork
- your iWeb needs this as of today:
- Welcome page: your name plus a photo plus a welcome message (be appropriate)
- About Me page: write/tell us about you! think of interests, hobbies, passions, subjects, music, food; make sure words and pictures are appropriate
- Subject Pages:
- create a page for each of our subjects (math, science, lit media, etc.)
- include information learned in class
- describe the skills learned in class
- describe any neat projects you completed
- include appropriate graphics related to the subject
- all template text (fake text) must be deleted and replaced with your own text
- run spellcheck!
- see Mr. Dino's example here
