April 27, 28, 29, 30

Well done Year 7 - Now it's time to start stage 2 of the Investigation. This is the part where we do research.

Please finish all your work during class or for homework;-)

History and Culture through Food

Directions
1) Select a favorite family recipe.
2) Copy down the recipe and bring it to school.
3) Open your Investigation (we began it last week)
4) Type Develop a Design Brief (left justified, font size 16, bold, underlined)
5) Type your recipe
6) Open Internet Explorer and go to the Food Timeline Web page: http://www.foodtimeline.org/food2.html (remember to use in-text referencing)
7) Using the food timeline find as much information as you can about your recipe and the ingredients. For example if your recipe calls for mustard, look up mustard on the timeline.
8) Select three interesting historical notes about your recipe or its individual ingredients. Type these in your Investigation.
9) How the recipe is important to your family? (What traditions surround this recipe? Who in your family is famous for this recipe?) Answer this question and type in your Investigation.
10) Why do you like the recipe? Try to explain why the combination of ingredients is pleasing to you. Answer this question and type in your Investigation.


REMEMBER - Finish your work in class or for homework!

April 20, 21, 22, 23

Get a Voki now!

First things first. . . As we discussed before the break, this is now Term 3 and you are Senior School students and I will expect you to behave as such. We will follow the school's system of using the Time Out Table to remind us to put our best effort forward.

Room 12 Rules!

1 - Come into the class and take your seat
2 - Log onto the Class blog (year7it.blogspot.com)
3 - No talking when the teacher is talking
4 - Raise your hand to ask questions or contribute to discussion (no talking out)
5 - No shouting - especially no shouting across the room to speak with your friend
6 - No games during class time
7 - No music
8 - No rough-housing
9 - Finish your class assignment DURING class or as homework

Now back to the IT (Information Technology) project. Let's fly through cyberspace and visit Term 3's Unit of Work - What's Cookin'? Publisher 2007

Here is an example of the product that you will create: EXAMPLE

Now, let's begin! Follow these easy instructions:

1 - Open a new Word 2007 Document
2 - Type your name and tutor group in the upper left hand corner of the page (Remember to use Font size 12 for formal documents;-)
3 - Type INVESTIGATE (capitalized, centered) on the next line (Font size 16, Bold)
4 - Type Identify the Problem (left justified, font size 16, bold, underlined)

Now, write 1 or 2 paragraphs (Write in paragraphs, indent the first line of the paragraph)

Identify the problem

1-Restate (say again in your own words) the problem (from Unit of Work)

2-Explain and give details about the problem.

3-Say how you will solve the problem (Explain and give details)

4-Say how Approaches to Learning connects to your project (Explain and give details, examples)

5-Say how Human Ingenuity connects to your project (Explain and give details, examples)