All — Masks only due on Monday.  Your paper deadline is extended to Friday, 3/5.

8E – TFA test in the lab.  Bring a printout of your outline.

8C — Bring vocab books to class.

Finish preparing for your presentation.  Remember the visual aid is only 25% of your overall grade. Spend your time learning about your subject and organizing how you will teach it.

Read May and write about another of the four characters using your outline for a paragraph.

Each paragraph must include:

• topic sentence
• explanation of Catherine’s view of the character before April
• specific example that shows her view (context)
• quotation that supports example
• explanation of Catherine’s view of the character after April
• specific example that shows her view (context)
• quotation that supports example
• concluding sentence summarizing changes and commenting on what the change may say about Catherine.

spa 5 sz – wkht practice numbers. next fri 3/5 quiz on 20-100

spa 6 – practice natl sp exam, second vocab list, make up quiz on food and restaurant

spa 7 – learn go verbs, practice natl spa exam

spa 8 quiz on future regular, practice natl sp exam

Survey genetic traits of family members.  Use lab on p. 92-93.

Grade 6: PWB 10.2: 1-3
Grade 7: PWB 10.2: 1-4, 12-16
Grade 8: Textbook page 586: 30-38

Do worksheet #11 on Numbers

Quiz Monday on Mots. I in Chapter 5

Do workbook pgs. 119-120

Do 2ieme Livre pgs. 282-287 ex. d,h,i,j
Quiz next Friday
Test Mon/Tues March 8,9 on Chapter 5

All –

1.  To Kill a Mockingbird.  Bring book to class.

Bring in a sample of your media – a newspaper or magazine article.

Ana and Ben – find an existing national geographic article about the Maldives and know why your article is going to be different. If no article, why should there be one

Scott and Arthur – why would the NYT cover your topic. Come up with what makes it news worthy.

Corran and Witt – find an article about hurricanes, and tell me why yours is different

Morgan and Andrew – why and how would the BBC cover Florida. What’s your angle?

Sierra and Jack – find a National Geographic article about Africa and disease. Know how your article is going to be different.

Mary and Allie – watch some more Today Show and tell me how you will address another Global Warming series. What’s the outline of your show going to look like?

NB — You will have an extension of your mask paper until 3.05.  All will be due to me by 7:30 am on Friday.

For 3.01 — All — Masks and papers (unless not returned to you sooner) due.  MASKS WILL BE DUE REGARDLESS.

– 8E — Essay test on TFA in the lab.  Remember your outline on your thumb drive, your book, the essay or poem (if you need it), and a printed copy of your outline.  If you want to e-mail me your outline, do so by 7:30 am Monday.

For 3.08 — All — Good first draft of Stock Market essay due.  MAKE TWO COPIES.

Birdy Handout on December
Read January

PWB 10.1 (1-11)

Slavery and the Civil War

Reflect on your recent reading and studies to respond in detail to each question below.

1. Why do you think people in America continued the practice of slavery for so long after gaining freedom from England?

2. Describe some of the ways in which people were harmed when they were enslaved.

3. Describe how you think slaveholders harmed themselves by abusively controlling others as they did.

4. Discuss how you think American society was harmed by the practice of slavery.

LA – Newbery Book Projects due Monday

MATH – NO HW

Quiz sections 1 & 2 Chapter 8. Use study guide.

SSR Project due.

Today, you are going to revise the draft of the Bull Run paper that you’ve been working on.

You need to do the following –

1.  Make the revisions that have been pointed out to you.

2.  Use Noodletools to create your Works Consulted page.  Add the books that you consulted to this page.

3.  Format your paper correctly — Times Roman, 12 pt., double-spaced, Name, Date, Class (top right corner).

4.  Save it to your class folder –  as   <Your Name>_BRPaper_Rev.

Further develop your Ning page narrative and write your first blog post, focusing on a key concept. Your blog posts should be at least 200 words each). The concepts you focus on may include such topics as genocide, obedience, conformity, membership, identity, anti-Semitism, racism, hate crimes, de-humanization, rescuer, perpetrator, etc. Define the key term you use as part of your blog. See the example below.

Blog Post Example: How to Use Obedience to Defeat a Nazi

Obedience is when people carry out commands given by someone they think is a legitimate authority. The Nazis were so used to being obedient that I was able to use it against them.  Once I was standing by the train station loading dock, watching German soldiers and Hungarian police push long lines of men, women, and children toward freight cars waiting to deliver Jewish children to the death camps. I rushed forward to grab two young boys by the collar and throw them into the back seat of my car. A German soldier ran over, pulled out his revolver, and motioned to me to return the boys. I refused, shouting. “‘This car is foreign territory. The boys are under Spanish jurisdiction and you’ll be violating international law if you so much as touch them.” A German  lieutenant colonel came over and told the other soldier to let me go.  I later discovered that the colonel was Adolf Eichmann, who had  murdered millions of Jews in the death camps of Europe. Why did he let me go? He was used to being obedient and he was misled into perceiving me as an authority. I was a very good actor and had a powerful way of telling people to do something. I was so strong, that there was no way he could contradict me. The German soldiers simply went away.”

