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Term 4 2010
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April 15
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Mr. G: presentation--"Class
Rules/Procedures"
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Expectations sheet, take home for
parent signature
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Passwords
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Orientation to www.goldstoneonline.com
worksheet
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"Who Are You" worksheet
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Basic Computer Skills tutorial (worksheet
to print)
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Windows XP Tutorial
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April 16
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KCA Lesson 1
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Spreadsheet Sample Files, "puzzle", "savings account"
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April 19
- KCA Typing Lesson 2
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Learn the Net
worksheet for Learn the Net
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Sample Files, Spreadsheet Practice:
"Savings Account"
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April 20
- KCA: Lesson 3, please go on to the next lesson if you
finish early
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type
definitions for vocabulary words:
download this file save
it into your student account
To find the definitions; open from the back, start on page
437, 438, and 443
"spreadsheet" "entry bar" "cell name"
"row" "cell" "active cell"
"column"
"labels
"values"
"formulas"
"formatting"
SAVE AGAIN
when finished, any free time: use
BRAIN GAMES ONLY,
NO SURFING THE NET.
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skip this section:
Spreadsheets: LESSON 121: page 437-438
LESSON 122: page 440
- Activity 1 download
SS-1
right-click, save target as
Activity 2
Activity 3
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April 21
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER LESSON
- 60 min: KCA Lesson 4, please go on to the next lesson if you
finish early
- 30 min.: Continue SS Vocabulary words
SAVE AGAIN
when finished, any free time: use
BRAIN GAMES ONLY,
NO SURFING THE NET.
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skip this part:
- KCA Lesson 4
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The Power of the Spreadsheet
download and save into your student account
- LESSON 123: page 443-444
Activity 4: page 444
open SS1, save as SS1-B
instructions
to do it at home (use SS-1 file above)
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- type vocabulary words, add these to the "Spreadsheet
Vocabulary":
"labels"
"values"
"formulas"
"formatting"
"alignment"
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April 22
- LESSON 124:
page 446: Activity 5: create a new SS, save as SS2 enter formulas
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Activity
5
instructions to do it at home
printout
Activity 5 and turn in formulas
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print:
DO THIS
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April 23
- KCA Lesson 5
PRINT
typing scores, lessons 1-5
Examine your typing scores
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April 26
- KCA Lesson 6
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Download
grades
right-click, save target as
enter your points for each paper you get back
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page
452 Activity 9 create a new SS, save as SS6
add: ticket prices and SUM function for total
(MAX) for the highest, (MIN) for the lowest
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KCA Lesson 124 Spreadsheets
page 446-47 Activity 6 +7
for these activities: download
SS-3
right-click, save target
as
print
Activity 7
instructions
to do it at home
before you
print:
DO THIS
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April 27
- KCA Lesson 7
- spreadsheet practice formulas
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Finish and print Activity 9
Add prices for the parks and enter functions for the total
cost, highest, and lowest
If you were absent yesterday for Activity 9:
download (SAVE) this
before you
print:
DO THIS
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April 28
- KCA Lesson 8
- Spreadsheets Review Formulas
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LESSON 129 ACTIVITY 20
page
467-468 Activity 20-22 create a new SS,
save as SS13
instructions
to do Activity 20 at home
before you
print:
DO THIS
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April 29
- KCA Lesson 8
- Spreadsheet Unit
- IF YOU WERE ABSENT YESTERDAY:
Activity 20 download (you
still have to put in the formulas, setup, etc.)
- Activity 26-27, page 474 + 475
Activity
26+27
instructions to do it at home
- Continue vocabulary
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April 30
- KCA Lesson 9
- Functions
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Activity
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page 479 ALSO INCLUDE:
the MAX, MIN for column B, C, D, E, F, G
instructions
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May 3
1.
print
Lessons 6-10
2. finish and print SS Vocabulary
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spell
check
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delete
columns A + B
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Sort
A-Z
- Autoformat
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Page
setup
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- Snack Bar spreadsheet Download
Directions
- KCA Lesson 11
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Turn in spreadsheet points
staple these papers:
Activity 5
Activity 20
Practice 7
Activity 26
SS Vocabulary
50
pts. poss.
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May 4
- KCA Lesson 11
- Activity 44-45, pages 499-501
instructions,
part 1
instructions,
part 2
- Chart 1 (column chart)
download
, save to your account
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May 5
- KCA Lesson 12
- Lesson 138 Pie Charts,
Activity
46-47, pages 504-505
instructions
to do it at home
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May 6
- KCA Lesson 13
- Chart 2 (pie chart)
download
right-click, save target as
- Chart 3:(line chart)
download
right-click, save target as
create
a line chart
- optional- Chart 2:
download
right-click, save target as
create
a pie chart
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May 7
- KCA
Lesson 14
- Chart 4 -

