Bring charged Chromebook Monday - Can start on Latin Vocab 1

See GClassroom for Vocab if you want an early start.

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The Most Destructive Wave in Earth’s (Known) History - The Atlantic

The Most Destructive Wave in Earth's (Known) History - The Atlantic


https://apple.news/Aue5DiorHTu6U2eIpk6vyAg

Wake-up call: help your teenage students see the importance of sleep | Teacher Network | The Guardian

Wake-up call: help your teenage students see the importance of sleep |
Teacher Network | The Guardian


http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2015/sep/27/help-teenage-students-see-the-importance-of-sleep

Personalized Learning Is ‘A Partnership With Students’ | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Personalized Learning Is 'A Partnership With Students' | Larry
Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day…


http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/09/25/personalized-learning-is-a-partnership-with-students/

Sept 27 - A supermoon total lunar eclipse rises next week: How to see it

A supermoon total lunar eclipse rises next week: How to see it


http://mashable.com/2015/09/19/supermoon-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse/#T.PRI2HFamkg

Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” Is Our Most Misread Poem

Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Is Our Most Misread Poem


http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09/11/the-most-misread-poem-in-america/

Have you been to NYC? Either way, bonus points

Read this, and respond to the ideas presented in the article.
Succinct, purposeful, eloquent and thought-provoking will earn you
bonus points in your weakest area.

Taking Notes vs. Taking a Picture of Notes; Which Wins? | The Principal of Change

Taking Notes vs. Taking a Picture of Notes; Which Wins? | The
Principal of Change


http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/5505

Always Learning With @R_H_Steele

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Always Learning With @R_H_Steele risktolearn.blogspot.com - This past week Christie Elementary had our very first Engineer Expo - Imagine this...Kindergarten all the way through fifth grade spent two weeks tackling interesting challenges all based on one state standard of the teacher's choosing…The teacher chose the guiding instructional standard, the students created the driving question, and while in collaborative groups the students engineered and presented products that amazed us all. It was a much-needed reminder that authentic student-owned learning is NOT measured by circling the correct letter choice. Available on the App Store.

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What Believing in the Possibilities Can Do For Learning and Teaching | MindShift | KQED News

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/18/what-believing-in-the-possibilities-can-do-for-learning-and-teaching/

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Hoover City Schools: Hoover City Schools to offer Mandarin Chinese Beginning August 2016

This is a fantastic opportunity, kids. Jump on it!

http://www.hoovercityschools.net/?PN=News2&SubP=DNewsStory&gn=&DivisionID=&DepartmentID=&SubDepartmentID=&NewsID=76119&ShowNav=&StoryGroup=Current

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Re-reading is inefficient. Here are 8 tips for studying smarter. - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/6/24/5824192/study-smarter-learn-better-8-tips-from-memory-researchers

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FW: Latin Vocabulary Second Semester Word List

Kennedy B. shared her study materials with the rest of you guys.

 

Tosha Caston-Smith

Pre-AP English 9

Spain Park High School

 

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From: Kennedy Baskin [mailto:1947109227@hcs-students.net]
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:05 AM
To: Tosha Caston-Smith
Subject: Latin Vocabulary Second Semester Word List

 

https://www.cram.com/dashboard#flashcards-folders=39674

 

or 

 

cram.com

search folders

Latin Vocabulary 1-10 

Here's Why Nothing Prepares You For The 21st Century Like A Liberal Arts Education

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Here's Why Nothing Prepares You For The 21st Century Like A Liberal Arts Education Forbes - Fareed Zakaria's book, In Defense of a Liberal Education, argues that it is a broad focus on a range of subjects, rather than on career or vocational skills that will prepare young people for the future. He reminds readers that the "liberal" in "liberal arts" has to do with freedom and generosity. Available on the App Store.

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To Kill a Mockingbird audio

Friday, April 17, we will read chapter 1 together in class, and here's my audio for chapter 2, to help you get started on your own.

Click here for To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 2 new recording - should work 4/18/15 - TCS

Finish chapters 3, 4, & 5 this weekend.


Monday, 4/20, we will read ch 6 together.

Click here for To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 7. (first 5 minutes only)

Read chapter 8 Monday night.


Tuesday, 4/21, we will read ch 9 together. You all will read aloud some, too.

Click here for To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 10. (first 8 minutes)

Links for To Kill a Mockingbird

Before To Kill a Mockingbird, explore these sites to get a sense of the historical setting and race relations at the time of the novel.

Here are some cool sites to let you explore before we start reading To Kill a Mockingbird

Scottsboro Case Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys

Trials of the Scottsboro Boys

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

PBS: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/

VIDEO PBS (85 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBV-GhyINY

Extras…

What is a “Hoover Cart”?

http://media.lib.ecu.edu/spclcoll/staffpick.cfm?id=217

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_hoover_cart

What is an “entailment”?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_Scout_mean_by_entailment_in_To_Kill_A_Mockingbird

Animal Farm -Russian documentary

Extra notes after the PBS video

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Notes Russian Revolution

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FW: video

Hi Kids!

Click the link below to see the screencast our awesome librarian made for you! She's got three new ways for you to search for information on your research topics.

If it's too blurry for you, follow Mrs. Utz's advice below. Happy researching!


