Tuesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. CAHSEE Workbook
pgs. 85 and 86
2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. American History: Abolishing Slavery in America
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Essay- Does racism still exist from slavery times in the U.S.? (5 paragraphs)
7. Clean Up

Here is the link to the car crash:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_1d92e966-ee57-54a5-81f8-f32b9a01226c.html

Monday

Welcome Back!!!

Half Day Today!

Ten minutes after waking up from having my wisdom teeth pulled.

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your time off and how were the subs? (2 paragraphs)
2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. Health and Food- Desk Atlas
4. World History
pgs. 219-225
Section 2 Assessment
#1-6
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Clean Up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Short Essay (3 paragraphs)- How has this school positively affected your life? What activities at school do you benefit from? What kind of student were you before coming here and have you changed your attitude and thinking?
2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. Peer Pressure- Create a Glogster or PowerPoint about peer pressure.  Use the Kids Health website for information: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/peer_pressure.html

Include in your presentation:
What is Peer Pressure?
How does peer pressure influence you?
How can you deal with peer pressure?

Pancake Wednesday

1. Haiku Competition- A haiku is a poem that is made up of three lines.  The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the last line is 5 syllables.  The poem does not need to rhyme.
The competition is to create a funny haiku...just make sure it is school appropriate--no personal put downs either.
Here are some quick examples from the internet:

Company coming?
And your house is a big mess?
Just put on lipstick.

Ask for opinions.
Mull it over. Then you can
Just do what you want.

Is everything wrong?
Are you the only one right?
Time to see a shrink

From: http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/funny-haiku-poems.html


2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. 6 Traits of Writing
4. Finish biographical essay
5. Clean Up

Tuesday

1. Journal- How do you feel the center views the class? Why do you feel that way? Give examples. (Paper and pencil)
2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. Biographical essay assignment
4. Lunch
5. TBDL
6. Clean Up

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. CAHSEE Workbook
pgs. 23 and 26
2. BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS

When you write a biographical narrative, you are writing about a real person who is important to you. You will want the reader to know why this person is important to you and why you feel about this person the way you do. One way to do this is to tell stories or anecdotes about this person.

You could start by making a chart. The chart might have two columns—one for a list of adjectives that describe the person, for example, with a list of traits that you admire and the other for a list of stories (anecdotes or examples) that demonstrate or explain how or why you feel that way. The chart below shows some notes the author made before writing about her dad. In the first column, she put the words intelligent, loving, and funny. In the second column she wrote a few notes about some stories that she thinks will show different ways in which her dad was intelligent, loving, and funny. When she is ready to write, she can focus on just one of these, or two, or all three. If the time to write is limited, she might just choose to tell the stories about how intelligent he is and how much she respects, admires, and even envies his intelligence.

My Dad

Writing Applications

Trait	Story
Intelligent	Story about when he was in elem. School. Able to read and remember, photo mind Knowledgeable about everything
Loving	Would do anything for me and mom Left little notes in crazy places for mom when he went on trips
Funny and fun-loving	Great story teller Told shaggy dog stories Liked to play games (not sports) The ultimate Dodger fan

In your essay, you will want to include something from each item on the following list, which is from the California content standards:

•                      Explain why this person is important to you and give examples.

•                      Be specific. Don’t just say the person is interesting. Let your reader see the person. Show the person doing something interesting.

•                      Include sensory details: sights, sounds, and smells.

•                      Decide how much time to spend on each part of your story so that you are able to include everything you want to say.

•                      Make sure the reader can see this person. What does she look like? What does he do?

Now you pick someone, make a chart, and write your biographical narrative. When you finish, ask a teacher or someone else to read it and comment on it for you.

3. Lunch

4. PE

5. Career or Special Report

6. Clean Up

Friday

If you are looking for something to do this weekend, check this out:

CLICK HERE


Here are the assignments for today:

1. Journal- How was your day off? (Post)
2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. CAHSEE Workbook pgs. 143 and 144
4. Finish Career and Special Report
Be prepared to present
5. Lunch
6. TBD

http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/

Create a glogster with an anti-drug message

7. Personal Development
8. Clean Up

CRAZZZYYY HAIR DAY!!!

Skunk stripes are coming back.

ANNAARRRCHHYYY!!!!

OMG! Why are you taking a picture??!!

Reminds me of a snowcone

Which of these students is sleeping?

I<3 311

Who's going to graduate soon?

Pancake Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Post your poem from yesterday on your blog.
2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. Career Exploration or Special Report
4. Lunch
5. Clean Up

Thursday

Here assignments you should be working on:

—I Am Poem (Tuesday)

¡Post your poem and voki.com (embed)

—Essays

¡Tourism (Monday)

¡Pet (Wednesday)

—California Career Zone

¡Cacareerzone.org

¡5 slide PowerPoint about a job

Pancake Wednesday

Here are some of the assignments for today:

1. Essay (3 paragraphs)- High school students are faced with making decisions about the world of work. Choose a job/career/profession that interests you. Explain why you might consider it, what preparation you need to pursue it, and what skills you need to be successful.

Use paper and pencil to complete this.

2. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)
3. Lunch
4. PE
5. Click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130892795
Read the article or listen to it. Type a three paragraph essay and post it on why pets are important to people.

6. Clean Up

Tuesday

1. Create an "I Am" Poem. Use: http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/iampoem.htm
Make a nice one to print up.

2. Enter your I Am poem into Voki.com
3. Lunch
4. PE
5. Essay Writing
6. Clean Up

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your weekend? (Post)
2. CAHSEE Essay Practice:

Tourism committees spend a great deal of money each year advocating natural landmarks of
states and countries. By using media such as posters, magazine advertisements, television
commercials, and radio advertisements, committees are able to send a message about beautiful
places, and hopefully convince some tourists to travel to those places.

Suppose you have been hired by a tourism committee. Write a persuasive essay in which you
identify a place in the world that has something tourists might find interesting. Explain precisely
what makes that particular place so special. Develop your ideas so that a potential tourist would be
persuaded to visit the place you have identified.

Use a pencil and paper to answer this.

3. PLATO Mathematics (30 minutes)

4. Career Exploration

5. Lunch

6. Career Exploration

7. Clean Up