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Daily Assignments and Information - Cal Young Middle School

Tuesday:

    Bill of Rights test -
       Correct and share scores

    Project Quest - preliminary
       expectations
       HW - Period 5 & 6
       Complete Interest Survey 1
          Due Wednesday

    Harrison Bergeron - video
       futuristic community
       Compare to short story

posted by: huling_p at February 28, 2006 17:04 | link | |

Monday:

    Literature - The Giver
       Finish the book in class
       Discussion
       CW - Reading survey
          Correct in class

    Bill of Rights test -  Make-ups
       Those absent need to see me
         for make-up times

    Fahrenheit 451 - video
       Compare the values of the
       two communities
       Utopian or dystopian?

posted by: huling_p at February 27, 2006 16:31 | link | |

Thursday:

    Literature - Short Story
       "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
       Comparison to Jonas's world
       -Write two amendments for Harrison
       -Write a philosophical statement about
          his world

    Bill of Rights - test prep
       HO - test material
       Use vocabulary ws
       HW- finish the test prep work

    TEST - Friday on Bill of Rights

posted by: huling_p at February 23, 2006 17:27 | link | |

Wednesday:

    Literature - The Giver
       Read Chapters 17-18
       Discuss/vocabulary
       Work on study questions (2 HO's)

    Bill of Rights - Vocabulary/terms ws
       Define terms - due Thursday
       BOR test - Friday

    Color poems - type on laptop
       Save to server - print
       **If you printed at home- send me
          your poem on email and I will
          save to our server

posted by: huling_p at February 22, 2006 16:47 | link | |

Tuesday:

    Literature-  The Giver
       Read Chapter 17
       Pop quiz

    History -  Period 1-2
       Living Museum Presentation
       Speakers - Civil War artifacts
          **Taped for other classes to see

    Bill of Rights - review
       Test - Friday -  (2-24)
       Tactics - strategy for studying
       Plan your own tactic list

    Color poems - due today

posted by: huling_p at February 21, 2006 15:47 | link | |

Wednesday:

    Literature - The Giver
       Read Chapter 12

    Poetry - The Power of Color
       Brainstorm vocabulary, images,
       textures, tastes, etc.  surrounding
       your color.
    HW - Bring the list the class on Thursday

    Social Studies-  Review Amendments 11-27
       Discuss/research Supreme Court decisions
       Use 4 x 6 card for facts and outcome

Note:  Field trip on Thursday to the Hult Center
    We depart at 9:15 for the concert  "Back To The
        Musical Future"
    We return at 11:45
    Students will go to all 6 classes - on a reduced schedule

posted by: huling_p at February 15, 2006 11:23 | link | |

Tuesday:

    *Thanks for being patient.  My blog server was
       undergoing maintenance yesterday.

    Literature -  The Giver
       Read chapters 9-10-11
       Quiz

    Poetry -  samples of love genre
       Write 6 lines
       Get teacher approval
       Prepare poster

    HW - for students who did not
       get rough draft approved this is
       homework.  Finish and bring to
       class on Wednesday

posted by: huling_p at February 14, 2006 16:29 | link | |

Friday:

    Literature- The Giver
       Read Chapter 5-6
       Survey - Agree/Disagree
          Write one sentence to
          explain your feelings
       ws - due Monday

    Bill of Rights - Supreme Court cases
       CW - go over decisions
       Group decisions activity -
       Rate 1 - 10 the rights you would keep

Have a great weekend! 

posted by: huling_p at February 10, 2006 15:33 | link | |

Thursday:

    Literature - The Giver
       Read Chapters 3-4
       Discuss

    Poetry - Name poem due today
       Type on computers - save - print

    Bill of Rights - go over ws  - Activity 16
       In class- research S.C cases - Activity 46
          Finish on Friday

**Books can be checked overnight  (The Giver)
       Must be returned before Homeroom



   

posted by: huling_p at February 09, 2006 17:26 | link | |

Wednesday:

    Literature-  Intro to The Giver
       by Lois Lowry
       Read Chapter 1-2 today
          Discuss rules

    Poetry - Name poem
       Brainstorm descriptive words
       Use higher level vocabulary
       HW- write a rough draft
          Due Thursday - 8 lines minimum

    Bill of Rights -  warm-up ws.
          Work on in class - due Thursday

posted by: huling_p at February 08, 2006 15:57 | link | |