Mr+Donovan's+Class

Mr Donovan's Class Due June 15 Anchor Tags Basic HTML Unit Quiz

Due May 19: HTML and Body Tags Tag Basics Attributes

Due May 11: Trends and Forecasts Spreadsheet Software Unit Quiz

Due May 1 Functions, copy and paste Layout

Due April 15 Learning.com: Go with the Flow video game flow chart

Sample Extra Credit Blog Post Post must be at least 12 sentences long and include at least 1 paragraph of summary (without spoiling the ending of the book) and 1 paragraph of opinion.

===[|The War that Saved My Life - Kimberly Brubaker Bradley] ===

 Ada can't walk, at least not properly. She has never been allowed to learn, because of her "ugly" foot. She is not allowed to leave the apartment, and as far as she knows, has never been outside in her life. Her mother makes her cook, clean, and look after her little brother. Her only contact with the outside world is what she has out the window with passersby.

All of this changes when Jamie, her brother, comes home with the exciting news that all the children at his school are being evacuated to the countryside. War is expected and parents want to get their children to safety. Ada decides that this is her opportunity to escape. She and Jamie make it to the school where the children are gathering, and then to the train to the countryside.

Will she get away from her cruel mother? Will she get to stay away? Will she have a real life, outside of the tiny apartment she has stayed in for her entire life? If you want to find out, you should read The War That Saved My Life, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.

I loved this book. From the moment I opened it, I could not put it down. Ada's struggle to become a real person and accept that her foot was "far from [her] brain" made me like her more with every page. All the characters are well developed and believable, and I did not want to stop reading until I found out what happened at the end of the war. It is an amazing novel and if you have any interest in historical fiction, you should read it! Blog posts should be posted at [|KidBlog] Due March 30 Charts and Graphs Formulas

Due March 22 Parts and Navigation Basic Formatting Newscast assignment must be fully completed by the end of the next time we are in the library. If that is next C day, that will be March 19. Otherwise, it will be the following week. You must bring anything you need to complete it next C day. If that is your phone, a charger cord, or a USB drive, bring that.

Due March 12 Hyperlinks Presentation Software Unit Quiz

Due March 4 Lines, Lists and Structures Effects and Views

Due February 24 Elements and Basic Design

Due February 17: Alternative Solutions Word Processing Software Unit Quiz (counts as test) February 16: Scripts should be totally finished and checked to be at least 2 minutes each.

Due February 5 Proofreading and Editing Creating Original Works

Due January 30 Learning.com Visual Design Schoolwork

Newscast Due February 17: 6th Grade Newscast Assignment: Each group should be producing 2 videos, between 2-5 minutes each. Each should be on a different historical event, using the facts from your newspapers. With your partner, write a script for each of your articles. The person who did not write the newspapers will be the person reading the news. The person who did write the newspaper will be the one directing the news video. The video should be 2-5 minutes long. You should include an explanation (with details) of what happened, what the date was, and what happened after it.

Sample newscast https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-EWHDRnsbELNjY0d2xRc0dlSlU/view?usp=sharing

You may include clips of video from the actual event or the actual news after. You may also ask other classmates to help you out by recreating interviews or events that happened at the time. Do not simply read the news. Know what you’re saying and add expression to your voice.


 * Newscast Rubric: **

** Group Grade ** (5pts) || The newscast appears well rehearsed with smooth transitions between group members. || The newscast appears somewhat rehearsed with semi-smooth transitions. || The newscast does not appear rehearsed and/or has few transitions. || The newscast is not rehearsed and there are no transitions. || The newscast has no flow and there are moments of silence. || __ out of 20
 * || **A**  ||  **B**  ||  **C**  ||  **D**  ||  **F**  ||
 * Creativity (10pts) || Newscast displays creativity through all aspects of presentation. Group included extras to make newscast life-like. || Newscast displays creativity through all aspects of presentation. || Newscast displays some creativity through all aspects of presentation. || Newscast displays little creativity. || Newscast displays no creativity; it is simply a presentation of facts and does not resemble a newscast. ||
 * Rehearsed/Transitions
 * Typed Script (5pts) || The script is legible and includes all stories, and transitions and there are no grammatical errors. || The script is legible and includes all stories, but few transitions and/or some grammatical errors || The script is legible and includes all stories, but few transitions and/or many grammatical errors || The script is legible and includes most stories but no or few transitions and/or man grammatical errors. || The script is incomplete and messy. ||

