Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Humanities:  Read!  Respond to at least 2 of your "viewing log" questions on The Diary of Anne Frank.  Bring in your field trip permission form!  The field trip is next Thursday!

Science: 1) All classes: Quiz Friday!  Study your notes on plate tectonics, geological evolution, and biological evolution. Click here to hear an explanation of natural selection & adaptation.  2) 3rd & 5th Period:  Finish the writing prompt on your notes today - 2 paragraphs.  Follow directions on your handout!

Monday, April 29, 2013

Humanities:  Read!  Finish your Brochure/Foldable on NC Ch. 12 Sections 2 - 4.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Humanities:  Read! Blog.  Annotate your news article for tomorrow's SEMINAR.   Turn in your permission slip for the field trip.

Greensboro Field Trip Tuesday, May 7th
The Civil Rights Museum

Science:  Finish the geologic time web activity if you haven't already (assigned Wednesday, April 24).  Finish ALL incomplete labs and classwork from this week!!!

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Humanities:  Read!  Blog!  Study for your test tomorrow.
Read and annotate  your article for Seminar on Friday.

Science - Finish the Geologic Time web activity you began in class today after the benchmark.  Use the links below:

• Part A

• Part B

SCIENCE CLASS links: Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Science Benchmark instructions:

• Click here for the CASE 21 Benchmark.
• Type your login name (Firstname.Lastname)
• Enter your password
• Type "case21" in the District box, and choose "case21 secure, raleigh NC"
• Click on the arrow beside the Voyager Grade 8 Science Comprehensive test
• Click "start" and then "Review."  Complete the test.

When you finish the Benchmark, use these links for your Webquest assignment. Follow the directions on your handout!!

• Part A
• Part B

When you finish the Webquest Assignment, click the links below.

• Review Games & Puzzles - Click one of the links under "Science Games" or "Element Games" to review chemistry
• Cell Game - review the cell structures of plant, animal, and bacteria cells
• Food Chain Game - review your knowledge of food chains
• Ecology game - practice identifying producers, consumers, and decomposers

Monday, April 22, 2013

Humanities:  Read!  Complete your feature story and post it with a picture if you haven't done so already.  Also, use the study guide to prepare for your next test which is on Thursday.

Blog Questions for this week:
       Q1
T1  How did the Great Depression change America?  Explain.
T2  Compare and contrast the early 1920's with the Great Depression.  How did Americans change over this time period?
T3  Sept 1929
      "There is no cause to worry.  The high tide of prosperity will continue."
       -Andrew Mellon (Secretary of the Treasury)
      Reflect on this response to the crash of the stock market and the closure of many American banks.

       Q2
T1  How can living in a democracy be unsafe?  Explain
T2  America is the most diverse and open society on the planet.  Explain the positive and negative qualities associated with this characterization.
T3  Describe the American spirit and explain how it is expressed during times of great prosperity and times of great despair.

Science: Finish any incomplete classwork from today!  Bring your login name & password to class tomorrow; all students will take the computer-based Science 8 Benchmark test tomorrow.  

SCIENCE CLASS FRIDAY, APRIL 19

Click here for the CASE21 practice test.

Link URL: http://prod.edtechsystems.com/buildmytest/

Humanities:  Read!  Post your story and pic to my.hsj.org.  Test next Thursday, April 25th.

Study Guide

NC Ch. 9, 10, 11

Reconstruction/Transition/Progress

Key Vocabulary

Reconstruction     freedmen     Black Codes    carpetbagger    sharecropping    transition   

bright-leaf-tobacco    monopoly    graded school      normal school   amendment    white supremacy

progress    prohibition    industrialization

Big Ideas

Trains/Transcontinental Railroad                                                               Women’s Suffrage

Wilmington Race Riot/Political cartoons                                                 Industrial Revolution

WWI                                                                                                       Culture of the 1920’s

NC Industry…the big 3                                                                              Growth of Business

Washington Duke

Textile Mills

Hay-ti/”Black Wall Street”

Great Migration

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Humanities:  Read!  Final Drafts are due tomorrow.  You will be ready to post to my.hsj.org.  Make sure you are prepared for tomorrow's deadline!  Make sure that you have a picture on your google drive or flash drive which can be uploaded to the my.hsj.org site.

Wednesday, April 17

Science:  Finish the "How old is that fossil?" activity questions.  Lab will be checked on Friday.  2nd, 3rd, and 5th period will do this activity on Thursday!  STUDY your notes on index fossils, ice cores, and radioactive decay.

Tuesday, April 16

Science:  Finish the Ice Core Activity questions (all questions).  STUDY your notes on Index Fossils & ice cores for 15-20 minutes!

Monday, April 15

Science: Finish classwork - Skills Lab, p. 330.  Record your answers on today's handout.  Study your notes on index fossils.  Go here and use webcode cfp-2042  to see the Index Fossil animation you saw in class today. 

Humanities:  Read!  Bring all of your interview data for your feature story to class or you will be doing an alternate assignment tomorrow!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Humanities:  Read! Conduct your second interview.  All interviews MUST be COMPLETED by Sunday, April 14th!

Science:  STUDY - quiz tomorrow on disease, fossils, and relative age.  Study pages 5-10 in your binder. Use quizlet to review vocabulary. (Username: kmidkiff  Password: voyager8) Finish your crossword puzzle review.  

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Humanities:  Read, Blog and conduct your first interview.  Remember the three types of questions from our workshop today...
Narrative, Lyrical, and Reflective
Use all types of questions with your first interview.  Remember that the overall goal is to describe the featured person's legacy and how that legacy has impacted your life and the lives of others.  You can do this!

Science:  Study & review your notes (pages 7 - 9) for 15-20 minutes!  Use quizlet to study the Earth History terms from this week (Username: kmidkiff  Password: voyager8 ) Finish any incomplete homework from this week (if this applies to you) - finish 4th quarter strong!!!  Quiz this Friday will cover:

• diseases (epidemic / pandemic, parasites, pathogens; Ch. 11 Sect 3;  pages 494-496 of Ch. 12 Sect 1), 
• fossils (Ch.8, Sect 1; pages 7-8 in your binder) 
• relative age (Ch. 8, Sect. 2; page 9 in your binder)  

Parents:  Students received their report cards today.  Please return the signed report card envelope to your child's Advisory teacher.  

Tuesday, April 9

Science:  Finish today's classwork - p.7(Earth History - Fossils)  & p.8 (A Trip through Geologic Time) handouts in your binder if you did not finish in class today.  Study / review your notes for 15-20 minutes.  Make flash cards, graphic organizers, or any study tool that helps you.  Go here to listen to the Fossils Song you heard in class today - review your notes while you listen!  What words / concepts are mentioned in the song?  Go here to listen to the paleontologist song. 

Humanities:  Read.  Select your person to feature for Legacy Pt. 3.  Make sure that you or your partner complete your rough draft of your magazine cover from the webquest today.  Enjoy the beautiful day....go outside!

Monday, April 8

Science:  Read & study your notes (Earth History - Fossils, p.7 in binder) for 15-20 minutes.  Read Chapter 8, Section 1 in your textbook. We will finish your Earth HIstory handout in class tomorrow.  Go here to hunt for fossils in an interactive game, and for more information about fossils.

Humanities:  Read! You will have your next IRC on Monday, April 15th.  Blog responses are due by Friday, April 12th.  We will "kick off" Legacy Part 3 tomorrow!