March 29, 2010

We have a short, but busy week this week. Thursday we have a noon dismissal and no school on Friday. Keep on top of your work and wisely use the time given to you in class and you should be just fine!

Geography

We are working on Chapter 25 this week. The test will be Thursday, April 1st. The study guide will be due then. Remember, there is a map test over Central and East Asia on Tuesday, March 30th.

Science

The pendulum lab we did in class last week in due Monday. If you missed the lab, Mr. Hess will have a make-up after school on Tuesday. If that does not work for you, you must make arrangements with Mr. Hess before Tuesday. There are several book questions that will be due Thursday, April 1st. The questions are as follows: p. 462 #1-4, 6; p. 468 #1, 3, 4; p. 471 #1-8; p. 478 #1-8; p. 480 #1-12, 14, 17; p. 481 #20, 22-27, 29. Everything that should be in your notebook for this unit so far is list on the board in Mr. Hess' room or in Mrs. Drake's room.

English

In English, we are still working on reading Romeo and Juliet as well as working on the Research Paper. We are writing a research paper on a career. The key components that must be included in the paper are: a Title Page, a minimum of 2 pages, 4 resources, and a Bibliography. The paper will probably be due some time next week. If you have questions, be sure to ask.

March 22, 2010

Geography

We are finishing up Chapter 24 this week over the cultural geography of South Asia. The test over chapter 24 is this Friday, March 26. There is a new map over Central and East Asia. The blank and completed maps are posted to the right in the geography handout section towards the bottom. The map test will be next Tuesday, March 30th.

English

We are continuing to read Romeo and Juliet. Instead of the typical daily brain teasers, Ms. Sear is giving writing activities based on Romeo and Juliet. I will post those each week under the brain teasers section off to the right. Remember to keep up with your study guides. Act I study guide is due on block day. There will also be a quiz over Act I on block day. We will begin working on a research paper this week. I will keep you posted for the due date for the paper.

Science

Since we finished the Energy and the Earth Unit last week, we are started a new unit today. Next we will be studying Waves. As always, keep up with the assignments and keep track of all of your papers to turn in for a grade at the end of the unit. Lets keeps all those grades up, only 9 weeks left of school!!

March 17, 2010

Welcome Back!! Hope everyone enjoyed Winter Break. It was nice to see a few of you and your parents at conferences. Now it is time to start the last quarter of the school year. Try to keep up with all of your assignments and I will do my best to try to keep the blog updated so you know what is going on in all of your core classes.

Geography

Today we will be starting Chapter 24. The test will be next Friday. There will be a map test over South Asia this Friday the 19th. In the Geography Handout Section, I have posted both the blank version and the completed version of the map for you to use to prepare for the test.

Science

On block day this week we will be finishing up the notes and reviewing for the test. The test over Energy and the Earth is also this Friday the 19th. If you missed it, the review is posted under the Science Handouts section to the right.

English

We are starting to read Romeo and Juliet. Be sure to keep up with the study guide. There won't be any Brain Teasers this week because it is a short week. But be ready to start BT's up again next week. There is also a quiz over the literary terms on Friday. You can use the handout Ms. Sear gave you or you can print a new one from the handouts posted.The quiz will be over both Drama and Poetry Terms.

March 8, 2010

End of the quarter is tomorrow. That means ALL missing work will need to be turned in to your teachers by the end of the day on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I will be removing all of the handouts and materials from first quarter since they will no longer be accepted. If you are unsure if you are missing any work, check your student portal on Infinite Campus. Or if you think you turned something in that is marked as missing, check with your teachers.

Enjoy your Winter Break and we hope to see you and your parents at conferences!

March 1, 2010

Wow! Start of another new month and plenty of work to do. Hopefully the snow will stop soon and spring will be on its way. I saw a large group of robins this weekend so that is a good sign spring is coming!

Geography

We are now studying South Asia and starting with Chapter 23. The Chapter 23 test is this Friday, March 5th. Be sure your map over southwest Asia is complete too. The Southwest Asia map test is on block day this week.

Science

Mr. Hess assigned some questions from the book that are due Tuesday, March 2nd. p. 789 #1-7; p. 800 #1-5, 7; p. 802 #3-8, 10, 13, 15; p. 756 # 3, 4, 6, 7; p. 762 #1-4, p. 764 #1-10, 14-17. Mr. Hess announced that we will be having the test over this unit before Winter Break next week. That means this unit we will due too. Keep up with all the the assignments. On block day Mr. Hess also assigned questions from Chapter 21, p. 708 #1-6; p. 732 #1-3, 7, 8, 10, 17, 18, 22.

English

We are finishing the end of Animal Farm. Your PowerPoint presentations will be presented on block day this week. Then we are moving on to Romeo and Juliet! Handouts to follow later in the week.