Semester Grades

Semester grades are completed on PowerSchool. Students should e-mail Mr. Stone within the week if there are any questions.

Writing the Introduction and Conclusion to the Research Report

Introduction
Opening Strategies
The introduction for the research paper should be between five and eight sentences in length.

The first three to five sentences should contain an opening strategy

Common Open Strategies                How that Might Work with the Religion Report
Open with an anecdote.                       Retell/summarize a Bible story that relates to your
                                                             paper's topic.

Open with thought-provoking details.    List examples of incidents from the Bible that relate
                                                             to your paper's topic.

Open with a contrast.                          Contrast today with first-century Palestine. For
                                                             example, if your paper is about what was the life
                                                             of woman like in first-century Palestine,
                                                             then you would describe briefly the life of
                                                             contemporary women before asking your
                                                             primary question.

Open with a quotation.                       Use Brainy Quote or Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
                                                             to locate a quotation related to your paper's topic.
                                                             Introduce the person who said the quote, present
                                                             the quote and comment on the quote before
                                                             asking your primary question.

Primary Question
After your opening strategy, continue your introductory paragraph by stating your primary question.

Expository Thesis
Immediately following the primary question, state your thesis. Remember the thesis for this paper is not argumentative/persuasive.

Preview
A preview lists for the reader the subtopics of your paper. Your preview may be a part of your thesis sentence or a separate sentence.

Example of an introduction using an anecdote:

The Gospel of Matthew tells the story of a woman who comes to Jesus for healing after bleeding for twelve years. By touching even the hem of his garment, she believes she will be healed. Jesus rewards her faith and makes her whole. Jesus clothing is not the point of this story; however, imaginative readers may wonder, “What was clothing like in first-century Palestine?” First-century Palestinians typically wore simple clothing as can be seen in the clothing of the men, women, and children and in their jewelry and footwear.

Example of an introduction using thought-provoking details:

In the New Testament Mary wraps Jesus in swaddling clothes. Jesus says if a man takes your coat, you give him your cloak as well. At the crucifixion soldiers place a crown of thorns and a purple garment on Jesus on Jesus. New Testament readers eventually ask themselves, “What was clothing like in first-century Palestine? First-century Palestinians typically wore simple clothing as can be seen in the clothing of the men, women, and children and in their jewelry and footwear.

Example of an introduction using a contrast:

Contemporary Americans buy nearly all their clothing from big box chain stores or online companies. They keep their clothes in dressers, closets, storage bins and even storage units. Magazines and television shows picture the year’s latest trends. What was clothing like in the time of the New Testament? Forget a closet. A description of the clothing of first-century men, women, and children and their jewelry and footwear reveals how simple their clothing was.

Example of an introduction using a quotation:

The American humorist Mark Twain says, “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Apparently Twain was not thinking of the Gospel writer Mark who famously lost his garment and ran away naked. The Gospel writer Mark clearly had an influence on society, and the clothing of more than men matter. A closer look at the clothing of first-century Palestinian men, women, and children and their jewelry and footwear helps contemporary Bible readers understand how simple first-century Palestinian clothing was.

Conclusion

The conclusion for the Religion research report should be three to five sentences long.

Restate the report's thesis.

Reconnect to the opening strategy.

Describe relevance to Bible for a modern reader.

Great Expectations Test

The Great Expectations test will be taken in two parts.

Day One (Tuesday, May 5 for Periods 2, 5 & 6 and Wednesday May 6 for Period 7)

Part 1: (short answer) author, genre, publishing, point of view

Part 2: (identifying quotations) major characters

Part 3: (matching) minor characters

Part 4: (long answer--one or more paragraphs may be required) dynamic characters

Day Two (Wednesday, May 6 for Periods 5 & 6 and Thursday, May 7 for Periods 2 & 7)

Part 5: (long answer--one or more paragraphs may be required) plot and subplots

Part 6: (matching & short answer) setting

Part 7: (long answer--one or more paragraphs may be required) situational irony

Part 8: (long answer--one or more paragraphs may be required) theme



Mr. Stone covered details regarding the test in class and through the review sheet.

April 20-24

Day One
(Monday 20 April 2015 for Periods 2, 5 & 6 and Tuesday 21 April 2015 for Period 7)

Correct Vocabulary Energizer Chapter 3 exercises and read Chapter 56 in class.