MATH – 5S: PW pg 87 evens only on separate paper

             5SZ: PW pg 87 and 88 multiples of 3 only on separate paper

LA – Helping verb worksheet

        Newbery projects due Monday

spa 5sz – 2 sided wksht, quiz #0-30 on 2/26 Fri

spa 6 – p 152- 153 in text compete answers

spa 7 – ordinal numbers quiz, c, d worksheet on GO verbs

spa 8 – worksheet on future

Study for quiz on Chapter 8 sections 1 & 2 in World History Book.
Key terms, people, geography of Greece, government, Pericles, Mycenaeans, Minoans, and city-states importance.

No HW

Finish December in Birdy pgs. 72-77

SSR project due Monday 3/1 This has been a month long project so everyone should have it for Monday.
Grammar pgs. 9,10,11,& 12. in packet

Continue learning Mots. I for quiz on Monday
Do workbook pgs. 43-44

Continue learning Mots. I in Chapter 12

Grade 6: PWB 10.1: 1-7
Grade 7: None
Grade 8: Text page 586: 3-10; page 589: 70-79

Continue working on presentation and visual aid – due Monday

Write paragraph on April.  Directions on handout.

Study for quiz.

Study for quiz.

1. Continue 7.4 -  Usings Elimination to solve a system of equations. PWB p 111; 13-18 on separate piece of paper.

2. Quiz using Elimination method tomorrow.

Chapter 18 review, questions 1-4, 6-9, 11-16, 18, 19, and 21-25, are due plus the tower project journal should be ongoing (at least one signed and dated entry per team per day)

Hi everyone!!!

Just a reminder that if you want a doughnut and/or hot chocolate then remember to bring in a dollar for a doughnut or 50 cents for a bagel or $1.50 for both. This is happening on Thursday Feb. 25th during recess.

On Friday we are having a spirt day!!!! The theme is Olymics. You can dress up as a real person from the Olymics or you can dress up as yourself as if you were in the Olympics. Don’t wear gear that will be hard to wear in class such as a helmet. Also DON’T bring in skis, snowboards or skates.

On March 2nd Ms. Casey will be coming in to talk to the middle school about a new fundraiser unlike one that we have done before.

There is a dance for the 7th and 8th graders at Pennfield School in Portsmouth. If you are interested you can sign up on the bulitin board. Also there is a $5.00 fee at the dance. The dance times are 6:30pm to 9:00pm.

Thank you for the ideas in the box, we are using one that was in there, the doughnut/hot chocolate sale!!

From The SLB

- Report written by Issy

Do Premier Livre: pgs. 233-235 ex. H,I
Finish sections on National French Exam practice
Quiz next Friday March 5 on “Relative Pronouns, P.P. Agreement, Personne, Rien and Reciprocal use
Test next Monday/Tuesday March 8,9 on Chapter 5

Grade 5
Work on essay.

Grade 6
Study for test on Friday.
Work on essays.

Start revision of your succession essay- due Monday. Ask, if you need help!!!

Work on your presentation. Some suggestions would include:

Create visual aid for teaching.

Write out a script for yourself.

Talk with your parents about what they know about your subject.

Draw images

Choose images from other sources and figure out how to display them.

Do the exercises in the vocab book for lesson 10.  Doing the review exercises is a good idea but not required.

Read April in CCB.

MATH – NO HW

LA – Verbs worksheet (types of verbs)

        Newbery projects due Monday

Study for test.

Do review sheet.

Read p. 104-106 and answer question 2 on p.106.

spa 5 sz – 2 sided wksht to practice for quiz 0-30 on Fri.

spa 6 – vocab quiz

spa 7 – p 344 take notes practice Natl sp exam

spa 8 p 140, 170 take notes, practice natl sp exam

Section 7.4: PWB p 111; 7-12 on separate piece of paper.

Grade 6: None
Grade 7: PWB 10.1: 1-14
Grade 8: Text page 578: 3-8, 17-22, 27-32

For 2.25 — 8C — Bring your journals to class. Complete the entry on the “Winter Wonders:  Watching the Olympics” by Nancy Franklin.  If you don’t have a copy of the essay, click here.

Select one of the following for you journal entry.

1.  What sport do you think should be added to the Olympics and why?

2.  Write a reflection on the Olympics similar to Franklin’s.

For 2.26 — 8C — Essay test on TFA in the lab.  Remember your outline on your thumb drive, your book, the essay or poem (if you need it), and a printed copy of your outline.

