Week 2

State PowerPoint Presentations

Most classes still had a few groups that needed to present. We will do this at the start of class.

USA Test

Thursday we will have a test over the United States. You need to pick up a Study Guide off of the front table. Everyone needs a copy of it. It is not for a grade. Finish it and study it to prepare for the test.

Week 2

State PowerPoint Project Presentations

Today you are going to present your PowerPoint Projects. You are allowed to use notes during your presentation. You will have about 10 minutes to look over your project and make sure you have everything in order. Make sure you and your partner know who will be presenting what information. Also, make sure you know how to pronounce all of the words in your project.

Double check to make sure your project is saved in the correct location:

Student (I) Drive>Osborne>Your Hour>State PowerPoint Folder

Week 1

Last Day of State PowerPoint Project

Today is your final day to work on the project. We will start presentations on Monday.

When you finish, look at yesterday’s post. It has information about where to save your presentation and it gives you some tips to look over to make sure that you are finished.

Week 1

State PowerPoint Project

Continue working on the project. Some of you will possibly get finished today. If that happens, save it to your H Drive like normal and then copy and paste it in the Student(I) Drive>Osborne>Your Hour>State PowerPoints folder.

Save it as: hr-last name-last name-name of state

Tips

  1. Don’t use complete sentences in the PowerPoint. Remember you are going to be presenting these to the class, so you can tell us information that isn’t included on your slides
  2. You may take a notes page with you whenever you present. If you finish your PowerPoint, make sure your notes page is ready too.
  3. Whenever you think you’re finished, double check the Scoring Guide that was posted on Monday. Make sure you have followed directions on each part of your PowerPoint.
  4. Make sure your interesting/important facts are actually interesting/important. If you don’t think they are, chances are I won’t either.

Week 1

US PowerPoint Project

Continue working on your projects. Remember you want to use as few words as possible on your actual PowerPoint. You can make notes to use during your presentation.

There is a Tutorial Video that you can watch that will show you how to do same basic picture editing. You can find it at: Video (V) Drive>Osborne>Computer Tutorials>Editing Pictures

Tips

  1. Don’t use complete sentences in the PowerPoint. Remember you are going to be presenting these to the class, so you can tell us information that isn’t included on your slides
  2. You may take a notes page with you whenever you present. When you finish your PowerPoint, make sure your notes page is ready too.
  3. Whenever you think you’re finished, double check the Scoring Guide that was posted yesterday. Make sure you have followed directions on each part of your PowerPoint.
  4. Make sure your interesting/important facts are actually interesting/important. If you don’t think they are, chances are I won’t either.

Week 1

US State PowerPoint Project

This week will be researching a specific state and then we’ll create a PowerPoint presentation. Before you begin, I’m going to show you the “Do’s and Don’ts of PowerPoint”.

We’ve used PowerPoint before, but if you don’t remember how to use it you can watch a short video that shows you the basics. Go to the Video (V) Drive. Open the Osborne folder. Click on the “Computer Tutorials” folder. Open the “PowerPoint Basics” video.

You are going to research a state and create a PowerPoint about it. Here are your directions and the scoring guide: US States Project

Resources

You may use the internet to find information and pictures about your state. Below are a couple of resources that will guide you to the information you need.

Here’s a link that might give you some information about your state. 

If you want to see the “Do’s and Don’ts PowerPoint” you can access it here: PowerPoint Do’s and Don’ts

Making a PowerPoint without typing everything you want to say is a new concept to you. Look at this example to see how you might want yours to look. Which slide would better keep an audiences attention? PowerPoint Example

Save it as:

hr-last name-last name-the name of your state

Week 9

Continue Working

Most students didn’t finish the US Regions assignment from yesterday. There are also several students that still need to finish the US Map assignment. Today you need to try to get those finished because on Monday we are starting a project.

Week 9

US Regions

We will spend a couple of days learning about the different regions of the US. The United States can be grouped into 4 distinct regions. Each region has their own geographical and cultural characteristics that make them different from the other regions.

You need to read this digital PowerPoint book:  US Regions PowerPoint Book

After you read the PowerPoint book, you need to complete this US Regions comparison chart:  US Regions Comparison Chart  Since this is a graphic organizer that is meant to show a comparison, you don’t need to write in a complete sentence. Use a different color font for each region. 

You should save it as:

hr-last name-last name-UScompare

Week 9

US Scavenger Hunt and US Map

Most students are working on the US Maps, but some are still on the Scavenger Hunt. Work on these and get both turned in today. We are moving onto something new tomorrow.

US Language Quiz

After you turn your assignments in, I want you to take this language quiz for fun. This quiz tells you where in the US you get your speech habits from. Depending on where you live in the United States, you use different words or pronounce words differently. Your family’s history on where they are from or have lived, greatly affects this. Whenever you finish, it will try to predict what part of the country you are from. When I took this quiz, it guessed that I was from Wichita, Springfield (MO), or Lexington. So it guessed the correct part of the country for me.

Both you and your partner will probably want to take the quiz so each of you can see if it can guess where you are from in the US.

After you take the quiz, work on any missing assignments.

If you have everything turned in, you can do what you’re always allowed to do:

-Read a book

-Work on Homework from another class

-Visit Class Links/Google Earth

Week 9

US Scavenger Hunt

Very few students finished this from yesterday. Finish this first.

US Map Assignment

Use the internet to help you create a map of the US. The directions and the the outline map for you to use in the assignment are found here: US Map Assignment

To complete part of the assignment you will need to watch a tutorial video. Watch the first 2:30 of the video found at Video (V) Drive>Osborne>Computer Tutorials>Inserting Shapes to Word

Whenever you finish this assignment, save it and turn it in.

hr-last name-last name-USmap

Extra Credit

Your States and Capitals extra credit is due tomorrow. Directions for it are in yesterday’s post. You aren’t allowed to work on this in class. It must be done outside of class.