LPUMS GATE/Tech Language Arts Classes

Students will create a slideshow presentation about the different parts of Luis P. Untalan Middle School using Googledocs.  Each student will be part of a group. The Beginning students only need to have pictures and titles on their slideshow.  The Intermediate students must include one detail about their subject.  The Advanced students must conduct interviews of at least 3 teachers from each team, one elective and one administrator.  Project is due on Thursday, Oct. 16.

Beginners
1)  Take pictures of different parts of the campus for a campus tour. 1st Period students are taking pictures of the front parts of the school (entrance, cafeteria, Business Office, Main Office, PFC, Library), 5th period the middle parts (Volleyball court, Gym, two courtyards, Pupil Personnel Office, Teacher’s Lounge), and 8th period the back (Counseling Office, different elective rooms, restrooms, soccer field, T-buildings and fast-track buildings).

Intermediate
1)  Take pictures of at least 5 people that make up our school community. 1st period: counselors, nurse, computer operator; 5th period: school aides, one-to-one aides; 8th period:  clerks, janitors, cafeteria workers, librarian, social workers, coordinator

2)  Describe what these people do on campus.

Advanced 
1)  Take pictures of at least 5 teachers and 1 administrator.
2)  Interview one teacher from each team, one elective teacher and one administrator per group. Include a quote about being a teacher at Untalan.

Take Quiz #3 by going to this link (link was deactivated).

1) Type 2 paragraphs about yourself in a new post.

2)  Type Journal Entry #2 in a new post. Provide a link to your classmate’s blog.

3)  Advanced: Create a post about a photo that you like (Where you found it, why you like it). Insert the picture by going to “Add media” in the Write Post page and inserting the url of the photo. Then do a photo credit with a link to the url of the webpage.

Example:

Photo by Michael Falco. Retrieved on Sept. 27 from http://www.statenislandusa.com/pages/botanical_garden.html.

Hello students and parents,

The mid-quarter progress reports will be passed out by Friday, Sept. 26–if not before.  I’ve also signed up for an online grading system so you all can view an up-to-date grade average after each assignment, quiz, and other graded class activities.

Please email me at juvycarino@gmail.com to receive your login and password (parents and students have the same account), then you can go to www.mygradebook.com.