For 3.01 — All — Masks and papers (unless not returned to you sooner) due.  MASKS WILL BE DUE REGARDLESS.

– 8E — Essay test on TFA in the lab.  Remember your outline on your thumb drive, your book, the essay or poem (if you need it), and a printed copy of your outline.

For 3.08 — All — Good first draft of Stock Market essay due.  MAKE TWO COPIES.

All–

In your journals, if you didn’t, please answer the following about “The Gold Cadillac” in a good, solid paragraph.

Do you think that it was a good idea to sell the Cadillac?  Why or why not?

Adjectives Sheet pg. 100 (3-14)
Identify all words in sentence.
Read Birdy pgs. 62-72

Study for Chapter 9 Test

Read handout and answer questions on Pericles
Quiz Monday on Chapter 8 sections 1 & 2 pgs. 228-241.

SSR work on reading and project due Monday, March 1st
Grammar page 7 in packet.- commas

Quiz Friday on “Numbers 0-50″
Do worksheets # 8,10 on “Numbers”

Start learning Mots. I vocab in Chapter 5

Continue learning Mots. I in Chapter 12 for tomorrow

Do workbook pgs. 55-56
Quiz Friday March 5 on “Relative Pronouns, P.P. agreement, Personne, Rien and Reciprocal use”
Test Monday,Tuesday and Thursday March 8,9,11 on Chapter 5

1. Read pages 225-227 in your Facing History book.

2. With consideration of the questions at the end, write a 200 word (appx.) response to the reading. Use phrasing that helps to amplify your insights.

Civil War - Read pp. 136-142

Respond in detail to the questions below. Use full sentences that include telling what the answer is about.

1. Explain what happened at the battle of Antietam (also called Sharpsburg) and what did President Lincoln decide to do afterwards.
2. Describe which slaves were freed and which were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation.
3. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change what the war was all about?
4. Why didn’t Lincoln choose to say that all slaves were freed?
5. Why had Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin so influential?
6. List three reasons why African Americans wanted to fight in the war.
7. How did the 54^th Massachusetts Regiment help people to reconsider their prejudiced attitudes?  

MATH – Get math quiz signed

             PW pg. 84 on a separate piece of paper

LA – Continue to work on Newbery project – due Monday

        Verb test tomorrow – review packet due tomorrow

spa 5sz – 2 sided wksht w/ numbers. quiz 0-30 on Friday

spa 6 – p 145 text ex 4 , natl spanish exam practice, quiz on vocab on thurs

spa 7 vocab quiz

spa 8 vocab quiz

Grade 5
Quiz on acids and bases.
work on your rap, poem, essay or song.

Grade 6
Quiz on Friday. Work on review sheets.
Work on your rap, poem, essay or song.

PWB 9.8 (4-16)
Chapter 9 Test Thursday

Read Birdy pgs. 51-58

Grade 6: A well deserved rest after such a great performance on the test today. No homework.
Grade 7: Pick two companies that you want in your portfolio. You need to be able to explain why you want them.
Grade 8: NONE

Work on review sheet.

Read alternative forms of energy in global warming book.

Write the rule og cabbage juice.

1. 2.24 — Vocabulary test for lessons 7 & 8.
2. 2.26 — 8C– TFA test.  See below for questions and directions.
3. 3.01 — 8E — TFA test.  See below for questions and directions.

All — Masks and papers due.

4. 3.08 — All — Stock market essay draft (well-done) due.

1. Complete “The Gold Cadillac” by Mildred Taylor if you haven’t done so.
2. Bring vocab book to class.

Last Thursday, Boys B pummeled Pennfield 64 to 18. Right in the beginning, we beat them with our press, and Marquise scored about 14 points off of steals. Scott was the star of the game with 18 points. Jake scored 8 points. Kevin and Finn scored 6 each, and Wil, Hugo and Stephen scored 4 each. What a great way to beat our rivals!

- Report written by Stephen

Quiz Friday on Numbers 0-50
Do worksheets #5,6 on Numbers

NO HOMEWORK TONITE! Get ready for the National French Exam tomorrow! Sleep well!

Test tomorrow on “Passe Compose”

Do p. 151 # 13,14
p. 152 # 15,16
NATIONAL FRENCH EXAM NEXT THURSDAY MARCH 4
Quiz Friday March 5
Chapter 5 test Monday,Tuesday, Thursday March 8,9,11

The 8th grade has a chapter review (chapter 18) due on the 26th with extra credit if completed earlier. I also made an error on the yesterday’s posting The last question should be #25 (26, 27, & 28 do not need to be done). Today, Tuesday 2/23/10, we started the tower project and they should have their first team journal entry completed by tomorrow. They have also been given a packet to read entitled, “What is a structure”, that they will given a take home quiz on over the weekend.

