Weekly Wrap Up

ELA:
Period 5: Most students have started setting up their blogs
Period 6: Students are continuing to work on developing the perfect paragraph

Science: Students are wrapping up their projects on the different theories of evolution.  Presentations are on Tuesday!

Math:
Period 3: Students have just started working on transformations and symmetry.
Period 4 and 6: Students just took a quiz on slope intercept form and finding the slope of a line.  The class will now start working on functions and relations to end Chapter 4.
Period 5: Students have begun to study angle pairs with parallel lines being cut by a transversal.

History: Students are working on their projects for the Town Meeting.

Have a great weekend! 

Welcome back!  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break :)

Lots going on this week.  We're working on SPARK notes and dialoguing with text in ELA.  In Science we're continuing to learn about Darwin and Natural Selection.  Students are role playing in History and working on angles in Math!

Weekly Wrap Up:

This week went by so quickly and next week is going to fly by as well!  Everyone should be preparing for their exams next week!

There will be a test in Math, History, and the 2nd part of the ELA test is on Monday.  Make sure to review your notes on elements of a short story, symbolism, irony, Poe, Annabel Lee, The Raven, and Tell-Tale Heart.

ELA End of Trimester (at a glance)

11/13/12:  Wrap-up The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

11/14/12 - 11/15/12:  Visual Literacy poster project for Edgar Allan Poe's work.  All of this work will be done in class over this two day span.  Make sure your group has a poster board and all of the art supplies (coloring stuff, glue, scissors, rulers, etc.) that you will need.

11/14/12:  Open response questions for final exam will be distributed.  It isHIGHLY suggested that you spend some time reading through the questions, making your decision and completing brainstorming before writing the open response of your choice on Friday, 11/16 in class.

11/15/12:  After school whole group study session for final exam

11/16/12:  In class you will take the open response section of the final.  You may use your notes, the texts and anything else you feel as though you may need.  However, you MUST be finished with the paragraph by the end of the period, which is why it is HIGHLY suggested that you complete brainstorming and prewriting (NOT ROUGH DRAFT WRITING) before Friday and bring that to class with you.

11/16/12:  I will be after school on this day as well.  If you feel like you may need a little one-on-one time and attention, please make arrangements to stay after on this day as well.  Make sure you tell me by lunch time on Friday if you are staying after school on this day.

11/19/12:  In class Trimester One Final Exam.  You must complete the test in this hour.  This is the only test you will have all trimester, so make sure you feel confident and ready to attack it  :).

11/20/12:  Book talk focused on our choice books.  The topic of the conversation = what makes someone strong.

11/21/12:  Early release day and the start to your Thanksgiving Break!

Science:  DNA and Meiosis Test corrections are due on Thursday.  Stay for extra help tomorrow if you have questions about how to get point back!

ELA:

• 'Polished' draft of you Poem Analysis of the Raven is due tomorrow 
• What's the Theme worksheet is to be completed for HW tonight
• Period 5- If you did not finish your open notes vocab quiz, you need to stay after on Thursday for this.