Mr. Hide's Classes (2005-2006)

New Class Blog

2006-10-17T15:01:00.000-05:00

This year, there is a new blog for the new class. It can be found at mrhide7.blogspot.com.

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

2006-06-06T16:13:00.000-05:00

If you can't find your book, here's a copy of the script online.

SW and Central Asia Test

2006-06-06T14:57:00.000-05:00

We did this test online, and I have just opened it up so you can do it again and check the answers at the end. go to Quizstar and login to find the quiz. Good luck!

Israel Palestine

2006-06-02T16:02:00.000-05:00

Adapted from
Quest for Peace
by Gary Katz, CBC News Online

IN THE BEGINNING

The land that the State of Israel sits on is small, but you can't get from Mesopotamia to the Nile by chariot without crossing it. It's been controlled by Canaanites, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and the British and it's deeply embedded into the passions and the history of Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

When the Israelites travelled eastward across the Sinai Desert in their exodus from Egypt over three thousand years ago, the land they were aiming for was called Canaan. Their tradition was that God had promised the land to the patriarch Abraham and his descendants.

Around 1000 BC, after successful conquests, the land became the Hebrew state of Israel. Its first kings were the famous trio of Saul, David, and Solomon. In 587 BC, they were conquered by the Babylonians, and the Jews were deported into exile. 50 years later, when the Persians overcame the Babylonians, the Jews were permitted home again to rebuild Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem which the Babylonians had destroyed.

In 70 AD the Romans destroyed Jerusalem (and the Temple) and again most of the Jews were dispersed from the land.

In the early seventh century a new religion came blazing out of Arabia fueled with the word of the prophet Mohammed. Islam was seen by Mohammed as a continuation of Judaism and Christianity, and his God was the same as in both the Old and New Testaments. His followers spread quickly throughout the Middle East (and much further). Except for several years of Christian control during the Crusades, Palestine remained in Muslim hands, first Arab then Turk, for 1300 years until the end of World War One.

The Twentieth Century

The empire of the Ottoman Turks had existed since the middle of the fifteenth century and included the ancient land of Palestine and much that surrounded it. Turkey had sided with losing Germany in World War One and was carved up afterward by victorious Britain and France. By that time- the early 1920s- Jewish immigration into Palestine had already begun on a small but regular scale.

In 1917, the British foreign secretary Lord Balfour put into writing Britain's support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people." He didn't, however, suggest turning the country into a Jewish state. When the League of Nations put Palestine under British control after the war, Lord Balfour's declaration was assumed as part of the deal and the allied powers of the Great War all agreed.

It was the people whose land it was that objected. Britain quickly discovered that the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine was immensely unpopular among the residents of the area (except the Jewish settlers already there).

As conditions in Nazi Germany worsened throughout the thirties, the need for Jewish sanctuary in Palestine grew.

Then came the War. When it was over in 1945, the case for a Jewish homeland was stronger than it had ever been. The problem was both practical and emotional. The practical issue was the hundreds of thousands of Jews in Europe who had no homes to return to and little or no family left alive. 2.3 million of the eight million Jews who had lived in German- occupied Europe were still alive. They had to go somewhere. The emotional problem was the guilt and sadness that resulted from the revelation of the millions who hadn't survived. The Jewish homeland question was front and centre.

In 1947 Britain passed the Palestine problem on, with relief, to the newly born United Nations. The UN agreed to partition Palestine into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and a neutral UN zone containing Jerusalem, a city sacred to three religions. The Jews were thrilled, the Arabs adamantly opposed.

In late 1947 the plan was approved by the UN, and the State of Israel proclaimed on May 14, 1948. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled the country or were evicted, the British pulled out completely, and most of the Arab world- Egypt, Transjordan (now Jordan), Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon, as well as Palestinians- immediately attacked in an attempt to destroy Israel. By the time of armistice in 1949 Israel held three quarters of Palestine- twice as much land as the UN had proposed- Jordan had taken the land on the West Bank of the Jordan River, and Egypt had taken the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians had nothing.

TWO HISTORIES

Israel

With Egypt on the west, Jordan on the east, Syria and Lebanon on the north, and with Iraq close enough to be a danger, Israel is surrounded by Arab Muslim nations.

