THEN. . .watch this video about weather and climate HEADLINES. THEN take the short quiz. THEN THINK! But you don't have to write anything. But you do have to THINK.
THANKS.
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Be GOOD. Be QUIET. Have FUN!
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Welcome Ms. Graham's Class
Welcome to the lab. I am so glad that you are getting an opportunity to spend a period in the lab. Here's a link to SchoolLoop. And here is My Access.
When you finish, explore the Fermi Paradox in this TedEd Lesson. You may use headphones, and do not need to answer the questions on paper, but please do think about them!
When you finish that, you may go watch more videos about science and space at Khan Academy.
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Be GOOD. Be QUIET. Have FUN!
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Yearbook Class (with Mrs. Cromeenes)
Mrs. Cromeenes will be with you today
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I found a video that explores how simple words, when well-chosen are actually more powerful than fancy-sounding $10 words. Watch the video TWICE (don't worry, it's short) and work your way through the quiz and thinking activities.
The last part asks you to look at the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
--Copy these words into a Word document, and follow the instructions to "simplify" the words.
--Please do not make it fancy (font/color/background/pictures) until you finish re-writing it.
--You may work in pairs if you both work together QUIETLY and on task.
--Put both your names in the header.
--Post your document here.
And here's the Illustrator BOOM! video tutorial from Deke McClelland==>
Watch this great tutorial on Working through the Mediocrity--Quote from Ira Glass. ==>
Here are the words:
From Ira Glass . . .
“What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me . . . is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
But there is this gap.
For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.
But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you.
A lot of people never get past this phase. They quit.
Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have.
We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story.
It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
Ira Glass is the host and producer of "This American Life" on NPR (National Public Radio).