Read rest of chapter 8 section 2 pgs. 240 & 241 and answer questions 1-3 A and B. Type or write your answers.

SSR read and work on paragraphs
In study work on painting and note taking
Retake Verb quiz on Wed.
Grammar pg 89 in workbook on verbs.

Upcoming Deadlines –

2.24 — Both classes — Vocab test on lessons 7 & 8

2.26 — 8C — In-class writing essay on Things Fall Apart.  For questions and how to prepare for the test, click here.

3.1 — Both classes — Papers and masks due.

8E — In-class writing essay on Things Fall Apart.  For questions and how to prepare for the test, click here.

Grade 5
Work on essays, poems or raps.
Quiz on Wednesday.

Grade 6
VIP’ 22-23 -Global Warming Book
Work on essays, poems, raps.
Quiz on Friday.

Have a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird for Monday.

MATH – No HW

LA – Complete verb packet by Wednesday

        Newbery book project due Monday, March 1st

Grade 6: Text page 505: 8-14, 17, 18. Study for test sections 9.1-9.7.
Grade 7: Stock Market Game Worksheet, problems 2, 3, 4.
Grade 8: None

Read the Spartan packet and answer questions

SSR read and/or work on paragraphs and project
In study work on painting and research.
Verb retake on Wed.

Brainstorm for Earthday essay contest.

Brainstorm for Earthday essay.

Begin reviewing for test on Thursday.  Review structure of the DNA molecule.

Read Birdy October pgs. 28-42 (Carefully!)

PWB 9.7 all

On Friday, Boys A played Pennfied. We played zone for the first half and were losing by 8 points at halftime. But then we changed to man-on-man, started pressing, and won the game 40-32! It was our best game of the season and everyone played extremely well.

- Report written by Sam

On February 18th, Girls A drove up to Pennfield for a challenging victory! In the first half, our defense was lacking until India brought a whole lot of energy to the court. We started scoring more and them scoring less. We had many injuries on our team right now like sprained wrists, bloody toes, injured backs, broken fingers and even Youtube overload but that didn’t stop us! We kept pressing ourselves until the game was over. Payton had two 3 pointers in the first half and a layup in the 2nd half. She played a great game. Amberlee scored 10 points most of them off of steals! Libbie had 4 points to bring the score up to 22. Becky scored 10 points which brought the score up to 32-22 SMS! It was a challenging victory for Girls A but we did it! Go SMS!

- Report written by Becky

Create an outline of the main points you will need to cover in your presentation on your medieval topic.  Pages has some good sample outlines for you to use if you have pages.

Read March in CCB due on Wednesday.

Extra credit: Write a good paragraph juxtaposing a before and after experience such as the one we brainstormed in class.  (example: what I expected going to a Patriots game to be like as opposed to what it was like when I actually got to go.)

Do the chapter review from chapter 18 on page 643 questions 1-5 and 6-9 and on page 644 questions 11-16, 18, 19, and 22-25.

Continue learning Mots. I in Chapter 5

Test Weds. on Passe Compose
Start learning Mots. I in Chapter 12

p. 153 read
Do p. 154 # 19
Do workbook p. 57 # 12

read 629 to 632 and do the assessment on 632. Also bring in a opaque can with a plastic top and metal bottom.

Read about your topic in your history book and/or go to the library to find a book on your topic.

Study Lesson 9 vocabulary for quiz on Monday

1. Stock Market Game hw due to Mr. Hileman on Monday @ 7:55.

2. also due Monday: Continue solving linear systems of equations: PWB p 109; 10-15 on separate piece of paper.

1. Complete reading “Named for Victoria, Queen of England.”  Complete the chart on the “Named” side for Monday.  Click here if you need the essay and chart.
2. Send me a digital photograph of your mask project, so I know where you are in the process.
3. Vocabulary review for lessons 7 and 8 due. In vocab book, p. 52, ex. 1 and ex. 2 (select 1 of the 3 options).

spa 5sz – learn numbers 0-30 for Friday 2/26

spa 6,7,8 National Spanish Exam practice
nationalspanish exam.org do past exams

quia.com games with grammar and vocabulary

Grade 5 and 6
Work on essays, poems and raps in your science notebook.

The due dates for your Holocaust Ning page have been updated as follows:

Friday, February 19 – Profile Completed, including 5 photos and 400 word background description

Friday, Feb 26 – Add the remaining five photos and complete your Narrative Elaboration (use the first person and mix action, description, and dialogue to tell about a day or period in your character’s life)

Friday, March 5 – Blog 1 completed

Friday, March 12 – Blog 2 Completed

Thursday, April 2 - Blog 3 Completed

Friday, April 9 – Blog 4 Completed

Grade 6: Notetaking Guide: finish vocab on pages 219-221. PWB 9.7: 3-10
Grade 7: Pick one company of your choice, but not one of the DOW companies. Give me ticker symbol, name of company, price of last trade, and one or two sentences about what the company does. You should be able to find all of the company information on Yahoo Finance, as we did in class.
Grade 8: Finish Stock Market Game research of your two companies. It is due before school starts on Monday. PWB 9.4: 7-30. Test corrections for extra credit.