By 1967 Arab nationalism and Egyptian anger toward Israel had both increased dramatically. In what became known as the 'Six Day War' Israel destroyed the Egyptian air force on the ground and headed west across Sinai. Though they again faced the circle of their Arab neighbours, they gained more ground, capturing Gaza, parts of the Egyptian Sinai desert, taking the West Bank lands and old Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights on Israel's northern border with Syria.

The Arab world responded with a united policy on Israel: no peace, no negotiation, and certainly no recognition. Guerrilla violence in Israel escalated with neighbouring countries, chiefly Jordan, used as bases for attack.

In 1973 (the Yom Kippur War), Egypt attacked Sinai while Syria attacked the Golan Heights. Other Arab countries contributed troops and aid. Israel again prevailed.

But finally, after a quarter century of warring, everyone seemed to accept the futility of looking for a military solution. In December, the first Arab-Israeli peace conference was convened in Geneva,

Palestine

Ten years after hundreds of thousands of Palestinians left their homes they were still homeless and no one seemed to care. Some had been taken in by surrounding countries but many lived in camps.

In the late fifties an underground group was formed to push for the destruction of the state of Israel. It was called al-Fatah and its leader was a 29-year-old engineer named Yasser Arafat.

In 1964 the Palestine Liberation Organization was formed to co-ordinate the growing number of Palestinian groups fighting against Israel. In 1969 Arafat became chairman of the PLO.

In 1974, less than a year after the first Arab-Israeli talks began, the PLO was given official status by the UN and the Arab world accepted it as a Palestinian government in exile.

From Camp David to Wye Plantation

In 1977 a dramatic step was taken toward peace in a region that had known nothing but war for far too long. Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat visited Jerusalem - an unthinkable idea just a short period before - and within a year Egypt and Israel began discussions on peace between the former bitter enemies. The Arab world was appalled.

In 1978 Sadat shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin for his courageous initiative but paid dearly for it as well. In 1981 he was assassinated by a Muslim extremist for exactly the act which most of the world applauded.

Intifada

A decade after Sadat's historic visit to Jerusalem, the Palestinians were no further ahead. In fact, it had been 10 years in which the situation appeared to be getting worse, not better.

In 1982, Israel, in response to PLO missile attacks on Israeli settlements, invaded Lebanon in an attempt to drive the PLO out. Before the war was over several hundred Palestinians living in Lebanese camps had been massacred and, though the actual killing was done by Christian militia members, Israel was in control of the camps during the murderous event and had permitted the militia to enter. International condemnation of Israel was small comfort to the Palestinians.

The Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank were still living in poverty, mostly in squalid camps, and under Israeli rule. To make the situation even worse, Israeli settlements were being constructed throughout the lands occupied since the 1967 war, the lands on which the Palestinians hoped, demanded, to create their own state.

A conference in Madrid, Spain, in October of 1991 included representatives from Israel, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and the Palestinians. The issue was clear even if the solution was anything but: both Israel and the Palestinians wanted to live in peace in their own country.

By 1993 Israel and the PLO had met in Washington and signed an agreement that all parties hoped would end almost half a century of violence and hatred. It had been worked out beforehand in secret, in Norway. Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and PLO leader Yasser Arafat met and shook hands on the White House lawn. Gaza, and the West Bank town of Jericho were to be transferred to Palestinian rule. The agreement didn’t settle everything but, it was a start.

The peace process took a terrible turn when, in November of 1995, Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish law student who was opposed to peace talks with the Palestinians.

The Problems

The biggest obstacle remaining to settling the land-for-security issue is that the two sides loathe and mistrust each other.

Israelis who have settled on the West Bank consider a return of the lands to Palestine a betrayal of them and of the entire nation.

Every time a small step toward resolution is planned extremists on one side or the other try to commit acts so terrible as to replace the movement toward settlement with renewed hatred.

The Lure of Jerusalem

Jerusalem is considered among the holiest of cities by Christians, Jews and Muslims, and it contains many of the most revered locations in all three traditions.

To Jews, Jerusalem is the central and most emotional place in the religion, home of Solomon's Temple which was destroyed twenty-seven hundred years ago then rebuilt. It is the City of David, from which they were driven in 70 AD, when the Romans destroyed the Temple yet again. Jerusalem is the centre of the Jewish dream of return.

