Tuesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your long weekend? How do you feel about going to school through the summer, especially since most of your friends will be off and enjoying a really long fun break, hanging out and having good times, because they are not going to school?
2. Make Ups- Look at your progress report print out and ahave 2 assignments that you are going to complete today.
3. NO MAKE UPS?? Grab some magazines. Select a race/ethnic or gender group and cut out pictures and create a collage of that group on construction paper. Answer the question: How is that group represented by the media?
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Finish Projects
7. Clean Up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Create a goal for the day: click here
2. Journal- Are you excited for Sea World? What exhibits do you want to see? What rides do you want to go on?
3. CNN Student News
4. PLATO Mathematics
5. Glogster Project- Please write down the link for your project, if you want it printed in color.
6. Lunch
7. PE
8. Guest Speaker
9. Clean Up

Wednesday

Minimum day today! 11:45 release

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Create a goal for the day: click here
2. CNN Student News
3. Finish your Glogster Project. If you are done, write down the web address for your project and make sure I have it.
4. Journal- Are animals harmed by being at a zoo? Do you think animals go crazy, because they are trapped? Or do they live happy, healthy lives eating all day?
5. Earth Science
pg. 523
Why is the air in Los Angeles so polluted? (1 paragraph)
6. Lunch
7. PE
8. Clean Up

Tuesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-How is the government, including schools, racist? How has racism affected your life? Do you consider yourself prejudiced?
2. CNN Student News
3. Guest Speaker 9:00-10:30am
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Glogster project
7. Clean Up

Monday

Half day today!
Create a goal for the day: click here
Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-What is the most scariest thing that has ever happened to you? (Post)
2. CNN Student News
3. PLATO Mathematics
4. Earth Science
pgs. 517-522
Answer Reading Checkpoints and Section Assessment #1-6
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Clean Up

Happy Friday!

Here are the assignments for today:
  Create a Goal for the Day http://linoit.com/users/tkobayashi/canvases/Goal
1. Journal- Name any place you will like to go, and who will you take, and what would you do ?
2. CNN Student news (5 notes)
3. PLATO
4. Earth Science:  Pages 510-516 key concepts and vocabulary
5. Lunch
6. Clean Up the class before we go to P.E.
7.  P.E (Dodge Ball)
8. TBD

Thursday

Create a goal for the day: click here

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-If you had to donate $1,000,000, what foundation or cause would you give it to? Why?
2. CNN Student News
3. PLATO Mathematics
4. Earth Science
pgs. 504-509
Answer Section Assessments and Reading Checkpoint
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. tbd

Wednesday

Create a goal for the day: click here
Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- What are your views on a border fence. Should the US government spend money on enforcement and monitoring the border? Should we spend money on building a fence? Should we spend money on Border Patrol? What are some better ways of doing things for people that want to cross? (Post)
2. Finish your projects. Please do not plagiarize your information. I will come by at 9:30 to check your progress. If you are being lazy, you will also be able to not be lazy after school...in DETENTION...haha!
3. CNN Student News
4. PLATO Mathematics
5. Lunch
6. PE???
7. Clean Up

Tuesday

Congratulations Joshua and Manny! for getting off of probation. Keep up the good work...or else...

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-Why do you come to school? What is your motivation for coming? Is it because you don't want a negative consequence or is it because you want to achieve something? Why do you think others come to this school? Why do people go to regular high school? (Post)
2. Create a goal for the day- click here
3. Reality TV-
Pick a reality TV show and discuss the negative messages the show is putting out to the public. You can create a 7 slide PowerPoint or write a 5 paragraph essay.
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. TBD

Monday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal- How was your weekend? (Post)
2. Finish the assignments from last week

1.10 question interview-

1.Interview someone you do not know.

2.Tagxedo.com

1.Create a word cloud and then paste it onto construction paper and paint your creation.

3.Biography Project

1.Pick a famous person and create a 7 slide PowerPoint or Glogster on that person.

4.Earth Science Pgs. 494-495

1.Answer the Assessment and draw a diagram of the layers of the atmosphere

5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Letter to yo'self- Write a letter to your future self. Talk about what is important to you right now. What's going on in your life? Also write about what you want to change and how you want to be. We will open the letters in 10 months.

8. Guest Speaker
9. Clean Up

Friday

Here are the assignments for today:

1.Journal- Happy Friday the 13th! Do you believe in bad luck? (Paper and pencil)

2.Finish the assignments from yesterday

1.10 question interview-

1.Interview someone you do not know.

2.Tagxedo.com

1.Create a word cloud and then paste it onto construction paper and paint your creation.

3.Biography Project

1.Pick a famous person and create a 7 slide PowerPoint or Glogster on that person.

4.Earth Science Pgs. 494-495

1.Answer the Assessment and draw a diagram of the layers of the atmosphere

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5.Lunch

6.PE

7.Garden

8.Clean Up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for today:
(Created by Vanessa)

1. Journal- What was your reaction to the incident that occurred yesterday? (Post)
2. Pick a person you don't know and ask them 10 questions about their life. School appropriate.
Go to : tagxedo and create a word cloud about the person you interviewed. Enter in their information after clicking on load.
3. Paste the word cloud on construction paper and paint a picture about that person.
4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Biography
7. Clean Up

Wednesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Poetry practice- pick one prompt and create a poem.
On cloudy days...
Dear momma...
When I look out the window...
If you really listen...
When I'm bored...
2. CNN Student News
3. PLATO Mathematics
4. Earth Science
pgs. 488-493
Reading Check Points and Section Assessments
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. TBD

Tuesday

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-How good are your listening skills? What are your strengths and what listening skills do you need to work on? What one main thing did you take from Tony's presentation? Post.
2. CNN Student News- 5 notes
3. PLATO Mathematics
4. Finish project- Pick an issue about the planet from this CNN page.
Type a 1 paragraph summary about your issue. Also create a 5 slide PowerPoint about your issue.
Some examples of planetary issues are:
Global Warming
Cutting down rain forests
Pollution

Pick one.

OR

Earth Science

pgs. 483-487

Reading Checks and Section Assessment

5. Lunch
6. PE
7. TBD

Monday

Just a friendly reminder- Use of proxy websites on the computers is strictly forbidden. If you use a proxy (fancy) you will be on computer restriction and have detention.


Here are the assignments for today:
1. Create a goal for the day: click here
2. Journal: How was your weekend?
3. Pick an issue about the planet from this CNN page.
Type a 1 paragraph summary about your issue. Also create a 5 slide PowerPoint about your issue.
Some examples of planetary issues are:
Global Warming
Cutting down rain forests
Pollution

Pick one.

4. Lunch
5. PE
6. Finish Projects
7. Clean Up

Happy Friday!

Here are the assignments for today:
1. Journal-Everyone is showing up late. Should class start at 8:30 and get out at 2:00? AND should we have detention for the people that are late?Why not?
2. CNN Student News
3. PLATO Mathematics
4. World History
pgs. 597-605
Reading Checks and Section Assessments
5. Lunch
6. PE
7. Clean Up

Thursday

Here are the assignments for the rest of the day:
1. Go to Nora's Blog and leave a comment about the Chicken Adobo.
http://www.norasworkk.blogspot.com/

2. CNN Student News- 5 notes
3. Writing topic- Should the US pull out of Afghanistan now that Bin Laden is dead? 2 paragraphs.

4. PLATO Mathematics
5. Clean Up