December 15, 2011

Christmas Program 7:00 PM - See you there!

All assignments for this week must be in by 4:00 PM Friday to get credit (unless you were sick)
I will be here Saturday from 11:00-3:00. My grades must be turned in Tuesday morning (December 20) by 10:00 AM

9-12 English Complete vocab, Spelling test, December Bingo writing edited and typed,
10 journal entries typed for anthology
World History: This Day/CE Quiz

6-8 English: Turn in Moby Dick essay, Word Wisdom, Take spelling test
Alaska History: This Day/CE quiz and Gustavus history questions

December 14, 2011

9-12 English : Complete writing from December Bingo; Complete Vocab for Friday
Spelling test on friday
World History: Complete yesterday's assignment from Up Front: Read either "A Day on the Campaign Trail" or "From Fighting to freedom" and write a 1/2 page summary.


6-8 English: Complete p. 67 in Word Wisdom/ Study your spelling words
Alaska History: Remember to have the five pieces of information from the slide show written down - I will check at the beginning of class.

December 13, 2011

9-12 English Vocab Lesson 16 due on Friday
World history; Up Front: read either "Day on the Campaign Trail" or "From Fighting to Friendship"


6-8 English: Complete Word Wisdom, pages 65-66
Alaska History: Turn in "We the People" questions from Natural History of Gustavus.
Complete Nature Journal: humpback whale skull drawing and five pieces of information from our field trip.

December 13, 2011

December 12, 2011

9-12 English: Vocab p. 79-80, p.99-100

World History: Read pages 12-13 in Up Front Write a 1/2 page explaining what the Tea Party and the Occupy protest movement stand for. Do they have anything in common?

6-8 English: Word Wisdom Read p. 62, do page 64

Alaska History: No homework

December 8, 2011

9-12 English: Turn in Vocab, spelling test, Noun quiz
World history - Ho Homework, Complete missing assignments

6-8 English: Spelling Test, DOL quiz, Turn in Word Wisdom
Alaska History: Find the answer: Do females whales sing?
This Day/CE Quiz

December 6, 2011

6-12 field trip departs school about 11 AM and returnes at 1:30 PM
Dress warm and bring lunch

9-12 English: Complete "Foxtales" poem/writing/ art
World history Dress warm, bring lunch - read Whale 68 paper and write 1/2 page summary
Bring one question to ask Chris Gabriele

6-8 English Word Wisdom pages 59-60
Alaska history: Dress warm, bring lunch - read Whale 68 paper and write 1/2 page summary
Bring one question to ask Chris Gabriele

December 5, 2011

9-12 English: Complete two pages of vocab Lesson 15
World History: Complete Chapter 5 Quizzes - Test on Wednesday

6-8 English: Read Lesson 3.2 Do page 58
Alaska History: Be ready for Presentations

December 2, 2011

Good luck wrestling team! And everyone else - get some good rest and get well!!

9-12 English: No homework - Odyssey essay was due today so for those who were sick you have a little extra time.
World history: Greek Porject due today - for those sick it will be due next Tuesday

6-8 English - No homework
Alaska History - Group PowerPoint and Poster need to be completed by the end of class on Monday on your assigned chapter in The Natural History of Gustavus.

December 1, 2011

9-12 English: Essay due at end of class
Spelling test/Vocab turned in
World History: Complete Greek project
Do current event
This Day/CE Quiz

6-8 English: Spelling test, Stargirl test, Turn in Stargirl questions
Turn in Word Wisdom
Alaska History - Work on project and Powerpoint in class tomorrow
Greg Streveler came in to talk today

November 30, 2011

Congratulations FOXES!! Great job! You make us proud!
Good luck wrestling team!! Go Foxes!!
9-12 English: Odyssey essay due at end of class on Friday
DOL quiz tomorrow
Spelling test Friday
World History: Greek project due at end of class on Friday

6-8 English: Word Wisdom should be complete; study spelling words
DOL quiz tomorrow

Alaska History - be working on your poster & PowerPoint

November 23, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!! Be thankful for all things big and small!
9-12 English: Work on Odyssey essay for Wednesday
World History: Work on Greek project - due December 2

6-8 English: Complete reading of Stargirl
6-8 History - No homework except enjoy the snow

November 22, 2011

Don't forget Community Thanksgiving Breakfast tomorrow morning
Pie, Pie, Pie and hot chocolate

9-12 English: For tomorrow:

Illustrate and describe these classical clichés from Homer and the Trojan War

Trojan horse Nicole

Achilles' heel Kenny

Between Scylla and Charybdis - Geordy

Siren voices- Cassy

An odyssey - Marcuss

epic proportions Rowan

Greeks bearing gifts

a faithful Penelope Sophie

For Tuesday, November 29: Odyssey essay in final form

World History: Democracy essay due at the end of class tomorrow

6-8 English: Read Stargirl to page 157; quiz on reading

Alaska History: Read Jr. Scholastic article on Russia (pages 10-14) Complete question on page 14

November 21, 2011

9-12 English: Did I really forget to hand out the essay questions!!??
Tomorrow in class: complete Odyssey test
World history: Work on completing a draft of your Greek democracy paper.