According to Muslim tradition, Jerusalem the third holiest place in Islam. The Dome of the Rock is there, the place where Mohammed was elevated to heaven, and also the Mosque of Al Aqsa, one of the religion's most sacred shrines.

For Christians, Jerusalem is the place where Jesus was crucified and resurrected. The city contains the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the traditional tomb of Christ. As well, Palestinian Christians have expressed concern about the Har Homa development's proximity to Bethlehem, Christ's birthplace.

In 1947 when the UN drew their partition lines in Palestine, the city of Jerusalem wasn't part of the deal. Because of its intense importance to three religions, the UN's plan called for the city to be an international enclave administered by the UN. However, after armistice was declared in 1949, ending the Israeli War of Independence, Jerusalem was a divided city, with the new, or western, section in Israeli hands and the old, or eastern, part annexed by Jordan. By the end of the Six Day War in 1967, the entire city of Jerusalem was in Israeli hands. It remains for the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian peace process to decide its future, both in terms of who controls the city and in terms of who lives there. It's not a dispute either side will give up on.

Social Studies Test Question Bank

2006-05-25T09:19:00.000-05:00

Here are the possible questions for the Social Studies test on Friday, June 2nd. On the test, there will be three of these questions plus one more question that is not listed here.

1. What accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and Romans affect our world today?
2. Why were the 1600's and 1700's called the Age of Revolution?
3. Why was feudalism an important part of people's lives during the Middle Ages in Europe?
4. How did the Industrial Revolution change life for people in Europe?
5. How did the Russian serfs' living conditions lead to opposition to the czars?
6. Why did the Soviet Union collapse?

Students are encouraged to leave comments in order to create a student study guide for the questions. Leave a comment and give your answer to or ask a question about one of the questions.

Social Studies Exam Review Center

2006-05-24T16:26:00.000-05:00

For those of you keen to get a headstart in the review department, here are all of the online quizzes for Social Studies:Asia
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4 (we didn't cover all the sections, so you might not be able to answer some questions)
Chapter 5
Chapter 6 (we only covered one section, so you won't be able to answer many of the questions

Europe and Russia
Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Now wasn't that FUN?

Practice Error Correction Sentences

2006-05-23T06:56:00.000-05:00

Here are the sentences we did in class - with the errors but without corrections, for you to use to practice.

I writeing a report called The orphan trains of New York.
My friend Les and I can learn you about this trains.
In 1853, the children’s aid society of new York seed thousands of homeless children.
Charles L Brace the founder maked a unusual proposel.
The Childrens Aid Society shipped thousands of childs to the midwest and west.
Yes Charles Brace though that raiseing them children in gooder environments was important.
An ad appeared in the daily record our newspaper, before the orphan train’s arrival.
In dowagiac Michigan forty seven children found new homes in a single week.
Les said “Some of the children led normal, pleasant lifes with their new families.
Other children however were mistreated: some were overworked, and others were even beaten.

Essay Advice

2006-05-22T06:57:00.000-05:00

Keep the focus of your essay in mind when writing your body paragraphs – Humans are their own worst enemy. The focus is to identify the problem, not to give solutions – the place for solutions is in the final thought. Your body paragraphs should focus on the problems that harm us and make us our worst enemy.

No "I think", "In this essay I will"; no "I", ever. Just leave it out – make "I think that humans aare their most dangerous enemy", "Humans are their most dangerous enemy".

Use questions only in the attention grabber or as a final though. Do not use them to introduce your thesis or in body paragraphs.

You thesis needs to be independent – in other words it needs to give your opinion all by itself. Not "I agree with this" or "This statement is correct", but "Humans are their most dangerous enemy".

Be specific or say nothing. Don't end lists with "etc.", "and many others", "something else". Put all the important items in the list and then end it.

Put the reasons in the same order in the introduction as they appear in the body paragraphs.

State your reasons in the affirmative (is, can, does). Refrain from using the negative (is not, can't, don't).

Refrain from using most, biggest, worst in the body paragraphs. It doesn't matter if pollution is the biggest, or just a big problem, it still makes us a danger to ourselves. You are only inviting people to argue that there is a bigger problem than pollution and get distracted from your main idea.

