History 5/30

No HW for the weekend!  You can begin reviewing Chapter 17 for the test.  The test is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, June 5th.

algebra, 5/30

a-c block:  1)finish 'skunk' sheet  2)pg. 607, #27-39

d-block:  pg. 521-522, #11-20, 44-46, 65, 66

Language Arts 5/30

1) Begin working on the review packet.  Bring it to class on Monday - we will be working on it in class!  The entire packet is due on Wednesday.
Grammar Review Packet

Language Arts 5/29

1) Study for the Verbals Unit Exam tomorrow!!!  Use your notes, practice exercises, and the review sheet we did in class today to help you prepare.

**Please bring a #2 pencil to class tomorrow; you will be using a Scantron sheet to record your answers.**

Answers to Part IV of the review sheet:
13. showed = participle     destroyed by the flooding = participial phrase
14. Taking it easy = gerund phrase
15. to do almost everything = infinitive phrase
16. swimming in a pool rather than in the ocean = gerund phrase
17. accepted by every college to which she applied = participial phrase
18. to go to the early movie or the late one = infinitive phrase
19. lapping up water so fast = participial phrase
20. to watch the fireworks display on the Fourth of July = infinitive phrase

Language Arts 5/28

1) Please review your verbals notes tonight.  Bring any questions to class tomorrow for our unit review.  There will be a Verbals Unit Test on Friday. 

History 5/28

Please begin reading The Counter-Reformation, Chapter 17.4 in your book.
Complete vocabulary 355 & 356

History 5/27

Study for the Chapter 17, Section 3 Quiz!!

algebra, 5/27

a-c block:  pg. 607, #5-8, 12-26

d-block:  pg. 521-522, #1-10, 21-36

Language Arts 5/27

1) Debates will continue on Tuesday!  Be sure to follow the checklist and turn in a copy of your Works Cited Page before the debate begins.
Debate Checklist

A Block - Resolved, capital punishment should be legal in all states.
B Block - Resolved, the NCAA should pay players.

C Block - Resolved, animal testing for medical research should be banned.

D Block - Resolved, homework should be banned.

2) Continue studying your notes and practice exercises for the Verbals Unit Test on Friday.  Bring any questions to class.

algebra, 5/23

a-c block:  pg. 587, #9-39 (odd), must show all work

d-block:  prac. 9.2B, #1-36

Language Arts 5/23

1) Debates will continue on Tuesday!  Be sure to follow the checklist and turn in a copy of your Works Cited Page before the debate begins.
Debate Checklist

A Block - Resolved, animal testing for medical research should be banned.
B Block - Resolved, the second amendment should be repealed.

C Block - Resolved, euthanasia should be legal.

D Block - Resolved, public schools should require students to wear uniforms.

2) Continue studying your notes and practice exercises for the Verbals Unit Test next Friday.  Bring any questions to class.

History 5/22

Guided Reading Activity #354

algebra, 5/22

a-c block: pg. 587, # 10-40 (even), 46, 47

d-block:  pg. 514, #10-38 (all)

Language Arts 5/22

1) Debates start tomorrow for A and B blocks!  Be sure to follow the checklist and turn in a copy of your Works Cited Page before the debate begins.
Debate Checklist

A Block - Resolved, Division 1 athletes should get paid for playing.
B Block - Resolved, homework should be banned.

2) Continue studying your notes and practice exercises for the Verbals Unit Test next Friday.  Bring any questions to class.

History 5/21

Please use pg. 636 in your book to complete the questions on sheet #352

algebra, 5/21

a-c block:  pg. 580, #19-30 (all), #32-56 (even)

d-block:  pg. 507-508, #8-18, 39-41, 46-48, 54-65

Language Arts 5/21

1) All the work for your debate should be finished.  You should spend the rest of the week practicing your speeches!  Debates start on Friday :)

Debate Checklist

2) Make sure you know the exact date of your debate.  Be sure to be in school that day.  Share your work with the other members of your group in case of an emergency.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

History 5/20

Please finish the questions from the Reformation reading we began in class.

SCIENCE

Bring an object to class that we can drop from the hallway in the entrance of the building. We will be plotting the acceleration of different objects. The object must not be larger than a basketball. We will conduct this experiment Thursday or Friday if we stay on schedule.

Do not bring in;

OBJECTS RELATED TO SCHOOL
OBJECTS THAT CAN GLIDE
OBJECTS THAT ARE ALIVE
OBJECTS THAT WERE ONCE ALIVE
OBJECTS THAT CAN BREAK EASILY
NO WATER BOTTLES OR BOTTLES OF ANY TYPE
BOOKS
PENS, PENCILS, CRAYONS, MARKER
OBJECTS THAT WILL BREAK ON IMPACT
MUST NOT BREAK THE FLOOR ON IMPACT

What to consider when bringing in an object
ORIGINAL
SMALL TOY
ODD SHAPE

algebra, 5/20

finish all problems from list in finish line book that were not completed in class.

pg. 28-30, # 1-18
pg. 60-62, #1-12
pg. 49-51, #1-8
pg. 53-55, #1-13
pg. 57, #1-8

Language Arts 5/20

1) All the work for your debate should be finished.  You should spend the rest of the week practicing your speeches!  Debates start on Friday :)

Debate Checklist

2) Make sure you know the exact date of your debate (discussed in class today).  Be sure to be in school that day.  Share your work with the other members of your group in case of an emergency.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

History 5/19

No homework due to MCAS testing!

