Grade 8 Tech / Bible classwork for December 16 2016

Hey everyone - today we are combining Bible and Technology class. Today you are going to learn how to study the most important book - the Bible. As we have been studying the reason and ways we defend the Bible a subject that goes hand and hand with apologetics is hermeneutics (pronounced her-men-new-tics. It means Biblical interpretation or leaning what the Bible means / says).

This is a skill I am sure you have been learning and I hope you get to learn more today and continue to learn and grow in in the future.

You are to go to the Focus on the Family website link below and read sections 1, 2, 3, and 5 in the series entitled "Why Study the Bible".

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/faith/the-study-of-god/why-study-the-bible/why-study-the-bible

You are to read one section and then write a summary in OpenOffice. Save the file on your USB in your Bible folder. Name the document Why Study the Bible - Your name

Once you are done reading and writing the summaries for each section you are to then put it to practice. Study one of the 7 "I am" statements of Jesus. Choose on of the passages below to study. I have also included some links to various websites that will offer help and explanation of verses.

John 6:35, 48     I am the bread of life
John 8: 12, 9:5   I am the light of the world
John 10:9           I am the door
John 10:11         I am the good shepherd
John 11:25         I am the resurrection and the life
John 14:6           I am the way, the truth, and the life
John 15:1           I am the true vine


http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/matthew-henry-complete/

http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/

http://biblehub.com/commentaries/


The next step is for you to take the knowledge you learned and teach it to another. You are going to do this by creating a powerpoint with OpenOffice for the purpose of helping you teach the steps to studying the Bible. Then you need to lean the people you are teaching through an exercises of application - you show them how to do it (you can use the application you did above)


Grade 7 Tech - Own company

STEP 1

Create a company:

Make a new folder on your USB called My Company
It is in this folder that you save all of your pictures and work.




Make a word document of the following information:

name your document  My Company - Your Name

Company name

Company tag line

What your company does

Staff - name and descriptions of what they do with contact information (4 - 6)

List and description of products / services - picture of each product and service, describe the product / service, list the price, (need to have at least 7 and no more then 12)


Example:

Company Name
Gear Up

Company tag line
"Look like a pro"

What your company does
Makes and sells sport teams clothing.

Staff
Steve Brown - quality control manager. Oversees the quality of our products.
Phone: 516-648-8895  ext. 101  E-mail: steveb@gearup.ca

Robin Chalk - complaint manager. Deals with customer complaints.
Phone: 516-648-8895  ext. 102    E-mail: robinc@gearup.ca


List and description of products


New York Giants Payton Manning Jersey
Sizes: S, M, L, XL, XXL, XXXL

Made with cotton fibers
Authentic NFL Jersey

$50




STEP 2

Make a brochure for your company using the information from step 1.

-Open a new OpenOffice Writer Document
-Change page from portfolio to landscape
-Change margins to 1 cm
-Add three columns
-Change the columns spacing to 2 cm
-Back Right Tab = company name, tag line and picture to represent your company
-Back Middle Tab = list of staff and contact information
-Back Left Tab = Purpose of your company - explain what your company does
-Front Right Tab = 2 or 3 products with descriptions 
-Front Middle Tab = 2 or 3 products with descriptions
-Front Left Tab = 2 or 3 products with descriptions


*Remember to use text boxes*
To get the drawing tools you go to view, toolbar, drawing

Save in folder on USB called My Company
Save file as My Company Brochure - your name



Step 3

Make a powerpoint presentation of your company.

In your powerpoint you are to have the following slides:
-Company name and tagline (if you have a picture for your company include it as well)
-What your company does
-Company goals
-slides explaining some of the products and services you provide








When done - do this

Click on this link

http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/magic_maze_in_scratch2_v0.1.pdf

Use the program on the computer called mblock (it is an offline version of scratch).

follow the directions and save the file to your usb.

Questions website for Bible

Go to the following site and choose a question.

http://412teens.org/archive-qna.php

Once you choose a question come and let me know if the questions is approved (can not have the same question as another person in class).

Read the Biblical question to the answer.

Using open office writer to write a summary of the question you read. Summary must be at least 2 or 3 paragraphs (a paragraph is 4 to 5 sentences).

After the summary, write a paragraph of your thoughts on the question and the answer. Do you agree / disagree? Does it completely answer the question? Did it cause more questions?

Save the file to your USB in a folder called Bible - name the file Got Questions - Your Name.

Once you are done with your summary you are then to create a powerpoint presentation explaining the answer.

You will be presenting your answer to the class - when planning to present you may not just read your powerpoint. The powerpoint is to be a visual aid to your presentation but not your presentation itself.