Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Please bring back your science textbook if you have not returned it already. 

Wednesday, May 18

Science:  Practice the Brain Dump strategy you have learned in class. You can print a copy of the periodic table to use here. 

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Humanities:  http://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=736687#.VzTDOIQrLIW

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Humanities:  Read Ch.  11 and 12 in "the Outsiders".  Finish the summary graphic organizer on the novel.  Test this Friday.  

Core Connections: Complete "Seeing the Invisible: Mutualism and Plant Reproduction

Tuesday, May 10

Science:  Work on your sample EOG test.  Finish this by Friday.  Practice marking your periodic table; review the Brain Dump strategy we practiced in class. \

Humanities:  EOG practice passage.  Review imagery, metaphor, simile, impact, tone, mood, context

Test Friday

Read "The Outsiders"  Ch. 10

Core Connections: Complete "Seven Minutes of Terror" if you did not complete it in class.

Monday, May 9

Links for Science Class:
NC Test Tutorial
It's Elemental
ChemBalancer
Creative Chemistry
Khan Academy

Core Connections
Complete your Digital Portfolio: Trebuchet entry (due Tuesday

Humanities:  Read Ch. 9 in "The Outsiders" 

Study guide  for The Civil Rights Movement and “The Outsiders”

Test date: Friday, May 13

For The Outsiders

Know and understand the following:

-          Details about the main characters including their traits and relationships

-          Setting of the novel

-          Themes explored

-          The significance of the poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” from chapter 5

-          Key plot events

-          Be able to apply literary terms such as protagonist, theme, setting, plot

Civil Rights Movement/Era

-Plessy vs. Ferguson decision

-Word Wall Vocabulary

-Brown vs. Board of Education decision

-Civil Rights Act of 1964

-Voting Rights Act of 1965

-KKK

-Greensboro Sit-in

-How did the NC Legislature vote on the Federal Civil Rights laws?

-“A Letter From A Birmingham Jail”

-non-violent resistance

-Freedom Riders

Friday, May 6, 2016

Core Connections: Add the trebuchet project to your digital portfolio.  We will finish in class on Monday (this is not homework).

Thursday, May 5

Science:  EOG review packet is due tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Science:  Work on your EOG Review packet.  Use today's chemistry review to help you with the questions on atoms, chemical equations, and conservation of mass (#56, 57, 58, 61, 63, 64, and 65).  Pace yourself!

Humanities:  Read Ch. 7 "The Outsiders"

Album cover is due in the am.  Make sure that all of your revisions are completed before attaching it to the "vinyl".

Be prepared to present your part of MLK, Jr's letter on Thursday.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Humanities:  Read "The Outsiders"  chapter 5 and 6.  Superhero project due tomorrow.  Complete your album cover for your feature story.  "Letter From A Birmingham Jail" presentations after the P.O.L. on Thursday.

Science:  Work on your EOG Review packet (due Friday).  You should be at least halfway through your packet if you are pacing yourself appropriately!  Do your best.  * Today's class review should have helped you answer questions 52-55, 58-60, and 62. *

Monday, May 2, 2016

Science:  Finish the "Darwin's Natural Selection Practice" handout if you did not finish during class. Work on your EOG Review Packet, due Friday, May 6.  

Humanities:  Read Ch. 4 "The Outsiders".  Work on your album cover and your superhero project.  Superhero project paragraphs and drawing/model is due on Wednesday.  Be prepared to present your section of a "Letter From A Birmingham Jail" on Thursday after the P.O.L.