Ricketts Language - Persuasive Speech

We will present our formal persuasive speeches on Wednesday, Dec. 4th.  We have watched formal speeches given by Malala Yousefzai, Barak Obama and Queen Rania.  We have created success criteria as a class.  Make sure to revise your speech so that it demonstrates the following success criteria expectations:
Success Criteria MUST DO expectations:

·      Pausing 

·      Emphasize some words

·      Speaking slowly and clearly

·      Memorize OR look at your paper infrequently

·      Formal posture and hand gestures

·      Loud – project voice

·      Eye contact – being one with your audience

Success Criteria CHOOSE 4 out of 6 expectations:

·      State a problem BUT provide solutions

·      Alliteration “Let’s text, talk and tweet …” using same sounds in a sentence

·      Repetition of key point

·      Give real world examples

·      Pose a question to your audience

·      Use statistics

Ricketts Math - Grade 7 area of a trapezoid interative site

1. Click on the link to use the interactive tool to create a trapezoid with the following dimensions:

height - 6 units
base AB - 10 units
base CD - 12 units

2.Look at the blue text with the calculation of area. 

3.Click on the box that says "freeze dimensions".  Notice how the area does not change in the displayed formula. The area depends only on the height and base lengths, so as you can see, there are many trapezoids with a given set of dimensions which all have the same area.

4.What is the formula for area of a trapezoid?  Write the formula and make a trapezoid with the same measurements with grid paper and paste it into your math journal. 

Area of a trapezoid

Ricketts Health - Advice column Due: Monday Dec. 2nd as per Fadi

Using the magazine format create 1 - 2 pages of an advice column.  If you choose 1 page ,1 problem  and advise must be about bullying OR cyberbullying.  You will need to include:

• 1 - 2 Problem(s)
• 3 - 6 entries that are advice from peers (or you can make up some appropriate peer advice if necessary)
• Advice from and expert (teenage who has experience problem, guidance counsellor, parent, principal etc.)

Ricketts Language - Advertisement for magazine

The advertisements for the magazine are due Monday, Dec. 2nd.   Success Criteria:

• Appeal to target audience
• Bold text that gets attention
• Colour
• Using different fonts
• Picture /graphics
• Slogan / catch phrase
• Logo
• Layout

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Ricketts Language - Spelling List # 3

We are working on persuasive writing text.  The vocabulary words relate to what we understand and use to create persuasive text. We need to state our opinion and justify it with details we have read and our own inferences.  Here is this week's spelling list:

persuasive, opinion, argument, justify, inference, editorial, supporting evidence, statistics, paragraph, conclusion, summarize, point of view,

Ricketts Math - Interactive Geoboard

Interactive Geoboard

Persuasive Writing Piece Success Criteria - Final Draft Due: Wednesday, Nov. 27th

The final draft of your persuasive writing is due Wednesday, Nov. 27th.  The success criteria the class has constructed is below:

- 4 sections ("hook" introduction, 2 paragraphs of detailed proof, conclusion that summarizes writing)
- write with vocabulary and style to match your target audience
- state your opinion in hook introduction paragraph
- make the hook interesting, such as use a question to make the reader answer it as they read
- each paragraph of proof should have its own topic that you use to prove your point
- use a combination of proof from text you have read and make inference to prove your opinion
- use the student example of persuasive writing given in class to compare to your written work
- stay on topic and only include sentences that help to prove your point
- edit for grammar and spelling with a peer editor in class

Ricketts Language - Persuasive writing rough draft due Monday, Nov. 25th

Completed rough draft of the persuasive writing piece.  Make sure to include:

• Introduction paragraph that states your opinion and is "the hook" to interest the reader to continue reading
• 2 paragraphs of proof that support your opinion and justify your opinion 
• Conclusion that is a summary of your ideas and concludes your written work

We will be in the "RETHINK AND REVISE" stage of the writing process so your work must be ready for peer feedback and editing.  

Ricketts Language - Spelling List # 2

We went to Forest Valley Outdoor Education Centre this week to support our science curriculum.  Our class is working on filming PSAs that will inform the viewing audience about issues related to biodiversity and interactions in the environment.  Here are this week's spelling words:

environment, abiotic, biotic, biodiversity, invasive species, ecosystem, living organism, producer, consumer, decomposer, fungi, stewardship

Ricketts Health - Advice column problems for the magazine

   Write 1 problem that is related to cyber-bullying or bullying.  Write 1 problem of your choice that would be appropriate for submission in a children's magazine. You should use the examples given in the handout "Talk About It" in class for the proper format for writing your problems.  

Gr. 7/8 Science

Grade 7: Please write out a lab report for the salt solution experiment that you completed in class today. The question that you were trying to answer was: How much salt will dissolve in 100 mL of water and will the temperature of the water make a difference?

Your report should include the question (Hypothesis), a list of the equipment you used (Materials), the steps you followed to carry out the experiment (Procedure), what you saw happen during the experiment (Observations) and an answer to the question (Conclusions).

Grade 8: We discussed the meanings and processes of diffusion and osmosis in class. (Remember that they are basically the same process, but osmosis involves a membrane or barrier.)
I would like you to make two simple, colour diagrams to illustrate the ideas of diffusion and osmosis. You can use any of the ideas/examples we discussed in class or you can come up with your own.

Both grades are expected to hand in their work tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 13th.

Ricketts - Science, Drama and Media Literacy

The Public Service Announcement we are completing in class that relates to Biodiversity and Interactions of Living Things is due Thursday, Nov. 114th.  Work must be completed at school so be sure to use your co-operative work time wisely.  Looking forward to being informed and educated by viewing your PSAs!

Ricketts Language - Advertisement Spelling List # 1 - Edited version thanks to Anna and Sarah!!

The class will have a practise test Monday and the final test on Thursday of this week.  Here is the spelling list for this week:

advertisement, commercial, promotion, celebrity, convincing, target audience, humorous, improved, coupon, guarantee, product placement, logo

Ricketts - Math Geometry and Measurement Word Wall vocabulary words

Create one page each for the 2 vocabulary word wall words you received today in class.  Each page should include:

• the word
• definition 
• 2 - 3 pictures to describe the word
• should be made with MINIMAL white space on the paper - we need to be able to read it from across the classroom
• colour and attention to detail demonstrated

Ricketts Math - Interactive Website for Geometry and Measurement

Protractor for measuring angles