Avoid unnecessary words such as "very" and "actually". They don't add any meaning to your essay. Most scholars agree that "Pollution is a serious problem" and "Pollution is a very serious problem" have the same effect on the reader.

Choose a title that conveys your opinion, not just your topic. "Blame" only gives the topic, but "Blame is Power" communicates what the essay says about blame.

Brochure Templates for Word

2006-05-16T07:13:00.000-05:00

If you want to use a computer to make your brochure for the Social Studies project, here is a link to a page of brochure templates from Microsoft. (templates are files that are already organized like a brochure that you can add your writing and pictures to) All of the templates are for Word for those of you who don't have Publisher on your computers.

Not all of the files that you see on the page are brochures, but many of them are - there are. There are three and four panel brochures, as well as brochures that fit on legal size paper (the long paper). Any of these formats is acceptable for this assignment.

Friday and the tests

2006-05-05T12:56:00.000-05:00

For athletes who would like to use part of the weekend to catch up with the work they missed on Friday, you should write the next two paragraphs about your reasons why you agree or disagree that humans are their own most dangerous enemy. On Wednesday, we wrote a paragraph about one of the three reasons in the first paragraph you wrote. Now you need to write another two paragraphs - one for each of the other two reasons.

The tests will cover the following topics:
English - The Cremation of Sam McGee, paraphrasing, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and the vocabulary from Sam McGee and Maple Street.
Social Studies - Chapter One - Physical Geography of Europe and Russia. You will only be allowed to use the notes that you have already handed in. Here is the online pre-test.

Body Mass Index Calculator

2006-05-03T09:57:00.000-05:00

Here is a tool to see how your height and weight correspond.

This one uses cm's and kg's
http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmi-m.htm

This one uses feet and pounds
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Vocabulary Corrections

2006-04-26T06:46:00.000-05:00

Here are the correct definitions to help you study for the quiz on Friday.

Superstition (n) belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, or trust in magic
Summit (n) the topmost level that can be reached
Pit (n) a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground
Reflective (adj) marked by careful thinking
Persistently (adv) continuing, existing, or acting for a long or longer than usual time
Intimidated (adj) to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
Optimism (n) a habit of ex pecting everything to turn out for the best
Instill (v) to gradually cause to feel or have
Validity (n) the quality or state of being true or fact
Inexplicably (adv) impossible to explain
Oddball (n) person who behaves strangely
Mob (n) a large rowdy crowd
Accusations (n) a charge of wrongdoing
Insomnia (n) prolonged inability to sleep
Idiosyncrasy (n) a way of behaving or thinking that is characteristic of a person
Menace (n) someone or something that represents a threat
Scapegoat (n) a person or thing taking the blame for others
Materialized (v) to come into existence
Converging (v) to come together and unite in a common interest
Variation - (n) a change in form, position, or condition

7B Study Guides

2006-04-24T14:54:00.000-05:00

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

7A Study Guides

2006-04-24T14:46:00.000-05:00

Number 1

Number 2

Number 3

Number 4

Number 5

Social Studies Test

2006-04-22T15:52:00.000-05:00

Hi-ho there grade seveners,

Here is the quiz that you could use to get ready for (part of) the Social Studies test we will have on Tuesday.

Another thing you might want to do is go back to Quizstar and see if you can remember the username and password you set up before Christmas. If you can't, you can email me and I can look it up for you. There is a little practice quiz - it's just for fun that you can do if you want to remind yourself how Quizstar works.

Vocabulary corrections

2006-03-27T06:47:00.000-05:00

Here are the correct parts of speech and definitions for "The Cremation of Sam McGee" vocabulary words.

queer (adj) oddly unlike the usual or normal
roam (verb) to go or go over from place to place without a plan
heed (verb) to pay attention to
raved (verb) to talk wildly as if crazy, to talk with great enthusiasm
tax (verb) to make heavy demands on
spent (adj)used up, drained of energy
planks (noun) a wide heavy thick board
boiler (noun)a strong metal container used in making steam for an engine
seldom (adv) not often, rarely
scowled (verb) to make a frowning expression of displeasure
ventured (verb)to face the risks and dangers of

How Fast is Your Brain? (and Sam McGee)

