It's been grand...

Well, this is it! Summer has arrived!

I want to thank you guys for giving me a great year at Issaquah, and I really am sad I'm leaving. I will miss all of you (well, most of you.... kidding). I have learned a lot from you this year, and I hope that you learned at least one or two things from me.

When my new contact information is active (late August), I will post my new school email. Until then, you can post on the blog if you have questions over the summer or just want to say hello!

Thanks again, and enjoy your summers!

~ Ms. Shea

Finals Week!

Monday 1-2

Tuesday 3-4

Wednesday 5-6 (10:45-12:15)

Remember to bring me your No Problem Passes and any stamp sheets you found that you never turned in, and to pick up your Peep Projects!

US - Friday 6/13

1. Presentations

HOMEWORK
for Wednesday
Bring your party food and your No Problem Passes!

Euro - Thursday 6/12

1. Presentations

HOMEWORK
Bring in your textbook!!

PRESENTATION ORDER
Monday (P1)
Nick Phillips
Ryan Willmers
Brandon Goldman
Brittany Beckett
Duke Dynda
Tasha Feng

Monday (P2)
Lynn Thompson
Haley Miller-Boren
Beau Amrine
Trent Halverson
David Rex
Billy Rossman


Tuesday (P3)
Michelle Nichols
Kevin Phung
Riley Liddle
John Bulahan
Katherina Vlahovich
Ben Lawry
Sarah Andres

All Periods - Wednesday 6/11

1. Presentations

HOMEWORK
for Friday (at the latest)
Bring in your textbook! If I don't have it by Friday, you will get a fine slip for $80.

US - Tuesday 6/10

1. Presentations!

HOMEWORK
for Wednesday
BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK!

WEDNESDAY'S ORDER
5th Period
Madison A, Jess L, Molly N, Joe C, Taryn O

6th Period
Ryan S, Will D, Lauren L, Kyle P, Melanie R

EURO - Tuesday 6/10

1. Presentations!

2. Collected Textbooks

WEDNESDAY'S ORDER
P1
Brenton Spencer
Malorie Kerouac
Justin Crawford
Spencer Rogers

P2
Jon Wallis
Michelle Voetberg
Cole Hamblin
Heather Nelson

P3
Josh Martyn
Taylor Bailey
Mitchell Tant
Molly Herman

US - Monday 6/9

1. Worked on presentations

HOMEWORK
for Tuesday
Packet due: Graphic Organizer, MLA Works Cited, Ppt handout or script of presentation

POWERPOINT TIPS - If you want an outline, follow this:

1. Intro slide (name, period, date, title)

2. Introduce your conflict and stakeholders

3. Lay out all the reasons that your conflict happened

4. Thesis: This is the most important reason!

5. Reason 1 with evidence

6. Reason 2 with evidence

Remember, stick to mostly images - think of the PPT as a way to show images, rather than something to convey a lot of text or to use as a script.

EURO - Monday 6/9

1. Presentations!

Those of you going later this week, you need to save your PPT to the drop-box in the student server(\\Ihssvrstu\STUDENTS\Susan Shea) or bring it in on a flash drive BEFORE class. Make sure all of your technology works!

HOMEWORK
for Tuesday
BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK - you will get a fine slip if you do not have it.

TUESDAY'S PRESENTATION ORDER
Period 1 - Jessica, Jack, Maria, Matt, Marc, Ryan M, Spencer

Period 2 - Erik, Jessie, TJ, Abby, Khushbu, Linseyanne, Delaney

Period 3 - Alex L, Caitlin, Ian, Courtney, Connor

WEDNESDAY'S PRESENTATION ORDER
Period 1 - Brenton S, Malorie K, Justin C

Period 2 - Jon W, Michelle V, Cole H, Heather N

Period 3 - Josh M, Taylor B, Mitchell T, Molly H

US - Friday 6/6

Hey gang, sorry I'm not in today. I will be back on Monday, so feel free to drop me a line with any questions, clarifications, etc. If you would like help with your thesis, email it to me and I'll try to get back to you.

For today, please look at the examples of bad powerpoint slides, to help guide you away from what NOT to do.

Remember, this presentation is about the CAUSE of the conflict, not really about the conflict itself. You are to answer the "What caused it and why" question, not only the "What was it?" question.

If you're struggling with your argument, follow these steps:

1. Define the conflict, and outline the major issues/events/stakeholders
2. List the reasons why it happened - what caused it? What were the "factors" leading to conflict?
3. Of that list, decided which factor is most important in causing the conflict. Voila, this is your thesis!
4. Now come up with two supporting arguments (reasons 1 and 2 on your graphic organizer) that tell me WHY is that the most important factor, and not something else?
5. Now find two concrete details (cited evidence) for each supporting reason.

If you're having thesis wording trouble, start by filling this in:

The most important factor leading to (insert conflict) between (insert stakeholder 1) and (insert stakeholder 2) was (insert the primary cause of conflict chosen from the overall list of causes). This is because (insert supporting reason 1) and (insert supporting reason 2).

Once you have that, you can work on stronger word choice and phrasing.


HOMEWORK
for Tuesday
Final Packet Due: Graphic Organizer, Outline of your presentation (script/copy of PPT) and MLA Bibliography (25 points in projects)

EURO - Friday 6/6

1. Wrapped up work on Hollywood v. History project

HOMEWORK
for Monday
Packet due!! - Printout of PPT (6 slides/page), MLA Works Cited (in correct format, with all sources including movie), and you graphic organizer.

Presentation Order for Monday

Period 1

1. Kim C
2. Alyssa K
3. Spencer R
4. Nick Permann
5. Laura H

Period 2

1. Phil S
2. Grace M
3. Matthew R
4. Delaney J
5. Jimmy Hightower
   

Period 3

1. Pete B
2. Callie H
3. Michael M
4. Sarah R
5. Alex S
6. Molly G

All Periods - Thursday, 6/5

1. Worked on final projects

HOMEWORK
See earlier posts

NOTICE: Because of comments abuse, you may no longer post comments directly to this blog without moderation. All comments MUST include your name and period, and will be moderated.

All Periods - Wednesday 6/4

1. Worked on final projects in library. Refer to yesterday's post for HW.

US - Tuesday 6/3

1. Worked on Conflict, Turmoil & Change Final Project

Presentation order TBA on Friday

HOMEWORK
for Thursday
Try to have a rough idea of your thesis

for Monday
Have your presentation largely complete, so you can use the period in the library to brush up on your ppt.

for Tuesday
Presentation Packet Due: Outline of presentation, Graphic Organizer, MLA Works Cited

EURO - Tuesday 6/3

1. Worked on Hollywood v. History project

HOMEWORK
for Wednesday
Have movie watched and thesis outlined

for Friday
Packet Due: Outline of Powerpoint (6 slides to a page), Graphic Organizer, and Works Cited

for Monday
Presentations begin! Order TBA

US - Monday 6/2

1. Turmoil & Change Essay Test

HOMEWORK
for Tuesday
Pull together whatever resources you have on your project - we're in the library to do research all this week!

EURO - Monday 6/2

1. Worked on Hollywood v. History Project

HOMEWORK
for Wednesday
Have movie watched and thesis outlined

for Friday
Packet Due: Outline of Powerpoint (6 slides to a page), Graphic Organizer, and Works Cited

for Monday
Presentations begin! Order TBA

US - a note on Monday's test

I made some small additions to the Study Guide. Just FYI.

Remember, this is the last test grade, so make it a good one.