HW Mr. Padilla 6-26-15

Homework Summer Package. 

Parents and guardians, a homework package and reading assignments has been handed to your child. 

I hope to see your child this summer, if not I wish you and your family an amazing summer. 

Sincerely. 

Mr. Padilla

HW MR. PADILLA 6-24-15

PARENT, PLEASE ASSIST YOUR CHILD WITH TODAY'S HOMEWORK. 

 CHRISTOPHER BOONE IS A VERY UNIQUE CHARACTER IN MORE THAN ONE WAY. YET THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE HAVE READ AND LEARNED ABOUT MANY CHARACTERS, SOME MORE INTERESTING THAN OTHERS (CHOOSE ONE QUESTION/TASK OPTION BELOW): 

OPTION 1: NAME A CHARACTER FROM ANY OF THE NOVELS WE READ THIS YEAR. FOR EXAMPLE, JUNIOR FROM THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART TIME INDIAN; OKWONKO FROM THINGS FALL APART;  OR LENNY FROM MICE AND MEN. COMPARE ANY CHARACTER THAT YOU LIKED OR DISLIKED TO CHRISTOPHER. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS CHARACTER? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS CHARACTER? IS THIS CHARACTER SIMILAR TO CHRISTOPHER OR DIFFERENT, HOW? 

OPTION 2: WHICH CHARACTER FROM ANY OF THE NOVELS THAT WE READ THIS YEAR DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE MOST IN COMMON WITH?  WRITE A PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING WHY OR HOW YOU IDENTIFY WITH THIS CHARACTER. 

OPTION 3: DRAW A T- CHART ON A SHEET OF PAPER. ON ONE SIDE WRITE CHRISTOPHER'S LIKES, ON THE OTHER CHRISTOPHER'S DISLIKES. THEN DRAW THREE THINGS THAT CHRISTOPHER LIKES AND 3 THINGS THAT HE DISLIKES. FINALLY, WRITE A SENTENCE EXPLAINING ONE OF THE THINGS HE LIKES AND ONE OF THE THINGS HE DISLIKES. 

HW Mr. Padilla 6-23-15

¨Read the passage from Fahrenheit 451. Base response on what we learned about the themes of over-stimulation and distraction.

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¨“We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?”

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¨Option 1 (hardest): Connect the themes mentioned above to this quote and the topics discussed in class in one paragraph.

¨Option 2: (moderate): What does the quote above mean to you? Paraphrase the quote in a few sentences. Use examples.

¨Option 3: (easier): After reading the quote above, create an ad, drawing, or postcard that explains what these words mean.

HW Mr. Padilla 6-22-15

Option 1: Write a paragraph in which you compare and contrast the characters in Benny and Joon to the novel Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. How are they similar and how are they different?

  Option 2: Draw a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Christopher from Curious Incident and Joon from the film.  List at least 3 things they have in common and 3 differences.

  Option 3: Draw a cover to a book in which Christopher and Joon are in the same movie or film. What title would you give?

HW Mr, Padilla June 19th, 15

Option 1: Today you learned about the founding fathers (some of the early presidents).

—They wrote the constitution and signed this document that says that all men were created equal.

—Explain how they may or may not have contradicted themselves. Provide examples.

—Option 2:  Which of the Founding Fathers that we learned about today interested you the most. Explain why? Did this individual contradict himself, explain why?

HW 6-18-15

Instructions: Read the following quote taken from The Curious Incident of a dog in the Night-time” and then choose a task.

“People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say, "I don't like you," unless that person has been horrible to you. (73.2)”

Option 1: You’ve probably been told many times not to tell lies.  You have also been probably told not to hurt people’s feelings. But what happens if the only way to spare some one’s feelings is to tell a lie? Write about an experience you had where you had to tell a lie or hide the truth to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.

Option 2: Has someone ever told you something about you that was very mean? At the time you might of felt hurt but later you though about it and found what was said about you was true? Share how you felt? You don’t have to say what happened or what was said, but just how you felt and why.

Option 3: Make up a drawing of Christopher having a conversation with someone where he tells someone the truth about anything (for example, that the person is very boring).  Imagine how the other person will feel. Draw this person too. Write what the person might say.

Option 4: We are taught to the tell the truth since we are very young.  Is it always best to tell the truth? Are there occasions where it might be better to not tell the truth? Explain why?

HW MR. PADILLA 6-17-15

Option 1: Write a sentence for each of the following vocabulary words: slogan, United nations, Frontiers

Option 2: Today we saw many logos.  Draw a logo that shows how you feel about oppresion (no freedom of speech)

Option 3: Connect the theme of opression in the novel to any current event today. For example, in the novel books are burned. Today in China many internet sites are censored.  Write a brief paragraph. Use examples.

HW Mr. Padilla 6-16-15

• Read the passage below and choose a task option below:

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•“And when you look at the sky you know you are looking at stars which are hundreds …. of light-years away from you. And some of the stars don’t even exist anymore because their light has taken so long to get to us that they are already dead, or they have exploded and collapsed … And that makes you seem very small, … it is nice to think that they are what is called negligible, which means they are so small you don’t have to take them into account when you are calculating something.”

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•Option 1: Christopher is fascinated by science and math.  When he speaks he connect science and math often to express other ideas.  Name a subject or topic that you enjoy a lot.  Why do you enjoy this topic? How does the topic/ subject make you feel? Have you ever used your favorite subject as an example to explain something complicated/ Explain.