Homework: Study for Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 3 Test. This test will contain all of the fifteen new words from Chapter 3 and five of the words from Chapters 1 and 2. Two extra credit questions will be given from the word history stories in Chapter 3.


Day Two
(Tuesday 21 April 2015 for Periods 2, 5, and 6 and Wednesday 22 April 2015 for Period 7)

Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 3 Test

Students read Chapter 57 in class.

Homework: Finish reading the novel, Chapter 58-59.


Day Three
(Wednesday 22 April 2015 for Periods 5 & 6 and Thursday 23 April 2015 for Periods 2 & 7)

Quiz: Chapters 54-59

Complete the exercises for Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 4 in class.

Receive Great Expectations test review sheet.

Homework: Begin studying for Great Expectations test.


Day Four
(Thursday 23 April 2015 for Periods 5 & 6 and Friday 24 April 2015 for Periods 2 & 7)

Finish viewing movie version of Great Expectations.

Discussion

Homework: Continue to study for Great Expectations test.

Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 2 Test

Tuesday 14 April 2015 for Periods 2, 5 & 6 and Wednesday 15 April 2015 for Period 7

Students took a test over Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 2. After the test, they completed the exercises for Chapter 3 of Vocabulary Energizers and began reading their homework.

Mr. Stone several found poems he wrote this month and surveyed students about their pets for material for a poem.

Homework: Read Chapters 46-47 of Great Expectations.

More Great Expectations and Vocabulary Energizers Chapter 2

Monday 13 April 2015 for Periods 2, 5 & 6 and Tuesday 14 April 2015 for Period 7

Students read Chapters 44 and 45 of Great Expectations in class.

Homework: Study Chapters 1 and 2 of Vocabulary Energizers for the Chapter 2 test at the beginning of the next class period.

There will be twenty words on the test: the fifteen new words from Chapter 2 and five selected words from Chapter 1.

In addition two extra credit questions will asked that require knowledge of the word history stories of Chapter 2.

Research Test

Periods 5 & 6 will take the test on Thursday, March 19, 2015 and Periods 2, & 7 on Friday, March 20, 2015.

Part One: Phases of the Research Process

Students will number the phases of the research process to show their order.

Study the "Research Process" handout.

Part Two: Steps in the Research Process

Students will identify which steps of the research process go with which stage of the research process. The questions may be matching or multiple choice.

Study the "Research Process" set on Quizlet.

Part Three: Forms of Information Publications/Information Packages

Students will identify which specific publications belong with which category of publications.

Study the "Information Packages" set on Quizlet.

Part Four: Library

Students will identify the location of 21 aspects of the Loma Linda Academy 7-12 Library.

Study the "LLA 7-12 Library" set on Quizlet.

Part Five: Parts of a note card

Students will identify the four parts of a note card:

1.source
2. keyword/subtopic
3. note (paraphrase, summary, quote
4. page number/medium.

Part Six: Integrating Source Material

Students should be able to list the following four components in order:

1. Introduce the source.
2. Allow the source to speak.
3. Cite to signal the source has stopped talking.
4. Respond to the source through a comment.

Part Seven: Differentiating Types of Notes

Students will be given a short article and three notes. They will need to identify which note is a summary, which is a paraphrase, and which is direct quote.

Chapters 12-16 of Great Expectations

Quiz: Chapter 11

In class, students listened to Chapters 12-14.

Homework: Read Chapters 15-16 for a quiz at the beginning of next week.

Chapters 9-11 of Great Expectations

Wednesday 4 March 2015 for Periods 5 & 6 and Thursday 5 March 2015 for Periods 2 & 7

Quiz: Chapter 8

In class students listened to Chapter 9 and part of Chapter 10.

Homework: Finish reading Chapter 10 and all of eleven. There will be a quiz over Ch. 11 at the beginning of the next period.

Chapters 6-8 of Great Expectations

(Tuesday for Periods 2, 5, & 6 and Wednesday for Period 7)

Quiz: Chapters 4-5 of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

In class, students listened to Chapters6-7 and the beginning of Chapter 8.

Homework: Finish reading Chapter 8 of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.