Friday

Here are the assignments for today:

1. Journal-What type of personality do you have? (Post)

2. News-Read the newspaper and write a one paragraph summary of a world story AND a national story. You should have read at least two articles and written 2 paragraphs. (Post)

3. Get into your Oil Spill Newsletter groups
Finish your newsletters. Remember everyone has to have a job and be working on it.

4. Lunch

5. PE

6. Finish Projects

7. Presentations

8. Clean Up

Oil Spill Cluster

Here is the brainstorm we did as a class.

Thursday

Good Morning!

Here are the assignments for today:

1. Journal-What has been the biggest challenge you have faced in your life? Did you succeed? (Post)
2. CNN Student News (1 paragraph--Post). Pay special attention to the oil spill.
3. Classroom Discussion-Oil Spill 2010
4. Group Project
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Continue Project
8. Clean Up

Photoshop Day

Hard at work at THC Technology Academy. Guest speakers Jeff Heil and Mark Starr hard at work.

Oil Spill 2010

1. Browse this website to get some back ground information about the oil spill.

http://globalwarming.house.gov/mediacenter/pressreleases_2008?id=0223

2. Journal- What are the impacts of the oil spill and what are going to be the long term problems because of the oil?

3. Use Inspiration 7.5 and brainstorm 3 ideas on how to plug the oil pipe. You should have a total of 12 bubbles.

Tuesday

Good Morning!
Here are the assignments for today:
1.  Quote Response

"Success is a state of mind. 

If you want success, start thinking 

of yourself as a success." 

- Dr. Joyce Brothers

Is this quote true or can you be successful without being positive?

2.  CNN Student News

3.  Finish math projects.  If you are finished with your project, then help others out. 

Groups of three

Presenter

Script writer

PowerPoint

Choose from Pre-Algebra Chapter 9-1 or 9-2

PowerPoint:

1.    What is your plan for the project?

2.    How did the project actually go?

3.    How will you do things differently?

Script writer:

Write out and work with the presenter on what to say and how to present. Include vocabulary terms from the section.

Presenter:

Does or does not have to be on camera. Also the group leader.

4.  Lunch

5.  PE

6.  Present Projects

7.  Announcements

8.  Clean up

Monday

Good Morning!
Here are the assignments for today.

1. Journal: How was class and how was your weekend? (Post)
2. CNN Student News (Post)
3. Math Project
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Continue Project
7. Clean up

Thurday's Assignments

If you want it printed and laminated, email your PhotoShop JPEG to: thc.kobayashi@gmail.com

Journal: What makes a good teacher? What makes a good student? How is it at THC?(post)

CNN Student News (post)

You can work with a partner.
Do am image search of the Great Depression. Put 5 images into Movie Maker. Use text to describe the poor conditions people were living in.
Also add information such as when the Great Depression was and what caused it. But, make it look like end credits.
Be prepared to present your short "film".

EMERGENCY LOCK DOWN DISASTER DRILL 10:00
Please take this seriously! No joking or "I'm just messing around..."
Duck cover and hold...lock the front door and quietly walkout the back.

Lunch 10:30

No PE

Continue with Movie Maker Project, but also write a one paragraph introduction to your project and a one paragraph conclusion to read at the end after you present.

Operation Samahan 12:00

Put chairs up before you leave at 1:30.

Pancake Wednesday's Assignments

1. Change your blog profile picture to your PS project.
2. Journal: What types of guest speakers would you like in class? Why?
3. CNN Student News: 5 notes in COMPLETE SENTENCES

Math-Pgs. 449-453
Define the 8 vocabulary words and take 5 notes. Complete #2-16 on paper.

Field trip

Good job!
Post your photos and write a paragraph about the best part of the trip.

If you didn't go on the field trip, then post up a journal and the student news.

World History:phase 466-469
Create a PowerPoint about the Great Depression. You should make 7 slides:
Title slide
Causes of the Depression
Responses to the Depression
Germany
France
Great Britain
United States

Thursday's Wonderful Assignments!!

Please do a good job today!!!!!
Good morning class. Here are the assignments for today:

Journal: Why do you have to take tests like the CAHSEE and STAR? Are these tests a good way to judge what you know?

CNN Student News

World History: Create or finish you bubbles on the Great Depression. Read pgs.464-466. For each blue section, write three sentences about what you read. Also read CONNECTIONS on p.464. How was this flu epidemic similar to swine flu?

Lunch at 10:30

Continue with World History at 11:00

Operation Samahan at 12:10-Go to the big room downstairs. Take all of your stuff. You will be dismissed from there at 1:15.

Wednesday Work

Quote Response:

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Do you agree or disagree with the quote? Are you truly free?

CNN Student News

Math

Lunch

PE

Biology

Pgs. 118-123

For each BLUE section write a one paragraph summary of what you read. Use the vocabulary words in your paragraph.

ALSO answer the Key Concepts.

Tuesday's work

Here is the work for today. It needs to be finished today as well!

Journal: What do you know about college? What do you think an average day will look like for you on campus? What questions will you have for the tour on Friday?

CNN Student News: Full sentences

Make-ups: Finish your autobiographies and copy and paste them onto your blog. Also make a Wordle. Get your Wordle and biography printed and post it up where the April goals are.

If finished with this, work on a math assignment.

Lunch

PE

World History: Look up The Great Depression on Wikipedia. Copy and paste 20 bubbles using Inspiration 7.5. I want you to use the copy and paste feature! BUT, make sure to customize your colors.

Clean off tables.
Dismissed at 1:15

Monday 5/10

Quote Response:

"The man who does not read good

books has no advantage over the

man who cannot read them."

- Mark Twain

Is this true or does reading "bad" books make you even worse? (What do you think I mean by "bad" books?) Write one good paragraph on this.


CNN Student News: One good paragraph in complete sentences. NO BULLET POINTS


Math


Lunch


PE


Biology
pgs. 106-112


Write 1 paragraph for each Green Heading. Use all of the vocabulary in the paragraph.

Friday

No Journal
No CNN Student News

Quote Response: Do you agree or disagree? Why?

"The greatest things ever done on Earth 

have been done little by little."

- William Jennings Bryan 

Finish your math assignment.  I will come by and check on your progress.


Make sure you also post your project on Cinco de Mayo vs. Grito de Dolores (Mexican Independence Day)

Agenda

Journal:

What do you look for in a boyfriend or girlfriend? Keep it school appropriate please.

Cnn Students news

24 Tournament

Math Assignment--Check yesterdays blog entry (scroll down)

Lunch

PE

Operation Samahan

Assignments for non testers

Assignment May 5 and 6:

Compare and contrast Cinco de Mayo and Grito de Dolores (Mexican Independence Day). What are the differences and what are the similarities?

Click on these links for information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Independence_Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo

You choose the program to compare and contrast these two historical events. Examples: use PowerPoint; or write some paragraphs in Word; or create bubbles in Inspiration 7.5; or use Prezi. . .


Math Assignment:
Create a Blog entry for Pre-Algebra 9-1
1--
Define each of the following:
Point
Line
Plane
Segment
Ray
Parallel
Skew

2--
5 Notes about the section

On a separate piece of paper, answer questions 2-20 evens on page 445.

Quote Response:

"Success is a state of mind.

If you want success, start thinking

of yourself as a success."

- Dr. Joyce Brothers

Do you agree or disagree with the quote? Give a real life example.

Also, post your CNN Student News.

IMPORTANT: Send me an email with the name of your blog

thc.kobayashi@gmail.com