Tosha Caston-Smith
Pre-AP English 9
Spain Park High School

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-----Original Message-----
From: Utz, Marnie
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 10:52 AM
To: Caston-Smith, Tosha
Subject: video

https://docs.google.com/a/hcs-students.net/file/d/0Bwj-kBgishlJTTJId3RHcHNfd2c/edit?usp=drivesdk

Hi Tosha!
This link should be good for anyone to watch my video. I hope it's ok! It's about 5 minutes. It's a little fuzzy...to fix that, have the kids click the gear icon (next to the full screen icon) in the bottom right corner and change the "quality" setting to 720p HD.

Have a great week!!!
Marnie

How Does the Brain Learn Best? Smart Studying Strategies | MindShift

Forgetting is a crucial part of learning. Space out study times. Study in different places. Quiz yourself or tell a friend all about it.

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/25/how-does-the-brain-learn-best-smart-studying-strategies/

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More Progressive Ways to Measure Deeper Levels of Learning | MindShift

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/04/09/more-progressive-ways-to-measure-deeper-level-of-learning/

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Helpful Links for Grammar and Research

Links to use over the next few days and over Spring Break if you desire:

Review Parts of Speech at http://bit.ly/partsofspeechselfteach

Review Parts of the Sentence at http://bit.ly/partsofsentenceselfteach

Share your Research Blog here: http://bit.ly/submitblogstoshare

Turn in your Research Blog but Don't Share here: http://bit.ly/donotsharemyblog

See all Shared Research Blogs at http://bit.ly/researchblogstoshare

Get another copy of the Animal Farm Packet at http://bit.ly/AFpacket

Animal Farm Real Russian History Documentary by PBS: Russia's War: Blood upon the Snow: http://bit.ly/BloodupontheSnow

FW: Google Alert - "Tosha Caston-Smith"

 

 

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Total Solar Eclipse Occurs Friday: Where and How to (Safely) See It - NBC News.com

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/total-solar-eclipse-occurs-friday-where-how-safely-see-it-n324626

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Putting the World In Their Hands: Augmented Reality in the Classroom | MindShift

I want this classroom, guys! There is so much more we can do with more freedom to explore and create!

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/putting-the-world-in-their-hands-augmented-reality-in-the-classroom/

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Make Your Writing Clearer: 6 Tips for Re-wording Sentences

Kids, you will find this worth your time.    Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Make Your Writing Clearer: 6 Tips for Re-wording Sentences grammarly.com - The author James Michener said, "I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." If you're an aspiring author or someone striving for clarity in your professional or academic writing, you appreciate the methodical march of the rewriting process. Each word in a sentence has a job; cut those that do nothing. These six tips will help you achieve clear and concise writing. Available on the App Store.

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Scientists capture first ever image of light acting as a particle and a wave

What a neat read and cool video. Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Scientists capture first ever image of light acting as a particle and a wave ExtremeTech - Despite being a well-established tenet of modern physics, the particle-wave duality of light can be a real mind-bender. This approach to understanding the universe was pioneered by scientists like Albert Einstein and Max Planck, eventually leading to quantum mechanics. Researchers have been trying to visualize light in both forms ever since, but haven't had success until now. A team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) claim they've devised an experiment to photograph light as both a particle and wave. Available on the App Store.

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Why Don't Convenience Stores Sell Better Food?

For the research project...  One of you was doing some thing on diet, I think. Great stuff. Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Why Don't Convenience Stores Sell Better Food? m.theatlantic.com - DC Central Kitchen/Flickr At a small corner store in northeast Washington, Nola Liu, a community-outreach officer with the D.C. Central Kitchen, whirled around a deli case with a clipboard in hand, passing out a recipe for cinnamon pear crisps to anyone who would take it. Available on the App Store.

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Article: Chanting, 'We'll not forget,' Russians mourn slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov

Chanting, 'We'll not forget,' Russians mourn slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-russia-march-nemtsov-20150301-story.html

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4 crazy ideas from Stanford about the future of college

Here's hoping you guys get a little taste of this in a few years! Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   4 crazy ideas from Stanford about the future of college vox.com - In 2013, student groups at the design schoolat Stanford University started to tackle an interesting question: what will an undergraduate education at Stanford look like at the turn of the 22nd century? Available on the App Store.

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Feb 27, Friday Class Discussion

Here is the link to a copy of the 49-59 discussion questions.

 

http://bit.ly/GE49-59disc discussion questions

 

Please make a copy, share with each other, share with me at tcastonsmith@hcs-students.net, and submit your group’s document here.

 

http://bit.ly/GE49-59Form form to submit your group’s link

 

Tosha Caston-Smith

Pre-AP English 9

Spain Park High School

 

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14 Startups That Will Change Our Everyday Life

Cool read Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   14 Startups That Will Change Our Everyday Life VentureBeat - Investors are always in search of billion-dollar unicorns. And now with Uber and SnapChat being valued in the tens of billions, we are starting to see a new wave of elite "winged unicorns." But that's not all the startup scene has to offer. Available on the App Store.

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Feb 24 step by step instructions

No GE test until Friday or Monday. 

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GE Writing Due February 25th

24 February 2015

Here's the link to the writing prompts and directions:

http://bit.ly/GEwritingFeb2425

Here's the link to the form to submit your document: (submit now)

http://bit.ly/GEwritingFeb25


Essays must be completed by noon Wednesday (if there is no school)