WEEK OF 2/26

Monday -- NO SCHOOL!

Tuesday-- All Classes: Meet tomorrow in D211.  Per 1, 2, 3, and 5: bring only a pencil. Per 4: Bring comp book and pencil.

Wednesday - Finish Tobacco computer lab assignment by Friday, if needed.

Thursday

Friday

WEEK OF 5/19

Monday -- Per 1,3 only: Goal paper due tomorrow.

                   All Classes:  Read the three articles about Cory Monteith that are found on my links page. Answer the following questions in sentences on pages  29 R and L of your composition book by TUESDAY, 5/20:

1) What event made Cory first seek help for his drug abuse?

2) What was described by Monteith, as the first time he’d felt the satisfaction of “working hard and being good at something?”

3) Why did Cory say he was telling his story about his drug abuse?

4)Why did Cory describe drug use as a trap?

5) What sentence or quote in the articles struck you most? Why?

6) What lessons can young people take away from this actor's story and tragic death? Explain.

 

Tuesday -- no hw

Wednesday -- no hw

Thursday -- no hw

Friday -- no hw

WEEK OF 5/12

Monday -- Write a friendly letter to the future you to be opened on your fourteenth birthday! Write about: What is life like now? What goals do you hope to have achieved? Why? What people or other things keep you motivated to reach your goals? What do you hope to be most proud of?  What advice can you give your future self to be the happy and healthy teen that you wish to be? Letter should be 3-4 paragraphs in length. Letter to fourteen year old self is due Tomorrow.

Tuesday-- No hw

Wednesday -- Prepare for skits if needed

Thursday-- Read the three articles about Cory Monteith that are found on my links page. Answer the following questions in sentences on pages 29 R and L of your composition book by TUESDAY, 5/20:

1) What event made Cory first seek help for his drug abuse?

2) What was described by Monteith, as the first time he’d felt the satisfaction of “working hard and being good at something?”

3) Why did Cory say he was telling his story about his drug abuse?

4)Why did Cory describe drug use as a trap?

5) What sentence or quote in the articles struck you most? Why?

6) What lessons can young people take away from this actor's story and tragic death? Explain.

Friday-- All Classes: Cory Monteith articles assignment due 5/20. See above for assignment. 

             Per 2, 4, 5 ONLY: Finish Goal Papers for Monday.

WEEK OF 5/5

Monday -- no hw

Tuesday -- no hw

Wednesday -- no hw

Thursday -- no hw

Friday -- Write a friendly letter to the future you to be opened on your fourteenth birthday! Write about: What is life like now? What goals do you hope to have achieved? Why? What people or other things keep you motivated to reach your goals? What do you hope to be most proud of?  What advice can you give your future self to be the happy and healthy teen that you wish to be? Letter should be 3-4 paragraphs in length. Letter to fourteen year old self is due Tuesday.

WEEK OF 4/28

Monday -- "Time Capsule" worksheet.

Tuesday -- no hw

Wednesday -- no hw. (Getty students, make sure to get field trip slip signed.)

Thursday-- Finish "Car of My Dreams" paragraph and picture. (Getty students, make sure to get field trip slip signed.)

Friday

WEEK OF 4/21

Monday-- worksheet "D-9". You may want to refer to your metric system stairstep diagram to help you. Bring a ruler tuesday  if possible.

Tuesday -- worksheet "D10".

Wednesday-- Quiz on metric system/ conversions on Friday. Per 2,3,4 only: 2- sided worksheet due Friday.

Thursday -- Quiz Friday on metric system/ conversions  on Friday. Finish worksheet by Friday. 

Friday -- No hw

WEEK OF 4/7

Monday-- per 1,2,3 finish classwork if needed (Standards checks on 556-558. Pg 559 #2,4,5,7. per 4,5: no hw.

Tuesday -- Quiz 16.2 on Thursday.

Wednesday -- per 1,2,3: Quiz 16.2 Thursday. Per 4,5: Quiz 16.2 Friday.

Thursday -- Per 4,5: Quiz 16.2 Friday

Friday -- all classes no hw! See you ready to work 4/21

WEEK OF 4/1

Monday -- no school!

Tuesday -- Quiz 16.1 Wednesday. Finish work book pages "Everything is Connected" (16.1) if needed.

Wednesday -- no hw

Thursday-- wb pages "Living things need Energy" (16.2) due Monday.

Friday -- wb pages "Living things need Energy" (16.2) due Monday.

WEEK OF 3/24

Monday -- no hw

Tuesday -- no hw. Make sure to bring all of your book to class daily as we have finished sci presentations.

Wednesday -- Ecosystem foldnote due Friday. Keep the same theme and include pic and definition for: individual (or organism), population, community, ecosystem, and biome. Use 16-1 text  for help but remember to ignore the incorrect pictures.

Thursday --Ecosystem foldnote due Friday. Keep the same theme and include pic and definition for: individual (or organism), population, community, ecosystem, and biome. Use 16-1 text  for help but remember to ignore the incorrect pictures. Quiz 16.1 Wednesday.

Friday-- Quiz 16.1 Wednesday. Finish Turtle Lab if needed.

LAB QUESTIONS FOR PER 3+5 TO FINISH:

1. Make a line graph of the estimated turtle population for years 1-4. 2. Tell how the population changed over time. 3.Give a hypothesis for the cause of change in population. 4. Predict the turtle population for year 5 and explain. 

