Fresh Start @ The IKE Box: October 2007

Monday, October 29, 2007

Journal #10 - 11/2

If you could choose an actor/actress to re-enact your life, who would it be and why? Briefly describe the story of the movie they would be in. (Please include a graphic of the actor/actress with your submission.)

Please respond in complete sentences using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Also, have it proofed prior to posting it.

Journal #9 - 11/1

What was your favorite cartoon/animated movie growing up as a kid? Why? (Please include a graphic with your submission.)

Please respond in complete sentences using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Also, have your work proofed prior to posting.

Journal #8 - 10/31

Who is your favorite female actress? What movies have they been in? Explain why they are your favorite. (Please include a picture of them with your submission.)

Please write in complete sentences, using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Also, have your work proofed before you post it.

Journal #7 - 10/30

Who is your favorite male actor? What movies have they been in? Explain why they are your favorite. (Please include a picture of them with you submission.)

Please respond in complete sentences, using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Also, have it proofed before you submit your post.

Journal #6 - 10/29

What is your favorite movie? Explain why this movie is your favorite. (Please post a graphic with your submission.)

Please response in complete sentences, using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Also, have it proofed prior to posting.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Journal #5 - 10/26

If you could change one thing about Salem, what would it be and why? Please feel free to share what you like about Salem and what you don't like about Salem, too.)

Please using proper sentence structure (capitalization, punctuation, and grammar) and please have it proofed prior to posting.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Journal #4 - 10/25

What song gets you "fired up" when you are feeling down? Include some lyrics that "fire you up". Why do you think it has this effect on you? What are some ways that music impacts your life? Talk about the importance and significance it has in your personal life. Think about friendships, love, hardship, hate, enemies, sentiment, sport, etc. when you respond to this journal entry.

Please write your response in complete sentences using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Post your response ONLY after your work has been proofed.

Journal #3 - 10/24

What song describes your life. Include examples of lyrics that apply. Be sure to explain and be convincing of your song choice.

Please write your response in complete sentences using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Post your response ONLY after your work has been proofed.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Journal #2 - 10/23

What song do you think has had the greatest impact on society? Explain why you think so. In your response, please include some lyrics to support your claim.

Please write your response in complete sentences using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Post your response ONLY after your work has been proofed.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Journal #1 - 10/22

Please respond to the following questions. Write your answers in complete sentences using proper capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Post your response ONLY after your worked has been proofed.

TOPIC: What is your favorite music/artist/band? What song do they perform that you enjoy the most? What is it about this music/artist/band that makes you enjoy it?

Friday, October 12, 2007

What is Fresh Start @ The IKE Box?

This is a course that will provide students with a basic overview of the study of environmental science and it’s applications to students and the students’ community. This will be done through the lens of a novel titled, “Ricochet River” by Robin Cody and a variety of community-based activities. “Ricochet River” is a fictional novel that takes place here in Oregon and contains real places that student should be familiar with within the Willamette and Columbia River Basins. Through the characters in the novel and the science that is relevant to it, students will gain an understanding and appreciation for a variety of scientific issues that are on the forefront of the news today. Topics of study this semester include:

Watershed education, water characteristics, water cycle, water quality, stream surveys, watershed mapping, ecological and biological concepts, biodiversity, sustainability, succession, endangered species, pollution, resource conservation, and environmental ethics.

This Blog will be used for students in the class to create a professional portfolio of their best work and provide a tool of communication with the teacher and other students in the course.

Music Review Requirements and Outcomes

Requirements for the work you turn in:
(1) At least one typed, double-spaced music review that is free of errors.
This review will serve as a Writing Work Sample.
(2) One page typed (cut and paste is OK) lyrics that have been pre-approved by staff member.
(3) A CD/MP3 file/Audio file (burned or bought) of the song you want to play.
(4) A reading of a part or all of your music review.

Basic Music Review
In this basic music review you will answer six questions and incorporate them into an essay that has an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. You may use the answers to these six questions in any order you want. Here they are:

1. What is the name of the group or artist?
2. What is the name of the song you wish to play for the class?
3. What style/genre of music is this?
4. Why do you like this music?
5. How was the group/artist formed OR how did the group/artist get their start in music?
6. What is the group/artist trying to say through this song or their music?

Association Music Review
In the Association Music Review your goal is to craft an essay that tells a story about a song. The entire review is the story (association) this song or CD or performance has for you. Using an introduction, body, conclusion format you will include the following in your review:

1. The song and the artist
2. The complete story of what happened to you and how the song is involved.
3. Any lessons you learned as a result of the story/song combination.

