W9: October 14-17, 2014Week 9

Monday, October 27

•Project!! -- due MONDAY, Nov 3rd

•North America Coloring Sheets

•Homework: ▫Quiz on Monday November 10th

▫HOPS homework tomorrow

ZOMBIES

ZOMBIE SURVIVAL TEAMMurphy Candidate Stats

Candidate 001: Coach Brown

“La Brown” Pros

Speed, agility, and strength would be the last one taken

would take control over any situation

great marksman I have a do not die attitude

and will fight till the death.Cons “I HAVE NONE!” –or so

he says

Candidate 002: Mrs. Cooper

“Kim Possible” Pros Owns a Special Effects make up kit-

Can disguise you as a Zombie so they won't eat you.

Owns a mini-van- will drive like a race car driver if need be- also useful to load many Kids and Zombie Defense tools

Owns a Brain Jell-O mold maker- can make fake brains to throw at and psyche out the Zombies so they won't eat yours.Cons

Donuts – all types, all flavors

Candidate 003: Mrs. Schwertley

“Mrs. Dixon” Pros

Former cocktail waitress from a casino boat turned teacher

From Iowa with superb instincts

Boxing class teacher Fan of Daryl Dixon from The

Walking Dead

Cons From Iowa Terrible sense of

direction

Candidate 003: Mrs. Wackerlin

Nurse “Sharps” Wackerlin

Pros Not afraid of blood, vomit, or

pus older and wiser – has seen

and done it all-so has plenty of strategies to escape unpleasant medical procedures or zombie dining pleasantry

Nurses can do anything!Cons Wants to capture a

zombie “alive” to study it and identify “what makes them tic!”

Candidate 004: Mrs. Campasano

“The Mom-in-ator” Pros

Short nature allows for fitting into tight spaces and under zombie arms

Loud A mom – can make quick

decisions and think aheadCons

Too loud and the zombies could hear her

Candidate 005: Mr. Coley

Coley-ola Pros

Expert marksman Demolition and explosive

expert Has better than 20/20 vision

– thanks, Lasik!

Cons Too compassionate, keeps older

brother (who turned into a zombie) on a leash inside the camp.  Insists on keeping him alive awaiting the cure.  The zombie-brother has mittens and a bite-mask on for protection.

Candidate 006: Mrs. Liskunas

The Lisk-taker Pros Loves to garden and has access to

gardening tools (3 shovels, 2 rakes, 1 hoe, 1 spork, 1 very sharp edger, & 1 gardening fork)

Zombies love brains and she doesn’t consider her a smart person, so she would not attract many zombies.

Not a fast runner, so she would be the first one the zombies get, allowing others to get away.Cons How “not smart” is

she?

Candidate 007: Ms. Seconde

“Mile Runner” Pros

World archery champion

Can run for miles and miles and miles

Only a little afraid of the dark

Cons Not able to maneuver

in the dark at top speed

Candidate 008: Mrs. Shrum

“Shrum’s Crumbs” Pros In charge of walkie-talkies to be

used for communication and discussion of counter attacks

Has snacks by desk to distract hungry zombies from brains

Has mints by desk so the zombies can freshen their breath between brains

Cons Zombies will come for

the food.

Candidate 009: Mrs. Zaininger

“Lady Z” Pros Short and quiet -- can easily

sneak up on a zombie Has learned many Jedi fighting

moves from watching Star Wars and Clone Wars with her son

Large vocabulary -- can quickly confuse a zombie with big words

Cons May launch into a

long explanation about word origins, allowing the zombie to escape

Candidate 010: Mrs. Ballew

“The See-er” Pros

Flexible – can use legs to perform a puppet show

Ability to memorize voices

Eyes in the back of headCons Eyes in the back of

her head… is she a zombie already?

Candidate 011: Mrs. Sanborn

“Lil’ Peanut” Pros

Talkative Acting background –

was an extra in a variety of movies

Lived in Colorado

Cons Does she know Illinois

as well as she knows Colorado?

Candidate 012: Mrs. Whited

“Care Bear” Pros

Hater of zombies Excellent caregiver of

people Lover of dogs

Cons What if there is a

zombie DOG?