WEEK OF 3/17

Monday-- Meet in s-144 Wednesday for the last time. Remember to bring your notes and flashdrives and checkover webquest directions  to make sure your project is complete.  Be prepared to present on Thursday (Per 5 ONLY will go to the lab Wed-Thursday and present on Friday).

Tuesday -- Meet in s-144 Wednesday for the last time. Remember to bring your notes and flashdrives and checkover webquest directions  to make sure your project is complete.  Be prepared to present on Thursday (Per 5 ONLY will go to the lab Wed-Thursday and present on Friday).

Wednesday -- per 1-4: Be prepared to present your project tomorrow! Per 5: We will meet in S 144 one last time tomorrow.

Thursday-- no hw

Friday-- no hw

WEEK OF 3/10

Monday -- Energy "planners" and "historians" make sure to work on finding or making a visual aid as described in our webquest.  Meet back in C 205 Tuesday.

Tuesday -- Finish classwork worksheet "Fossil Fuel Production and Use". Per 1 and 5 ONLY meet in D211 Wednesday to work on Energy Projects. All other classes report to C205 as usual.

Wednesday -- No hw

Thursday -- No HW.  Meet in S144 Friday.  I hope to see you at Open House! (Classroom visits are from 7:00-8:00 tonight.)

Friday-- We will have one last trip to the computer lab Wednesday. Be prepared to present your projects on Thursday!!!

WEEK OF 3/3

Monday-- Study for 4.1 quiz Tuesday Thursday.  Per 1-4: Meet in S- 144 Lab. Bring a flashdrive if possible.

Tuesday -- Study for quiz 4.1 Tuesday Thursday. All classes: Meet in S-- 144 Lab Wednesday. Bring a pencil, compbook, and flashdrive.

Wednesday -- Study for quiz 4.1 Tuesday Thursday.

Thursday -- Meet Friday in S144 Lab. Bring comp book (with page of Energy book Notes), pencil, and flashdrive, if possible.

Friday-- Meet in S144 Monday to continue project work.

WEEK OF 2/24

Monday -- no hw

Tuesday--

per 1,2,4: on pg 12L , make a top ten list of ways to conserve water.  Also, finish paragraph on pg 11L explaining ppm lab and what you learned.

per 3,5:   On page 11L, make a list of 10 ways to conserve water.

Wednesday-- wb 4.1, "Natural Resources"

Thursday-- quiz 4.1 Tuesday

Friday

WEEK OF 2/17

Monday-- no school!

Tuesday -- Quiz 11.1 Friday

Wednesday-- 11. vocab w/definitions. Use text page 366. (Write on comp book pg 9L). Quiz 11.1 Friday.

Thursday -- Quiz 11.1 Tomorrow!!! Finish water cycle comic or story if needed.

Friday-- no hw

WEEK OF 2/11

Monday-- no hw

Tuesday-- no hw

Wednesday-- Finish workbook pages "the Active River, (11.1)"

Thursday -- no hw

Friday-- no hw

WEEK OF 2/3

Monday -- Quiz 10.1 tom!  Also, do research on a type of mass movement (from 10.4). Bring in at least one page of notes, reading, pictures, sketch ideas or other info.

Tuesday -- Finish wb pgs "Erosion by Mass Movement" by Thurs. Bring art supplies Thursday and Friday for in-class project.

Wednesday-- Finish wb pgs "Erosion by Mass Movement" by Thurs. Bring art supplies Thursday and Friday for in-class project.

Thursday-- Bring project materials if needed.

Friday-- Be prepared to show and tell Mass movement projects Monday. Finish them if needed.

START OFF THE SEMESTER WITH EXTRA CREDIT: FIND EVIDENCE OF WEATHERING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR AT A PARK. TAKE A PICTURE AND PRINT IT OUT ALONG WITH AN EXPLANATION OF WHERE YOUR FOUND THE ROCK AND A DESRCIPTION OF THE TYPE OF WEATHERING. BE PREPARED TO PRESENT FOR 30 SECONDS IN CLASS. DUE 1/31.

WEEK OF 1/27

Monday-- no hw

Tuesday -- finish wb pages for 10.1,  "Shoreline Erosion".

Wednesday-- Define all 10.1 bold and italicized words on pg 5L of comp book. This is due Friday!

Thursday -- Define all 10.1 bold and italicized words on pg 5L of comp book. This is due Friday!

Friday-- Quiz 10.1 Tuesday, 1/4. Collect materials, print out pictures, do research for next Thursday's  Mass Movement class assignment. You want to choose to make a before/after model of: a mudflow, landslide, slump, creep, or rock slide. (We will work in class.)

WEEK OF 1/20

Monday-- no school!

Tuesday-- Quiz 9.1 tomorrow-- Study!.

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

WEEK OF 1/13

Monday - Bring textbook/ workbook daily starting tom.

Tuesday- pg 303 #2-5, 7 in sentences. (Write in on pg 2L of your composition book .)

Wednesday- Quiz 9.1 Wed, 1/22

Thursday -- Quiz 9.1 Wed, 1/22. Finish wb pages, "weathering-- 9.1" if needed.

Friday -- Quiz 9.1 Wednesday. Finish 5 lab questions if needed.