MATH – Complete review packet for Monday’s quiz

LA – Continue to work on Newbery book project – due March 1st – don’t leave this project to the last minute!

Read the Athenian Dream and complete questions and paragraph on the last page.

SSR work on Newbery Project
Journal write: Reflection on movie The Lightning Thief – compare/contrast to the book.
If you don’t see the movie do a free write.

All –

1. Complete reading “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes.  If you were absent and don’t have a copy of it, click here.
2. If you haven’t put your BR paper in the class’s folder, you need to by 3:00 today (Friday).
3. If you were absent, you need to take the following notes from class

Integrity — 1) the quality of being whole, unbroken

2) having sound moral principles

3) having the courage to do what is right, even if it is difficult

4) being honest, fair, and trustworthy.

3.  You also need to do the following journal entry –

Is it natural to have integrity, or more natural not to have integrity?  What might cause people to have integrity or to lose their integrity?

PWB 9.6 (6-16)

Finish reading September in Birdy
Birdy Handout

Preview Chapter 5 and start learning Mots. I

Finish worksheet packet on “Etre” verbs
Test next Weds. Feb. 24 on “Passe Compose”

Study for quiz on Monday on Mots. 1 et 2 in Chapter 5

Reminder: The final $600 payment (out of $700 total) for your trip to Washington DC is due by next Monday, February 22. Checks should be made out to St. Michael’s. Please refer to the January 28th e-mail notice if you are interested in adding trip cancellation insurance. 

1. Quiz tomorrow: 7.1 + 7.2 material.

2. 7.3: Solving system of equations with adding and subtracting: NTG: p 156-57; 1-4 in book.

Grade 6
Start thinking about essay, rap or poem.
Jot notes down in your science notebook.

Grade 5
Quiz next Wednesday on acids and bases.

MATH – PW pg 79 1-12 ODD on a separate piece of paper

             Fraction quiz on Monday

LA – Chasing Vermeer questions due tomorrow – typed

        Newbery book project due March 1st

PWB 9.5 pgs. 123 & 124

Read pgs. 623 to 627 and do the assessment on 627.

Same as last night due tomorrow.

SSR
Verb Quiz Friday
Use Grammar Book hard cover to study -pgs. 88,89,94,95.

Start learning the roots and words for Lesson 9 in the vocabulary book.

Do exercises for Lesson 9.

Study for comprehensive section of Chapter 1-4 test

Test next Weds. Feb 24 on Passe Compose with Avoir and Etre
Do worksheet handed out in class: ex. a,b,c,d

Continue learning Mots. 2
Quiz Monday on Mots. 1 et 2
Do workbook pg. 52

Grade 6
Be ready to do oral projects tomorrow if you did not go today. VIP’s in global warming book.

Grade 5
Worksheet on acids and bases.

spa 5 – Friday quiz on greetings

spa6, spa 7, spa 8 – Practice for National Spanish Exam

nationalspanishexam.org proficiency tests

quia.com Spanish games and activities

Laura/ Sierra – Nobility

Maddie/ Morgan – Peasants

Pete/Andrew – Knights

Danny- Evolution of the castle

Jasmine- Parts of a castle

Arthur – Defenses of a castle including weapons

Corran – The Feudal System

Ana/ John – Weapons

Ben H.- Armor

Annie/ Witt – Medical practices and midwifery

Luca/ Jack – Entertainment and recreation

Piers/ Ben L. – Occupations 

Finn/ Allie – Food and Farming

Issy/ Mary – Medieval clothing

Michael/ Scott – Significant battle

All —
1. Finish your journal entry if you haven’t done so.
2. We will be in the computer lab tomorrow, so go directly there. Bring your thumb drive with you.
3. All papers on the Civil War need to be in the folder for your class by 3:00 this afternoon.

Both Classes –
2.19 — Corrected sentences from vocabulary quiz 8 for points back. Sentences must be on a separate sheet of paper and stapled to the original quiz.

2.22 — Review for lessons 7 and 8. On pg. 52 — Review 1 and for review 2, select one of the three paragraphs to write.

If you have not done so, you must turn in your draft of your mask paper. For all — it must be in by 7:30 tomorrow morning (2.18)via e-mail.

You also need to begin to work on your own mask if you haven’t done so. This is due on Monday, March 1.

