Monday, February 28

Today is the last day of February, so happy Monday!

Here are your assignments as you come in -

1) Vocabulary
In your blogs, complete the following posts:
Blog Title - Week 7 Vocabulary Definitions & Examples
Assignment -
Your vocabulary words for the week are:
Assume (verb)
Respond (verb)
Process (noun & verb)
Occur (verb)
** Find the definition for each word.
** Copy the example sentences.
Assume (verb)- If you assume things about other people before you get to know them, you are probably incorrect about your assumptions.
Respond - A good way to respond to assumptions is to prove people wrong.
Process - Processed foods tend to be unhealthier than organically grown foods.
Occur (verb) - Common colds occur when people don't wash their hands frequently.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to - Reading Comprehension
Assignment - Summarizing More Information

3) Social Studies - Brown v. Board of Education
Ask Ms. S for the worksheet or go to Edmodo.

Friday, February 25

Yay!!! It's Friday.

As you come into class, here are your assignments to class:

1) Vocabulary Quiz
This is printed for you. Take it, turn it in, and THEN get your laptop.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Reading Comprehension
Assignment: Using Graphics To Help You Understand Expository Text

3) Vietnam War - WebQuest Overview
NO ONE TURNED THIS IN YESTERDAY! Before you are allowed to go on your first break today, this will be due.

Go to Edmodo and download the Vietnam War - Webquest Overview worksheet. It has six questions, with the web links you can use to find the answers. Type your answers on Microsoft Word & submit on Edmodo --- do not post your answer as a reply, but rather click the "turn-in" link and upload your document.

Thursday, February 24

Happy Thursday!

As you come in, complete the following assignments - YOU HAVE THREE TODAY. You will be given until 9:00 to complete your tasks.

1) Vocabulary -
Your vocabulary words for the week are: Justify, Establish, Indicate, and Method.
Blog Title - Week 5/6 Vocab Sentences
Assignment -
For EACH vocabulary word, you need to write TWO (2) SENTENCES. That's a total of 8 sentences for this blog post.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to - Reading Comprehension
Assignment - Using Pictures to Help You Understand Information

3) Social Studies - US and World History (same assignment)
Go to Edmodo and download the Vietnam War - Webquest Overview worksheet. It has six questions, with the web links you can use to find the answers. Type your answers on Microsoft Word & submit on Edmodo --- do not post your answer as a reply, but rather click the "turn-in" link and upload your document.

Wednesday, February 24

Happy Wednesday! Today is EARLY RELEASE! Ms. S has a meeting so you will be released at 12noon ONCE JULIANNA SPEAKS TO SOMEONE AT YOUR HOME.

Remember, loitering in parks is not a good idea when you are released early so GO HOME!

As you come in, here are your assignments:

1) Vocabulary
Your vocabulary words for the week are:
Justify (verb)
Establish (verb)
Indicate (verb)
Method (noun)
In your blogs, complete the following post:
Blog Title - Week 5/6 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences
Assignment -
** For each word, you need to find an IMAGE that represents your vocabulary word.
** For each image found, you need to WRITE A SENTENCE that explains how your image accurately represents your vocabulary word.
** Copy the synonyms for each word:
Justify (verb) - Legitimatize, warrant, rationalize, validate
Establish (verb) - Set up, start, institute, create, find
Indicate (verb) - Point to, designate, denote, show, suggest, specify
Method (noun) - Technique, way, process, system, procedure

2) PLATO - English Language Arts
Go to - Reading Comprehension
Assignment - Using a question/answer strategy with expository text

Tuesday, February 21

Welcome to Main Street Umoja Community School!

This week will be your first full week at Main Street Community School. Your school hours are now 8-1:30, daily.

Here is your TENTATIVE agenda. Tentative = subject to change, at Ms. S's will.

8-8:30 Electives. (You will be assigned your elective tomorrow since today was a meet and greet breakfast with Mr. Davis's class.)
8:30-9:30. Language Arts
9:30-9:45. Bathroom/Water break
9:45-11:15. Math
11:15-11:45. Lunch
11:45-12:30 Science
12:30-12:45 Bathroom/Water break
12:45-1:30 Social Studies

PLEASE NOTE - The breaks are dependent upon COMPLETION OF WORK. If you don't complete your work, you will not receive your break.