2006-03-24T14:36:00.000-05:00

Here is a test that you can take to see how fast your brain works

and here is a copy of The Cremation of Sam McGee online. (unfortunately with no line numbers)

Chapter 5 Reading Guides

2006-03-21T10:21:00.000-05:00

5.1 – Land and Water
Copy each question and answer in a complete sentence.
1. What is the Rub al-Khali? Where is it located?
2. Why is Southwest and Central Asia called “the Dry World”?
3. Describe two kinds of deserts in Southwest Asia.
4. If an oasis has enough water, what can it support?
5. Why are rivers important in this region? What are two well-known examples?
6. Mountains have served what function in Central Asia?
7. How did the seas of Southwest Asia serve a function similar to the mountains of Central Asia? What are some examples?
8. What is another name for Southwest Asia?
9. Where they meet, Southwest and Central Asia serve as a crossroads for people traveling from what three continents?

5.2 – Climate and Vegetation
Copy and complete the following table with information from section two.

The Climate and Vegetation of Southwest and Central Asia
Climate
1.
2.
Vegetation in Harsh Conditions
3.
Water and Crops
4.
5.
Water and Population
6.
7.
Crops and Technology
8.
9.

5.3 – Natural Resources
Copy and complete the following sentences.

1. Petroleum deposits take _____ to form.
2. Petroleum is Southwest Asia’s number one _____.
3. Southwest Asian countries with little or no oil tend to have _____ standards of living than their neighbors.
4. Central Asia is also rich in _____.
5. Three Central Asian countries that contain large oil reserves are _____, _____, and _____.
6. Countries that offer equipment, training, and loans to Central Asia’s oil-rich countries hope to share the _____ in return.
7. The resource that people need most in Southwest and Central Asia is _____.
8. The countries of Southwest and Central Asia must _____ the water they have.
9. Too much _____ can use up the water that is available in Southwest and Central Asia.
10. Oil wealth allows many Southwest Asian countries to increase the _____ of their people.
11. Coal, oil and natural gas are examples of _____, ones that cannot be replaced once they have are used.
12. The oil mined in Kuwait is _____, which is found under the Earth’s surface.

SS Test review

2006-03-10T12:49:00.000-05:00

Chapter three quiz
Chapter four quiz - You won't be able to do all of these questions becuase we only covered sections one and two, but you can do most of them.

Letter to Author - an example

2006-03-07T15:26:00.000-05:00

Here's a sample letter that a students wrote for an assigment similar to yours.

Eastside High School
10245 Eagle Drive
Covington, GA 30015
May 16, 2002

Barbara O’Connor
Double Day Press
1234 Main St.
Duxbury, Massachussetts
98765

Dear Mrs. O’Connor:

On Monday May 13, I finished your novel Me and Rupert Goody, your novel about a young girl struggling to come to terms with a new “sibling” in her “family.” I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed reading the novel.

As a girl from the South, I considered your portrayal of Jennalee and her problems to be very accurate and realistic. Jennalee’s descriptions of her family made me laugh but also made me feel very sad for her. I also have a large family and sometimes it does seem as though there is “a ton of hell” going on in my house. I especially liked the part where Jennalee got her sister in trouble with their mom; it happens like that at my house, too. I know why Jennalee was so jealous of Rupert. Until Rupert arrived, Uncle Beau’s was Jennalee’s sanctuary; she had Uncle Beau’s undivided attention. He made her feel important and valuable. She didn’t want to share that with Rupert.

I especially liked the language in the novel. Jennalee’s grammar wasn’t perfect so she sounded like a real person. I also liked that she wasn’t perfect; she was jealous and sometimes mean. She also worked hard. Eventually, she did the right thing and accepted Rupert as a member of her family. In spite of her sometimes bad actions, Uncle Beau and her family still loved her.

At first, I was wondering why you made Rupert a black man. I thought that was going to be the major conflict. I like that his race was really not the issue to Jennalee. I thought that sent a valuable message without being really obvious. He was also a very forgiving and loving character; he didn’t try to be mean to Jennalee even when she was being mean to him.

In your letter, you talked about things that you took from your own life and included in your books. Do you keep a notebook of possible ideas or do you just rely on your memory? Do you ever use people you know in your books?

