April 25, 2012

6-8th : Have a great Sea Wolf trip!

9-12 English  Discussion of "Gift of Cochise"  - I may give a quiz on reading

Continue work on short story

Vocab - due on Friday

World History: Continue watching Mongol

April 24, 2012

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up
Thomas Edison

Complete missing assignments!!!

9-12 English : Read "The Gift of Cochise" for Thursday; Come with a story idea for your short story writing

World History: Design and build a successful catapult

6-8 English: Read to page 67 in Tuesday Cafe; Complete any missing assignments

Medieval History:Complete any missing assignments

April 23, 2012

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up
Thomas Edison

Complete missing assignments!!!

9-12 English : Read "The Necklace" by Guy Du Maupassant pages 221-230
Make notes on your sheet re irony, theme, etc

World History: Be prepared to teach your lesson from 10.1

6-8 English: Read to page 56 in Tuesday Cafe; Complete any missing assignments

Medieval History: Complete Jr. Scholastic map questions, page 14

April 20, 2012

6-8 English: Read to page 48 in Tuesday Cafe

April 19, 2012

9-12 English Turn in vocab
Spelling test
Read "Enchanted Raisin" - take Reader's Notes

World History: This Day/CE Quiz : Teach your section

6-8 English: Word Wisdom complete; Make sure your story draft has been turned in - Revise and edit.

Medieval History: This Day/CE Quiz

April 18, 2012

9-12 English: Complete Vocab

World History: Be prepared for AIDS news program

6-8 English: Word Wisdom, page 135; Draft of story complete

Medieval History: Complete points to consider

April 17, 2012

9-12 English: You will be reciting "All the World's a Stage" (4.5 lines)
Complete two pages of vocab

World History: Prepare for AIDs interview


6-8 English: Word Wisdom, p. 134 Study spelling words
Continue writing on your story - due at end of class on Thursday

Medieval History: Read pages 519-521
Answer question #3, p. 521
Answer: How did the Catholic Church become strong?

April 11, 2012

9-12 English : Due Friday: Vocab and Memorization
"All the World's A Stage" first 5 lines
Due Thursday: Found Poem "Masque of the Red Death"

World History: Section Quiz/Reading Packet, complete through 9.5

6-8 English: Word Wisdom, p. 133, Study spelling
For Friday Read to page 20 in The Tuesday Cafe

Medieval History: Read Pages 515-517 Write a paragraph about who Chalemagne was and what was his importance in history (minimum 5 sentences)

April 10, 2012

High School 5:00PM: Washington, DC & NYC presentation for district board in multi-purpose room (You'll also get dinner!)

9-12 English : Due Friday: Vocab and Memorization
"All the World's A Stage" first 5 lines

World History: Section Quiz/Reading Packet, complete through 9.4

6-8 English: Word Wisdom, p. 131-132

Medieval History: Read Pages 513-515 Outline up to "Who was Charlemagne?"
Write main topic, then put bullet points of most important info in each section

April 9, 2012

9-12 English: Vocab #27 - complete two pages

World History - answer Joan of Arc questions

6-8 English: Word Wisdom: Define new words and give part of speech. Complete page 130

Medieval History: Be ready to present Tanka poem or Powerpoint in class

April 6, 2012

Happy Easter!! Enjoy the sun!!

9-12 English Know the Seven Deadly Sins

Did you hear about the lady whose house was infested with Easter eggs? She had to call an eggs-terminator!

April 4, 2012

8th and 10th graders have SBA science test - Continue to get a good night's sleep and eat a healthy breakfast.

Medieval history: This Day/CE Quiz

April 4, 2012

Gets lots of sleep - eat a healthy breakfast - drink water

World History: Complete first page of Up Front worksheet and the questions on your article

Medieval History: In Jr. Scholastic read article "Untouchables No More" and do Questions on page 14, 1-10

April 2, 2012

SBA testing will take all morning - classes will resume after lunch for those who have completed their reading test.
Get a good night's rest and eat a healthy breakfast. Bring a water bottle. Do your best!

9-12 English: Complete "Masque of the Red Death" by Friday's class

Medieval History: Complete questions on film.