Other important notes:
- You may only use the bathroom during bathroom/water break scheduled times. If you have to go to the bathroom during class instruction, you will automatically owe me 15 minutes of cleaning at the end of the day.
- If you are more than 15 minutes late to school, you will owe me a MINIMUM of 15 minutes of detention/cleaning at the end of the day.
- On Fridays, we will go to the park, weather dependent. You may either stay with Mr. Davis's class to play football, soccer, etc. or participate in RUNNING CLUB! Either way, bring some PE appropriate attire/shoes on Fridays from now on.

For now, here are your assignments to complete.

1) Vocabulary - Your vocabulary words for Week 6 are:
Justify (verb)
Establish (verb)
Indicate (verb)
Method (noun)
In your blogs, you need to complete the following assignment.
Blog Title - Week 6 Vocabulary
Assignment -
- Find the definition of each vocabulary word.
- Copy the following sample sentences for each vocabulary word -
Justify (verb) - I justify eating ice cream every night because it tastes delicious.
Establish (verb) - The first rule established at Main Street Umoja Community School was that you can not wander the halls!
Indicate (verb) - A stop sign indicates to a driver to STOP.
Method (noun) - I always follow my grandmother's method when making mochi.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to - Reading Comprehension
Assignment - Asking and Answering Questions about Information

3) Frankenstein Test
We will begin our Frankenstein test as a whole class. If you finish before we begin the test, make sure that you ask any questions that you may have, review the novel, etc.
The test will be open-note and open-book.
It is INDIVIDUAL and NO TALKING WILL BE ALLOWED.
If you have a question during the test, raise your hand.

Friday, February 11

Happy Friday! And to make your Friday even better, today will be early release! Ms. S needs to pack!

A few important notes -

- Genetics Projects are DUE TODAY. You will not have any class time next week to work on your projects.
- Genetic Project PRESENTATIONS will be next week. We will do sign-ups for what day you present today. THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP PRESENTATIONS. You must be present on the day that you sign up for.
- School next week will be EVERYDAY from 9-10:00AM EXCEPT MONDAY. On Monday, you will have school from 11-12:00PM. If you do not come EVERYDAY, you will not receive a bus pass for March.
- You need to take home your report card today.

ADDRESS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL:
3802 Main Street
(619) 585 - 2962.
- Our school is on the corner of Hilltop & Main (on the left hand side).

The assignments you have to complete for today are:

1) Vocabulary Quiz

2) PLATO - Idioms
Go to - Literary Analysis and Response
Assignment - Idioms

3) Genetics Projects - They are due today!
Checklist of what is due:
PowerPoint -
5 Questions on your topic
5 Images
2 Vocabulary
Poster -
Summary of the ethical dilemma/controversy on your topic
List of Pros/Cons
Genetics Overview
Typed, 1/2 page
Turned in on Edmodo

4) Algebra I
Chapter 5-2 (both sides)
PLATO - Patterns and Sequences

When all your work is done AND MS. S HAS APPROVED THE COMPLETION OF YOUR GENETICS PROJECT, you may go home early.

Everyone say --
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIANNA!! YOU'RE SO OLD!!!!

Hello! As you come in, here are your assignments -

1) Vocabulary -
Your vocabulary words for the week are: Area, Clarify, and Differentiate
In your blogs, you need to complete the following assignment -
Blog Title - Week 4 Vocabulary Paragraph
Assignment - You need to respond to the following quote using all three of your vocabulary words:

""But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept, and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing. I have devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men, to misery; I have pursued him even to the irremediable ruin. There he lies, white and cold in death. You hate me; but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which executed the deed; I think on the heart in which the imagination of it was conceived, and long for the moment when these hands will meet my eyes, when that imagination will haunt my thoughts no more."

In your response, consider -

What is the monster saying?
What part of the novel is this taking place in?


2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Literary Response and Analysis
Assignment: Similes

3) Social Studies
If you work on WORLD HISTORY:
Read Chapter 16, Section 3. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5, skip #3.

