Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Wednesday, April 21

Science: Today we used the "jigsaw" note-taking technique on pages 441-447. Waves quiz on Friday, April 23.

Geometry: Went over the chapter 10 practice test, chapter 10 review (odds) is homework. Chapter 10 test is tomorrow.

Course 3- Austin We went over homework. We started notes on lesson 9.2. Homework-worksheet 9.2, # 1-13.

LA - The Outsiders. Read aloud the first short story of our unit...The New Kid. Students took their Flower's For Algernon quiz. HW - none

Journalism - students got into groups and started researching on their civil or human rights topic that they chose. They are going to type up a 3 paragraph article in regards to their findings.
Paragraph 1 - background information, people involved, dates, places and how it impacted society then as well as today. Paragraph 2 - The "key players" - for and against the rights, explain in detail both sides. Paragraph 3 - concise but detailed summary of their article. HW - none.

Career Tech: Worked on Internet Scavenger Hunt (attached), due Friday (we will print bibliography together). Career Cruising fun next week!

Integrated Technology: Tested Wheelchairs yesterday, will test our redesigns tomorrow and write up results, due by Friday.

Spanish 1: We are working on chapter 2-3 as well as juggling both old and new vocabulary. Please study the sheet to prepare for Friday's oral quiz. It is attached. We are shooting for the chapter test Tuesday of next week.

Spanish 8: We spent today looking into what colleges look for in their applicants (a foreign language is a plus!) Please finish the research sheet about college admissions if you did not during class.

Social Studies: Students corrected 14.3 and shared current events in class. No homework.