Reflections and Anticipations

As we wrap up your sixth grade year you are about to experience the closure of an important year and the beginning of another important year.

Reflect (look back) on your sixth grade year.

Anticipate (look forward) towards your seventh grade year.

In your final project your will create something that show at least three accomplishments, or ways that you've grown during your sixth grade year.  It will also show three goals or apprehensions (concerns) that you have about your seventh grade year.

There are three ways that you can show your reflections and anticipations.

1. Write a piece about your reflections and anticipations using Microsoft Word.
2. Create a slide show using Power Point.
3. Create a drawing or graphic design using Inkscape.

Today is a brainstorming day.  More details about lengths and requirements will be given as we get started.

Typing Friday

Log onto the typing tutorial site and work through the next lesson.  Everyone should be at least to the "Easy Home Row Words" lesson.

Remember, for most of you your username is your first and last name together.  No caps, no spaces.  Your password is your student id.

Typing tutorial link:

www.typingweb.com

Thursday-Canvas Rider

Let's try designing our tracks again.  This time, if you want to save your track log in using the following username/password:

www.canvasrider.com

username: lanejournalism
password: lanejournalism

Wednesday-Canvas Rider

Let's try another form of graphic design today.

Canvas Rider is a program that allows you to create your own cycling track and then try riding a bicycle through the track.  Click on the link below to get to the design program and begin designing your own track.  For the last fifteen minutes of the period you will demonstrate your track to the rest of the class.

http://canvasrider.com/draw

Typing Friday

Today's periods have been shortened because of the dance.  Let's try and make it through the next level on our typing tutorials.

Here's the link:

http://www.typingweb.com/

Thursday-Inspirational Quote Presentations

We will present our Inspirational Quote illustrations and share a bit about our authors.

Wednesday-Famous Quotes Wrap Up

Spend some time finishing up your Inspirational quote/Inkscape Illustration.  Then, find out a bit of information about the person whose quote you illustrated.  You should find out at least three things that made them famous.  Use Wikipedia, or a simple Google search.

Then, click on the link below to record your findings.  Tomorrow you will share your illustration and the facts that you found out about your speaker.

assignment link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG5BYTQ5WjlCMkEyeXF1VmZTX0pGS0E6MQ#gid=0