Read Greek Magazine and answer questions for Friday.
Ty – read pages 232 & 233 in your World History book.

SSR
Grammar Sheet on linking verbs.
In study work on website information on artist.

Finish February…yes, there will be a reading quiz.

read pgs 617 to 622 and do the assessment on 622

Classify substances tested in lab as an acid, base or neutral.

Read p.74-79 and identify ways to use less energy.

Study the structure of the DNA molecule.

Grade 6: PWB 9.6: 1-5
Grade 7: On the Yahoo finance site that we looked at in class, spend about 5 minutes on each of the following companies, just exploring the kind of information available on the links on the left side. Make sure that you enter the company’s Ticker symbol correctly before starting your search. Companies: KO, IBM, PG
Grade 8: From the stock market game handout and assignment sheet. It is due Monday.

Vocabulary Quiz Friday Lesson 8 and All Roots
Complete Ways Collage Book Template
Bring in Catherine Called Birdy

Read the text from page 123 to the top of page 129 and create a page of detailed notes and thoughts for class discussion. Consider the following ideas as you take notes: 

• expectations about the war
• the country’s world reputation
• what “glue” (idea) held the country together
• why northerners fought
• Lincoln’s stance
• how to define liberty
• losing the feeling of “superiority”
• the Southern “way of life”
• what the first battle of the war was like

Read “No Time to Think” on pages 189-191 of your Facing History book.

Create a color comic strip on 11 x 17 paper to show the slow, step-by step transformation of an ordinary person between 1933, when people saw “German Firm” stickers on windows of non-Jewish shops, to becoming a bystander or participant during gassing of Jews in 1943. Your comic character should think out loud or have captions to explain what has happened in each scene.

Have your comic include six situations or effects mentioned in the reading. For example, having no time to think, enjoying middle class status, fear, uncertainty, fascination with enemies, not being able to prove a train of cautious thought, others calling you “alarmist,” waiting for others to communicate resistance, weakened confidence, etc.

“It has been said that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.”

LA – Complete Chasing Vermeer questions – due Friday – typed

         Get Vermeer test signed by a parent

        Newbery book projects are due March 1st – you should be almost finished with your novel!!

MATH – PW pg 83 #1-19 on a separate piece of paper

Start learning Mots. 2

Do worksheet on Etre verbs handed out in class

Study for test on Chapters 1-4 Thurs/Fri

Study for quiz Friday on “Greetings”

On Tuesday we played the red team, and won 33-26! We started out the game 8-0 and continued to play really well. They caught up however and tied the game around halftime. But we fought back and ended up winning! Everyone played incredibly, and it was our biggest group effort of the season.

- Report written by Sam

Write out the answers to your test if you scored below 75.  You should use the book.

Finish reading February by Thursday

MATH – NO HW

LA – Newbery book conferences tomorrow – don’t forget to bring your book to school!

        Newbery projects due March 1st

All –

Mask paper draft due for masks in general, Igbo/Ibo masks, TFA masks tomorrow at the beginning of class.

All –

1.  BR poster in 2011 English folder for your class by 3:00 today (2.16).

2.  Draft of BR paper due in 2011 English folder for your class by 3:00 tomorrow (2.17).

3.  Vocabulary test on lessons 1 and 2 tomorrow (2.17).

Grade 6: None
Grade 7: Complete the reading on “The Chocolate Company” and answer the questions on the last page.
Grade 8: Quiz Wednesday.

Vocabulary Handout (2-sided)
Edit Ways Poem for Collage Book
Bring in Catherine Called Birdy

Study for Quiz 9.1-9.4

Read p. 78-79 and identify the parts of the DNA molecule.

Read p.59-61 and take notes.

Read packet on Crete and answer questions on last page.

SSR conference tomorrow with sticky notes
Study – memorize handout on helping and linking verbs.

read p.94-95  Identify the properties of bases and give 4 uses of acids and bases.

Civil War Museum Display Project

Museum artifacts or documents can be used to help understand the past. Your task is to recreate artifacts or documents that help to explain one aspect of the Civil War. This project may be done individually or in pairs.

Assignment criteria:

·      Knowledge – Ideas are supported with appropriate historical examples and effective terminology

·      Concepts – Awareness, insight, understanding, and connections are demonstrated

·      Skills – Analysis and evaluation of historical sources shows critical thinking, alternative points of view, problem solving, and understanding of biases.

·      Organization – Work is organized to communicate neatly and effectively.

Tuesday, February 23 – Final Museum Project due – to be presented in class and displayed.

