3rd Reading Check

See Ms. Jones

Rubric

Group Names: ___________________________________________________________

Rubric

A. Constitution

	5	3	1
Include your utopian society’s name, location, and motto.	Includes utopian society’s name, location, and motto.	Include almost all of the following: utopian society’s name, location, and motto.	Incomplete.
Religion—freedoms and restrictions	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Economic System—welfare, businesses, taxes, property rights	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Educational System—requirements, opportunities, tracking	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Government—voting, elections, representatives, laws	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Justice System—courts, trials, punishments, prisons	A complete paragraph that meets requirement.	A paragraph that meets most requirements.	Incomplete paragraph.
Format	Uses headings to distinguish each section. Clear text and paragraph structure that’s easy to follow.	Somewhat uses a clear text and paragraph structure.	No text structure or organization.
Clarity/Focus	Each paragraph is focused on the section that the reader can clearly understand.	Each paragraph is somewhat focused on the section.	Paragraphs are unclear to the reader.
Visual Appeal/Neatness	Typed in a legible font.	-----	Handwritten.
Grammar	Writing is understandable with no grammar mistakes.	Writing is understandable even with a few grammar mistakes.	Grammar mistakes are distracting from the writing that makes it hard to understand.
Total: _______/50

B. Map:

	10		1
Organization	Finished, organized, thought-out map that promotes your society that includes a legend/key, compass rose, and is to scale.	Somewhat organized, includes most of the following: a legend/key, compass rose, and scale.	Disorganized that does not include: a legend/key, compass rose, and scale.
Content	Includes important city features:  roads, government buildings, recreational areas, education centers, entertainment centers, water features, agricultural centers, and power centers.	Includes most city features (see previous list)	Includes only a few city features.
Quality	The map is colored, thought-out, and high quality. 8 ½ x 11 or larger	The map is black and white and mediocre.	The map is poor quality and incomplete. Not 8 ½ x 11 or larger
Total: _______/30

C. Pamphlet:

	5	3	1
Ideas	Considers audience in the sales pitch by appropriate tone and approach.	Somewhat considers audience in the sales pitch by tone and approach.	Does not consider audience in the sales pitch.
Organization	Uses appropriate text features to organize the information (headings, bullets, images).	Somewhat uses appropriate text features to organize the information.	Does not use text features to organize information.
Appeal	Successfully uses advertising techniques to keep the viewer interested that promotes your society.	Attempts to use advertising techniques to keep the viewer interested that promotes your society.	Does not keep the attention of the viewer to promote your society.
Neatness	Finished, organized, thought-out pamphlet that promotes your society.	Somewhat organized, thought-out pamphlet that promotes your society.	Incomplete pamphlet.
Total: _______/20

Reading Check 2

Over. See Ms. Jones

Vocab/Roots 2nd Quarter

Roots:
anthrop: man
phil: love
photo: light
migr: move

 
-ist: one who
-less: without
-ism: belief
-y: full of
-ful: full of
-er/-or: one who

supercilious: prideful
philanthropist: one who loves mankind
fickle: not reliable
lucrative: moneymaking/profitable
sage: a very wise person
mar: to damage or ruin
hoopla: excitement around an event
incredulous: skeptical/hard time believing something

Giver Ch. 15-16 Questions

These questions and the reading are homework and DUE MONDAY, December 10.

CHAPTER 15

1.  What is this memory and what is its result on Jonas?

CHAPTER 16

1.  What are some good memories?

2.  What is the Giver’s favorite memory?  Explain.

3.  How does Jonas feel about this memory?  What are some advantages and disadvantages of this?

4.  What happens when Jonas discusses this feeling with his parents?

5.  What is Jonas’ relationship to Gabriel now?

6.  How does Jonas break the rules at the end of this chapter?  What implications will this have?

Giver Questions: Ch. 13-14

CHAPTER 13

1.  What causes frustration for Jonas?

2.  What is Jonas’ first startling and disturbing memory?  What is his reaction?

3.  Is the Giver married?  Explain about his marriage relationship.

4.  Why is a Receiver necessary in the community?

5.  What does Jonas wonder about when he’s not with the Giver?

6.  Why does the Giver sometimes send him away?

CHAPTER 14

1.  What is the first painful memory and what is its effect on Jonas?

2.  Why do he and the Giver have to hold painful memories?

3.  Why can’t everyone have memories, to share?

4.  What’s wrong with Gabriel?

5.  What happens when twins are born?

6.  How does Jonas comfort Gabriel?  What does he think of this?

The Giver Reading Questions 8-9

CHAPTER 8

1.  What is the difference between “assigned” and “selected”?

2.  What is Jonas selected to do?

3.  What attributes does Jonas have that will help him in his assignment?

4.  What is this “capacity to see beyond”?

CHAPTER 9

1.  In this chapter, Jonas receives his rules.  Write down each rule's key word(s) and write down what Jonas thinks of each rule.

