Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

This week is Great Schools Week! Eat/shop for a good cause :)
Language Arts (Sun)
- complete "Parthenon of Ancient Greece" and write three interesting facts for the BONUS questions
- Review 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 TOMORROW! (Make sure the final version is printed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman or Garamond font)

Language Arts (Yong)
-biomes presentation - on Friday! We will be working on it in class this week. Rough draft speeches are due on Thursday.

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

Social Studies (Yong)
-Map of Greece - please do all writing in black pen, color it neatly, and cut it out. Due Thursday!

Math 6
- COM practice #1 Wed.
- COM presentations due Thurs.
- definitions and diagrams pg. 452

Math 6/7
- COM practice #1 Wed.
- COM presentations due Thurs.
- definitions and diagrams pg. 410

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 TONIGHT so you can start practicing with it in class tomorrow
- 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)
- Turn in late art research projects ASAP!

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