Candidate 013: Mrs. Wikoff

“Bionic Wikoff” Pros Army trained – there isn’t a weapon

that she hasn’t tested. Cool, calm, and collected. Has low

blood pressure. Can think clearly in stressful situations. Not afraid to tell people what to do. In fact, she likes it.

Scary – according to many. If people are scared, perhaps zombies are too.

5 metal plates in her body - bionic Cons She scares us.

Candidate 014: Mr. Anderson

“Black Op Anderson” Pros Knows how to defeat zombies after

completing both Plants v. Zombies 1 and 2

Has watched the "Thriller" video 100s of times which can help in getting the zombies to enjoy communal, choreographed dancing instead of hunting for brains to eat

Strong understanding of physical geography and has a natural, internal compassCons

Donuts… all the donuts

Candidate 015: Mrs. Clausen

“Kitty Clausen” Pros

Loves cats, reading, traveling, and the culinary arts – She can feed us!

Independent and open-minded former high school teacher from Indiana

Has two high school childrenCons Will she assign us

high school homework before she feeds us??

Candidate 016: Mrs. Steele

“Ol’ Steely Eyed” Pros Camping and backpacking skills – can

build a campfire and set up a tent Access to tools and (more

importantly) knows HOW to use them CPR skills Has helped “Survivorman” Les Stroud

find his way home Directionally gifted – she never gets

lostCons Needs naps often –

may fall asleep on watch duty

Candidate 017: Ms. Karvelius

Kray-zee Karvelius Pros Access to equipment and resources

that could prevent, deter, and defend against the zombies

Expert in Zombie culture Skilled at art (could be good for

camouflage) Ability to fix instruments using only

basic tools

Cons All the equipment

would make it difficult to travel.

Candidate 018: Mr. Bittner

“Bitt Bot”Pros

Can build a ferocious Lego robot Knows a lot about History if we cannot get the Zombie situation

under control I can easily facilitate a nice argumentative writing essay for them which will surely cause their heads to explode thus neutralizing the threat

I hope that you choose me.  Oh, wait I think I feel something gnawing on me from under my desk.  Oh, no worries its just one of my undead 7th graders.  I'm sure a little hand sanitizer will take care of it.  It is, after all, "just a flesh wound".Cons

Does he turn kids into zombies?

Candidate 019: Ms. Buckley

“Whack-a-Buckley” Pros

Knows First Aid and CPR Excellent marksman in

“Whack-a-mole” Was friends with a

zombie once…

Cons How close of a friend

was that zombie??

Candidate 020: Mr. Epperley

“Das Neutrilizer” Pros

High level of survival skills – hunting and fishing

Keeps it calm during stressful situations

Owns lots of camouflage

Cons Bacon… anything with

bacon.

Candidate 021: Ms. Bresser

“The Packer” Pros

Bleeds Green and Gold – Green Bay Packers fan for LIFE

Loves cheese.   Draws an awesome stick

person Grew up in WisconsinCons Doesn’t eat vegetables Can be outrun by a

turtle. Can't wear the color

orange !

Candidate 022: Ms. Straka

“De-Straka” Pros

can adapt to all climates

able to carry a lot of items at one time

experience operating a boat

Cons Terrible sense of

direction

Candidate 023: Mr. Kiefert

“The Keymaster” Pros

Could teach wrestling moves to defeat the zombies in hand to hand combat

Was in the navy – so not afraid to swim, dive, sink, floatCons

Loses things all the time…

Tuesday, October 28•Mr. Epperley and Ms. Whited

•ZOMBIE Project

•Homework:▫Quiz on Monday November 10th ▫Zombie Project due Monday!

HOPS!

Wednesday, OCTOBER 29•Quick Map Packet

▫Relief on a Map

Structures/Relationships/Processes Activity

•Homework:▫Quiz on Monday November 10th ▫Zombie Project due Monday!

Thursday, OCTOBER 30•Quick Map Packet

▫Ocean Floor

Zombies – StructuresUsing Satellite Maps

•Homework:▫Quiz on Monday November 10th ▫Zombie Project due Monday!

Friday, OCTOBER 31Zombies – Relationships

•Homework:▫Quiz on Monday November 10th ▫Zombie Project due Monday!

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