Read the articles and list ten key points you learned from each article. Define three new vocabulary words from each article that you do not know.
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/nyregion/high-schools-mandating-community-service-for-graduation.html?pagewanted=all
www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/nyregion/high-schools-mandating-community-service-for-graduation.html?pagewanted=all
www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2014/11/18/find-career-focused-volunteer-opportunities-in-high-school
Assignment 10-17 assignment_for_gear_up_monday_10-17.docx
Tuesday, 9-27
Read the article below and list ten things you learned.
www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2014/02/earnings_gap_grows_between_adu.html
Monday, Sept. 25
uhcc.hawaii.edu/degree_value/valueOfDegree.php
List five advantages of a college education this article points out that does not include money.
Then list ten of the twenty well-paying jobs a student can get with an Associates (two year degree.) Include the amount you would make. Then choose two to google and write a paragraph about that career. Include the url.
For this assignment you will have a list of five, a list of ten, and two paragraphs with the urls for each.
Sept. 20 List ten foods in each of the five food groups. List five you eat now, and five you do not it. Circle at least one new food you will try in the next week.
www.choosemyplate.gov/preschoolers-food-groups
Sept. 19
Go to the website below. We are working on food and nutrition this week.
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ten-tips-eat-smart-and-be-active-as-you-grow
List the ten tips. Circle the ones you already do. Put a * by the ones you need to work on this year.
Do you eat from the five groups, and do you eat the correct proportions? Write a paragraph of five to seven sentences. What do you already eat? What do you need to eat more of?
Wednesday, August 31
Go to each website. Read. List 20 things you learn about breakfast. Then write a paragraph of how you can use what you learned from these articles in your own life. (paragraph)
http://www.eatright.org/resource/food/nutrition/healthy-eating/5-reasons-your-teen-needs-breakfast
http://www.livestrong.com/article/493122-why-should-teens-eat-breakfast/
http://oureverydaylife.com/importance-eating-breakfast-teenagers-7859.html
Monday, April 25
Go to the link below and copy the entire article on paper.
https://www.tescoliving.com/articles/8-reasons-why-walking-is-great-for-your-health
Then google and define on the same sheet of paper the following words: pedestrian, amenity, urban.
Read the article below. List six more things you learned about walking from the article. Turn your work in to the substitute.
http://www.realsimple.com/health/fitness-exercise/benefits-walking/walking-10
Come with shoes you can walk in the rest of the week. We will be reading and walking outside for the rest of the week weather permitting.
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Perks of College Life
Questions 1 & 2http://www.campusexplorer.com/college-advice-tips/051981ED/Student-Organizations-An-Overview/
Questions 3 & 4 https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges/campus-life/students-speak-what-college-social-life-is-really-like
Stretching - March 14
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/stretching/art-20047931?pg=2
Write one page.
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types/grants-scholarships
February Gear Up - Lesson Wed., Feb. 3
Questions 1-8
http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/staying_fit/fitness_13_18.html#
Questions 9 - 10
http://www.livestrong.com/article/541372-the-importance-of-physical-fitness-as-a-teenager/
Questions 10-14
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/physicalactivity/facts.htm
Questions 15-16-Your own ideas
January College & Career
#1 http://www.businessinsider.com/companies-that-will-pay-for-your-tuition-2014-6
#2
http://www.dreammentorprogram.org/docs/CompaniesThatOfferTuitionReimbursement.pdf
Obesity Powerpoint-Wednesday, January 13
/uploads/8/0/6/3/8063486/childhood_obesity.pptx
Eating Disorders Powerpoint-Tuesday, January 12
/uploads/8/0/6/3/8063486/eating_disorders_powerpoint.ppt
9-3Thursday, Dec. 10
Using the websites below you used earlier in the week, create two posters on copy paper-one poster for diabetes and one for high blood pressure. Make it persuasive. Include facts. They will be displayed in the room. Turn them in before you go. Read your AR book.
Tuesday, Dec. 8
http://ndep.nih.gov/teens/
Go to this website. Read the article and list 15 things you can learn from this article. Which facts are especially important items for you to remember? Answer in a paragraph.
Monday, Dec. 7
.http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/heart/hypertension.html
Go to this website. Read the article and list 20 things you can learn from this article. Which facts are especially important items for you to remember? Answer in a paragraph.
Week's Menus - Choose seven days out of these fourteen days.
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/sites/default/files/budget/2WeekMenusAndFoodGroupContent.pdf
COLLEGE AND CAREER-November
If you had to choose a college today, what college would you choose and why?
* What Major will you study(field of study-journalism, nursing, etc.)?
* What would be the process to apply and enroll (ACT, application process and fees, volunteer hours, high school GPA etc)?
*What are any other interesting discoveries about your college of choice such as clubs, sororities, sports opportunities for you, etc. ?
Monday, October 5, 2015
Read for ten minutes in your AR book. Then read the two articles below and answer the questions. Put your name and number on your answers and give them to the substitute.
Go to the website below:
http://www.raybradbury.com/
Answer these questions in either lists or complete sentences.
1) What kind of awards did Ray Bradbury win?
2) When did he die?
3) What were some of his works?
4) What kinds of things did he write?
5) How did he work with television?
6) How did he feel about living his life writing?
7) How did a carnival magician effect his life when he was a young boy?
Go to this website.
http://www.biography.com/people/ray-bradbury-9223240
8) What kind of author is he considered?
9) Google and define dystopian.
10) Google Pulitzer Prize and explain its importance.
11) When did Ray Bradbury win the Pulitzer Prize?
12) Google and define voracious.
13) Google and define emulate.
14) How and why were libraries important in his life?
15) Google and define censorship.
16) Google and define conformity.
17) What did he say his function was in writing?
Wednesday 9-23
http://www.choosemyplate.gov
Click each food group and locate your sex and age. How much do you need of each of the five groups a day? List ten examples and the correct proportion for you for each group. Include things you like. List three things from each group that you would like to try.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Go to the website below. We are working on food and nutrition this week.
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ten-tips-eat-smart-and-be-active-as-you-grow
List the ten tips. Circle the ones you already do. Put a * by the ones you need to work on this year.
Choose the link #9 My Plate.
Draw in the correct proportions, the My Plate Illustration on a sheet of paper.
Do you eat from the five groups, and do you eat the correct proportions? Write a paragraph of five to seven sentences. What do you already eat? What do you need to eat more of?
Turn in your work to the substitute. Be sure your class number is on the sheet.
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - Financial Rewards of College
List eight to ten reasons you should want to go to college from the article below.
http://www.collegeatlas.org/earn-a-college-degree.html
List the six arguments people use not to attend college and the reasons these are not good arguments. (A paragraph each) using the website below.
http://www.collegeatlas.org/attending-college.html
How Teens Spend Money 9-3
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-teens-are-spending-money-2014-2014-10