Pakbaz’s Passport to the World

HAVE A WONDERFUL

THANKSGIVING BREAK( :

Presentations are finish!
I hope everyone has a safe, happy holiday.

See everyone back on Monday, December 1( :

All research is due tomorrow. Remember that if I have your Bibliography, we’ll add it to your book tomorrow.

Please check past BLOGs and notes from class to put papers in the correct order! Don’t forget to number your pages to match the Table of Content. Remember that page 1 is the first page of your outline.

Final presentations are tomorrow!!

We are winding down to the end of our research!! I know that everyone will be THANKFUL during Thanksgiving through Winter break that there will be no major projects. HANG IN THERE!!
Only two more days.

Try to have all final copies in by tomorrow, so I can quickly view them and offer any suggestions for major corrections!!

I am extending til Friday, if needed!!

If you have forgotten how to put your papers in order, check past BLOGS to see the order of everything.

Homework is to prepare for your presentations and try to have all final copies in by tomorrow (Friday if you really need it!) No late papers will be accepted after Friday, since I have already extended the deadline several times!!

Progress Reports went home today.

Please have parents sign and return them tomorrow.
I’ll check off your name and let you keep them.

Things to Remember:

• Don’t forget to prepare for your presentation.
• Check the rubric to remind you of what is required.
• Remember that all final copies of your outline, paragraphs, table of content, etc. are due on Thursday. Please put in the correct order so they are ready to bind into a book.
• I’ll return all edited papers by tomorrow so you may make any corrections.
• Also, remember that I have your Bibliographies.
• Please convert any 2007 Word docs or ppts to 2003 ( :

Presentations went well today, though two people could not present due to their flash drives not working or due to using Microsoft 2007 and not saving it as a 2003 doc. Don’t forget that anything saved as DOCX will not work on our school computers.

Don’t forget to bring your drives in early to see if they work or to email your work to yourself or me to download!!

My MAC users…Yeah!! We will have a MAC laptop in our classroom as of tomorrow!! I’ll have it all week for your use!!

We critiqued presentation in each class and set standards for the rest of the week. Homework is to rehearse your 10 minute presentation. (5 extra if needed) Also, finish your final copies of the outline, paragraphs, and Table of Content by Thursday.

Last call for final papers if you want me to edit them is tomorrow by the end of class. This way I’ll have time to edit and return them to you for revisions before Thursday’s due date.

If your parents helped edit and you are confident in your work and do not want me to edit, that is your decision ( :

FINAL COPIES OF EVERYTHING ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH PERIOD.

Anyone who has everything completed early and are ready to bind, may bring your papers..in the correct order..at any time tomorrow and Wednesday and we’ll bind them.

I went over the Table of Content with students today and gave a copy of yesterday’s BLOG to those who needed it.

4th Period was able to meet for 20 minutes with me to answer any questions, then we went to the Performing Arts Music Throughout the World Program.

Updated Due Dates:

Monday–Friday: Student presentations (Check Agenda)

Monday: All rough drafts are due

Thursday: All final drafts are due

Mon-Thur: Book binding as books are finished

Hang in there—we are almost through!!

Homework is to finish all rough drafts and to prepare for your presentations.

Anyone who would like for me to edit your rough drafts of the outline and paragraphs early, may email them to me over the weekend. I’ll print them out, edit them, and return them to you on Monday!!

Microsoft 2007–03 Reminder

Don’t forget to save your Microsoft 2007 files as a 2003 file.
Our computers at school will not open the 2007.

We spent the day in the Media Center adding to our Bibliographies, writing rough draft paragraphs, and working on presentations.

All rough drafts of the outline and paragraphs are due tomorrow!!

For those who want to start your Table of Content, here is the order: Do not put page #s til we bind our books next week.

Table of Content

1. Outline
2. Introduction
3. Physical Geography
4. History
5. Government/Political Systems
6. Economic Systems
7. Environmental Issues
8. Current Event
9. Conclusion
10. Graphics (May be on each page, if you separated each section to a page.)
11. Interview (If you had one.)
12. Bibliography

Tomorrow we will edit & revise our rough draft paragraphs and I’ll answer any questions about presentations. Don’t forget to refer to your presentation rubric given out early in October as you plan your presentation.

Double check agendas for which day you are presenting!!

4th Period will not meet with me tomorrow due to schedule changes for Performing Arts. Remember that you may email me any questions or concerns. I’ll be checking my email frequently at home of the evenings til presentations are finished next Friday. Also, you may see me in homeroom!!

You may print this BLOG out to have permission to come in at 8:00A. M. tomorrow to work on your research outline, paras, and presentations if you need to !!

B. Pakbaz

I am having an 8:00AM outline/para help session; but you must have a note and signature in your agenda to attend.

I checked outlines today and gave feedback on how to improve them. You all have done a really great job with these ( :
A small number of you still need to finish yours before Friday!
Check for "outline" homework grades I posted today.

Today, we also began writing paragraphs from our outlines.
Homework is to finish rough draft paragraphs I.Intro — III. History.
If typing your paras and outlines, try to email them to yourself or save them on a flash drive so you can upload and work with them on a computer at school tomorrow!!

Tomorrow we will work on Media Center computers to fine tune our bibliographies and finish rough draft paragraphs for IV. Political Systems—-VIII. Conclusion. We also will be peer/teacher editing.

Anyone wanting to work ahead and finish their rough draft paragraphs tonight may do so.

Today, in honor of Veteran’s Day, we had an amazing presentation by Lieutenant Muse, a parent of one of Mrs. Crull’s student. Students learned about the importance of our military vets who have or are serving our country.

I did not collect outlines today, due to three other classes being in our room to listen to our speaker. Tomorrow I’ll check these and we will begin writing our paragraphs ( :

Homework is to finish your outline if you did not and to work on next week’s presentation.

You may print out this BLOG to show at the front desk tomorrow morning at 8:00AM to come in for help with outlining ( :
B. Pakbaz