Thursday, March 24, 2011

Thursday, March 24

Happy Thursday!
Here are your assignments as you come in:

But first, some important notes -
  • Weather permitting, tomorrow is park/running club day! Make sure to wear comfortable clothes and shoes in order to participate.
  • Tomorrow is the end of the quarter. Do you have any PLATO's you still need to make up? It's your last chance!

1) Go to my new blog: http://umojascience.blogspot.com and start following it!

2) Vocabulary

In your blogs, complete the following post -

Blog Title - Week 10 Vocabulary Paragraph

Assignment - Your vocabulary words this week are: Compensate, Initial, and Interact. Using those three words, respond to the following quote in PARAGRAPH FORM (this means COMPLETE SENTENCES) from Malcolm X:

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts

Go to - Written & Oral Conventions

Assignment - Colons and Semicolons

3) Biology - Endangered Species Projects

Your completed worksheet/research on your endangered species needs to be done by today at 10:30!

4) Social Studies - Mini-Biography: Rosa Parks

Answer the following questions for the mini-biography on Rosa Parks. Post in your blog.

Blog Title: Mini-Biography - Rosa Parks

1. When was she born? Where?

2. When does the Civil Rights Movement unofficialy start? How did Rosa Parks ignite this?

3. Why was Rosa Parks arrested? Under what charge?

4. Where did she go to school? What did she study to become?

5. What is the NAACP?

6. When did she die? How?

7. Find an image.

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