Google Summit Link

Open this to view Slides (Googles form of Powerpoint):

http://goo.gl/jVxBZG

Common Core Vocabulary Test

Click the link below to take the Common Core Vocabulary Test.


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FpEOYOCSSthxgIh1gsVgXQNYoubL3BEXEv9v_orJibc/viewform

AVID Application 2014

El Camino JHS 7th graders interested in joining AVID, please click on the link below and answer all questions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jxy4LqnCmEkEfaoPhe3NFP24jKi9AylMOrOze7O9Y-Y/viewform

Be sure to bring back the form signed by your parents.

AVID: Write a Newspaper Article

Pick a topic that you will write a newspaper article on.

When you have picked your topic and are ready to write, please first review this website:  http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-News-Article   .

I will write your name next to it so no one else picks it.  Also, think of other events and clubs and information that should be put into our end of the year newspaper.  Add those other ideas for articles to the comments section, please!

Here are some events/clubs/teams/people that you can choose to write about:

Teams

• volleyball - Vanessa
• basketball - Angel Garcia
• soccer - Alfredo
• cheerleading - Erica
• band - Eduardo

Clubs

• AVID - Sandra
• ASTRA - Ofelia
• Builder's Club - Yesenia
• Battle of the Books - Ana
• ASB officers - Gabriel
• Drama - Miriam
• Game Zone - Maria
• Yearbook/Photography   - Kevin
• Garden Club - Leo
• MESA - Yolanda

Events

• spirit days - Adriana
• hero day - Demi
• assemblies - Guadalupe
• Magic Mountain - Myah
• field trips - Alexis
• Jogathon - Craig
• Thrive - Daniela
• Graduation Events - 
• New Chromebooks - Stephanie O.

People

• valedictorian - Ivanna
• teacher of the year - Jackie
• new teachers at EC - Lidia
• veteran teachers talk about how El Camino has changed - 
• hero - Stefania
• future avid students - 

Imperative Poem Based on "The Laughing Heart"

You are going to write a poem like the poem "The Laughing Heart" that we read for our Socratic Seminar. Hopefully this poem will be something that inspires you to transcend in life, like Bukowski implores us to do in "The Laughing Heart".  Hopefully this will be a poem inspirational enough to put on your wall as a reminder of your dreams! 

Follow these directions:

1. Get out "Laughing Heart" and read it again.
2. Notice that many lines are imperative - they start with a verb.
• There are four sentence types:  declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.
• Declarative sentences give commands.
• In English, we give commands by starting the command with a verb.
3. On GDocs, write a poem with at least 12 lines, half of which (six) give a command.
• You can write negative commands that start with "don't" too!
4. Find pictures that go with the poem.  Add at least three.
5. Pick a font that goes with the theme of your poem.  
6. Print when done and put in your AVID binder.

Latin and Greek Roots Test

Click on the link below to take this test.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RxoMyjt8gsarwVD_WfyrYnu0pqLyAXUXmPx8nhe4jmw/viewform

Or, if you don't think you can finish in time, take each test separately.

Here is Part 1 (1-50)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SuKJMngatu0Rk-MbcfCLXPZ-aAWHTUw0lYTGbwcvQww/viewform

Here is Part 2 (51-90)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OsYNaXDPh8msJ_vCQ_g2_JqBXPP8sqiYbceXLcL7cMc/viewform

Finish Survey/Presentation/DiscussionBoard/Paragraph Project!

If you want to participate in Fun Friday this week, you must finish all of the below:

• Put pie charts and analysis into your presentation of your survey results.
• Ask one central question pertaining to your survey topic, and answer five of your classmates questions on the discussion board.
• Write a paragraph with...
• ...your question.
• ...one or two pie charts from your presentation.
• ...discussion of your pie chart.
• ...two or three quotes from the discussion board woven into your paragraph.

Create a Quiz About Your Expert Topic

• Open Google Drive
• Click on "Create" and then "Form"
• Give your quiz a title
• Notice that you can choose what type of question from a variety of types:  text, multiple choice, paragraph, etc.
• Your first quiz item should be the text question, "Write your first name."
• Don't forget to always mark the box next to "Make this a required question"!!!
• Your second quiz item should be the text question, "Write your last name."  Or you can duplicate the first question by clicking on the icon of the page on top of the other page.
• Your third question should be the multiple choice question commanding "Pick your period."  The choices you will add are 1st Period, 2nd Period, 3rd Period, and 4th Period.
• Your fourth question should be a text question, "Write your email address."
• The following 7 to 10 questions should all be multiple choice always with 4 answer choices.  They should be about your presentation.
• Make sure you copy and past the quiz's URL onto the last slide of your presentation!!!