If you work on US HISTORY:
Read Chapter 16, Section 3. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5. For #2, choose 2.

Wednesday, February 9

It's Wednesday! Here are your assignments as you come in:

1) Vocabulary -
Your vocabulary words for the week are: Area, Clarify, and Differentiate
In your blogs, you need to complete the following assignment -
Blog Title - Week 4 Vocabulary Sentences
Assignment - For each of your vocabulary words, you need to write TWO sentences.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Literary Response and Analysis
Assignment: Picturing what you read when you read stories

3) Social Studies
If you work on WORLD HISTORY:
Read Chapter 16, Section 2. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5, skip #3.

If you work on US HISTORY:
Read Chapter 16, Section 2. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5. For #2, choose 2.

Tuesday, February 8

Good afternoon, my favorite class!

Here are your assignments as you come in-

1) Vocabulary
Your week 4 vocabulary words are: Area, Clarify, and Differentiate
In your blogs, you need to complete the following assignment.
Blog Title: Week 4 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences
Assignment:
*** You need to copy the following synonyms for each of your vocabulary words in your blog.
Area - Region, district, locale, vicinity, part, subject, topic, section, zone
Clarify - Make clear, explain, simplify, refine, cleanse, treat
Differentiate - Distinguish, discriminate, tell apart, tell between, set apart, single out
*** You also need to find an IMAGE that represents each of your vocabulary words.
*** For each IMAGE, you need to WRITE A SENTENCE that describes how your image matches the definition of your vocabulary word.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Literary Response and Analysis
Assignment: Visualizing when you read literature

3) SOCIAL STUDIES
If you work on WORLD HISTORY:
Read Chapter 16, Section 1. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5, skip #3.

If you work on US HISTORY:
Read Chapter 16, Section 1. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5. For #2, choose 2.

Monday, February 7

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a safe weekend and enjoyed watching the Steelers LOSE for SUPERBOWL!!!!

FINAL SCORE:
Packers - 31
Steelers - 25
That's what the Steelers get for cheating the Seahawks out of their SuperBowl a few years ago!

Alright, well here are your assignments as you come in-

1) Vocabulary -
Your vocabulary words for the week are:

• Area (noun)
• Clarify (verb)
• Differentiate (verb)

In your blogs, you need to complete the following assignment:
Blog Title - Week 4 Vocabulary Definitions and Example Sentences
Assignment -
Find a definition for each of your vocabulary words.
Copy the following sample sentences:
Area (noun) - The area formula for a rectangle is the length multiplied by the width.
Clarify (verb) - Illustrations are provided to help clarify written instructions.
Differentiate (verb) - Most people can't differentiate between the tastes of Coke and Pepsi.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Literary Response and Analysis
Assignment: Summarizing What's Important in Literature

3) Social Studies
If you work on WORLD HISTORY:
Read Chapter 15, Section 3. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5, skip #3.

If you work on US HISTORY:
Read Chapter 15, Section 3. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5. For #2, choose 2.

4) Redo Work
If you finish your assignments, you need to work on missing/redo work. There is quite the stack piling up in the missing word folders. Check your Edmodo.

Friday, February 4

It's Friday!!! Happy Friday, February 4.

Here are your assignments as you come in,

1) Vocabulary -
Take the quiz BEFORE getting your laptop.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Literary Response & Analysis
Assignment: Summarizing Stories
Print the mastery test. Requires a signature from either Ms. S or Julianna.

3) Social Studies -
If you work on WORLD HISTORY:
Read Chapter 15, Section 2. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5, skip #3.

If you work on US HISTORY:
Read Chapter 15, Section 2. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5. For #2, choose 2.

4) How's your genetics project coming along? Remember, they are due next week and many of you have not yet submitted your answers for the questions and your ethical dilemma summary!

