Wednesday, June 8th

This Friday is the final day to turn in work. Make sure you have your Marine Magazine assignment, Novel Project and any late work in.

Wednesday, June 1st

Welcome back from Marine Biology. For the next two weeks we are going to be pretty busy in class. We are doing a Marine Biology magazine where the students have to select an animal and do a magazine based on their animal. The requirements are listen below. The due dates are as follows: (students are welcome to turn in work early)
June 2nd - one item due.
June 3rd - two items due.
June 6th - 4 options due.
June 8th - 5 options due
June 10th - Complete project bound with cover.

Their Service Learning Notebooks with all of their reflections were due today. Late reflections bound into their Notebooks are accepted no later than this Friday. The students know which ones they are missing. I have them a paper listing their missing projects.

Next week is Iron Chef, so please let us know what ingredients you may be able to contribute to cook in our menus that you have grown yourself.

We are doing our presentation of our site monitoring project in Morning Meeting on Friday as a class. We will be practicing on Thursday for the presentation. Everyone should have their final pieces finished by Thursday.

Make sure to bring in your permission slips for our trip on Tuesday.

8th Grade Portfolio (Should have turned in by Now)
- Environmental Symbol
- I Am Poem
- Speech (final and/or rough draft)
- Six Words Story
- 1st Thank you letter
- Hopes and Dreams page
- What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up
- Resume
- Bucket List
- One Thing Photo Essay
- A "Remember Me" Poem

Marine Biology Magazine Assignment Due: June 10th

The goal of this project is to create an informative and interesting magazine that focuses on any aspect of marine biology of your choice. Your magazine contribution should be attractive and easy to read. You are responsible for contributing writing, graphics, creative entries, and conflict.

I. Choose 1 from the choices below in addition to the story: (200 points each)

a. (Required) An imaginative story (2 pages typed/3 pages handwritten)

b. An editorial or letter to the editor (persuasive)

c. A feature article that supplies facts and references (expository)

d. Mock-interview or true life experience written as a biography or career-related interview (narrative)

e. A travel article on a place to see marine life. (descriptive)

II. Choose 2 from the graphic options below: (100 points each)

a. Collage

b. Photographs (at least 3)

c. Maps

d. Labeled diagram (anatomy, habitat, etc.)

e. Ocean scene

f. Food web

g. Choice (check with teacher)

III. Choose 1 from the creative options below (100 points)

a. Cartoon

b. Poetry

c. Maze or game

d. Crossword puzzle

e. Graph

f. Picture find

g. Choice (check with teacher)

IV. Research an issue or conflict related to your topic. What is being done to help or to address this problem? When? Where? How? Show in an interesting way this conflict and how it is being addressed. (200 points)

Grading:

Grading will be based on:

1. Completion of project

a. Does magazine include all required parts and are they complete projects?

2. Effort/quality of work

a. Does each piece show effort to make sure it is done correctly, thoroughly, and to the best of students’ ability?

3. Creativity/Design

a. Is magazine laid out in a orderly and creative fashion? Is it easy and fun for reader?