6-8 English: Read Stargirl pages 139-157 for Wednesday
Alaska History: Complete questions in Junior Scholastic on page 23

November 18, 2011

Go Foxes!!
9-12 English: Create an illustrated tabloid headline for the Odyssey
Odyssey quiz
World History: Democracy paper due Wednesday

6-8 English: Read Stargirl pages 129-138 Complete card to give to person of your choice
Alaska history - no homework

Enjoy sledding this weekend!

November 17, 2011

Good luck wrestlers!! Go Foxes!!

9-12 English: Spelling test; Quiz on Odyssey, 2 original epithets illustrated

World History: This Day/CE
Begin work on Greek museum project - due December 2 and essay due next Wednesday

6-8 English: Spelling test (all 30 words), DOL quiz
Alaska History: This Day/CE test including questions on land purchased through Nature Conservancy

November 16, 2011

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Wayne Gretzky

9-12 English: No homework
World History: Write a response (minimum 1/2 page) : How can political power and economic prosperity sometimes lead to a nation's downfall?

6-8 English: Complete Word Wisdom
Alaska History: no homework

November 15, 2011

9-12 English - Complete vocab
World History: Read Chapter5, Section 3 Create a comic strip for either the Persian Wars or the Peloponnesian War

6-8 English Read Stargirl p. 119-128
Alaska History: See if you can find the answers:
How long is the Gustavus beach - from Pt. Gustavus to Falls Creek - in miles?
How many miles of Gustavus beach land has the Nature Conservancy purchased?

November 14, 2011

9-12 English: 2 pages vocab//
World History: Complete reading of 5.2 Create a Venn diagram comparing Athens & Sparta.
Remember the diagram where it overlaps tells what the two city states have in common

6-8 English: 2 pages of Word Wisdom - Unit 2, Part 4//Stargirl reading complete to page 118.

Alaska History: Find out what the difference between our high and low tides is

November 10, 2011

It is only with one's heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

9-12 English : Veteran's Response - 1 page (handwritten) response to the talks by the five veterans - see assignment sheet

World History: Read Chapter 5, Section 2 p. 107-110 (up to Athens) Answer questions 2-3 on page 112

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6-8 English : Read Stargirl to page 118

Write your Veteran's Response 1/2 page 6th grade/ 1 page 7th-8th - see assignment sheet

November 9, 2011

Friday is 11-11-11 Veterans Day The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month

9-12 English:
Veterans Sharing about their military experience: Jim Martell, Tom Berner, John Spute, T.J. Farrell, Archie Kendle

Spelling test/DOL Quiz
World History: This Day in History Quiz

6-8 English: Spelling test/DOL quiz Turn in Word Wisdom & Journals
Alaska History - This Day/CE Quiz

November 9, 2011

9-12 English: Complete vocab/study spelling
World History: Label map of Greece

6-8 English: Complete Word Wisdom, Unit 2, Part 3/ Study Spelling words
Alaska History - No Homework

November 7, 2011

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog

9-12 English: 2 pages vocab

World History: Read Chapter 5, Section 1 Answer questions 1-5, p. 107

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Middle School - remember to make your call for a Thanksgiving pie

6-8 English: 2 pages Word Wisdom Unit 2, Part 3 page 40+

Alaska History: Complete World Atlas skills packet

November 4, 2011

The Foxes were undefeated Thursday! Way to go FOXES!!!!

9-12 English: Complete vocab, Spelling test

World History: 1/2 page response to Up Front debate, p. 22
Which side do you support and why?

6-8 English: Read to page 100 in Stargirl. Make sure you have your quote from the book plus pictures representing the book if you did not have them ready on Friday

Alaska History: Complete sections on Europe, Asia, and Africa in your World Atlas skills packet

November 3, 2011

Go Foxes!!! Go Foxes!!

9-12 English For Monday: complete vocab/spelling test
Request letters for trip donations

World History : Complete cartoon response: What is the issue? What is the cartoonist's position
What is your opinion?

6-8 English: Bring pictures that show something about the book Stargirl
For Monday: Read to page 100

6-8 History: Complete 2 pages in World Atlas skills packet

November 2, 2011

9-12 English Complete two pages of vocab

World History write 1/2 page summary and personal thoughts on one article in Up Front

6-8 English : Read to page 84 in Stargirl, bring in a book quote for our group poster

Alaska History: Do one cartoon response (answering the three questions) and complete the questions on inside of last page in Jr. Scholastic

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October 28, 2011

Looking forward to seeing your costumes on Monday!!
And the good news is...No school on Tuesday (well, at least for you!)

