Week 2

Test Tomorrow

Tomorrow we will take our tests next door. This test is worth 50 points. Study your Study Guide today and use this review activity to help you prepare for the section on the different US Regions: You can access a review activity at this link that will help you study information about the various regions.

Make sure you know everything that’s on the Study Guide. The test is very similar. There won’t be extra credit this time to make up for a bad test so make sure you study!

Finish Assignments

Some of you still have missing assignments from this rotation. Today is your final day to work on those in class with your partner. Tuesday we are getting new partners. Try to get all missing assignments finished and turned in today.

Everglades

If you have all of your assignments finished, you need to watch a video about Florida’s geography. The video focuses on the Florida Everglades. It can be found here: Google Drive>Shared Drive>Osborne>United States>MvsWEverglades

Week 2

Finish US PowerPoints

If you haven’t presented yet, you need to try to get finished so you can present today.

US Test

Friday we are going to be in the Lab next door to take our US Test. Study Guides are on the back table. You need to complete the study guide and study it to prepare for the test.

You can access a review activity at this link that will help you study information about the various regions.

Missing Work

There are some classes that still have a lot of missing assignments from this rotation. Check Infinite Campus to see if there are any assignments that you don’t have a grade for. Get those assignments finished and turned in.

The assignments we have done include:

-US Scavenger Hunt

-US Map

-US Regions

-US PowerPoint

Week 2

State PowerPoint Presentations

Most classes still had a few groups that needed to present. I will give you about 10-15 minutes to get things in order and then we will present.

USA Test

Friday we will have a test over the United States. You need to pick up a Study Guide off of the back table. Everyone needs a copy of it. You will not turn the study guide in 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 20 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 turned in.

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, check the bottom of this entry for directions on turning it in.

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.

When You Think You’re Finished

If you think you’re finished:

-Go back and double check the Scoring Guide

-Do you have enough pictures?

-Did you use too much text?

-Are your interesting facts actually interesting?

If you feel comfortable and confident in your project, follow these steps to turn it in:

  1. Go to Google Classroom
  2. Go into this class
  3. Click on USA State Slides Assignment
  4. Click the “add” button
  5. Click on “Files”
  6. Click the “Google Drive” button
  7. Find the Google Slides document that you just finished and click on it.
  8. Click on the “Turn in” button.

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.

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 Google Slides Project

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

You are going to research a state and create a Google Slide 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:

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.

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.

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 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 the US Regions comparison chart that is in Google Classroom. 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. That means you should use 4 different colors of font on this assignment.