Monday, February 14, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011

This week is Great Schools Week! Eat/shop for a good cause :)


Language Arts (Sun)
- copy onto a piece of paper the Persuasive Essay Format and review from your notes any parts of the format you are still unsure about
- revise your Persuasive Practice Assessment essay --- due this Wed. 2/16! (Make sure the final version is printed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman or Garamond font)

Language Arts (Yong)
-Tomorrow is the last day to turn in any missing work. Please don't forget to come to study hall at brunch!

- Please bring your USB tomorrow. We will be working on your biomes website and speech on Tuesday and Wednesday, practice the group speeches on Thursday, and do our final presentations on Friday.

Social Studies (Alford)
- Terms test 3/2
- Greek alphabet challenge by Friday

Social Studies (Yong)
-100 terms quiz - 10 random - this WED! DO NOT FORGET TO STUDY!

- finish ch. 25 workbook reading notes

- finish Greece geography challenge

- Map of Greece mission - due Thursday. You will have time on Tues and Wed in class. Don't forget your colored pencils and scissors.

Math 6
- Practice #1 for COM due Wed
- Quiz corrections & p sig
- all missing work due by Friday

Math 6/7
- Practice #1 for COM due Wed
- Quiz corrections & p sig
- all missing work due by Friday

Science
- start showing your Natural Resources/Global Issues Project to 3-5 people and try to convince them of making a change in their lives related to your project topic

- Journey to America's National Parks project website should be ENTIRELY COMPLETE by tomorrow night
- read over the rubrics for the project
- make sure your group has divided up speech topics/time equally --- presentation is this Friday!

- you should be consulting the website for your national park to fill in a lot of the information required for your Google Site!
Tundra
Denali National Park, Alaska
Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

Taiga
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming/Montana/Idaho
Yosemite National Park, California

Marine
Biscayne National Park, Florida
Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

Freshwater
Everglades National Park, Florida
Acadia National Park, Maine

Temperate Deciduous Forest
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

Grassland
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Badlands National Park, South Dakota

Desert
Death Valley National Park, California/Nevada
Mojave National Preserve, California

Rainforest - Tropical
El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico (managed by US Forest Service)
(if you want to take on a challenge, you can focus on a tropical rainforest abroad, like in the Amazon, southeast Asia, Madagascar, Costa Rica, etc.)

Rainforest - Temperate
Olympic National Park, Washington


- Notebook Check this Thursday!!!

Exploratory (Alford)
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Exploratory (Yong/Sun)
- If you have not emailed Ms Yong your final project, please do so ASAP!

Exploratory (Yong)
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Advisory (Alford)
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Advisory (Sun)
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Advisory (Yong)
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