Prefixes Test #1

Click on the link below to take the quiz.

https://docs.google.com/a/smbsd.net/forms/d/1W4WemE1w7S7bvPz7LN8BKolCQKDwy6MkcBkpZM0gieU/viewform

Please Take These Surveys and Contribute to Science

Please take the surveys below, created by students in AVID.  In doing so, you are contributing to science!  AVID will compile the results into infographics (charts, tables, visualizations) and I will post links to these charts in this blog.

Kids and Video Games:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZZfKLJUhBQcsa3F3UlNFdhDGpY7b_UePEMCOwzbXC_E/edit

School Food:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TE-0Tpxrfty5tN8PcjBUPM1jT5OHXCI8D3pADGk9XO4/viewform

Kids Reading Books:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nR_rVdJpYcAuoA2sApBqdj4jK-BWCCNchBX-N8KVEig/viewform

Drug Use
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ymxLddWEfxv6AaHk-K5F-yQpdSLo2QSpA_aBEVmosRw/viewform

Sports
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jjy0VmcC4jfAuwIDasUReuA4owYJnPyzjTC8JhJ0aSc/viewform

Facebook Use
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TBia66WXc3pm4Jh2hUkvYvc6tQt30qIAobWMZrDdiwY/viewform

Discipline in School
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xT1SIidu_C6kEK-RoXNbWsHltCVGyUO-zmqiXcIF5nI/viewform

Gangs
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DMTYTWcDliDcylPBc_HD7KkABrLnfvx4b5_foC2BIAg/viewform

School Uniforms
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JcIX3gJBaw6XweIhYR1_E2OLAL3PHFIFXcyaqFhc1zA/viewform

T.V. Viewing
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rjPku99rS95DoG0mGvmMQbhlUSY2GQIvs_QjUcSw7Tg/viewform

Animal Rights
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yKSuVjO7N1qSyuS9TrlisuW1fyqIc-yH6yc50aArapY/viewform

Smartphones at School
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1axLaiYW4-tz61AB4Ob9g3Q1rhdm394DctAfMeeFvZk4/viewform

Skate Parks
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bZbcHKyEZukK-CnBQ5PtAlx67akN7CqZiidRyfQ8nh4/viewform

Internet Use
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ShgFC_NIg1GIv52XhMTEwA2bFADsO5WaQ-wqZh5I6sA/viewform

Trash at School
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ws6EOQP720ARJwPc6KFo1iDvSPB1lJn9kcbF_k99dsc/viewform

Dating
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZNAu-LuRLkvStwPriTG3DQjGRr7_uP6NHI9mY1eVNxQ/viewform

Drugs
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U_leZGWuiLkYcoNSlbl7GBiE8DABXSjAzYADlMZi46c/viewform

Shoes
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bD-xNzvsawIkNeljQgQgnm5AEFH3uBrchZWO4vPGl-s/viewform

Drugs
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-6mjCT3j1u1DZmBv91V5y2YcbQglDmQPxv6vDUbwqf0/edit

Music
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1atNEjuubVYxn14s4Ag21d-fctw3IpicuPy44pk2cX4E/viewform

Assigned Classes
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HbGysvwFOiRpuwJuhRR4f8w9FlNSWopA-XD-212QG2A/viewform

Pets in Apartments
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1StMKk7MjSlQ5jsFLvAwnD-Yv4dg7Ue6p_uc3N6dF3aY/viewform

Immigration
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14iKXfEXKCeAsCijsIgOf-dzbNLDGoEgPx9SNaPRa9BE/viewform

Abortion
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12BhwB6cKYP5ZOGmBke6IJQyJ7H16iJRC1BXHo2BSe_4/viewform

Starvation in Africa
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kRU-B2zYE7mQkTtumuqMZR1CHMQFuuslTwoY3pK7yDg/viewform

LGTB
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18trfYBmfJu1RIKHhw8vErXvPidDH9h6RlEu-juhO7HE/viewform

Homework
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-Y_haW95x2jAimCoLOXfe-srPrlTIp8B9-GjXgOZg_Q/viewform