create your own line chart
to show your WAM scores for the post tests
1. Start with a new blank Excel page
2. Enter your "Post Test scores for each date
3. Make a line chart from the data you entered
Turn
in Charts Unit points
Activity 44 (bar chart)
Activity 46 - (pie chart)
Line Chart (show your typing speed)
Total 30 points
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May 10
- Lesson 13/14
- KCA page 169 - Parts of a business letter
- Letter 1(KCA page 170)
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Letter 1

- need help?:
How to set up a letter
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May 11
- KCA Lesson 14/15
- KCA page 169 - Parts of a business letter
- Letter 2 (KCA page 171)
Letter 2

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Day 20
May 12
- KCA LESSON 15
Print lessons 11-15
- Letter 3 (KCA page 173)
Letter 3
- need help?:
How to set up a letter
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Day 21
May 13
- Letter
5
Letter
of
Complaint instructions
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Check your work
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How to Complain
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Sample letter of complaint
- need help?:
How to set up a letter
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May 14
create a flyer for the PROM
How to use text boxes in a
flyer
For a good flyer and a good grade:
- Use some
Word Art (for the main title, NOT for the whole
page)
- DO NOT use Times
New Roman font USE “Elephant”,
“Broadway”,
Goudy Stout, and other similar fonts are good choices, do
not use Times New Roman
- Use only ONE
font
- Use a graphic
that relates to the topic
- Use some “white
space”
- Use some
alignment NOT all centered
- Use some text
boxes; (some without the borders, you don’t want it to look too
“boxy” )
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Day 23
May 17
- Lesson 16/17
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Day 24
May 18
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Letter
4
you will need to know
proofreader marks
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Proofreading Marks
Common proofreading symbols
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Day 25
May 19
- Turn in LETTERS UNIT POINTS
Letter 1
Letter 2
Letter 3
Open House Letter 5 Total 50 pts.
- letters review, envelopes, letter templates
- MLA FORMAT:
MLA format website
- KCA page 139
MLA
format read this first
- KCA page 140 -141 -
Report 1

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May 20
Report 2
KCA page 141 -142 -
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May 21
- Practice new commands for MLA format:
- ("The Fox and
the Dog")
- Change margins
- Double space
- Indent first line
- Headings ("heading 3" style)
- Header with page#
- Page breaks
- Table of contents
- Title page
- Different first page
- copy/paste special (unformatted text)
- footnote; cite your sources
- graphic with text wrap
need help?
commands you must know
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May 22
Flyer for Sadie's Dance
Create a flyer
Use Text Boxes for your
flyer
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March 15
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Tables Assignment
(create a table showing your classes: "Period", "Subject",
"Teacher")
instructions
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Special Symbols
type the chart on page 90
type this chart

