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Thanks for visiting! You will find links here for all of the classes I teach. There will also be a number of current assignments that you will be able to print out from home if you need them. Link to Social Studies or Language Arts at left to get printable assignments from social studies and English. Community Experience and Cultural Event directions are on the social studies page.

I teach 7th grade social studies and language arts blocks at IMS, and two electives: Backyard Forest and Science Fiction. Sci-Fi is only offered during the winter trimester.
Elective classes have both 7th and 8th graders in them.

Please note that, while this site is updated daily, it is also a work in progress and is under construction. There may not be complete information on all of its pages.

Mr. Wieland's phone number at IMS is: 425-837-6807
Mr. Wieland's e-mail at IMS is: wielandk@issaquah.wednet.edu
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Friday, November 20th

Family Access:

Latest grade update: Friday, 11/20.
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Ongoing work:

1. History

We began Chapter 8 in the workbook on Thursday, investigating the life of Muhammad, the founder of Islam. You should have filled in four workbook pages and written one word from each section in Arabic, copied from its place on the wall.

Your project with Chapter 8 is putting together a four-page book about the Prophet Muhammad's life, using your workbook summary pages and vocabulary words. The pages need to be decorated in the Arabic style, which is very different from medieval European illuminated texts. The project was due Tuesday, 11/17.

We are working our Chapter 9 project this week-- you and your group are creating one piece of an eight-piece Islamic star, which we will assemble on the back wall. Each piece will represent a different aspect of the teachings of Islam, including the Five Pillars. This project will be due Friday, 11/20.
Presentations on your topic (Powerpoint preferred) will begin on Monday, 11/23. You were given two periods of library time for gathering pictures and working on your Powerpoint show.

2. Literature

Our current story is
"A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry by Friday, 11/20. You will find it on pp. 226-236 in your lit. book. It is a GREAT story! Questions have been handed out. There is one extended response and one extra credit question. Due Monday, 11/30. This will be on Trimester 2 grades.

We worked through a worksheet on capitalization rules-- you made corrections to sentences with mistakes relating to capitalizing various words-- on Thursday and Friday. On Tuesday, 11/24, we will have a short test on the rules. You will need to make corrections to five sentences, applying the rules to them. Submit a long sentence or short paragraph of your own on Monday-- if it's selected for the test, you can earn some extra credit.

Your overnight assignment on Thursday was "Descriptive Paragraphs." You were given five dull, drab and unimaginative paragraphs on five different topics. Your mission was to re-write the information in those paragraphs in a more interesting, detailed and dynamic way. Use similes, metaphors, idioms and onomatopoeia to liven up each paragraph. Due Friday, 11/20.

3. "Blood Red Horse"

The final assignment, #3, was due Thursday, 11/12. Books are due to be returned at this time. If you need to keep the book to complete a late assignment, you may do so until next week.

4. Accelerated Reader: You need to start taking tests on books you have read this trimester- 20 A.R. points are possible. Tests must be taken by Monday, November 30th. Please take a test on "Blood Red Horse" as soon as possible!

4. Community Experience Project:

This is the year-long 7th grade project, which involves cultural events, interview of a community service provider and 12 or more hours of community service. Keep the directions in your notebook all year. Extras are available on the social studies page. See Mr. Wieland if you have any questions about the requirements for this project. "Where to Care" packets are available for overnight checkout.

Cultural Event #2 was due Wednesday, November 18th. There will be no leniency this time for forgotten evidence-- you must have proof of your attendance at the museum or event ON THE TURN-IN DAY!

Don't forget-- the IMS play "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is on-stage this Friday and Saturday, 11/20-21, 7:00 PM. Perfect for your next cultural event write-up!

5. The extra credit story for Trimester 1 is "The Crowd" by Ray Bradbury. Story packets and questions available on Friday, 11/13. You can earn up to 30 points extra credit, which you can put in either class in any combination. The assignment must be completed by Tuesday, 11/24 to earn credit. You also need to return your story packet to earn credit.

Backyard Forest

Our final topic is Mt. St. Helens.

The Final Project for Backyard Forest is due on or before Monday, November 30th. Click here for the directions sheet. We have discussed the project and showed you examples of posters, brochures and Powerpoint projects from past students. See Mr. Wieland if you need poster paper. You may work with one partner if you choose. This project is required to earn an "A" in Backyard Forest.

Poo Poo Point Hike:

For those of you interested in this hike, even if we were unable to do it this trimester: Mr. Wieland will schedule an after-school hike in April to Poo Poo Point, which you can join in on if you were in the trimester 1 BYF class. This trip will be advertised on the Daily Morning Quah in the spring, so listen for it a few months from now.

Permission forms for "A River Runs Through It" which we will watch in the days before Thanksgiving, were due back by Friday, November 20th. This film has some strong language in it, so to watch it, you needed to return your permission form.

West Tiger Mountain, Poo Poo Point Trail

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