Science: Today we watched Bill Nye "Energy". 2nd & 3rd hour need to complete "Forms of energy" from the packet. 4th, 5th & 7th hours must complete the whole packet for tomorrow.
Geometry: Went over the 6.1 notes (ratios, proportions & geometric mean). 6.1 worksheet is homework.
Algebra: Took Chapter 4 Test. No homework.
Algebra 2: 6.3 Homework.
Pre Algebra: 4.3 W.S. ODDS for homework. Please see attached and do Pg. 47 ONLY.
Course 3: Chapter 5 Test tomorrow. Austin- We finished notes on lesson 5.8. Homework is worksheet 5.8 all. Students had 20 minutes to work on it in class.
Social Studies: Students worked on 8.2/8.3 review in class (see attached from 12-14-09). Big ideas for the day:1. Federalists-pro constitution. 2. Antifederalists-against constitution-national gvt. too strong, no protection for people. 3. Bill of Rights-first 10 Amendments-protects peoples rights. Current events and review are due Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
LA - Students took notes on the literary elements of a story. We will continue with the notes on Wednesday. There will be a test when we return after break, test date TBD. HW - none.
Journalism - Assigning new news features and discussing topics. We are working to get PageMaker so we can put our first installment of "The Hawks Nest" out to the school. Sorry for the delay. HW - none.
Spanish 1: We are practicing the vocabulary for unit 2, chapter 1 for the quiz on Thursday. We also worked on -ar verb conjugations and applying them in sentences. Homework for tomorrow: use the answers I supplied to fix your answers to the oral questions that you wrote down for today. They are for the chapter test which will be given after break.
Spanish 8: The students read an article about Spanish proverbs (refranes) yesterday. They were asked to memorize one of them for today. They will be making small posters to illustrate the meaning of the refrán which will be due tomorrow.
