MONDAY September 19

Do Now: Read about your type on http://www.themindbehind.net/
Add what you learn to your presentation on your personality type

Classwork:
Continue to complete your personality presentation. (Requirements here)


Homework: Discuss what you learned about your type with a family member or friend. What type do you think they are?


FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16

DO NOW: Update the laptop or desktop to which you were assigned. Tech club members or Ms Thompson will be around to assist. Clean up desktop and note any issues (missing software, no printer, no internet, etc.) on teh sticky provided

Classwork: Continue to work on your personality project.

Personality Project

DUE THURS. Sept 22

Objectives:
1. Students will work individually or in small groups based on their personality type.
2. Students will research their type to create a presentation (Powerpoint, iMovie, skit) or information source (newsletter, brochure, iWeb, poster) for their group.
3. Students will receive 10 points per day for research, participation, and project construction (50 points total). The end project will be 100 points (rubric will follow).

Activities
Work in groups based on your personality type to design a presentation on your type.

• What is Personality? How does it affect us?
  
• Overview/summary of your type
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Percentage of Population
• Subcategories
• Study Skills
  
• Career Possibilities
• Famous Faces of Your Type
• Symbols of Your Type
• Relationships
  
• Compatible Personalities
• Conflicting Personalities
• Conclusions- Do you agree or disagree? Why? What did you learn about yourself and others?
  

Research
http://www.davenevins.com/personalities/
http://www.4temperaments.com
http://www.typelogic.com/
http://www.themindbehind.net/

Work: http://www.keirsey.com/personalityzone/wz2.asp
School: http://www.keirsey.com/personalityzone/cz1.asp
Relationships: http://www.keirsey.com/personalityzone/lz1.asp

Personality Overview: http://psychology.about.com/od/overviewofpersonality/a/persondef.htm

Resources
You may use any of the following
Powerpoint, iMovie, ComicLife, iWeb, Microsoft Word, Pages, Garageband

Personality Inventory

Objective: Learn about individual strengths and areas to improve through online personality assessments

Do Now: Log in to blogger.com (use your gmail id and password).

Write YOUR definition of PERSONALITY and TEN words that describe your personality.

Classwork:
Follow teacher directions for completing the Keirsey personality inventory:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

When test is complete, write up what your type is and what you learned about yourself on your blog post for today. COPY AND PAST YOUR RESULTS onto your blog!


Homework: Ask a family member to describe your personality and discuss what you learned today.

Welcome BACK!!!

Objectives:
1. Students will creat a gmail account to facilitate communication between peers and staff.

2. Students will create a google blog to post reflections and assignments as part of their electronic portfolio.

3. Students will learn to use Photobooth to take a self-portrait.

Do Now:
Use Photobooth to take a self portrait- front facing and profile (side facing). Drag your photos to the desktop. Rename the file as your first name and first initial of your last name- example- JaneD-front.jpg and JaneD-side.jpg

Class Activities:

1. Follow teacher directions for signing into gmail
2. Write your artist statement and add photos to an email to mirandagt2014@gmail.com

Homework:
Complete any unfinished class activites

AP History- 4th period

EXPLORE www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/

and best practices for the test.

Tues. Jan 25

9th Grade Assignment:
DO NOW: Math Practice:
apangea.com
studyisland.com
http://www.math.com/practice/Algebra.html

Assignment: English Practice:
1. Headline News Story Search for a modern day news story that mirrors an event that occurred in the Romeo and Juliet. Write a short summary on your blog with links to the original news story.

2. Instant Messages or Text Messages Rewrite a dialogue between two characters from Romeo and Juliet in modern-day format as if it took place online through instant messages or texts.

3. What if? Describe a scene from Romeo and Juliet that you believe would have been radically different given the existence of a certain piece of advanced high-tech equipment. Name the item and describe how and why the scene would have been different, and how it would have affected the outcome of the play.

4. Reality TV Show Imagine that the characters are part of a reality TV show. Rewrite a scene from the text as it would have been caught from the surveillance cameras of the show.

OR if you are continuing in the competition, work on your NHD project.


Seniors:

Begin brainstorming and researching ideas for your senior project/research paper.

NHD Reflection

1. Sign in to your email and start an email to mirandagt2014@gmail.com

Write an IN DEPTH reflection of the NHD Process (300-500 words)

• What debates did you have with your partners, teachers, your friends and yourself during the NHD process? How did you resolve these debates?
• What were your successes?
• What were your failures?
• What were the consequences?
  

EXAMINE the RUBRIC and give your self a NUMBER for each category. EXPLAIN why you gave yourself each number. ADD up the numbers for a total grade.

SEND THE EMAIL to MIRANDAGT2014@GMAIL.COM