Is it hard to make the characters in a book sound like real people? Jennalee and her family sound just like my family. How much time do you spend writing a book? Does anyone help you?

I really enjoyed Me and Rupert Goody and I am looking forward to reading the book you have set in Freedom, Georgia. Thank you for taking the time to respond to letters from my class.

Sincerely,

Melanie Hundley

Disney Day

2006-02-24T14:38:00.000-05:00

Here are the rest of the photos from Disney Day

Social Studies Study Guides

2006-02-14T07:25:00.000-05:00

Here are links to the two study guides from Pentice Hall, the publisher of our textbook:

Chapter 1: East Asia: Physical Geography
Chapter 2: East Asia: Cultures and History

Good luck - The test is on Thursday, February 16th.

News Report Model

2006-02-12T20:23:00.000-05:00

Here is the example of a news report. Your homework for Wednesday is either

1) to read the example and make notes on how to write a news report.
or
2) print out a copy of the "Printable Version", read it and bring it to class.

note: There is a good summary of the news article in the print version to take notes from.

Boys v Girls Soccer

2006-02-05T09:54:00.000-05:00

Lina on the move
Originally uploaded by Mr. Hide.

Preposition practice

2006-02-02T09:25:00.000-05:00

Here are a few websites that will help you to identify prepostions, the objects of prepositions, and prepositional phrases.

A lesson and a quiz that comes after

A page of activities to print out

The Personal Narrative

2006-01-27T08:10:00.000-05:00

Here is a site that gives instructions about how to write a personal narrative. There's an example too that shows how they parts should fit together.

Personal Narrative

The Gentlemen of the Jungle

2006-01-16T11:17:00.000-05:00

Hi,

It's good to see you here. So, you'd like to improve your work? Here are a few tips to help you get the correct answers for all of the questions.

1- Tell what the elephant does, and what important effect this has on the man.

2- The commission gives two reasons why they give the house to the elephant (one has to do with economy, and the other is about how the elephant is treating the man in general)

3- Not how does the man's problem get worse, but what does he do to make his problem go away? His solution has two steps.

4- The commission is unfair in three ways: 1) How it is composed (or made) 2) Who it listens to and 3) The reason for it's judgment. Tell me what is unfair about each of these parts and you'll have it.

5- What happens after the problem with Mr. Elephant that makes the man give up on the commission?

6- What did the man learn about the animals from his experiences?

Analyzing Literature

1 and 2 - I told you the answers in class - you're on your own here.

3- Traits and characteristics are things like powerful, intelligent, brave, biased, frustrated, clever, and helpful. Think of three traits that are represented by the animals and three traits that are represented by the man.

4- This one asks for you to give your opinion and explain it. You'll need to write 3 or 4 sentences to get all the points here.

Okay. There you go. Hand your work in on Wednesday to improve your grade.

Ilan's Bar Mitzvah

2006-01-12T15:14:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Ilan and his family for inviting us to his Bar Mitzvah!
Ilan in action (click this photo to see the rest)
Originally uploaded by Mr. Hide.

Africa Online Test Practice - chapter 1-3

2005-12-06T20:56:00.000-05:00

Here are the practice chapter tests from the textbook publisher:
Chapter one
Chapter two
Chapter three

Here are the two online tests that we did in class. You can do them again to review.
Chapter Two version 1
Chapter Two version 2
Chapter Three

Review, Review

2005-12-05T06:03:00.000-05:00

It's time to review - here are a few sites for you to do for review.

Grammar Works - Here are lots of execrises to help you identify nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs. Mostly practice using the Parts of Speech section.

Adjectives - Easier or Harder

Adverbs - Easier or Harder

Social Studies Test Practice

2005-11-18T06:11:00.000-05:00

Just like last time, here is the online test from Prentice Hall, the publishers of our Social Studies textbook.

Just below this entry is the instructions on how to sign-up for Quizstar, if you haven't done that already.

Next Online Test Preparation

2005-11-15T08:26:00.000-05:00

Alright.

For the next online test, we'll be using a different testing site. For this one, you need to sign up and register for the class.

1) First, you need to go to this site and register
quizstar.4teachers.org

2) Now go to the student page and sign up.