Thursday, February 3

Happy Thursday! As you come in, review the important notes and complete the following assignments:

- The new school name is Main Street Umoja Community School. Umoja means 'unity' in Swahili. The short name for the school will just be Umoja Community School.
- In order to start preparing everyone for waking up early and making it school on time, there will be a 15 minute detention for everyone who arrives after 1:00PM. This will get stricter once we change sites & times. If you're more than 15 minutes late each day, you're missing too much work. Please don't make me hang out with you after school everyday. It's not fun for me and it's cleaning chores for you. Detention = cleaning! You can thank my military father for that.

Assignments -

1) Edmodo Poll - So far, the results show that 8 want a Valentine's Day party and 5 do not. If you have an opinion about which way this goes, answer the poll question!

2) Vocabulary -
In your blogs, complete the following assignment:
Blog Title - Week 3 Vocabulary Paragraph
Your vocabulary words for the week are: Distinct, Potential, and Formula.
Using all three of your vocabulary words, write a COHESIVE (that means it makes sense and all three sentences go together!) PARAGRAPH that responds to the following quote from Frankenstein:
"I will revenge my injures: if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear; and chiefly towards you my archenemy, because my create, do I swear inextinguishable hatred" (p. 133).
In your response, consider: What does the monster mean? Why would he say this? What do you make of his claim?

3) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Word Analysis
Assignment: Building your Vocabulary
Complete the mastery test. Requires a signature from either Ms. S or Julianna.

4) Social Studies
If you work on WORLD HISTORY:
Read Chapter 15, Section 2. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5, skip #3.

If you work on US HISTORY:
Read Chapter 15, Section 2. Answer the section assessment questions #1-5. For #2, choose 2.

Wednesday, February 2

Happy Wednesday!

- The new school name is Main Street Umoja Community School. Umoja means 'unity' in Swahili. The short name for the school will just be Umoja Community School.
- In order to start preparing everyone for waking up early and making it school on time, there will be a 15 minute detention for everyone who arrives after 1:00PM. This will get stricter once we change sites & times. If you're more than 15 minutes late each day, you're missing too much work. Please don't make me hang out with you after school everyday. It's not fun for me and it's cleaning chores for you. Detention = cleaning! You can thank my military father for that.

1) Edmodo Poll - Go to Edmodo and answer the poll question!

2) Vocabulary -
Your vocabulary words from this week are: Distinct, Potential, and Formula.
In your blogs, complete the following post:
Post Title - Week 3 Sentences
Assignment - You need to write TWO (2) SENTENCES for each vocabulary word. Total of 6 sentences.

3) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Word Analysis
Assignment: Building your History Vocabulary
Print mastery test.

4) Frankenstein - Reading
The entire class will need to begin silent, independent reading at approximately 1:40PM. At that point, you will read Chapter 15 independently and answer the assigned reading questions. We will then read Chapter 16 as a whole class.

FEBRUARY!!! Tuesday, February 1

Can you believe it's February already?!? As you come in, review the important reminders (same as yesterday) and begin your assignments:

- The new school name is Main Street Umoja Community School. Umoja means 'unity' in Swahili. The short name for the school will just be Umoja Community School.
- In order to start preparing everyone for waking up early and making it school on time, there will be a 15 minute detention for everyone who arrives after 1:00PM. This will get stricter once we change sites & times. If you're more than 15 minutes late each day, you're missing too much work. Please don't make me hang out with you after school everyday. It's not fun for me and it's cleaning chores for you. Detention = cleaning! You can thank my military father for that.

1) Edmodo Poll - Go to Edmodo and answer the poll question!
If your name is Cruz or Alexandria, you have Edmodo classes to join still!

2) Vocabulary
In your blogs, complete the following assignment -
Blog Title: Week 3 Vocabulary Synonyms, Images, and Sentences
Assignment:
- Copy the following synonyms for each of your vocabulary words:
Distinct - Clear, definite, apparent
Potential - Promise, capability, ability, possibility
Formula - Method, procedure, rule, blueprint
- Find an image that depicts each of your vocabulary words.
- Write a sentence that describes why your image is an accurate depiction of your vocab word.

3) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Word Analysis
Assignment: Building your Literature Vocabulary

4) Frankenstein - Reading Questions
At 1:40, we will begin SILENT and INDEPENDENT reading. You will be reading Chapter 13 and answering the reading questions that go with it.