The Giver Reading

The Giver Reading

You can choose to read it individually or in buddies.

As you read: Add to your rules and characters

Sticky note any time it says HONOR

When you’re done, you can answer the questions.

CHAPTER 6

1.  What happened to Sevens?

2.  Why wasn’t Gabriel at the Naming?

3.  What was the Ceremony of Loss?

4.  What else do you learn about release?

5.  What happened for Tens and Elevens?

6.  How do people get spouses and children?

CHAPTER 7

1.  What is Jonas’ number?  How are they assigned numbers?

2.  What is Asher’s assignment?

3.  Page 56, “Thank you for your childhood.”  Explain what this means.

4.  Why do you think Jonas was skipped?

Reading Check 1 (2nd Quarter)

Closed. See Ms. Jones for questions.

Utopia Explore Activity

http://www.utopiaanddystopia.com/

*Hint: Use the sitemap

 

1.  Define “dystopia.”

2.  Define “utopia.”

3.  When was the word “utopia” introduced and by whom?

4.  Write down three books that are considered “utopias” from the 20^th century and on.

5.  Write down three movies that are considered “utopias” from the 20^th century and on.

6.  Who coined/made up the phrase “dystopia”?

7.  Write down three books that are considered “dystopias” from the 20^th century and on.

8.  Write down three movies that are considered “dystopias” from the 20^th century.

9.  What was the most interesting piece of information that you learned?

Final Reading check

over

Roots/Vocab

aud-hear

bi-two/halves

biblio/bibl -book

bio-life

cap-head

chron-time

corp -body

cred-believe

credulous

dem-people

div-divide/part
egregious

eradicate

falter

gen-birth

graph-write

im-not

implore

lavish

mort-death

obliterate

pacify
pervade

pop-people

post-after

pre-before

re-again

scrupulous

snarky

spec-see

squander

struct-build

un-not

vid-see



VOCAB MEANINGS:

Credulous: gullible, easily believe something

egregious: shocking or very bad

eradicate: to get rid of

falter: to mess up or lose momentum

fickle: not reliable

hoopla: excitement around an event

implore: to beg urgently

incredulous: skeptical, have a hard time believing something

lavish: rich or luxurious

lucrative: profitable/moneymaking

mar: to damage or ruin

obliterate: to completely destroy

pacify: to calm

pervade: to spread throughout

philanthropist: a person that helps others

sage: a very wise person

scrupulous: very careful while doing something.

Snarky: rude or sarcastic

Squander: to waste something (money or time)

Supercilious: thinking you’re better than others

Google Apps for Education

How to set up your account:

STUDENTS

my.jordandistrict.org

Students, follow your teacher’s instructions and the following steps to get rolling with your new my.jordandistrict.org Google Apps account.

1. Sign into my.jordandistrict.org http://goo.gl/oQIe8 (case sensitive) or go to oquirrhhillsmiddle.org under the Students tab.
1. username: mmou4567 (Mickey Mouse with Student ID as 1234567)
2. password: 1234567 (Reset to OHMS1234567)
2. Go to a new browser tab
3. Join appropriate group
1. follow the link from teacher to join group

1st period: http://goo.gl/CcmSa

2nd period: http://goo.gl/FGa5Y

4th period: http://goo.gl/lQgjx

5th period: http://goo.gl/4v80O

6th period: http://goo.gl/Wx59v

7th period: http://goo.gl/G9GvW

8th period: http://goo.gl/SrHM9

1. Click on the Join Group button

4. Review Documents
1. Create a new Document
2. Title all Documents using the correct standard
1. #-F.L.-Title
1. (Example: Joshua Glenn in my 4th Period would title his document as 1-JG-Favorites)
2. Write down three of your favoite things.
3. Share it with your neighbor and teacher with “can comment” privileges
4. comment on someone else’s document
5. Review Email
1. Send an email to your teacher
1. subject line: test email
2. send an email to a class member
3. check your mail
6. Sign Out