Topic choices:

• Hospitals, medical instruments, tools, supplies, methods used, results, and pictures
• Photographers such as Matthew Brady or Timothy O’Sullivan
• Civil war money – exhibit the different varieties and discuss inflation.
• Recruitment posters used by both sides to advertise for new soldiers
• Infamous  prisons of the war, such as Andersonville.
• The human cost of the war – include diagrams, first person accounts of the horror of war, fear, and confusion.
• The role of African American soldiers during the war
• Women who pretended to be men and fought.
• Key political decisions made during the war, such the Emancipation proclamation or allowing border states to fight with the Union, while keeping their slaves.
• Civil War newspapers – include and comment on several examples
• A comparison of the advantages that each side had during the war
• A famous battle – commanders, geography, dramatic moments, ultimate results
• An important personality – i.e. Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Frederick Douglas, or Robert E. Lee
• Sherman’s March to the Sea – Show and discuss the strategy and the results
• A nicely illustrated timeline of key events during the war

Reminder: The final $600 payment for your trip to Washington DC is due by next Monday, February 22. Checks should be made out to St. Michael’s. Please refer to the January 28th e-mail notice if you are interested in adding trip cancellation insurance. 

Homework:

Use the source analysis handouts from class to closely examine the Nazi propaganda cartoons provided. The questions are intended to help you develop a thorough set of notes.

Today, in class, you will begin your draft of your paper for your Bull Run poster.  You can click here to see what the expectations are.  You will need to open your poster, so you can see what you are writing about.

Remember that you can organize this several ways — from least important to most important or spatially (how the images are arranged on the poster).

When you have completed your draft, save it as follows — <Your Name>_BRP_Draft — to the 2011 folder for your class that is named Bull Run.

Read pgs. 610-615 and do the assessment on 615

Full instructions for this project were distributed in class. Please refer to key themes in the article link below for your creative satire (poem, song, poster or rap) of how to stay in power:

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/14/weekinreview/the-world-how-serbia-s-czar-holds-fast-to-power.html?scp=1&sq=milosevic+power&st=nyt

Grade 6
Paper is due when you return.(Tuesday) I have read most of your papers but I am a bit worried about some of you that did not hand in your drafts.
Another day will be given for your projects at school.

This video podcast talks about the various media that our children are exposed to, as well as some tangible things that you – as parents – can do to help them navigate through it.

Before watch all of this, you may want to also see Xplane’s video. Click here to see Did You Know Best Of Shift Happens.

Here is also a direct link to the pamphlet from the government: NetCetera, Chatting with Kids about Being Online.

For older students, you may also want to take a look at the MTV website, A Thin Line.

On February 3rd, the Girls “B” team beat Little Compton, and it was the first time that Little Compton “B” team lost to anyone in three years. During the first part of the game, Chloe scored an awesome layup and also scored later. Then Lucy scored twice and Tory scored a shot as well. Taelor and Amelia were playing amazing defense. Annie scored a lot as well. At the end of the game the score was 21 – 11! Way to go Girls “B”!!!!!!

Read January in CCB and answer the questions as you read.

Write your 5 -paragraph essay on succession.  If you have questions tomorrow (Wed.), email me.  I will be grading history tests.

Reminder:

Introduction – What does succession mean and generally explain how it can be “messy” or predictable.

1st body paragraph- What were the different ways that succession occurred in the Middle Ages in Europe?

2nd body paragraph – How did succession occur in your country during a set time between 1900-2010?

3rd body paragraph – Examine the similarities and differences between the information presented in 1st      body paragraph and 2nd body paragraph

Conclusion – What conclusion can be reached when one looks closely at the information collected above with regards to succession.

In light of no school tomorrow (2.10), you will have your vocabulary test on Tuesday when we return.  Your poster will be due at 3:00 on Tuesday afternoon.

Complete Paris Novel Review Handout
Paris Test Tomorrow

Notetaking 9.1-9.4 starting on pg. 195
All guided practice problems
Quiz on 9.1-9.4 on Wednesday, 2/17

MATH – 5S: PW pg 77 # 11-23 and worksheet

             5SZ: Batter Up worksheet and track worksheet

LA – Get research assignment signed

        Conferences on Newbery books  - Wednesday, Feb. 17th – make sure you keep up with your sticky               notes

All—

1. Grolier articles and notes due.  Notes to me by 7:30 a.m.
2. If you needed to rewrite vocabulary sentences for points, they must be in tomorrow as well.
3. TFA to class.

All –

1. Vocab test on lessons 1 and 2 tomorrow.
2. Poster due in .pdf or .pages format in class folder by 3:00.
3. Bring a pleasure reading book to class.

Grade 6: Textbook page 501: 9-11, 21-29. Study for quiz on sections 9.1-9.4. Vocabulary is very, very important on this quiz.
Grade 7: None
Grade 8: Wednesday: Quiz. Due next Tuesday: Stock Market Game research on your one company from the Dow. Answer the questions on the handout.

Grade 5
Uses of acids and bases. Make a list in your science notebook.