Language Arts 5/19

1) All the work for your debate should be finished.  You should spend the rest of the week practicing your speeches!  Debates start on Friday :)

Debate Checklist

2) Make sure you know the exact date of your debate (discussed in class today).  Be sure to be in school that day.  Share your work with the other members of your group in case of an emergency.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

Language Arts 5/16

1) The checklist for your debate should be completed by Monday.

Debate Checklist

2) Make sure you know the exact date of your debate (discussed in class today).  Be sure to be in school that day.  Share your work with the other members of your group in case of an emergency.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

History 5/15

Vocabulary #350

algebra, 5/15

all blocks:
  from the finish line (parcc review) workbook

pg. 148-149, #1-3, 5-9
pg. 153-155, #1-4
pg. 157-159, # 1-5
pg. 161, #1,2
pg. 164-165, #1-8

Language Arts 5/15

1) Finish the Works Cited Page for your group.  Remember, you MUST include ALL sources that were used for your debate, which includes your visuals.  Follow the directions given in class. 

2) Make sure you know the exact date of your debate (discussed in class today).  Be sure to be in school that day.  Share your work with the other members of your group in case of an emergency.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

algebra, 5/14

all blocks:
from the finish line (PARCC review) book given out in class (homework will be from this book for the next week)
pg. 125-127, #1-8
pg. 128-130, #1-9

History5/14

Begin reading Chapter 17, Section 3 on pg. 633.  Please read up to Who Was Martin Luther.

Language Arts 5/14

1) All speeches should be written by this point.  Revise your speech for tomorrow's class.  Figure out your visual and in which speech you will discuss the visual.

2) Debates will start on Friday, May 23rd.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

Language Arts 5/13

1) Continue working on your speeches.  Each member of your group should have a different part of the speech to work on (first part of the constructive, second part of the constructive, first part of the rebuttal, second part of the rebuttal).

2) Debates will start on Friday, May 23rd.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

algebra, 5/12

a-c block:   1) pg. 453, #26-43
                   2) pg. 459, #30-42
                   3) study for Tuesday quiz, 8.1-8.3

d-block:      1) 6.1C, #1-21
                    2) 6.2A, #10-18
                    3) study for Tuesday quiz, 6.1-6.5

Language Arts 5/12

1) Continue working on your speeches.  Each member of your group should have a different part of the speech to work on (first part of the constructive, second part of the constructive, first part of the rebuttal, second part of the rebuttal).

2) Debates will start on Friday, May 23rd.

3) Study your verbals notes.  We will have a unit test on verbals on Friday, May 30th.

History 5/9

Pg. 626 #'s 1-6, Skip 3

algebra, 5/9

a-c block:  pg. 466, #3-47 (odd)

d-block:  pg. 363-364, #23-33, 49-56 (make sketches of each graph on white-lined paper for all questions)

Language Arts 5/9

1) Finish any research you need for your group.  We will begin outlining and writing your constructive speech on Monday.

History 5/8

Please finish your maps tonight!  Label and Color!
Reminder: There will be a quiz on Chapter 17, Section 2 on Tuesday, May 13th!

algebra, 5/8

a-c block: pg. 466, #2-48 (even)

d-block:  pg. 349, #30-35, pg. 356-357, #19-29, 40-46

Language Arts 5/7

1) Continue researching your topic.  Find reliable websites/sources to use to support your side.  Remember to keep track of all Works Cited Page information!!!  We will be done with research on Friday.

2) Study for the vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

algebra, 5/7

a-c block:  finish 'Saturn' sheet

d-block:  pg. 343, #15-29
               pg. 349, #12-17, 26-31

History 5/6

Sheet #346 on Vocabulary 

Read #347 on Shakespeare

SCI MAY 6TH

PAGE 18 NUMBERS 1-4  COMPLETE SENETENCES
WORK ON YOUR MCAS WORKSHEETS

algebra, 5/6

a-c block:  pg. 459, #5-43 (odd)

d-block:  pg. 337-338, #2-66 (even)

Language Arts 5/6

1) Continue researching your topic.  Find reliable websites/sources to use to support your side.  Remember to keep track of all Works Cited Page information!!!  

2) Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday.

algebra, 5/5

a-c block:  pg. 459, # 4-44 (even)


d-block:  prac. 10.7B, #1-24, 31,32,34,35

Language Arts 5/5

1) Based on the list of topics your class brainstormed, pick the top three that interest you the most.  Be sure to also know what side of the topic you want!  We will be picking topics and groups tomorrow.

2) Study for the vocabulary quiz on Thursday!

Language Arts 5/2

1) Final draft of your Book vs. Movie Essay is due on Monday.

Independent Reading - Book vs Movie

Rough Draft Outline

Book vs. Movie Rubric

Book vs. Movie Self Edit

algebra, 5/2

a-c block:  pg. 453-454, #5-67 (odd)

d-block: none, had a quiz

History 5/1

Study for your Chapter 17, Section 1 Quiz!

algebra, 5/1

a-c block:  pg. 453-454, # 4-68 (even)

d-block:  1) prac. 10.6C, # 4, 6-8, 10, 13
               2) prac. 10.1C, #1-15
               3) study for quiz on Friday, 10.1-10.3, 10.5,10.6

Language Arts 5/1

1) Debate Unit Vocabulary Sheet is due tomorrow.

Debate Unit Vocabulary

2) Final draft of your Book vs. Movie Essay is due on Monday.

Independent Reading - Book vs Movie

Rough Draft Outline

Book vs. Movie Rubric

Book vs. Movie Self Edit