designandtech.ca calendar: Jan. 23, 2013

Period 1 Math ...Room 32

9:00 - 9:40 am

First

Period 2 English ...Room 32

		9:40 - 10:05 am

Continued...

Period 3 ...Room 32

Drama and Dance

		10:20 - 11:05 am

Mrs. da Costa provides the programme.

Planning time for Mr. Winship

Writing 11:05 - 11:45 am
Period 4 ... in Room 206

The

12:45 - 1:35 pm
Period 5 ... Planning time

Planning time for Mr. Winship

Period 6 ...Room 207

Grade 8 : Students will have time to create animations. You may create an animation of a static scientific concept. Grade 8s will show how water behaves on a large scale on the Earth.

See the assignment page for details.

Examples of what you might animate are:

Tsunamis
Hurricanes
Icebergs
Erosion of lakes and rivers
Creation of Bays and Headlands

In a traditional textbook diagram, movement would be shown through the use of arrows and pictures. Guide the reader through the concept, using animation techniques learned in class.

Each animation must last 30 seconds.

You may work with one partner. A two-person animation must last 60 seconds.

You may produce the animation with personal software, but you must show me the source code or file. There may be also a number of online alternatives. The ones listed below have not been tested, but seem to be free and easy to use.

Follow these links to learn how to use Flash for animations

If you would like to download a free trial of the software at home, please follow this link: <http://www.adobe.com/downloads/> This will give you a free 30 day trial of Flash

Period 7 ...Room 205

Grade 8 : Students will have time to create animations. You may create an animation of a static scientific concept. Grade 8s will show how water behaves on a large scale on the Earth.

See the assignment page for details.

Examples of what you might animate are:

Tsunamis
Hurricanes
Icebergs
Erosion of lakes and rivers
Creation of Bays and Headlands

Grade 7 : Students will have time to create animations. You may create an animation of a static scientific concept. Grade 7s will show how land behaves on a large scale on the Earth.

See the assignment page for details.

Examples of what you might animate are:

Earthquakes
Landslides
Volcanoes
Plate Techtonics

In a traditional textbook diagram, movement would be shown through the use of arrows and pictures. Guide the reader through the concept, using animation techniques learned in class.

Each animation must last 30 seconds.

You may work with one partner. A two-person animation must last 60 seconds.

Follow these links to learn how to use Flash for animations

If you would like to download a free trial of the software at home, please follow this link: <http://www.adobe.com/downloads/> This will give you a free 30 day trial of Flash

See the assignment page for details.

Period 8 ...Room 205

Science continued...

Spelling word homework from Monday: Spelling sentences for five of the words. This is week one of the December words. Definitions for all ten words. Please include your source for the definitions. These should be written in your new language notebook, or kept in your language binder.

Complete the unfinished History homework from the weekend.

Complete the point of view paragraph for "The Birds"

Complete the History timeline for British North America. This is found in your History textbook, in Unit Two.

For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

Monday- Spelling
Tuesday- Math
Wednesday- Writing
Thursday - math and spelling test study
Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.