Scary Sensory Scene

Screen shot 2013-10-22 at 10.09.07 AMUsing your pre-write from yesterday, begin writing your scary sensory scene.  Remember the objective is to DESCRIBE using sensory details like sights, sounds, thoughts and feelings. 

Click here to start typing.  Login 1st and last name +898 marenbanwell898

Do NOT submit today.  We will finish Friday.

Need ideas?  Watch again – turn sound off.

October 27

Login – 1st and last name + 898 (marenbanwell898)

Password – normal one

Regular English – click here to take your unit 3 vocabulary quiz then finish reading c. 5 of The Outsiders.

Diff English – take your Latin test by going to Diff English tab, Latin Tests and follow those directions


October 9

Play the vocabulary review game by clicking the vocabulary tab and choosing the game for unit 2

Click here to take your TEST.

User name is first and last name + 898 (marenbanwell898)

Password is your normal LPS password

READ when you are finished.  Your book is due Oct. 19!

Book Trailers – how to share

If you used Animoto or imovie, click here after you “produce” your video.  From animoto, click on the Screen Shot 2015-09-16 at 6.46.05 AM Copy the url and paste it into QUIA.  You will have to log in to QUIA.

First and last name + 898 (marenbanwell898) and your normal password.  Hit the submit answer button, so I can grade your book trailer.

If you used Powtoons or google slides, just share it with me.  mbanwel1@lps.org

BE READY TO PRESENT TODAY!

 

Devastating Earthquake Hits Nepal – Everest Climbers Die

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“Earthquake Devastates Nepal, Killing More than 1,200” by Ellen Barry, April 25, 2015

“The earthquake set off avalanches on Mount Everest, where several hundred trekkers were attempting an ascent, according to climbers there. Alex Gavan, a hiker at base camp, called it a “huge disaster” on Twitter and described “running for life from my tent.” Nima Namgyal Sherpa, a tour guide at base camp, said in a Facebook post that many camps had been destroyed.

Ten people died on Mount Everest after the earthquake, Nepalese officials said.”

“At Least 10 Everest Climbers Killed as Nepal Quake Sets Off Avalanche” by Gardiner Harris, April 25, 2015.

Last year’s avalanche and the outrage among the Sherpas over their pay and safety conditions forced the cancellation of the climbing season, a key part of Nepal’s tourism industry. Whether this year’s avalanche would result in a similar shutdown was unclear Saturday.

Tourism accounts for much of Nepal’s economy, with Everest one of the country’s biggest draws. And though money generated by people who climb the celebrated peak constitutes only a relatively small part of the country’s overall economy, it represents one of the few ways men can earn a living in Nepal.

Foreign climbers pay professional tour companies and Western guides as much as $100,000 to climb, with assistance, the 29,000-foot (8,848 meters) peak. Sherpas are hired at about $125 per climb per legal load (set at 20 pounds) to ease paying climbers’ path up the mountain.

The tour agencies pay several thousand dollars per climber to the Nepalese government for a climbing license, and those fees have brought the government $3 million to $4 million annually in recent years. There is also the money to the local economy for hotel rooms, dining and cellphone rentals, as well as the hiring of local help to carry trekkers’ supplies up the mountain to camp.

More information from CNN (2:10)

Before and After photos

Avanlanche footage