December 21, 2006 - Brrrrr... getting colder

December 20, 2006

Alg: System of inequalities exam tomorrow, go over review packet.

Es: get 5 week report signed and bring in for tomorrw.

Eng: No hw

Global: Continue to study for the Greece, Rome and Bysantine Empire's test tomorrow.

December 19, 2006

Parents, A great stocking stuffer can be an 8 pack of AAA batteries. Those graphing calculators seem to die out just when they are needed most.

December 18, 2006- another warm day. 55 degrees F

December 15, 2006

December 14, 2006 60 degrees F

December 13, 2006

Note: The Global test has been moved to 12/21, also for hw read ch. 6, section 3 & complete worksheet

December 11, 2006

December 8, 2006. Have a good weekend

Alg: No Hw.

Es: No Hw.

Eng: Answer ch. 6 questions on Of Mice and Men packet.

Global: study Greek notes (test on 12/ 20) Fantastic work on the debate today, both sides!

December 6, 2006

Alg: Parabola test moved to 12/8 (continue to review)

Es: weathering test 12/8

Eng: write a one paragraph readers response on chapter 5.

Global: The great Athens V. Sparta Debate on 12/8

December 4, 2006 We had some flurries this a.m.

December 1, 2006 ------ 65 degrees F today

Alg: finish #'s 5-9 in worksheet from today.

Es: continue to study weathering notes

Eng: Note the change: O M & M test on 12/5 Chapters 1-4.

Global: Study notes on Greece ( Athens V. Sparta)

Last day of November 2006

Alg: Finish Problems 3-6 on worksheet. Es: study your weathering notes. Eng: Essay due tomorrow, Study for OM&M test ch. 1-3 on 12/5 ( Next Tuesday) Global: study your Greece notes. Study this for a future Greece Test.

Who is this and what is he doing???

Writing tips

Alg: Review notes
Es: review notes
Eng: Essay due Friday
Global: Read Ch. 5,
section 4 & complete worksheet

Writing Tip
"Show me, Don’t Tell me"

But what, exactly, are "telling" and "showing?" Telling is another way of saying “summarizing.” Here’s a writer “telling” readers about a room:

"It was a nice room, a warm room. It was a happy place to be." (You just told me, and bored be to death.)


Here is a different writer showing me by using vivid language

"Sunlight pours through the window, pooling on the down comforter which lies across the bed. A block of light also angles across the wall opposite the bed, highlighting the pale orange color of the room. A thick red carpet sprawls over the floor, a corner of it lit too by a sunbeam; the room’s windows admit the sun along two walls, and tiny dust particles hover in the bright streaks which glaze the room."

November 28, 2006

Alg: Review function notes
Es: Study weathering notes (check out weathering animation link)
Global: Read Ch. 5, section 3, complete worksheet. This is about ancient Greece.
Eng: Essay due on Friday, 12/1. (we meet in the computer lab tomorrow and Thursday during support)

Welcome Back from the break.

November 22, 2006

November 21, 2006

November 20, 2006

November 16, 2006

Alg: Be ready for a line graphing test for tomorrow. review the worksheet we went over in class today.

Es: gradient hw due tomorrow. Test on Monday 11/20

Eng: Of Mice and Men

Global: Mid. East test 11/17 & 11/20

November 14, 2006

Note: global hw is to read ch. 11, section 3 and complete worksheet.