** Individual Grade ** (10pts) || The information presented is well researched, accurate and relevant. || The information presented is researched, accurate, and somewhat relevant. || The presentation reflects some research, may have some errors or lack relevance. || More research was needed to display accuracy and relevancy of information. || Little research is shown and/or information is inaccurate and not relevant. ||
 * || **A**  ||  **B**  ||  **C**  ||  **D**  ||  **F**  ||
 * Eye contact/voice projection (5pts) || The student maintained eye contact and excellent voice projection throughout newscast. || The student maintained some eye contact and could be heard throughout the presentation. || The student exhibited inconsistent eye contact and voice projection, weakening presentation. || The student had very little eye contact and/or was difficult to hear. || The student was reading and/or could not be heard ||
 * Research/Content


 * TOTAL POINTS = /20 points **

Due January 15 Learning.com: Databases Multimedia and Databases Unit Quiz (counts as a test) Overview of Usage Functions and Formats Shaping Up

Due January 7 Using the information and citations that you wrote in your kidblog post about the historical event, write 2 short articles (5-10 sentences each).  One should be about the event itself, and the other should be about consequences of the event or reactions to the event. Find a picture, either of your historical event, or of something that represents the event, and cite that as well. (See “citing an online image”) Create a newspaper template on Word. Start with a landscape layout of a blank page. Insert a header. In your header, put your newspaper title (a subtitle, if you want one) and a big headline about your historical event. It can be witty (funny) or factual. Your newspaper title can be font size 45, and your headline can be up to 50, if you want. Put the date in the header as well. Make the font of the newspaper title and the headline look like a real newspaper! The date and subtitle font size should both be 12 or smaller. Double click beneath the header to be able to type on the rest of the page. Under page layout, make your page 3 columns. In 1 of the columns, you may put a small picture, surrounded by text. The other two should be entirely text, including your two short articles and your works cited, in the same format that you did your works cited on your blog post. Print your newspaper article. Hand it in. See sample newspaper below

Homework Due December 18: 1. learning.com up to Blogs 2. Find information about an historical event. It can be a natural disaster, a presidential election, a battle, or any other historical event you can think of. Use at least 2 sources. Your sources can be books, websites, articles, or any site you trust because you can find information about the people/organization who publishes them. In a kidblog post, list 10 things you learned about that historical event in full sentences, explaining anything that is not perfectly clear to someone who does not know about the topic (for example, "The Hindenberg went up in flames because it ran on hydrogren, which is very flammable."). Include the sources,__**properly cited**__. For help, see the handout from class or the link on the side of this page called "Useful Citation Tips."

Homework Due December 10: Write a blog post explaining your understanding of the Holocaust as based on Johanna Reiss's talks and other things you have read and seen.

Complete learning.com assignments up to Graphics.

Homework Due December 2: All learning.com assignments from Mobile Devices - Online Safety should be completed. Finish Searching for Scientists if you did not already do so.

If you completed each of the above, feel free to move ahead on learning.com.

October 22

Open Microsoft Word. Write a list of 3-5 questions about unit 1. Make them somewhat challenging, but they can be questions that you know the answer to, because you learned them in Unit 1. Make sure it is in list form (numbered, or with bullet points), and that it is spell-checked.

Make your first bullet point or number Arial narrow, size 15, with a purple font color and a yellow text highlight. Change all three of those things for each of your next bullet points or numbers.

Save it as "questions about unit 1

Go to KidBlog. Create a new blog post. Click Upload/insert files. Select your Word document and upload it.

Name the blog post "Questions about Unit 1" Publish the blog.

November 3 This month is National Novel Writing Month. Imagine that you are writing your own novel. What genre would it? What would happen in your book? Using Novellist (Hoboken Homepage --> Wallace School -->Library Media Center --> K-6 Library Databases) and the internet, research your genre. What book would you compare yours to? Compare and contrast your imaginary book with existing published books. Then, find a picture that would work well as the cover of your book and upload it to kidblog.