3-D Project of Grade 7 Due on December 14th

Grade 7 students will bring in their completed 3-D Projects on December 14th  in the morning and set them up in my room (or wherever else I may tell you).    I will then grade your projects and I should know your final mark within a day or so of you handing it in.

No projects will be accepted after the date I have mentioned above!

The Grade 7 Social Studies projects will be on display for the parents to see on December 17th, 2009–the night of the Christmas performance.

As you have been told, you also have your TEACHER FOR 10 MINUTES project to do during the holidays.  I have given you a detailed rubric and instructions.  This second semester project is due the first day that you return from your December-January holidays.

Grade 6 A and B Weekend Homework

School has been canceled for Grades 1-6 this Friday (Nov. 13th), BUT ALL OF YOU STILL HAVE HOMEWORK TO DO!  Take the main points below, print them out onto an A4 paper, and then add extra point form notes (“bullet points”) in blue pen about the city of Ur.  In the past, you tried to find the main points about cities in general, but now you must take specific notes about Ur near the main points listed below.  This is due on your first class next week (6A on the 16th and 6B on the 17th).

Features of Ur:  An Early City

• Standard of Ur—mosaic panels showing war and peace
• Ur—an early city near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
• Cities need rivers or water
• Farmers provide food
• Irrigation (canals and tunnels from river to fields) provides water
• Surplus food (no famine—lack of food)
• Specialized jobs
• Large population
• People live close together
• Leadership or government
• King or “big man” controlled everything, e.g., farmers, soldiers, etc.
• Planning or organization of workers
• Priests and kings have influence over people
• Large public buildings
• Different social classes (three class system—upper, middle, lower)
• Burials and graves (cemeteries)
• Long-distance trade
• Writing system
• Culture
• Cities and civilization come from the Latin civitas (“city”)

Major Project for Grade 7 Due Soon!

As you know, we have been working on a research essay since the beginning of Week 1!  Finally, students (after going through a lengthy drafting and redrafting process) are finished this part of their project that is worth 20% of their final mark this semester.

Students were instructed to finish their 3-D Project during the October holidays.  However, many have still not finished.  Nevertheless, students were told in the past that the due date for the 3-D aspect of their research project is due on November 20th, 2009.   I strongly encourage you to finish these projects as soon as possible so you will have time to study and finish other projects you may have been assigned.

I would like students to take a picture of their completed future board / 3-D project and show it to me by November 23rd.  (DO NOT bring it in UNLESS you have my permission.)  Make sure the picture is clear and large.  I suggest that you print it in color or take your picture to a shop and have them print it out in “jumbo” size (about 4-6 baht or so).

Students will bring in their projects on December 10th and will set them up AFTER their final exam in the exam schedule (probably Science) or on December 14th in the morning.    I will then grade your projects and I should know your final mark within a day or so of you handing it in.

No projects will be accepted after the date I have mentioned above!

The Grade 7 Social Studies projects will be on display for the parents to see on December 17th, 2009–the night of the Christmas performance.