2nd Semester Survey for Students

2nd Semester Survey: STUDENTS Please click on this link to take the survey.
http://goo.gl/forms/NXWE9jBgUl

FOR PARENTS: HERE'S THE DIGITAL PARENT SURVEY :) THANK YOU!

HERE IS THE LINK TO MY PARENT SURVEY FOR 2104-15. 

COMPLETING THIS ONLINE 

HELPS ME A LOT!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF9VV21OcWhWQmtuekVfTzJTWS1peGc6MA

"Lines, Lines, everywhere are lines.." Oh wait, that song is about SIGNS!

Please click to sign in and complete the Exit Ticket after your station rotations about LINES
http://exittix.com/UnQ4caccb5b60981cd

Argumentative Essay Final Project

Here are some resources for your CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE... I mean, topic
1. This has a bazillion ideas and even some links too http://virginialynne.hubpages.com/hub/100-Easy-Argumentative-Essay-Topic-Ideas

2. Here are more ideas:  http://grammar.about.com/od/developingessays/a/topicargumt07.htm

3. I wish they had this invention when I was in school. This site is an easy way to cite sources by inputting the website, then copying and pasting http://www.citefast.com/

Whatever you do, DON'T PLAGIARIZE!

Sports in School Argumentative Resources

Here are the resources we will be using this week to write our next argumentative essay:
• Video clip “Do Athletes Face Unnecessary Parent Pressure?” Video from KCRA.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqypa_oNQVI

• Video clip "Notebook: Kids and Sports" Video from CBS news

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV-WqlorsBM

• Video clip "Report: Pressure on Teen Athletes Soars" Video from WCPO, Cincinnati, Ohio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p_9jUEz7AE

• Video clip "Sports: How Much Is Too Much?" Video from KCRA.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrP68OD355w and video projection

• “High School, College Football Comes With Risk” by Jeffrey Perkel

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4508074&page=1

• “What in the Name of High School Football” by Hank Hill (see text section on page 77)

• “Are High School Sports Good For Kids?” by Daniel Gould (see text section on page 79)

• Article from Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/scope/pdfs/SCOPE-101011-Football.pdf