Grade 6
Paper due on Wednesday.(tomorrow)
Wednesday is the last work day for your project. Orals due next Tuesday.

There is no homework for students who are caught up but this is a night for several of them to catch up on home works they owe me.

Civil War Museum Display Project

Museum artifacts or documents can be used to help understand the past. Your task is to recreate artifacts or documents that help to explain one aspect of the Civil War. This project may be done individually or in pairs.

1. Look over the list below and select a museum piece to research, construct and display as part of a Civil War Museum. Try to be original, but choose something important.
2. Determine how best to present your museum display – diorama, video production, or visual presentation.
3. Research your topic carefully and consider how museum curators present information to create understanding.
4. Plan carefully, revise as necessary, and build your presentation.

Assignment criteria:

·      Knowledge – Ideas are supported with appropriate historical examples and effective terminology

·      Concepts – Awareness, insight, understanding, and connections are demonstrated

·      Skills – Analysis and evaluation of historical sources shows critical thinking, alternative points of view, problem solving, and understanding of biases.

·      Organization – Work is organized to communicate neatly and effectively.

DUE DATES:

1. Tuesday, February 16 – Project proposal due – This is to include the following:

1. Topic choice
2. One paragraph description of the idea and why the topic is important
3. Presentation method (sculpture, video, diorama, etc.)

2. Tuesday, February 23 – Final Museum Project – to be presented in class and displayed.

Topic choices:

• Hospitals, medical instruments, tools, supplies, methods used, results, and pictures
• Photographers such as Matthew Brady or Timothy O’Sullivan
• Civil war money – exhibit the different varieties and discuss inflation.
• Recruitment posters used by both sides to advertise for new soldiers
• Infamous  prisons of the war, such as Andersonville.
• The human cost of the war – include diagrams, first person accounts of the horror of war, fear, and confusion.
• The role of African American soldiers during the war
• Women who pretended to be men and fought.
• Key political decisions made during the war, such the Emancipation proclamation or allowing border states to fight with the Union, while keeping their slaves.
• Civil War newspapers – include and comment on several examples
• A comparison of the advantages that each side had during the war
• A famous battle – commanders, geography, dramatic moments, ultimate results
• An important personality – i.e. Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Frederick Douglas, or Robert E. Lee
• Sherman’s March to the Sea – Show and discuss the strategy and the results
• A nicely illustrated timeline of key events during the war

MARDI GRAS PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW
Finish “etre” verb packet started in class today

MARDI GRAS PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW!!
Chapters 1-4 test next Thurs/Fri Feb.18,19

Mardi Gras PROJECTS DUE TOMORROW!!!!

All –

2.09 — Tuesday — Bring thumb drive to class.

– Work on your bibliography for your images as much as possible at home.  Click here for guidance on using NoodleTools.

2.09 — Wednesday — Poster due in your class’s English folder by 3:00.  You can put it in yourself, e-mail it to me, or bring it to me on a thumbdrive.   It can either be in .pdf or Pages format.  The file name must be –  <Your Name>_BR_Poster

– We are not spending more classtime on the posters, so you need to do this work yourself.

– Vocabulary test on lesson 1 and 2.

1. 7.2: Solving system of equations through substitution.

2. 7.2 PWB p 107; 7-12 on separate piece of paper.

Note: this assignment is due Wednesday. Tomorrow we will join Mr. Hileman’s group for the introduction to the Stock Market Game

Write the Rule of Litmus.

Projects due Wed,

P.79 q.1&2

LA – character map paragraphs for Chasing Vermeer due tomorrow – typed

        Newbery projects due March 1st – conference about sticky notes on Wed. 17th

        Bring artist research books to school tomorrow

MATH – 5S PW pg 76 #1-23 odd 

             5SZ PW pg 77 on a separate piece of paper

spa 5 – greetings dialogie

spa 6 – vocab ch 5 p 167 first 3 sections

spa 7 – listening comp and speaking tomorrow

spa 8 – chapter test

Grade 5
What is the rule of litmus?
Bring in a liquid from home so we can test tomorrow.

Grade 6
Work on your papers for global climate change.
Projects due on Wednesday.

Go back to your history book and find the answers to the questions you didn’t know on the test.  I will give some credit for typed answers submitted tomorrow.

Write 13 ways to view….  It is good if you come up with more than 13 and choose the best 13.

Grade 6: PWB 9.4: 1-17. Quiz on Wednesday.
Grade 7: Textbook page 500: 55, 56. Textbook page 501: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 18. Complete vocab at end of chapter in Notetaking Guide. Test on the chapter on Tuesday.
Grade 8: Handout on dividing and factoring monomials: Page 76: 24-32. Page 77: 2-16. Quiz on Wednesday.

Read pre-reading to Greece Chapter 8 section 1 & answer questions on sheet