Issues with Family Affect School
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1duMfXHGuE23lUrobiPr0iQ_Vc9utFkYS0hQ_pBs4J9Q/viewform

Clubs and Programs at School
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zCkz8tKnRyWdExyK2BJQYP0hyE_4sXkWgGBqQKFM9Mc/viewform

Getting a Job
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1L8UmcboL22w9rDZSI3ajGoAcBPRwPw40znHCvWfb-PQ/viewform

Bullying
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QycItmXLJFJcYP7TbJkIy6HPHJ4Da0OF7axvRoJTjGg/viewform

Create Your Own Infographic

Now, you will be creating your own infographic using data you get from a survey.  Follow the steps below:

1)  Decide what you want to get data on.  It should be useful, interesting information, not trivia.  Here are some ideas:

• School uniforms
• Homework
• Trash at school
• Immigration
• Drugs
• Dating
• Sports
• Internet Use
• Facebook Use
• Bullying
• Smartphones at School

2)  Open Google Drive, and create a Google Form by pushing the "Create" button and then choosing "Form"

3)  To learn how to use Google Form, look up a video on YouTube by searching "Google Form Tutorial YouTube".

4)  The form should start by asking for the person's first name and then last name.

5)  Now start asking pertinent questions about your topic.  These will most likely be multiple choice.  Many of the questions will be "Rank Order Scaling".  See this website for more information on survey questions:

http://www.questionpro.com/a/showArticle.do?articleID=survey-questions

6)  When you are done with your survey, you need to send the link to me in an email so I can put it on this blog.  OR...  If you have a blog, you can put it on your own blog and send me the blog's name or link.

7)  After everyone has had a chance to respond, Google will put the responses into graphs for you.  You will then take those graphs and put them into a Google Presentation.  If you have the time, I want you to search online for other graph-making apps to use to make beautiful infographics.  See informationisbeautiful.com to see all the beautiful and different ways you can present data.

8)  Again, you will present your Slide Show to a group of five students.

Mid-Year Review Quiz

Click the link below to take the quiz.

https://docs.google.com/a/smbsd.net/forms/d/15LLujIMccI48BJhHReuz0q2jbT3dMaiM-QDyXkqnZ4s/viewform

Graphs and Charts Are Awesome!

This is a pie chart.

Graphs and charts are becoming increasingly common ways to present information about the world. They are a very powerful way to present data because they are visual, and we humans love things to be visual. It is crucial that you be able to understand all the different types of graphs and charts, and to be able to understand the information that they present.

With this project, you will examine a graph, understand it thoroughly, and present it in a Google Presentation.

Here are the steps you must follow:
1)  Get a number from Mr. Kringel.
2)  Right click the following link and choose "Open link in a new tab":  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/15/40-charts-that-explain-the-world/
3)  Find the graph that is with your number.  Figure out what the graph is all about.  Look up any words you don't know.  Make sure you understand it thoroughly.  Also, make sure you understand why the information is important and relative to your life and the world we live in.  Get help from me or a neighbor if you have no clue.
4)  Open a new tab, then open Google Drive, and create a new Google Presentation.
5)  Copy your graph onto the second slide in your presentation.
6)  On the first slide, give your presentation a title and a subtitle.
7)  On the successive slides, use arrows to point out the different areas of data or labels.  Please use a different slide for each arrow!  In other word, copy the graph onto many slides, and only use one arrow/explanation for each slide.  Here's an example:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EPozrNa2PLrwXhf56VDmL3VbDreNWoi6TmEXkNKkxAQ/edit?usp=sharing
8)  Copy the questions below onto your presentation, one per slide.  Answer them completely and thoughtfully.

1. What does this graph tell us about the world?
2. Why is this graph important?
3. List at least three other implications of your chart.

For #3 above, "implications" are conclusions, facts, or information created by using information already at hand.  So, you must make three conclusions about the world that are not stated explicitly on the graph.  

9)  Presentation

• You will have about three minutes to present your chart/slide show to a group of five, who will stand around your computer.  
• You will want to make sure they understand your chart and the implications of its information.  
• You must start your presentation by showing your original, unaltered chart and giving your group about a minute to quietly see if they can figure it out. 
• Then you will ask the group some basic, kindergarten questions to see if they even know what the chart is about. 
• Then you will present the chart slide by slide.  
• Most important final step:  Teach and discuss the implications of the data!