G7+Summer+Homework+2010

This is the G7 English 2010 __ Summer Homework __page. There are three parts to your Summer Homework.

The **Pre Activity** is to: post a picture of yourself reading below mine, and make the picture a link to a map of where you were while you were reading. ** If you are having problems getting your picture to appear on this page, read the bottom part HOW TO.. for tips. **

The **During Activity** : click on the discussion questions on this page, and reply to the three posts.

The **After Activity** : go to the Book Review--G7 2010, and post a book review.__ Check your wiki work __ : ¨ Picture ¨ Picture is linked to a Google map ¨ During Question 1 is answered completely ¨ During Question 2 is answered completely ¨ During Question 3 is answered completely


 * ** Book Review Rubric ** ||  || ** Exceeds Standards ** ||   || ** Meets Standards ** ||   || ** Partially Meets ** ||   || ** Does Not Meet ** ||


 * // Facts // ||  || Name, Title, Author, and Setting is well described. ||   || Name, Title, Author, and Setting is described ||   || Missing Name, Title, or Author, and Setting is described okay. ||   || Missing Name, Title, or Author, and Setting is described poorly or not at all. ||


 * // Plot Summary // ||  || Concise summary includes key ideas and supporting details, giving enough info to spark interest. ||   || Concise summary includes key ideas and supporting details, giving some info to spark interest. ||   || Summary includes key ideas and supporting details, but it is too short or too long. ||   || Summary is not included or does not include KEY ideas. ||


 * // Likes // ||  || More than one reason for liking/disliking the book is stated and supported with specific details. It is critiqued by info included in the book and what is implied by the author. It is obvious you read and understood the book. ||   || One reason for liking/disliking the book is stated and supported with specific details. The critique may only focus only on info included in the book. It is obvious, however, that you read and understood the book. ||   || One reason for liking/disliking the book is stated but with little support. It is questionable whether or not you read and/or understood the book. ||   || Likes/Dislikes are not included. ||


 * // Recommendation // ||  || A recommendation is given to specific age AND interest groups, with specific reasons. ||   || A recommendation is given to age AND interest level with one basic reason. ||   || A recommendation is given to age OR interest level with one basic reason. ||   || A recommendation is not given, or it is given but no reasons are stated. ||

// (Ideas) // ||  || Relevant, quality details give the reader important info that goes beyond the obvious or predictable. ||  || Supporting details and info are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the storyline is unsupported. ||  || Supporting details and info are relevant, but many key issues or portions of the storyline are unsupported. ||  || Supporting details and info are typically unclear or not related to the topic. ||
 * // Support for Topic //

// Originality // ||  || The writer seems to be writing from knowledge or experience. The author has taken the ideas and made them “her own” ||  || The writer seems to be drawing on knowledge or experience, but there is some lack of ownership of the topic. ||  || The writer relates some of her own knowledge or experience, but it adds nothing to the discussion of the topic. ||  || The writer has not tried to transform the info in a personal way. The ideas and the way they are expressed seem to belong to someone else. ||
 * // Voice/ //

// (format) // ||  || The Plot description is 3 paragraphs. Each paragraph has a topic and concluding sentence as well as 3 or more supporting sentences. ||  || The Plot description is 2 paragraphs. Each paragraph has a topic and concluding sentence as well as 3 or more supporting sentences. ||  || The Plot description is 2 paragraphs; however, one paragraph is missing a topic, concluding, or 3 or more supporting sentences. ||  || There are no divisions of paragraphs, and/or both paragraphs are incomplete. ||
 * // Organization //


 * // Grammar & Spelling // ||  || Writer makes 0-1 error in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. ||   || Writer makes 2-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. ||   || Writer makes 5-7 errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from the content. ||   || Writer makes more than 7 errors in grammar or spelling that distracts the reader from content. ||

me Fernando, at my house in Sao Paulo [|Me, Gabriel at my house,Sao paulo] Me, Juliana, reading my book in front of the globe, in Epcot Center - Orlando - USA

Me (Melanie) reading at my house, in Sao Paulo

me (Luiza) at my house.// Me (Debora) reading at my house in Guaruja [|My home] Me at "Playa del Bikini" in Punta del Este

Miami, FL, USA. in my cusunt´s house.

Me (Deborah) at my house at Campos do Jordão

Me (Tomer) at a zoo with my brother. me at punta del este, uruguay me at my home in Sao Paulo. me ( Liane ) at [|Juquehi's beach]

Me at Gabriela's house in São Paulo



Me(Daniela) at Baleia El Emir beach, Punta del Este, Uruguay

Me, Raquel, at Hotel Villa Santo Agostinho, in Bragança Paulista- SP- Me(Gabriela) at Rachel's house me(ariela) at punta del este, uruguay.

Me (Camila) in front of the Eifel Tower, in Paris.



Me (Gabriela T) in my house. Me(Robertha) at Avare

​Me at Miami, USA



Ilan reading at the swimming pool, of my building in Sao paulo Mike reding in his house of São Paulo Ilan reading at Sao Paulo

How To...

__**Insert** **an Image**__ 1) Click Edit This Page 2) Click on the page where you want the picture to show up. 3) Click the button Insert Images and Files. 4) Click Upload File or External Link. 5) Read the directions on this tab. 6) Click the Upload button and find your saved image **OR** paste the internet address. 7) Click Load. 8) Double click on the thumbnail image (the little picture of your picture below the Upload button).

1) Use Microsoft Picture Manager. 2) Open it and locate a picture. Under getting started, you can click-locate picture. Open up the picture, like the one of you reading. 3) On the top menu bar click PICTURE. On this pull down menu, click RESIZE. 4) There should now be a new, blue box on the right side of your picture. 5) Click PREDEFINED WIDTH X HEIGHT (this is where you will change your picture's size). 6) Click on the window below it. There is a list of 6 choices (document large, document small, web large, web small, email large, and email small). Choose WEB SMALL. 7) Click OK and save it with a new name. 8) Now use this smaller picture to upload onto the wiki. **
 * __Problems__?? If your picture won't appear, it is probably too big for the web page. Follow the steps below to make your picture the right size for our wiki.

__**Add a Link to Text**__ 1) Click Edit This Page 2) Highlight the words you want to become a link. 3) Click the Link button. 4) A new window pops up labled File Properties. 5) Click add link (in blue). 6) Another window pops up. 7) Click External Link. 8) Paste the internet address on the line that says Address. 9) Click add link 10) On the top menu bar click SAVE. 11) Wikispaces saves your changes and then it returns you to your SETTINGS tab. 12) To see if your link worked, go to YOUR PROFILE and click VIEW. 13) Now that you can see it, but not change anything, click your link and see if it works!

__**Add a Link to an Image**__ (such as you reading somewhere in the world) 1) Click Edit This Page 2) Click on the image you want to become a link. 3) A new window pops up labeled File Properties. 4) Click add link (in blue). 5) Another window pops up. 6) Click External Link. 7) In another window, type in the address where you were in your picture. Once the map appears, click 'link' in the top right corner of the map. 8) An html address will appear. Copy that address. 9) In the wiki, paste that html address on the line that says Address. 10) Click add link 11) On the top menu bar click SAVE. 12) Wikispaces saves your changes and then it returns you to your SETTINGS tab. 13) To see if your link worked, go to YOUR PROFILE and click VIEW. 14) Now that you can see it, but not change anything, click your link and see if it works!