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March 16
BULLET LIST ASSIGNMENT
Language Links #1: KCA
page R-9
instructions
for Language Links
- Language Links #2: KCA
page R-10
instructions
for Language Links
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March 17
Word Processing Review
(Basic
Skills Practice file)
right-click, save target as
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March 18
FINISH Word Processing Review (Basic
Skills Practice file)
right-click, save target as
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MLA format practice
right-click:
save target as
("Digital Sound Formats", 5 pg. MLA report)
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MLA instructions
- need help?
commands you must know
- Look at (or print) the
finished example
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Copyrights and Wrongs
right-click, save target as
- Files for MLA assignments
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MLA format - test right-click,
save target as
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test instructions
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MLA-1
right-click,
save target as
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MLA-2
right-click,
save target as
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4E Research Paper
right-click, save target as
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4F New Zealand Research Paper
right-click, save target
as
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4G Everest Paper
right-click, save target as
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Powerpoint Basics Project :
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instructions
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slides
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June 2
Finish powerpoint basics
If you were absent on day one of the "powerpoint basics"
project; then download this
file right-click, save
target as |
June 3
About Me powerpoint project
Create a Powerpoint slide show with pictures and information
about you; your autobiography.
Download this file
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June 4
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June 7
- How to add background music
- Freeplay music
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FreeAudioClips
- Music
in powerpoint
- Add
background sounds
- Music
in powerpoint
- How to add background music
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Day 38
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March 23
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Learn the Net: The Web At A Glance
(if the website is down:
try this one)
worksheet for Learn the Net
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Learn The Net
- Quiz
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Netiquette
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm
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Birth of
the Interent
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/01birth.htm
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anatomy of an email message
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/21e_anat.htm
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web
browsers
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/12browser.htm
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understanding web addresses
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/16addrss.htm
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web whiz
addresses quiz
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/16addrss.htm
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web basics
quiz
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/flashtest/www1.htm
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harness email
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/email.html
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March 24
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Search Engines--How
do they work?
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SearchEngine Watch - ratings
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searching with keywords worksheet
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Life Inside Google
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Google Cheat Sheet
- What do you do after you search?
evaluating websites
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Spoof Email Lesson
from Ebay
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Email Phishing quiz
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Spoof Email Lesson
from Ebay
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Don't Get Hooked
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Can you spot phishing?
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Phishing Alerts
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Example
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Wachovia Bank
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AntiPhishing Game
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Travel Project
- (slide 1) Title Slide
- (slide 2) Topics Slide
- (slide 3) Map Slide
U.S. Map
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March 25
Spring Break flyer
Create a flyer
Use Text Boxes for your
flyer
Pick a popular city for Spring Break
Make a advertisement for the city.
Include a picture and 5 reasons to go there
Ideas:
http://www.studentspringbreak.com/top.html
http://studenttravel.about.com/od/springbrea1/tp/to_spring_break.htm
http://away.com/features/top-ten-spring-break-family-1.html
http://www.studentcity.com/destinations/
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(slide 4 + 5) Facts Slide: History, Background, Climate,
famous people
City Facts
U.S. Cities
Encarta
USA Today - City Guides
Yahoo Travel Guides
USA Tourist
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April 5
Powerpoint Basics Project :
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instructions
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slides
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April 6
Finish powerpoint basics
If you were absent on day one of the "powerpoint basics"
project; then download this
file right-click, save
target as
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April 7
continue final project
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April 8
MUSIC BACKGROUNDS
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April 9
finishing touches before you present it to the class
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April 12
PRESENTATIONS
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April 13
FINALS
PRESENTATIONS
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March 22
Email Project
- "The Do's and Don'ts of Email"--Mr. Goldstone's
Powerpoint presentation about email
Take notes, include 10 tips for email from the presentation.
- Type your notes from your paper, use a "numbered list"
save as "Email Notes" in RTF format
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Email Assignment #2
Send a file attachment. Send your "Emails Tips" file
in RTF FORMAT.
- Internet vocabulary
Use webopedia.com to
look up
these terms
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- Travel project
instructions
- Choose a city: (from other states or other countries;
in
California, the only choices are San Francisco, Sacramento,
or San Diego: NOT LA, Oxnard, Fresno, etc.) and NOT Las
Vegas.
CHOOSE A LARGE, FAMOUS, WELL-KNOWN CITY from these
lists:
Yahoo Travel Guides
- (slide 6) Hotel slide
Expedia
Hotels.com
Travelocity
Orbitz
- (slide 7) Attraction #1
ONE attraction with picture and facts about it
Travel Project
Links
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Travel Project
Links
- (slide 8) Attraction #2
ONE attraction with picture and facts about it
- (slide 9) Attraction #3
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(slide10) "Top Reasons to Visit" slide
(List the 5 best things about your city.)
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Travel project
grading rubric |
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