Assignment #1
Subject: My name
Thursday:
Bell Ringer
What is the temperature today in Fahrenheit in Mexico City Mexico?
Hint - go to weather.com
Subject: The temperature is [enter temperature]
Assignment #2
Subject: My house picture
Friday
Bellringer:
On this date in 1698 Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on what?
Subject: He imposed a tax on [enter]
Assignment #3
Click on the link below and follow the steps to draw a flower:
http://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Flower-in-Microsoft-Paint
Subject: My flower
Monday
Vocabulary send me definitions and sentences:
Diversification
Dividends
Transaction
Pension
Subsidize
Subject: September 8 Vocabulary
Heading should be My Family
1 paragraph (7 sentences) about your family
Send me the CODE!!!
The subject of the email must be family
Tuesday
On this date in the year 214 – A Roman emperor was born. What was his name?
Subject: His name was {enter name}
1. Go to the the following website:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_intro
using that website as a guide create a web page with the
following characteristics:
1 paragraph (7 sentences) about your interests
The subject of the email must be interests
Wednesday
Check your grade and send me an email
Subject: My grade is [enter grade]
For this website the background color needs to be green. You must replace the <body> tag with the tag below:
<body bgcolor="green">
1 paragraph (7 sentences) about music you enjoy
The subject of the email must be music
Thursday
Reminder - if you miss an assignment during the week you can turn it in on Friday of the week it is due. Work from the previous week will not be accepted.
Bellringer
On this date two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed. In what year did this happen?
Subject: The year was [enter year]
For this website the background color needs to be any color of your choice. You must replace the <body> tag with a tag with a number of the color. You can find all the numbers below
The body tag will look like this:
<body bgcolor="00FF33">
1 paragraph (7 sentences) about your classes in school this year
Friday
There is a literacy test today.
Take a copy of the purple book "Timed Readings Plus".
Turn to page 13 and read the article Beetlemania.
Go to www.mygradebook.com. Login according to the following rules: First Period username = webfirst Third Period username = webthird Fourth Period username = webfourth 7th Period username = webseventh 8th Period username = webeighth Your password is your ID. Once you are logged on, look on the right hand side and there is a link to online quizzes. It says: See all assigned online quizzes. Click on the link.
Monday
Vocabulary send me definitions and sentences:
Conspicuous
Cooperative
Habit
Impulse
Status
Subject: September 15 Vocabulary
1 paragraph (7 sentences) about your teachers in school this year
The subject of the email must be teachers
1. Go to the the following website:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_intro
Wednesday
Bellringer
On Sept. 17 Union forces hurled back a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Civil War battle of Antietam. With 23,100 killed, wounded or captured, it remains the bloodiest day in U.S. military history. In what year did this happen?
Subject: The year was [enter year]
1 paragraph (7 sentences) about your friends
The subject of the email must be friends
Remember to add a new background color!!!
http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_intro
For this website the background color needs to be any color of your choice. You must replace the <body> tag with a tag with a number of the color. You can find all the numbers below
The body tag will look like this:
<body bgcolor="00FF33">
Send it to me at mward@cps.edu
Monday October 20
Vocabulary - send me definitions and sentences
Credit score
Mortgage rate
APR
Income
Liability
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Type http://scratch.mit.edu/ into the top of the page.
3. Click “Join Scratch” and follow the instructions to create an account. Choose a username and password that is the same as your cps account.
4. Click “Create” in the upper left.
5. Change the title in the top left from “Untitled” to your name (First name and Last name)
6. Click on “Events” at the top center of the screen and drag the puzzle piece that says:
“When is clicked” to the right.
7. Click on “Looks” and drag the “say hello” puzzle piece and drag it to the right.
8. Make sure the two puzzle pieces connect.
9. Click the green flag to make sure your sprite says “hello.”
10. Click “File” Then Click “download to your computer.”
11. Save the File and email it with the subject of “Scratch”
Tuesday October 21
Bellringer - What was the population of the United States in 2014?
Subject: The population is [enter amount]
Scratch assignment number 2 – Make a comic!
We have four criteria for today’s assignment.
1. Upload more than one sprite
2. Make one of the sprites move
3. Make the sprites talk to each other
4. Change the backdrop
Open Google Chrome
Type http://scratch.mit.edu/ into the top of the page.
When adding a new sprite click on the small man with the hair next to where it says “new sprite:”
Pick any one you like.
You will now have two sprites. To change what each one does click on that sprite at the bottom of the screen – you will need to do different things for each sprite.
To change the backdrop you can select one from the bottom left.
For both sprites drag the “when space is clicked” button to the left.
Make any comic you like. Make the two sprites move around and talk to each other.
Hit the green flag and press space to make sure everything works.
Be Creative!
Download the file and send it
Wednesday October 22
Bellringer - What was the population of Mexico in 2014?
Subject: The population is [enter amount]
Scratch assignment number 3 – Make another comic!
Open Google Chrome or Firefox
Type http://scratch.mit.edu/ into the top of the page.
Login to Scratch using your CPS userid and password.
Click “Create” in the upper left.
Change the title in the top left from “Untitled” to your name #3 (First name and Last name then #3)
When adding a new sprite click on the small man with the hair next to where it says “new sprite:”
Pick any one you like.
You will now have two sprites. To change what each one does click on that sprite at the bottom of the screen – you will need to do different things for each sprite.
After you choose your sprite double click on the sprite
Go to events and drag when clicked to the right
Go to motion and pick move 10 steps and drag it to the right.
Click second sprite
Go to events and add “when space is clicked” button to the left
Then go to motion and drag move 10 steps.
Go to the left where it says new backdrop (landscape icon) and click on a backdrop from the library.
To change the backdrop you can select one from the bottom left.
For both sprites drag the “when space is clicked” button to the left.
Hit the green flag and press space to make sure everything works.
Be Creative!
Download the file and send it to mward@cps.edu
Subject: Scratch3
Thursday October 23
Make up day for Scratch and Moneyskill!
Friday October 24
Go to page 37 in the purple book and read the article The Tale of Evangeline.
Then take the quiz on www.mygradebook.com
Last make up day for Scratch and Moneyskill!