Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wednesday, April 20

Happy Wednesday! It's EARLY RELEASE TODAY!!! I would like to excuse everyone at 12noon today, so let's make sure we are on task and getting all our work turned in! You know that you can't go home until your work is done... :)

Other important notes:
- Friday is mock interview day. Don't froget that you have to dress up. If you skip Friday, you will have an alternate assignment to make up the points for the day. Seriously.

As you come in, here are your assignments:

1) Vocabulary.
Your vocabulary words this week are: contrast, critique, persuade.
In your blogs, you need to complete the following assignment:
Blog Title: Week 4 Synonyms, Images, and Sentences
Assignment:
-- Copy the following synonyms for each of your vocab words.
Contrast: difference, gap, differ
Critique: assessment, evaluation, review, assess
Persuade: influence, convince, sway
-- Find an image that represents each of your vocabulary words.
-- Write a sentence that explains how your image represents your word.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to - Written & Oral Convetions
Assigment - Choosing Whose/Who's, Lay/Lie, and Sit/Set

3) Presentation Questions
Tomorrow we will have a presentation by Ken Msejami. He started the Domestic Workers Union and worked with Caesar Chavez. He now works with Sheet Metal Workers. He knows a lot about different tradies of field that don't necessarily require college degrees - construction, plubming, electrical, etc.

Write FIVE (5) QUESTIONS to ask him.

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