3) Now log in and go to the search page, change "Class Title" to "Teacher's Name" and search for "Hide"

4) Then choose to sign up for either 7A or 7B by putting a check beside your class and clicking "Register".

5) Your registration isn't finalized until I approve you.

6) Once you are signed up there is a practice quiz that you can do right away.

Good luck!

Outsiders Online Remedial

2005-10-28T05:46:00.000-05:00

Anyone who got less than 2/3 on the Outisders chapter 5 quiz must do the online remedial found here.

If you got 2/3, then you can do the remedial for bonus if you choose to.

Convivencias Photos

2005-10-28T05:38:00.000-05:00

Convivencias-043
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Between the Cartagena Games and Convivencias, I used up all my monthly upload capacity on Flickr. This is only about 1/2 of the pictures I took. On November 1st, I will upload the rest. Check back on Tuesday for more.

Mind Mapping Tools

2005-10-24T08:39:00.000-05:00

Making mind-maps can be a meesy business. If you want to make neat ones online, here are a couple websites that help you make mind-maps.

Inspiration.com - This site lets you download a trial verison of the program they sell. It only works for 30 days, but that should be long enough to finish this section on culture.
Mayomi.com - This is a free site that lets you make a mind-map online. You need to register before you can make your map, but it's free and pretty simple.

African Folk Tales

2005-10-18T20:27:00.000-05:00

Here are a few sites wher you can look for an African folk tale to suggest to your tribe.

1 - CanTeach African Folk Tales
2- African Folk Tales, Introduction
3- Afro America: Myths and Fables (careful, only some of these are from Africa and none are very printer-friendly)
4- South-African Folk Tales
5- African Tales
6- Folk Stories from SOuthern Nigeria
7- MamaAfrika's list of African Fables and Folk Tales

Online Sentence Remedial

2005-10-17T16:49:00.000-05:00

Here is where you can do some extra on-line practice for run-ons and fragments. First, there is an easy quiz.

Next, there's the quiz that you must do that will be emailed to me.

Finally, here is a set of four pages - the first two are teacher notes, but the third and fourth are some fun fragment and run-on activities.

Cartagena Games

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Hi all you athletes. Here are a few of the photos I took during the guys and girls soccer games. I have mixed them in with the set of grade 7 Retro Day photos.

Cartagena Games Photos
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Social Studies Test Practice

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Here are two links where you can practice for the SS test.

The first is about the 5 themes of geography. There are a few different games you can play with the same information. 5 Themes Quiz

And here is a practice quiz from the company that publishes the textbook.

Happy studying!

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Where should we go today?

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Peace out, man

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Look at those abs!

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Dancing machines

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Groovy, baby.

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Get down.

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Bad hair day?

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Team Disco

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Who's the man?

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Only one of these two is "staying alive" in the 70's

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

We are PUNKS!

Retro Day

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Retro Day
Originally uploaded by Jamie Hide.

Punks go crazy. Ouch!

Practice Quiz

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In case you are having trouble getting to the practice quiz, here is a link to it:

Practice Quiz

First Post

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Hello, everyone. This is where you will be able to come to link to online assignments and study help.

Videos to Watch

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Palestine Israel 101
This video was produced by The American Task Force on Palestine, which, if you look at the names of the board of directors, is a group of Palestinian Americans. While it sometimes is biased in favor of the Palestinians, it is presents the situation reasonably fairly. Antoher indicator of the documentary's fairness is the participation of John Sununu who was White House Chief of Staff (the assistant to the President) under President George H. W. Bush (the first one). The first half of the video, Part one: Conlifct, is an excellent review of the handout we read in class. The second half, Part Two: Resolution, starts well by showing some of the differences between the Israelis and the Palestinians. It explains why solving the Palestinian will help the US (which is important, but not part of what we are studying). Around 20:40, the video explains the current international idea for a solution. Near the end shifts its focus to the impact of a peaceful resolution on the United States again. And here is a link with maps that show the change in land control ever the years. Click on the dates to see tha changes.

Understanding Islam
Morgan Spurlock, who ate McDonalds food for 30 days in SuperSize Me, has his own tv show he created called 30 Days. In this episode (45 mins long), a Christian from the southern US lives as a Muslim for 30 days and learns about the religion.

Manna Manna
Here's a little song to keep you company while you work