Speech contest Information

* All Speeches are due  1/6/14 

* Students must have two copies of their typed speech

* The speech must be 3 minutes to 5 minutes long 

* A 3 minute speech is about 2 1/2 pages typed. 

* this is a major project in the second marking period if all parts are not met students can not pass. 

1. Speeches MUST BE at minimum 3 minutes long (-20 if it is not)   
2. Speeches MUST BE memorized ( - 20 if that is not) 

3. 40 points for delivery and presentation This includes voice, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures           and poise.  STUDENTS should activity present their speech a lesson will be given during class to  

       guide them in developing a strong speech,and presentation.
4. Speech content must be the student's thoughts and words on the topic.

Students will be presenting speeches to the class. Dates of presentations will be given on 1/6. To ensure that your child is ready to present please practice with them.

Instructions for participants* 

"The importance of healthy living" is the topic for the 2014 School Speech Contest.

Students are asked to consider how maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important for individuals, communities or even the nation as a whole. Participants can choose to focus on various aspects of health - including, but not limited to, exercise, nutrition, obesity, disease prevention or mental health.

In organizing their speeches, students can consider these questions:

• What is the student's definition of a healthy lifestyle?
• How does an individual's decision to maintain a healthy lifestyle impact his/her own life and those around him/her?
• What can communities do to assist individuals in improving their health? (Consider examples of community or government initiatives that have had a positive impact on overall health.)

Students can use the questions above to help formulate ideas, but they should not be limited by the list.

Speeches must be at least three minutes and no longer than five minutes long, and must be in the students' own words.

Judging criteria
Contestants will be judged using the following 100-point system:

40 points for material organization This accounts for theme and subject adherence, structure, content, logic and color.

40 points for delivery and presentation
This includes voice, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures and poise.

20 points for overall effectiveness
This scores impression and effect.

8th grade December 16

ELA Lesson 


Weekly vocabulary words

Alliteration

Antagonist

Author’s Purpose

Characterization

Climax

Conflict

Dialogue

Fiction

Genre

Historical Fiction

Hyperbole

7th grade December 16

ELA Lesson 


Weekly vocabulary words

Depict

Determination

Point of view in narration

Autobiography

Biography

Spelling textbook p115 #'s 26-40 Questions and answers.

6th grade December 16

Lessons
ELA
Religion

ELA
Weekly vocabulary words

Autobiography

Biography

Figurative language

Memoir

Personal narrative

Point of view

Students must write a three paragraph essay as if they were an immigrant coming through Ellis Island.  They must explain what they experienced as a person who was NOT in first or second class. Make sure to use the facts that we learned during class to support your essay writing.  http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/stop10.htm

you many use this site to help you if you cannot remember some facts.

5th grade December 5

Lessons
ELA 
Religion

Weekly vocabulary words 
figurative language
 idiom
simile
 hyperbole
metaphor
 personification
 author’s choice of words
 mood

5th grade December 9

ELA
All vocabulary words
Topics for unit exam
Adjectives
Verbs and the many ways the function
Figurative language
idioms, adages, proverbs, simile, metaphor
using text evidence to support answers

Religion 
 All vocabulary words
Chapters 5-8
Baptism
Confirmation
Advent

6th grade December 9

ELA 
Topics to study for unit exam
All vocabulary words from unit 2
Adverbs
comparison of different stories
denotation and connotation of words
the function of verbs
the breakdown of a main character
phrases

Religion 
All vocabulary words from unit 2
chapters 6-10
Moses
Saul
the Judges
David
Samson

7th grade

All vocabulary words from unit 2
Solving unknown words
adverbs
clauses
sentences( simple, compound, complex)
interjections
conjunctions


ELA Homework do Wednesday.

We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

When Malindy Sings   by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Who is speaking in the poems?

 Who is the audience for the poem?
Would the poems be as effective if they were written in standard English instead of dialect, and vice versa?

8th Grade

Topics to study for unit exam
1. all vocabulary words from unit 2
2. Sentences (simple, compound, complex)
3. phrases
4. clauses
5. understanding mult-used  words.
6. text evidence
7 creating a argument and using text evidence to support it.