Descriptive Music Review
In the Descriptive Music Review you will do your best to describe in great detail and with strong adjectives your artist or group. Using the introduction, body, conclusion format you will answer the following questions and put them into your work:

1. The feelings, emotions and brief associations you have for the artist, group or song.
2. A brief analysis of the lyrics and what message they are sending to the listener.
3. The overall mood of the music and the feelings you get from it.
4. Band information. Any other pertinent background you choose to offer.

Historical/Political Review
In the Historical/Political review you will attempt to show how your song, CD or artist makes a statement or tells about an event in history. You will need to have this information embedded in your paper in an introduction, body, conclusion format:

1. A description of the historical event or political statement.
How the lyrics affect the song.
2. What you think of the song and how it influences the listener.

Live Review
The Live Review is an eyewitness account of what went on at the concert. This also deals with the sights, sounds and feelings surrounding the concert or performance. Your review should have the following elements embedded in the introduction, body, conclusion format:

1. Why you went to the show.
2. A description of the town or venue the show was performed in.
3. Sights and sounds and tastes and smells….a sensory experience.
4. How then show went and what you thought (and the audiences’ reaction to) of the performance.

Music Review - The Research

GROUP/ARTIST RESEARCH
PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE INFO BELOW IN A GOOGLE DOC

Name of the Group or Artist:

Now that you have a name of a group or artist, you can go find out what they are all about. Answer the following questions listed below to have some information which can later be used in a quick recap of that group or artist.

(1) What are the names of the members in the group (if solo, skip this one).

(2) What is the style of music this group or artist represents? Please describe what this type of music is all about.

(3) When did they start their musical career?

(4) What sets them apart from other groups?

(5) What are some interesting facts about the members? What awards have they won and what makes them so special?

(6) Can you give a quick story about something that has happened to them? (Ex. How did they achieve their status and their fan base?)

Oregon Biomes Project

Portfolio Part 2: Oregon Biomes Project

Using class notes and National Audubon Society: Field Guild to the Pacific Northwest please complete the following components for this part of your Web Portfolio. The final project will be posted on your Web Portfolio.

Part 1 - Habitat Summary
You will draft one of the following natural habitats of the Pacific Northwest.
Alpine and Subalpine
Wet Forests
Dry Forests
Steppes and Deserts
Freshwater Wetlands
Coastal Habitats
Marine Habitats

Using the field guide, write a brief summary for each habitat and sub-habitat.

Part 2 - Energy Flow
Using the field guide (first) and online resources (second), identify native species in your habitat (or sub-habitat) (plants, animals, fungi, insects, birds, etc.). List them out.
15 producers
10 primary consumers
5 secondary consumers
2-3 tertiary consumers.

After you have identified your species complete the following in Seashore. Be sure to save each as a JPEG.

~Create an Energy Pyramid. Save it as a JPEG.
~Create a Food Web using all identified species.
~Using your Food Web, create Five Food Chains. (All five can be in one JPEG.)

Part 3 - Post to Web Portfolio
Log into your Web Portfolio.
Create a new page element in “Templates”
Copy/Paste your Summary from Part 1
Upload the three JPEGS from Part 2
Post and your done!

Celilo Falls Mini-Project - Portfolio Project Part 1

Part 1: Please post four pictures of Celilo Falls - two must depict before the Dalles Dam was build and two must depict Celilo Falls after the Dalles Dam was build. For each picture you choose, please describe it in a sentence or two.

Part 2:

Write a narrative about the history of Celilo Falls. Please include as many important dates as you can. Please use the information you gathered from your Web Quest and other related sites on the Internet. Your narrative should be one-and--a-half to two-pages long, double spaced, size 12 font.

Part 3:

Using your narrative and the selected pictures provided from the teacher, create a video using iMovie that tells the story of Celilo Falls.

PLEASE POST ALL THREE TO YOUR BLOG AFTER BEING APPROVED.

Fresh Start @ The IKE Box

Monday, October 29, 2007

Journal #10 - 11/2

Journal #9 - 11/1

Journal #8 - 10/31

Journal #7 - 10/30

Journal #6 - 10/29

Friday, October 26, 2007

Journal #5 - 10/26

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Journal #4 - 10/25

Journal #3 - 10/24

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Journal #2 - 10/23

Monday, October 22, 2007

Journal #1 - 10/22

Friday, October 12, 2007

What is Fresh Start @ The IKE Box?

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Music Review Requirements and Outcomes

Music Review - The Research

A Salmon Tale

Oregon Biomes Project

Celilo Falls Mini-Project - Portfolio Project Part 1

Hoop Dreams Portfolio Assignment