Megan

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__Assignment 1 __Directions: Please search for ten of the landforms that we discussed and where they are located on the Eastern Hemisphere. Please state the landform, supply a definition, find a picture to post and finally write a fictional paragraph discussing a trip about the landforms that you visited 1. Canyon- Deep, narrow valley with steep walls. Gorge du Vernon in France

2. Mountain Range- Series of connected mountains.

Monte Cinto in France

3. Island- Land completely surrounded by water.

Channel Islands in France

4. River- Large stream of water surrounded by land.

Moselle River in France

5. Valley- An area of land in between two mountains.

Franschhoek Valley in France.

6. Volcano- Erupting mountain that spews molten lava.



7. Cliff- Steep, high wall of rock, earth, or ice.

Emerald Cliffs in France

8. Sea- Large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land.

Mediteranean Sea bordering France

9. Coast- Where the land meets the ocean.

Atlantic Coastline in France

10. Lake- Body of freshwater surrounded by land.

Lake Annecy in France

My entire family and I took a trip to France. Above are a bunch of the places we went sightseeing. We also saw things that were beautiful in other ways, such as the Eiffel Tower, and ate in super fancy, expensive, French restaraunts. My personal favorite was when we actually went swimming in Lake Annecy. We all thought that France was one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen.

**Assignment 2: Please write a two page, 1.5 space, 14 font paper on your Renaissance Man. This is due December 20th.** **Puppet Presentations will take place in class on December 20th. Have fun exploring.**

Megan Anderson

Mr. Fender

6A Social Studies

12/2/11

__ William Shakespeare __

We think of Shakespeare as an old writer. There is much more to him than that. Writing over 37 plays might be his greatest accomplishment, but he also was an expert in some other things. These things are music, law, the Bible, military science, politics, the sea, history, hunting, sports, and quite obviously, theater.

William Shakespeare, born April 23rd, 1564, was one of the greatest playwrights of the world’s history. He died of natural causes on his birthday in 1616, when he was 52 years old. He had 7 siblings, 4 sisters and 3 brothers. His sister Margaret had died a year before he was born. He has accomplished writing over 37 plays, all of which were long and very dramatic. Most of his works were tragedy plays or comedy plays. Though he studied music, Shakespeare never wrote musicals, just plays. When he wrote, he made up words that we now use every day. Some of these words are alligator, bump, assassination, amazement, generous, lonely, mimic, and many more.

At the age of eighteen, William married a woman named Anne Hathaway. She was eight years older than her husband, but that didn’t affect their relationship. They had three children named Hamnet, Judith, and Susanna. They all lived in a cramped one room house together. Now with a family and a bulging house Will decided to go find work in London. There he found that in this Elizabethan England, plays were popular afternoon entertainment for not only citizens and tourists, but for the queen herself as well. He then joined the Theatre, where he became an actor and a valued playwright. When he wrote for this theater, he had his colleagues in mind. He would come up with characters that he knew they could play well. He also must have thought of himself, for he was an actor in his own plays. His plays took acting to a new level in these times. His plays were displayed mostly in the Globe Theater, which was where the queen always watched.

William Shakespeare was actually a very good choice for me for writing a paper on him because I, unlike most of the others, actually have reasons to look up to my assigned person. I act in school plays, I take an acting class on the weekends, and we do a lot of Shakespeare in that class. Without Shakespeare, I don’t know if acting would be as big in plays as it is now. Shakespeare actually has impacted my life, and I don’t think that some of the things I enjoy would be as important to me if he weren’t there. =I found some of my information on http;//www.william-shakespeare.info/, some from the book William Shakespeare and the Globe Theater, and the rest from prior knowledge.=