Speech contest beginning

Students must hand in 3 topics that they are considering to write about in their speech. Each topic must come with a abstract. Students will have the breakdown on" how to write a abstract" in their ELA notebooks Due 12/ 9

 

 

 

Instructions for participants* 

"The importance of healthy living" is the topic for the 2014 School Speech Contest.

Students are asked to consider how maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important for individuals, communities or even the nation as a whole. Participants can choose to focus on various aspects of health - including, but not limited to, exercise, nutrition, obesity, disease prevention or mental health.

In organizing their speeches, students can consider these questions:

• What is the student's definition of a healthy lifestyle?
• How does an individual's decision to maintain a healthy lifestyle impact his/her own life and those around him/her?
• What can communities do to assist individuals in improving their health? (Consider examples of community or government initiatives that have had a positive impact on overall health.)

Students can use the questions above to help formulate ideas, but they should not be limited by the list.

Speeches must be at least three minutes and no longer than five minutes long, and must be in the students' own words.

Judging criteria 
Contestants will be judged using the following 100-point system:

40 points for material organization This accounts for theme and subject adherence, structure, content, logic and color. 

40 points for delivery and presentation 
This includes voice, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures and poise. 

20 points for overall effectiveness 
This scores impression and effect.

8th Grade December 2

ELA LESSON

 textual evidence

semicolons

separate multiple series in a sentence

simple sentences

compound sentences

complex sentences

hamlet

implicit textual evidence

explicit textual evidence Project due 12/3

Due Friday
Students must use the outline developed in class to create the first draft of their argument essay.

7th Grade December 2

ELA LESSON


diction

poetry

tone

imagery

biography

central ideas

summary of the text

Elaboration 

Collegian discussion 

Phrases 

Students project is due 12/4


During the article " Are School sports Good For Kid" Daniel Gould creates a clear stance(his feelings towards sports) on sports. identify the author's stance and three details that support that stance.

Why do you think it is important for the author to show you the other (counter) stance( view) of sports in schools? Identify some of the counter claims(other ideas) from the author's view. 3 details directly from the text.
*Both questions are due on the back of the article Friday

6th grade December

Lessons

ELA
Religion


Words that we will be reviewing
multiple meaning words
figurative meaning
connotative meaning
Denotation meaning
explicit evidence
implicit evidence
supporting evidence

Green workbook pg 86
blue workbook pg93  answer only


Religion
 
Deborah 
Ruth 
Joshua 
Judges( Religious) 
Jericho 
Canaan 
The twelve tribes of Israel 

Naomi 

Delilah 

5th Grade December 2

Lessons

ELA
Religion


ELA

Words we will be reviewing this week

Idiom
proverb
adage
simile
metaphor
author uses reasons
 evidence to support a point.
details
context clues 

progress common core workbook pg 48 question and answers  Due Wednesday


progress common core workbook pg 46 question and answers


Religion  

Gifts of the Holy Spirit 
Wisdom 
Understanding 
Right Judgement 
Courage 
Knowledge
Reverence
Wounder and awe 

Speech contest All Grades

 

Students must hand in 3 topics that they are considering to write about in their speech. Each topic must come with a abstract. Students have the breakdown on how to write a abstract in their ELA notebooks Due 12/ 9

 

 

 

Instructions for participants* 

"The importance of healthy living" is the topic for the 2014 School Speech Contest.

Students are asked to consider how maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important for individuals, communities or even the nation as a whole. Participants can choose to focus on various aspects of health - including, but not limited to, exercise, nutrition, obesity, disease prevention or mental health.

In organizing their speeches, students can consider these questions:

• What is the student's definition of a healthy lifestyle?
• How does an individual's decision to maintain a healthy lifestyle impact his/her own life and those around him/her?
• What can communities do to assist individuals in improving their health? (Consider examples of community or government initiatives that have had a positive impact on overall health.)

Students can use the questions above to help formulate ideas, but they should not be limited by the list.

Speeches must be at least three minutes and no longer than five minutes long, and must be in the students' own words.

Judging criteria 
Contestants will be judged using the following 100-point system:

40 points for material organization This accounts for theme and subject adherence, structure, content, logic and color. 

40 points for delivery and presentation 
This includes voice, pronunciation, enunciation, gestures and poise. 

20 points for overall effectiveness 
This scores impression and effect.