High School - no homework though - Please bring in an item that China might have traded with the west for our display. Great job with the delicious food on Friday!!


Middle School: Please read to p. 61 in Stargirl
No history homework

October 27, 2011

Pumpkin carving from 12:30 - 2:00 PM!!

9-12 English Complete Vocab/Spelling test / Test on Lessons 9-10
Recitations of "The Cremation of Sam McGee"


World History: India & China Foods Day - also bring an item that ancient China might have traded with the West


6-8 English for Friday - Complete Word Wisdom Lesson 2.2//spelling test
Read to page 47 in Stargirl

Alaska History - Greg Streveler will come in for the analysis of the information you gathered in your field trip today.
No This Day/Current Event quiz tomorrow

October 26, 2011

We are out at noon on Thursday

9-12 English Complete Vocab/study spelling words

World history: Bring your food item on Friday and also an item that China might have traded


6-8 English for Friday - no class on Thursday: Complete Word Wisdom Lesson 2.2//study spelling words
Read to page 47 in Stargirl

Alaska History - Class with Greg Streveler tomorrow - wear warm clothes and boots

October 25, 2011

Go Foxes!! Here's to a Volleyball win tonight!!
We are out at noon tomorrow --

9-12 English Complete Vocab/study spelling words
World history: Timeline of Silk Road/what items were traded from China

6-8 English: Word Wisdom - 2 pages need to be complete//study spelling words
Alaska History - no class tomorrow

October 24, 2011

9-12 English - Final copy of story from a non-human perspective
Memorization of refrain from "The Cremation of Sam McGee"

The Cremation of Sam McGee

by Robert W. Service

There are strange things done in the midnight sun

By the men who moil for gold;

The Arctic trails have their secret tales

That would make your blood run cold;

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,

But the queerest they ever did see

Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge

I cremated Sam McGee.

World History: Timeline for Silk Road and write down the items China traded with the west.

6-8 English: Read up to page 36 in Stargirl

Alaska History: Complete questions 1 & 2 on the sheet we began in class. We will do #3 during class tomorrow.

October 21, 2011

Good luck wrestlers!

9-12 English: Memorize refrain from "The Cremation of Sam McGee" for Tuesday
For Tuesday Final story from a non-human perspective

World History: Chapter 4 Test

6-8 English: Read to p. 26 in Stargirl

Alaska History: Bring Jr. Scholastic magazines to class

October 20, 2011

9-12 English Complete Vocab/Spelling Test
Draft of story from a non-human perspective

World history: Read and Outline 4.5, pages 97-99

6-8 English Complete Word Wisdom Unit 2 Part 1/ Study for spelling test

Alaska History: Junior Scholastic, Time Zone questions, p. 23

October 19, 2011

Get some sleep! Come to class rejuvenated!

9-12 English: Complete 2 pages vocab.
Due Friday: Draft of a story written from a non-human perspective (personification)
Due tomorrow: Complete 2 pages of vocabulary.

World History: Complete writing (1/2 page): Imagine that you lived in ancient China - describe which of these religions/philosophies you would be most drawn to and why: legalism, Confucianism, Daoism, or Buddhism.
Read and outline Chapter 4, Section 5: only pages 93-96.


6-8 English Complete journal entry(minimum 3 sentences) about a porcupine tie. You might include: who has one, where did it come from, how did the person get it, has getting it changed the person's personality?
Read Stargirl up to page 12.

Alaska history: Find the answers to these two questions:
1. In what year did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia?
2. Who was the first foreign explorer to sail along the outer coast of present day Glacier Bay NP&P?
Read Junior Scholastic "Arab Spring" pages 10-14.
Do map questions on page 14.

October 13, 2011

9-12 English : Complete Vocab Lesson 8
Test Lesson 7-8
Spelling Test
DOL quiz
Paper: 3/4-1 page Reader's Journal - top of page 120

World History - This Day/CE quiz, Outline Chapter 4, Section 4

6-8 English
Complete Unit 1, lesson 4 in Word Wisdom
Spelling test - Lesson 3 words

Alaska History: Write about the highlights of Wayne Howell's talk: 1/2 to 3/4 page.

October 12, 2011

9-12 English: Due Friday:
Completed vocab
Paper 3/4-1 page Reader's Journal Response- top of page 120

World history: Outline Chapter 4, Section 3 Define the two vocab words at beginning of section-
patriarchal & joint family

6-8 English Due Friday: Complete Unit 1, Part 4 / Study spelling words from Part3
Spelling test on Friday -- No class on Thursday

Alaska History - go over notes from Wayne's talk