Block Day 8/17-18 ~ Cut the Fluff...No Raise it

A few things I must say...

• Moodle vs. the blog vs. Focus
• Plagiarism/Cheating
• Emergency Drills
• Late Work
• Absent/Tardies (mine and yours)
• Grading
• Homework/Journals
• Communication
• Respect

Now for the fun stuff!

Warm-up: Introduce yourself to the people sitting next to you. You will need to create groups of three.

The Marshmallow Challenge

Let's face it, we'd all give a pretty penny to spend just one more summer night around a campfire roasting s'mores and not worrying about school tomorrow morning, but....since summer is over we'll do the next best thing.

The Marshmallow Experiment ~ Directions

• The winning team is the one that has the tallest structure measured from the table top surface to the top of the freestanding marshmallow. That means the structure cannot be suspended from a higher structure, like a hand, chair, ceiling or chandelier. 

EQ: What does a marshmallow challenge have to do with English? 


Homework: Annotations and Two Forum Responses due Monday! Bring your journals too.
This weekend, look over your annotations in The Hobbit. Use these thoughts to create posts on our Moodle classroom. Just go to our class, then to the "Beginning of the Year" unit, and click on "Hobbit Talk." For full credit, please post at least twice under any topic you like. Due Sunday night by midnight (20 points for two considerate and detailed responses). More detailed directions are in Moodle.