January 11, 2010

*** Grades have been added on-line ***

Homework:
Completing the Sentence Unit 7
Quiz Thursday

Today:
Daily Drill
Reviewed vocab
Work time on futuristic device

Monday, January 11, 2010 (T5)
1. Divided into syllables:
rep re sen ta tive     re pre sent a tive      rep re sent a tive
2. Does the underlined adverb tell how, when, where, or to what extent? A cheetah runs the most quickly of all cats.
3. Why doesn’t he ever due his homework
4. This don’t look like any thing ive ever seen before said dr thomas
5. The lava oozed down the sides of the volcano and black smoke smothered the sunlight after the eruption.-Can you identify the part of speech for each word?
-Simple, compound, complex?

Futuristic Device
Design a future communication/entertainment/??? Device
Twenty-five years ago, the most portable entertainment device was a cassette Walkman by Sony. The portable video games were LCD at best, LED at worst. There were no cell phones. There were no portable video devices. Who would have thought that 25 years later we would have the iPhone, a device that is a phone, connects to the Internet, plays music, videos and games, and contains an accelerometer, GPS, and a compass?

Assigment
Design the all-in-one device your children will be using 25 or more years from now. What will they be carrying in their pockets (or transporting some other way)?

1. Draw the device so we can see what it will look like. (on the back)
2. Explain what it does and how it works. If you can, explain the technology behind it. Can you explain where you got the idea from? Is there a technology being developed now that has the possibility to do this?
3. What problem does your device solve? Think about the iPhone and what it does. Why was the device created? People obviously think they need it. Why?
4. How will the device help humanity in general? How everyone benefit from this invention?
5. The opposite idea- What are some unforeseen harms of this device? Maybe the invention will not benefit humans. Instead, it will bring out something bad in us.