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•Option 2: You are an artist. You love to draw.  Create a drawing that captures Christopher’s quote. Make sure to write one sentence explaining what you draw.

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•Option 3:  How would you connect this month’s theme: Insensitivities of the Universe to this reading passage?  Make sure to include examples from the reading and previous knowledge.

HW Mr. Padilla June 15th, 15

Read the quote below and choose an option below.

“Also people think they're not computers because they have feelings and computers don't have feelings. But feelings are just having a picture on the screen in your head of what is going to happen tomorrow or next year, or what might have happened instead of what did happen, and if it is a happy picture they smile and if it is a sad picture they cry.”

Option 1: Christopher doesn’t understand feelings. For him a feeling is something that a person can think of.  What do you think? Are feelings "just having a picture on the screen in your head"? Or is something deeper going on?

Option 2: Usually when we talk about feelings, we talk about the heart rather than the head. Do you think about how Christopher places feelings in the mind instead of his heart? What is your view? Explain.

HW Mr. Padilla 6-12-15

 Read the passage below and choose an option.

“And if I start thinking about something which didn't happen I start thinking about all the other things which didn't happen.
For example, this morning for breakfast I had … some hot raspberry milk shake. But if I say that I actually had Shreddies and a mug of tea I start thinking about Coco-Pops and lemonade and porridge and Dr. Pepper and how I wasn't eating my breakfast in Egypt and there wasn't a rhinoceros in the room and Father wasn't wearing a diving suit and so on and even writing this makes me feel shaky and scared, like I do when I'm standing on the top of a very tall building and there are thousands of houses and cars and people below me and my head is so full of all these things that I'm afraid that I'm going to forget to stand up straight and hang onto the rail and I'm going to fall over and be killed. (37.3-4)

Often we say that we can’t do something or another. For example, you can say we’re not good at singing or writing but then one day you sing and people will over your voice, or you can write a poem and people might love it, too. Christopher claims that he has a hard time imagining things that haven't happened to him. But it's clear from this passage that he actually has a pretty incredible imagination.

Option 1: Write about a time when you claimed not to be able to do something and then it turned out you were pretty good at it.  How did you find out you were good? How did it make you feel?

Option 2: In the paragraph we discussed today Christopher talks about breakfast and imagines his father and other things. Draw Christopher having breakfast and the things that Christopher talks about.

Option 3: Follow instructions for option 1 plus compare your experience to Christopher’s. How is similar and different?

HW Mr. Padilla 6-11-15

 

Instructions: Read the following quote taken from The Curious Incident of a dog in the Night-time” and then choose a task.

“People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say, "I don't like you," unless that person has been horrible to you. (73.2)”

Option 1: You’ve probably been told many times not to tell lies.  You have also been probably told not to hurt people’s feelings. But what happens if the only way to spare some one’s feelings is to tell a lie? Write about an experience you had where you had to tell a lie or hide the truth to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.

Option 2: Has someone ever told you something about you that was very mean? At the time you might of felt hurt but later you though about it and found what was said about you was true? Share how you felt? You don’t have to say what happened or what was said, but just how you felt and why.

Option 3: Make up a drawing of Christopher having a conversation with someone where he tells someone the truth about anything (for example, that the person is very boring).  Imagine how the other person will feel. Draw this person too. Write what the person might say.

Option 4: We are taught to the tell the truth since we are very young.  Is it always best to tell the truth? Are there occasions where it might be better to not tell the truth? Explain why?

HW Mr. Padilla 6-10-15

•“Mother used to say that it meant Christopher was a nice name because it was a story about being kind and helpful, but I do not want my name to mean a story about being kind and helpful. I want my name to mean me. (29.10)”

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•Task: Christopher is not too happy to learn that his name has more than one meaning. He would prefer his name to mean just one thing, him.  Also, he is not too pleased to find out that his name comes from Christ. 

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•Write a paragraph in which you share your name, the meaning of your name, and where it comes from. How do you feel about your name?

HW Mr. Padilla 6-9-15

Option 1: Write a paragraph in which you compare and contrast the characters in Benny and Joon to the novel Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. How are they similar and how are they different?

  Option 2: Draw a Venn diagram to compare and contrast Christopher from Curious Incident and Joon from the film.  List at least 3 things they have in common and 3 differences.

  Option 3: Draw a cover to a book in which Christopher and Joon are in the same movie or film. What title would you give?

HW Mr. Padilla 6-8-15

Option1 : Write a sentence for each of the following vocabulary words: . Craters; Milky Way; Magnification; Optical

Option 2: Summarize today’s lesson about Galileo or draw the important events of the lesson (add captions)

Option 3: How can we connect today’s lesson about Galileo and Christopher’s quest to solve the mystery? Remember, the key word is curiosity.

HW Mr. Padilla 6-3-15

Parents: Please work with your child on today's homework. Ask them questions about what they learned. The important thing is for them to think about what they learned and try their best.

 

1.Option 1: Write a sentence for each term:  George Washington - 13 Colonies -Great Britain –Revolution –Empire –Independence –Rebel - Loyalists

2.Option 2: Summarize today’s lesson in a paragraph. Use at least 5 of today’s vocabulary in your summary.

3.Option 3: draw or make a collage about the American Revolution. Tip: go to google images and search for today’s vocabulary words. You can print, Cut and paste.