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Watch Clip on Baltimore, Maryland

1. Use coordinates of latitude and longitude to determine the absolute location of your team’s city.

2. Describe the landforms, climate, culture, historical or economic characteristics of your team’s nickname and how it relates to the city.

3. Then, give three facts about that particular topic.

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Please post your final draft here. This is NOT your published letter, BUT you are one step closer.

Structuring A Persuasive Essay as a Business Letter
Effective Lead
• Writer introduces him/herself and gives a bit of background.
• Opening comments lead up to the focus. Writer’s thesis is stated clearly; writer explains why he/she is writing.
• Three main points in support of the thesis are introduced using transition words.
• A concluding sentence to the paragraph is present.
Solid, Supporting Middle
• A paragraph is written to explain each main point.
• The thesis is stated in each paragraph as a topic sentence but appears in a variety of ways.
• A solid amount of facts and details are given to support each point, each topic sentence.
• All supporting information in each paragraph should relate to the topic sentence of that paragraph.
Cleaver, Convincing Conclusion
• The writer thanks the reader.
• Writer gives a “wish” for the future or hope for change.
Throughout the Essay
• A number of transition words have been used.
• Elaborative phrases are in place.
• Quotes/dialogue is present to support thesis.
• All numbers used in the body are written out in words.
• Abbreviations are NOT used throughout the essay.

Click to Read Critical mass crisis: child obesity

• Baseball Card Directions
• Logos and what they represent
• Egg Drop Day

Working Against Gravity… A project.

Imagine that your teacher will drop an egg off the building onto the blacktop some 50 feet below. What do you suppose will happen? (SPLAT)
Your assignment is to design something that an egg can be placed in… dropped off the building…the egg will survive! Therefore, working against gravity!
There are some rules that must be followed. This must be completed and brought to school on Friday. Good Luck!
Rules:
1) The container must be allowable on the bus!
2) It must have an opening so I can put the egg in place
3) It must be made out of items that can be thrown away.

There are no other limitations, so have fun. Parents are allowed to help!! Egg Drop day will be this Friday, May 29.

Transitions and Connections   (05:25)

Using Transitions & Making Every Word Count   (04:02)

Transitional Words & Phrases

Baseball Cards

Step 1: AB + BB

Step 2: 2B + 3B + HR

Step 3: Hits – Step 2 Answer = 1B (Singles)

Step 4: 1B/A B +BB = ____%

Step 5: 2B//A B +BB = ____%

Step 6: 3B/A B +BB = ____%

Step 7: HR/A B +BB = ____%

Step 8: BB/A B +BB = ____%

Step 9: Add % for Steps 4-8

Step 10: 100-Step 9 Total= OUT _____%

Free Throw Contest

5th=36%

3rd= 32%

Tree Stand Pose

5th=3:56

3rd=3:15

Jump Up

5th= 88 inches

3rd= 77 inches

Stair Run

5th= 4.5 trips

3rd =3.25 trips

Hopscotch Bean Bag Toss

5th= 6.4 points
3rd=  5.3 points

Golf Ball Roll Experiment

Expensive Ball=65 inches

Soft Practice Ball= 63 inches

Cheap Ball= 59 inches

Washer Toss

5th= .74 points

3rd=.52 ponits

Low Ball Putt 

5th=
3rd= 3.1

Closest to the Pin Putting

5th= 19 inches

3rd= 27 inches

• Baseball Card Stats…http://www.baseball-reference.com/
• Math Handout
• Logos

1. Use coordinates of latitude and longitude to determine the absolute location of your team’s city.

2. Describe the landforms, climate, culture, historical or economic characteristics of your team’s nickname and how it relates to the city.

3. Then, give three facts about that particular topic.

1. 37 degrees North longitude and 125 degrees West latitude

2. Landform: The city of San Jose is located on the San Andreas fault zone, the most active fault zone in the world. Earthquakes happen on fault zones.

3. 1. 17% of the world’s earthquakes happen on the San Andreas fault zone.
2. California has around 10.000 EARTHQUAKES a year.
3. The first recorded EARTHQUAKE happened in 1769 in California.

Read at least 30 minutes

Bring in a baseball card

The Colonists Declare Independence

Revolution!

American History: Road to Revolution (56:09)

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?   (23:55)

american-revolution-handout.doc

The American Revolution: From Colonies to Constitution: The American Colonies (15:00)

The Almost Painless Guide to the U.S. Constitution

Our Federal Government: The Presidency

Understanding the Constitution: Creating the Federal Government (22:00)

Student Example!

Analyzing Persuasive Writing Handout

Use your essay on obesity to complete the handout.

Analyzing Persuasive Writing